# Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
**AGENCY:**
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
**ACTION:**
Notice, Announcement of OMB approval of information collection requirements.
**SUMMARY:**
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has extended its approval for a number of information collection requirements found in certain sections of 29 CFR parts 1910 and 1915. OSHA sought approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA-95), and, as required by that Act, is announcing the approval numbers and expiration dates for those requirements.
**EFFECTIVE DATES:**
This notice is effective October 10, 2003.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Todd Owen or Theda Kenney, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-2222.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In a series of *Federal Register* notices, the Agency announced its request to OMB to renew its current extensions of approval for various information collection (paperwork) requirements in its safety and health standards for General Industry and Shipyard Employment. In these *Federal Register* announcements, the Agency provided 60-day comment periods for the public to respond to OSHA's burden hour and cost estimates.
In accordance with PRA-95 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), OMB renewed its approval for these information collection requirements and assigned OMB control numbers to these requirements. The table below provides the following information for each of these OMB-approved requirements: The title of the collection; the date of the *Federal Register* notice; the *Federal Register* Reference (date, volume, and leading page); OMB;s control number; and the new expiration date.
| Title | Date of Federal Register publication, Federal Register reference, and OSHA docket number | OMB control No. | Expiration date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Presence Sensing Device Initiation (PSDI) (29 CFR 1910.217(h) | 1/22/2003, 68 FR 3038, Docket No. 1218-0143(2003) | 1218-0143 | 05/31/2004 |
| 1,3-Butadiene (29 CFR 1910.1051) | 03/11/2003, 68 FR 11592 Docket No. 1218-0170(2003) | 1218-0170 | 07/31/2006 |
| Benzene, (29 CFR 1910.1028) | 03/20/2003, 68 FR 13732 Docket No. 1218-0129(2003) | 1218-0129 | 07/31/2006 |
| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Shipyard Employment (29 CFR part 1915, Subpart I) | 03/24/2003, 68 FR 14260 Docket No. 1218-0215(2003) | 1218-0215 | 07/31/2006 |
| Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for General Industry (29 CFR part 1910, Subpart I) | 03/24/2003 68 FR 14262 Docket No. 1218-0205(2003) | 1218-0205 | 08/31/2006 |
| Reports of Injuries to Employees Operation Mechanical Power Presses (29 CFR 1910.217(g)) | 03/31/2003, 68 FR 15484 Docket No. 1218-0070(2003) | 1218-0070 | 07/31/2006 |
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.5(b), an agency cannot conduct, sponsor, or require a response to a collection of information unless: The collection displays a valid OMB control number; and the Agency informs respondents that they are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
**Authority and Signature**
John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC on October 7th, 2003
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.