90 FR 31 pgs. 9735-9736 - 4, 4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) in Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 31Pages: 9735 - 9736
Pages: 9735, 9736Docket number: [Docket No. OSHA-2012-0031]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-02704 Filed 2-14-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0031]
4, 4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) in Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY:
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION:
Request for public comment.
SUMMARY:
OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the 4, 4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) in Construction Standard.
DATES:
Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by April 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments, including attachments, electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online for submitting comments.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index; however, some information ( e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download through the website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection through the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the OSHA docket number (OSHA-2012-0031) for the Information Collection Request (ICR). OSHA will place comments, including personal information, in the public docket, which may be available online. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal information such as social security number and date of birth.
For further information on submitting comments, see the "Public Participation" heading in the section of this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seleda Perryman, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, telephone (202) 693-2222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
[top] The Department of Labor, as part of the continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent ( i.e., employer) burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA's estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq. ) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and incidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon employers,
The information collection requirements specified in the 4', 4'-Methylenedianiline in Construction Standard (the "MDA Standard") (29 CFR 1926.60) protect employees from the adverse health effects that may result from their exposure to MDA, including cancer, liver and skin disease. The major paperwork requirements specify that employers must perform initial, periodic, and additional exposure monitoring; notify each worker in writing of their results as soon as possible but no longer than 5 days after receiving exposure monitoring results; and routinely inspect the hands, face, and forearms of each worker potentially exposed to MDA for signs of dermal exposure to MDA. Employers must also: establish a written compliance program; institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 (OSHA's Respiratory Protection Standard); and develop a written emergency plan for any construction operation that could have an MDA emergency ( i.e., an unexpected and potentially hazardous release of MDA).
Employers must label any material or products containing MDA, including containers used to store MDA-contaminated protective clothing and equipment. They also must inform personnel who launder MDA-contaminated clothing of the requirement to prevent release of MDA, and personnel who launder or clean MDA-contaminated protective clothing or equipment must receive information about the potentially harmful effects of MDA. In addition, employers must post warning signs at entrances or access ways to regulated areas, as well as train workers exposed to MDA at the time of their initial assignment, and at least annually thereafter.
Other paperwork provisions of the MDA Standard require employers to provide workers with medical examinations, including initial, periodic, emergency and follow-up examinations. As part of the medical-surveillance program, employers must ensure that the examining physician receives specific written information, and that they obtain from the physician a written opinion regarding the worker's medical results and exposure limitations.
The MDA Standard also specifies that employers are to establish and maintain exposure-monitoring and medical-surveillance records for each worker who is subject to these requirements, make any required record available to OSHA compliance officers and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for examination and copying, and provide exposure-monitoring and medical-surveillance records to workers and their designated representatives.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
• Whether the proposed information collection requirements are necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions, including whether the information is useful;
• The accuracy of OSHA's estimate of the burden (time and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
• The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; for example, by using automated or other technological information, and transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information collection requirements contained in the 4, 4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) in Construction Standard. The agency is requesting an adjustment decrease in the burden hours from 1,012 hour to 954 hours, a difference of 58 hours. This adjustment decrease is due to a decrease in the number of new employees. Also, the agency is requesting a decrease in the capital cost from $152,658 to $150,486. This reduction in cost is due to the decrease in the number of employees receiving medical exams.
OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend the approval of the information collection requirements.
Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
Title: 4, 4'-Methylenedianiline (MDA) in Construction Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0183.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 330.
Number of Responses: 2,395.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 954.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $150,486.
IV. Public Participation-Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to Comments and Submissions
You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: (1) electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile (fax) to the OSHA docket, if your comments including attachments, are not longer than 10 pages, at (202) 693-1948. or (3) by hard copy. All comments, attachments, and other materials must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2012-0031). You may supplement electronic submissions by uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submissions are posted without change at https://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal information such as social security numbers and date of birth.
Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information ( e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download through this website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using the https://www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access the docket is available at the website's "User Tips" link.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about materials not available through the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
Scott C. Ketcham, Deputy 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 et seq. ) and Secretary of Labor's Order No 8-2020 (85 FR 58393).
Signed at Washington, DC.
Scott C. Ketcham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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