BILLING CODE: 4510-26-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0187]
Electrical Standards for Construction and General Industry;
Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of
Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
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 Electrical Standards for Construction and General Industry.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by [INSERT
DATE 60 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and 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 websites. 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 OSHA docket
number (OSHA-2011-0187) for the Information Collection Request (ICR). OSHA will
place all comments, including any personal information, in the public docket, which may
be made available online. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting
personal information such as social security numbers and birthdates.
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
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, the 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 accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH
Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon
employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum
extent feasible unnecessary duplication of effort in obtaining information (29 U.S.C.
657).

The following sections describe who uses the information collected under each
requirement, as well as how they use it. The purpose of these requirements is to alert
workers to the presence and types of electrical hazards in the workplace, thereby
preventing serious injury and death by electrocution. The information collection
requirements in these Standards involve the following: the employer using electrical
equipment that is marked with the manufacturer’s name, trademark, or other descriptive
markings that identify the producer of the equipment, and marking the equipment with
the voltage, current, wattage, or other ratings necessary; requiring each disconnecting
means for motors and appliances to be marked legibly to indicate its purpose, unless
located and arranged so the purpose is evident; requiring the entrances to rooms and other
guarded locations containing exposed live parts to be marked with conspicuous warning
signs forbidding unqualified persons from entering; and, for construction employers only,
establishing and implementing the assured equipment grounding conductor program
instead of using ground-fault circuit interrupters.
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 to protect workers, 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 Electrical Standards for Construction and General Industry.
The agency is requesting an adjustment increase in burden from 200,045 hours to
210,693 hours, a difference of 10,648 hours. This increase is due to the increase in the
number of establishments.
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 a currently approved collection.

Title:

Electrical Standards for Construction and General Industry.

OMB Control
Number:

1218-0130.

Affected Public:

Business or other for-profits.

Number of
Respondents:

6,440,699.

Number of
Responses:

2,979,332.

Frequency of
Responses:

On occasion.

Average Time
per Response:

Varies.

Estimated Total
Burden Hours:

210,693.

Estimated Cost
(Operation and
Maintenance):

$9,501,187.

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;
or (2) by facsimile (fax), if your comments, including attachments, are not longer than 10
pages you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-1648. All comments,
attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket
number for the ICR (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0187). You may supplement electronic
submission 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 dates 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 from this website. All
submission, 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 at (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627) for
information about materials not available from the website, and for assistance in using the
internet to locate docket submissions.
V. Authority and Signature
James S. Frederick, 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, on June 25, 2024.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2024-14478 Filed: 6/28/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/1/2024]