BILLING CODE: 4510–26–P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment
Request; Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard (Annual Maintenance Certification
Record)
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.
DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency receives on or before
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting
"Currently under 30-day Review - Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-6930213, or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection requirement associated
with the Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard is designed to reduce worker death or serious
injury by ensuring that portable fire extinguishers are in safe operating conditions. For
additional substantive information about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2024 (89 FR 25672).
Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and cost of the
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency generally cannot
conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and the public is generally not required to
respond to an information collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall
generally be subject to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information that does
not display a valid OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
DOL seeks PRA authorization for this information collection for three (3) years. OMB
authorization for an ICR cannot be for more than three (3) years without renewal. The DOL
notes that information collection requirements submitted to the OMB for existing ICRs receive a
month-to-month extension while they undergo review.
Agency: DOL-OSHA.
Title of Collection: Portable Fire Extinguishers Standard (Annual Maintenance Certification
Record).
OMB Control Number: 1218-0238.
Affected Public: Private Sector— Businesses or other for-profits.
Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 956,785.
Total Estimated Number of Responses: 956,785.
Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 478,393 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $434,858,682.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))
Nicole Bouchet,

Certifying Official.

[FR Doc. 2024-15029 Filed: 7/8/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/9/2024]