Notice2025-06265
Lead in General Industry Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
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Published
April 14, 2025
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Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
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 Lead in General Industry Standard.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 70 (Monday, April 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15591-15593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06265]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0013]
Lead in General Industry Standard; 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.
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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 Lead in General
Industry Standard.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
June 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
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electronically at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Documents in the docket are
listed in the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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-2012-0013) for the Information Collection Request.
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 (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 provide protection for workers from the
adverse health effects associated with exposure to Lead. In this
regard, the Lead in General Industry Standard requires: monitoring
workers' exposure to lead, medical surveillance by physicians through
biological monitoring and examinations, and recordkeeping and
notification obligations.
II. Special Issues for Comment
OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> The quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
<bullet> 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 Lead in General Industry
Standard. The agency is requesting an adjusted increase in burden
hours, from 1,134,438 hours to 1,250,537 hours, a difference of 116,099
hours. The adjustment increase is due to an increase in the number of
employers (56,906 to 60,569 employers) and an increase in the number of
exposed workers (346,894 to 366,629 exposed workers), based on updated
data. Also, due to the increase in the estimated number of initial
exposure monitoring, initial medical examinations, as well as increased
costs to perform biological monitoring and medical examinations under
the standard, there is an increase in total operation and maintenance
costs of $51,775,260 (from $145,080,120 to $196,201,192).
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: Lead in General Industry Standard.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0092.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 60,569.
Number of Responses: 4,042,988.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,250,537.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $196,201,192.
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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 (OSHA-2012-0013). You may supplement electronic
submission by uploading document files electronically.
Comments and submissions are posted without change at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about
submitting personal information such as social security numbers and
dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> index, some information (e.g., copyrighted
material) is not publicly available to read or download from this
website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available
for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on
using the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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.
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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, on March 25, 2025.
Scott C. Ketcham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-06265 Filed 4-11-25; 8:45 am]
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