Notice2025-15209
Conflict of Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
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Published
August 11, 2025
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Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Form.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 152 (Monday, August 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38668-38670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15209]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0042]
Conflict of Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form; 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 its proposal to
extend the Office of Management and
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Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements
specified in the Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Form.
DATES: Comments must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by
October 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
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-2009-0042) 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: Belinda Cannon, 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, the reporting burden (in terms of
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 accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The
OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with a minimum
burden upon employers, especially those operating small businesses, and
to reduce to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of
efforts in obtaining said information (29 U.S.C. 657).
OSHA conducts peer reviews of a draft product for quality by
specialists in the field who were not involved in producing the draft.
The selection of participants in a peer review is based on expertise,
considering their independence and any actual or potential conflicts of
interest. The Office of Management and Budget published the Final
Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review on December 15, 2004. The
Bulletin states ``. . . the agency must address reviewers' potential
conflicts of interest (including those stemming from ties to regulated
businesses and other stakeholders) and independence from the agency.''
The Bulletin requires agencies to adopt or adapt the committee
selection policies employed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
when selecting peer reviewers who are not government employees. To
fulfill this requirement, OSHA has developed a Conflict of Interest
(COI) and Disclosure Form, based on NAS' Conflict of Interest
Disclosure form. This form will be used to determine whether a conflict
exists for a potential peer review panel member.
The following sections describe who uses the information collected
under each requirement, as well as how they use it.
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 Conflict of Interest (COI) and
Disclosure Form. The agency is requesting to maintain the burden hours
estimate of 27 hours.
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 data collection.
Title: Conflict of Interest (COI) and Disclosure Form.
OMB Control Number: 1218-0255.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Number of Respondents: 36.
Number of Responses: 36.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Average Time per Response: OSHA estimates it will take thirty
minutes (30/60 hour) to complete the short version of the COI form, and
one (1) hour to complete the long version of the COI form.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 27.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $0.
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-2009-0042). 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
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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.
V. Authority and Signature
Amanda Laihow, Acting 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 August 6, 2025.
Amanda Laihow,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-15209 Filed 8-8-25; 8:45 am]
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