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OMB Control No: 1218-0266	ICR Reference No: 201908-1218-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201809-1218-018
Agency/Subagency: DOL/OSHA	Agency Tracking No: 1218-0266(2019)
Title: Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards for General Industry, Maritime (29 CFR 1910.1053) and Construction (29 CFR 1926.1053)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/25/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2023	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2020
Responses	17,858,154	0	6,271,812
Time Burden (Hours)	12,468,266	0	12,118,364
Cost Burden (Dollars)	393,789,550	0	393,789,901

Abstract: The standards will require covered employers to monitor employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica, to establish either regulated areas or a written access control plan, to conduct medical surveillance, and to establish and maintain accurate records of employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica and employee medical records. These records will be used by employers, workers, physicians and the Government to ensure that workers are not being harmed by exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 657 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act
   US Code: 29 USC 651 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act
   US Code: 29 USC 655 Name of Law: Occupational Safety and Health Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 52144	10/01/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 5724	01/31/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	17,858,154	6,271,812	11,586,342
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,468,266	12,118,364	349,902
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	393,789,550	393,789,901	-351

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The agency requests approval for an adjustment increase of 349,902 burden hours (from 12,118,364 to 12,468,266). The requested adjustment increase is associated with the agency’s correction of several administrative errors in the previous ICR. Specifically, the adjustment would include additional burden hours for the development and updating of the written exposure control plan associated with medium-sized general industry establishments. In addition, the adjustment would add additional burden hours for employers to provide information to a physician or other licensed health care professional in association with employee periodic medical examinations. These burden hours were displayed in the previous ICR spreadsheets as costs incurred after the initial year of standard implementation but were not included in the burden hour totals in the previous ICR. The adjustment also would add additional burden hours for managers to ensure worker receipt of the PLHCP and specialist’s written medical report and distribute the PLHCP and specialist’s written medical opinion to workers and the employer in association with employee initial, periodic, and additional medical examinations. There were also minor burden hour adjustments associated with the agency’s use of a different burden hour time rounding method in the calculations. In addition, to better align the ICR with ROCIS fields and for PRA purposes only, the agency adjusted the previous ICR time estimate, burden hours and costs for overall initial, periodic and specialist medical examinations to separate out the burden hours and costs associated with an employer’s employee time and cost to wait for the PLHCP to complete medical surveillance forms, including the time to provide the forms to the employee and opinion to the employer, during the medical examination. This resulted in a substantial increase in responses associated with the forms. The agency also requests an adjustment decrease of $351 for operation and maintenance costs (from $393,789,901 to $393,789,550) to adjust for administrative errors and to maintain all other previously approved operation and maintenance costs. In addition, to better align the ICR with ROCIS fields and for PRA purposes only, the agency adjusted the operation and maintenance cost estimates for overall initial, periodic and specialist medical examinations to separate out the cost for a PLHCP to complete medical surveillance forms, and costs to provide the forms to the worker and employer respectively, during medical examination. This resulted in a substantial increase in responses associated with the forms.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Saleda Perryman

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