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of the thirtieth (30th) day following the
request;
(l) The Sale is not part of an
agreement, arrangement or
understanding designed to benefit UBC
or any of its affiliates;
(m) The Board, the UBC, and/or the
Independent Fiduciary must provide to
the Department the records necessary to
demonstrate that the conditions of this
exemption, as amended, have been met,
within 30 days from the date the
Department requests such records; and
(n) All the material facts and
representations made by the Applicant
that are set forth in the Summary of
Facts and Representations are true and
accurate at all times.
Exemption Date: The exemption will
be in effect on January 13, 2025.
Signed at Washington, DC.
George Christopher Cosby,
Director, Office of Exemption Determinations,
Employee Benefits Security Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2025–00405 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2021–0013]

Pilot Study and Prospective Analyses
of the Draft Revised Form 33, Safety
and Health Program Assessment
Worksheet; Extension of the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
Approval of Information Collection
(Paperwork) Requirements
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for public comments.
AGENCY:

OSHA solicits public
comments concerning its request to
extend OMB’s approval of information
collection requirements for OMB 1218–
0280, Expiration Date: June 30, 2025,
regarding the Pilot Study for 3 years
(i.e., to June 30, 2028).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
(postmarked, sent, or received) by
March 14, 2025.
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://

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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–2021–0013) 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 process 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, 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
OSHA to obtain such information with
minimum burden upon employers,
especially those operating small
businesses, and to reduce to the
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duplication of efforts in obtaining
information (29 U.S.C. 657).
Section 7(c)(1) of the OSH Act
authorizes the Secretary of Labor
(Secretary) to, ‘‘with the consent of any
State or political subdivision thereof,
accept and use the services, facilities,
and personnel of any agency of such
State or subdivision with
reimbursement.’’ Section 21(c) of the
OSH Act authorizes the Secretary to
‘‘consult with and advise employers and
employees . . . as to effective means of
preventing occupational illnesses and
injuries.’’
Additionally, Section 21(d) of the
OSH Act instructs the Secretary to
‘‘establish and support cooperative
agreements with the States under which
employers subject to the Act may
consult with State personnel with
respect to the application of
occupational safety and health
requirements under the Act or under
State plans approved under section 18
of the Act.’’ This gives the Secretary
authority to enter into agreements with
the States to provide On-Site
Consultation services and establish
rules under which employers may
qualify for a programmed inspection
deferral. To satisfy the intent of these
and other sections of the OSH Act,
OSHA codified the terms that govern
cooperative agreements between OSHA
and State governments whereby State
agencies provide On-Site Consultation
services to private sector employers to
assist them in complying with the
requirements of the OSH Act. The terms
were codified as the Consultation
Agreement regulations (29 CFR part
1908).
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is requesting
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), for a 3
year extension of the information
collection requirements for OMB
Number 1218–0280, Expiration Date:
June 30, 2025; to conduct validity and
reliability analyses of a safety and
health program (SHP) assessment
worksheet, the Draft Revised Form 33
(DRF33), that will replace the current
SHP Assessment Worksheet, OSHA
Form 33, used by the OSHA On-Site
Consultation Program (OMB Number
1218–0110; Expiration Date: February
28, 2025. Completion of the studies on
the DRF33 will enable OSHA to ensure
that a valid, reliable, and efficient tool
is provided to On-Site Consultation
programs in the fifty (50) states, the
District of Columbia, and several United
States territories to replace the current
OSHA Form 33, thereby, enhancing the
quality of consultative services.

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OMB Number 1218–0280 grants
OSHA approval to conduct the
following studies to assess the validity
and reliability of the DRF33: a pre-test
(i.e., 20 consultation visits) to assess
Pilot Study procedures and the
information technology platform so that
any issues can be corrected before
launching the Pilot Study; 300 pilot
study consultation visits during which
350 safety and health program
assessments of small- and medium-sized
business workplaces will be conducted;
a Prospective Analysis conducted at
least 12 months after the pilot study
consultation visits to assess any impact
of the DRF33 at workplaces that
received pilot study consultation visits;
data analyses; and a follow-up study
(i.e., 30 consultation visits) to assess any
updates to the DRF33 resulting from
data analyses and other findings.
OSHA obtained approval for OMB
Number 1218–0280 to begin the Pilot
Study in July 2022. Since then, the pretest has been completed; 326 SHP
assessments have been conducted out of
the total number of 350 planned
assessments, during pilot study
consultation visits by Consultation
programs nationwide. However, the
consultation visits with the SHP
assessments have taken longer than
initially planned. Consequently, the
Prospective Analysis and data analyses
have not commenced, therefore, OSHA
is requesting an extension of 3 years of
OMB Number 1218–0280. OSHA will
continue to work to complete the Pilot
Study as soon as possible.
After completing the Pilot Study
OSHA will request OMB approval
before implementing the DRF33 for use
by state On-Site Consultation programs
nationwide (to replace the current Form
33). Similarly, OSHA will seek OMB
approval if any additional updates are
made to the approved worksheet,
following the prospective study and
data analyses.
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
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example, by using automated or other
technological information, and
transmission techniques.
III. Proposed Actions
The agency is requesting a balance of
887 burden hours to complete the
remaining tasks for the pilot study from
4,974 burden hours estimated to
complete the entire pilot study.
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: Pilot Study and Prospective
Analysis of the Draft Revised Form 33,
Safety and Health Program Assessment
Worksheet.
OMB Control Number: 1218–0280.
Affected Public: Business and other
for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 523.
Number of Responses: 810.
Frequency of Responses: Varies.
Average Time per Response: Varies.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 887.
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 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 (OSHA–2021–0013). 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’’
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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 January 3,
2025.
James S. Frederick,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025–00404 Filed 1–10–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–26–P

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. MC2025–1039 and K2025–
1038; MC2025–1040 and K2025–1039]

New Postal Products
Postal Regulatory Commission.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Commission is noticing a
recent Postal Service filing for the
Commission’s consideration concerning
a negotiated service agreement. This
notice informs the public of the filing,
invites public comment, and takes other
administrative steps.
DATES: Comments are due: January 14,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments
electronically via the Commission’s
Filing Online system at https://
www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit
comments electronically should contact
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section by
telephone for advice on filing
alternatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at
202–789–6820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Public Proceeding(s)
III. Summary Proceeding(s)

I. Introduction
Pursuant to 39 CFR 3041.405, the
Commission gives notice that the Postal
Service filed request(s) for the
Commission to consider matters related
to Competitive negotiated service

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