DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given of the date and location of the next meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH), established under Section 1-5 of Executive Order 12196 of February 26, 1980, published in the Federal Register, February 27, 1980 (45 FR 1179). FACOSH will meet on September 24, 1998, starting at 2:00 p.m., in Room S-4215 A&B, of the Francis Perkins DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210. The meeting will adjourn at approximately 4:30 p.m., and will be open to the public.

Agenda items will include:

1. Call to Order

2. Vision for FACOSH

3. Federal Worker 2000

4. Federal Agency Occupational Safety and Health Programs Partnerships and Evaluations

5. Department of Energy's Zero Tolerance for Serious Accidents that Results in Life-Threatening Injuries or Major Environmental Contamination

6. 53rd Annual Federal Safety and Health Conference in Los Angeles

7. Status of Annual Reports for FY 1997

8. New Business

9. Adjournment

Written data, views or comments may be submitted, preferably with 20 copies, to the Office of Federal Agency Programs, at the address provided below. All such submissions, received by September 16, 1998, will be provided to the members of the Council and will be included in the record of the meeting. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation should notify the Office of Federal Agency Programs by close of business September 18, 1998. The request should state the amount of time desired, the capacity in which the person will appear and a brief outline of the content of the presentation. Persons who request the opportunity to address the Advisory Council may be allowed to speak, as time permits, at the discretion of the Chairperson of the Advisory Council. Individuals with disabilities who wish to attend the meeting should contact John E. Plummer at the address indicated below, if special accommodations are needed.

For additional information please contact John E. Plummer, Director, Office of Federal Agency Programs, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3112, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20210, telephone: (202) 219-9329. An official record of the meeting will be available for public inspection at the Office of Federal Agency Programs.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of August 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 98-23705 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]

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