[Federal Register: February 15, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 31)][Notices] [Page 7467-7468]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0010]
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
(FACOSH) will meet March 1, 2007, in Washington, DC.
DATES:
FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday,
March 1, 2007.
Submission of comments and requests to speak: Comments and requests
to speak at the FACOSH meeting must be received by February 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES:
FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet in Rooms N-3437 A/B/C, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210.
Submission of comments and requests to speak: Comments and requests
to speak at the FACOSH meeting, identified by OSHA Docket No. 2007-
0010, may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit materials, including attachments,
electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. Follow the online instructions for making submissions.
Facsimile: If your submission, including attachments, is not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger or courier
service: Submit three copies of your submissions to the OSHA Docket
Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (OSHA's TTY number
is (877) 889-5627). Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger and
courier service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and
Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., e.t.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2007-
0010). Submissions in response to this Federal Register notice,
including personal information provided, will be posted without change
at: http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested
parties about submitting personal information such as social security
numbers and birth dates. Because of security-related procedures,
submissions by regular mail may result in a significant delay in their
receipt. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office, at the address above,
for information about security procedures for making submissions by
hand delivery, express delivery, and messenger or courier service. For
additional information on submitting comments and requests to speak,
see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
Docket: To read or download submissions, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
All documents in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
documents (e.g., copyrighted material) are not publicly available to
read or download through http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and
copying at the OSHA Docket Office at the address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information: Diane
Brayden, Director, OSHA, Office of Federal Agency Programs, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room N-3622, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2122; fax (202) 693-1685; e-
mail ofap@dol.gov. For special accommodations for the FACOSH meeting:
Veneta Chatmon, OSHA, Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210; telephone (202) 693-1999.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FACOSH will meet Thursday, March 1, 2007, in
Washington, DC. All FACOSH meetings are open to the public.
FACOSH is authorized by section 19 of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 668), 5 U.S.C. 7902, and
Executive Order 12196 to advise the Secretary of Labor on all matters
relating to the occupational safety and health of Federal employees
(Ex. 2). This includes providing advice on how to reduce and keep to a
minimum the number of injuries and illnesses in the Federal workforce
and how to encourage the establishment and maintenance of effective
occupational safety and health programs in each Federal Department and
Agency (Ex. 3).
The tentative agenda for the FACOSH meeting includes:
Safety, Health and Return-to-Employment (SHARE)
Initiative,
Recordkeeping,
Training,
Field Federal Safety and Health Councils, and
Facility Safety and Health Design.
FACOSH meetings are transcribed and detailed minutes of the
meetings are prepared. Meeting transcripts and minutes are included in
the official record of FACOSH meetings.
Interested parties may submit a request to make an oral
presentation to FACOSH by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. The request must state the amount of time requested to
speak, the interest represented (e.g., business or organization name),
if any, and a brief outline of the presentation. Requests to address
FACOSH may be granted as time permits and at the discretion of the
FACOSH chair.
Interested parties also may submit comments, including data and
other information, using any of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. OSHA will provide all submissions to FACOSH members.
Individuals who need special accommodations and wish to attend the
FACOSH meeting should contact Veneta Chatmon, at the address above, at
least seven days before the meeting.
Public Participation--Submissions and Access to Official Meeting
Record:
You may submit comments and requests to speak (1) electronically,
(2) by facsimile, or (3) by hard copy. All submissions, including
attachments and other materials, must identify the Agency name and the
OSHA docket number for this notice (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0010). You may
supplement electronic submissions by uploading documents
electronically. If, instead, you wish to submit hard copies of
supplementary documents, you must submit three copies to the OSHA
Docket Office using the instructions in the ADDRESSES section above.
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic
submission by name, date and docket number.
Because of security-related procedures, the use of regular mail may
cause a significant delay in the receipt of submissions. For
information about security procedures concerning the delivery of
submissions by hand, express delivery, messenger or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-
5627).
Meeting transcripts and minutes as well as submissions in response
to this Federal Register notice are included in the official record of
the FACOSH meeting (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0010). Submissions are posted
without change at: http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions
interested parties about submitting personal information such as social
security numbers and birth dates. Although all submissions are listed
in the http://www.regulations.gov index, some documents (e.g.,
copyrighted material) are not publicly available to read or download
through http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions, including
copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the
OSHA Docket Office.
Exhibits referenced in this Federal Register notice are included in
Docket No. OSHA-2007-0010, which is the "Docket ID" number in http://www.regulations.gov.
Exhibit numbers are listed at the beginning of the
title of the specific document in the http://www.regulations.gov index
(see "Document Title" column).
Information on using the http://www.regulations.gov Website to make
submissions and to access the docket and exhibits is available at the
Website's User Tips link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about materials not available through the Website and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate submissions and other
documents in the docket. Electronic copies of this Federal Register
notice are available at: http://www.regulations.gov. This notice, as
well as news releases and other relevant information, is also available
at OSHA's Webpage at: http://www.osha.gov.
Authority and Signature: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary
of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation
of this notice under the authority granted by section 19 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 668), 5
U.S.C. 7902, section 1-5 of Executive Order 12196, the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.2) and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 2-
2002 (67 FR 65008).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of February, 2007.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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