[Federal Register: August 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 164)][Notices]               [Page 49707-49708]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
 
Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH); 
Notice of Renewal of Charter

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of Renewal of ACCSH Charter.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2), and its 
implementing regulations (41 CFR 102-3, Federal Advisory Committee 
Management), the Secretary of Labor has determined that the renewal of 
the Charter for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health 
(ACCSH) is necessary and in the public interest. Accordingly, the U.S. 
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
has renewed the ACCSH Charter with several minor revisions. The revisions 
relate to procedural matters which do not substantively affect the objectives 
or activities of the ACCSH Committee. The ACCSH Charter will expire on May 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Joseph Hajdusiewicz, Office of 
Construction Service, Directorate of Construction, Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3468, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: (202) 693-
2020 or Facsimile: (202) 693-1689.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Committee will advise the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health in the formulation of construction 
safety and health standards under the Contract Work Hours and Safety 
Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), commonly known as the 
Construction Safety Act (CSA), and the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.). The ACCSH also provides 
advice on the administration of the safety and health provisions of the 
CSA (29 CFR 1912.5(c)).
    Under OSHA regulations (29 CFR 1912.3), the ACCSH is composed of 15 
members appointed by the Assistant Secretary as follows: One member who 
is a designee of the Secretary of Health and Human Services; five 
members who are qualified by experience and affiliation to represent 
the viewpoint of employers involved in construction; five members, 
similarly qualified, to represent the viewpoint of the employees 
involved in construction, two members who are representatives of State 
safety and health agencies; and two members who are qualified by 
knowledge and experience to represent the general public and to make a 
useful contribution to the work of the Committee. One of the members is 
appointed to serve as the Committee chair. Members generally serve two-
year staggered terms except for the designee of the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services who has no fixed term. Members may be appointed to 
serve successive terms or may be removed at any time and replaced. If 
otherwise qualified, a member may continue to serve after his or her 
term expires, until successors are appointed.
    The ACCSH charter is required to be renewed every two years. The 
current charter was to have expired on July 3, 2008. In light of the 
Committee's past contribution toward OSHA's construction safety and 
health mission, OSHA has determined that renewal of the charter for 
another two years is necessary and in the public interest. In addition 
to the renewal, OSHA has amended the charter to address procedural 
matters in the following sections: the Objectives and Scope of Activity 
section was amended to include references to the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act to be consistent with the Department's procedures; the 
Membership section was amended to more accurately reflect Committee 
members' terms of service, the Estimated Annual Operating Costs in 
Dollars and Staff Years section was amended to reflect increases in the 
Committee's annual budget ($152,000 to $180,000) to account for 
increased costs for travel, logistical and conference support for the 
Committee and its workgroup meetings; and the Meetings section was 
amended to reflect that the Committee is generally expected to meet 
between two and four times per year.

II. Authority and Signature

    Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The 
authority for this notice is granted by section 7 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656), section 107 of the 
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act) 
(40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), 29 CFR 1911 and 1912, and Secretary of 
Labor's Order No. 5-2007 (72 FR 31159).

    Signed at Washington, DC on August 14th, 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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