[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66578-66579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27605]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013]
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
(NACOSH)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of a NACOSH meeting.
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SUMMARY: NACOSH will meet December 2, 2015, in Washington, DC. In
conjunction with the committee meeting, the NACOSH Temporary Workers
Work Group will meet December 1, 2015.
DATES: NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Wednesday, December 2, 2015.
NACOSH Work Group meeting: The NACOSH Temporary Workers Work Group
will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, December 1.
Comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, and requests
for special accommodations: You must submit (postmark, send, transmit)
comments, requests to address NACOSH, speaker presentations, and
requests for special accommodations for the NACOSH and NACOSH Work
Group meetings by November 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings: NACOSH and the NACOSH
Work Group will meet in Room C-5320, Conference Room 6, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Submission of comments, requests to speak and speaker
presentations: You may submit comments and request to speak at the
NACOSH meeting, identified by the docket number for this Federal
Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013), by one 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, does not
exceed 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
Regular mail, express mail, hand delivery, or messenger/courier
service (hard copy): You may submit your materials to the OSHA Docket
Office, Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone
(202) 693-2350 (TTY (887) 889-5627). OSHA's Docket Office accepts
deliveries (hand deliveries, express mail, and messenger/courier
service) during normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. e.t.,
weekdays.
Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for
special accommodations to attend the NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group
meetings by email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Gretta Jameson, OSHA,
Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999
(TTY (887) 889-5627); email jameson.grettah@dol.gov.
Instructions: Your submissions must include the Agency name and the
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2015-
0013). Due to security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by
regular mail may experience significant delays. Please contact the OSHA
Docket Office for information about security procedures for making
submissions by hand delivery, express delivery, or messenger/courier
service. For additional information about submissions, see the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
OSHA will post in the NACOSH docket, without change, any comments,
requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal
information that you provide. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested
parties about submitting personal information such as Social Security
numbers and birthdates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For press inquiries: Mr. Frank
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Communications, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693-1999 (TTY (877) 889-5627); email
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
For general information: Ms. Michelle Walker, Director, OSHA
Technical Data Center, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency
Management, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877)
889-5627); email walker.michelle@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet Wednesday, December 2, 2015, in
Washington, DC. Some NACOSH members may attend the meeting by
teleconference. NACOSH meetings are open to the public.
NACOSH was established by Section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651, 656) to advise,
consult with and make recommendations to the Secretary of Labor and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to the
administration of the OSH Act. NACOSH is a continuing advisory
committee of indefinite duration.
NACOSH operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), its implementing regulations (41 CFR part
102-3), and OSHA's regulations on NACOSH (29 CFR part 1912a).
The tentative agenda for the NACOSH meeting includes:
An update from the Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health on key OSHA initiatives;
Remarks from the Director of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health;
Report from NACOSH Emergency Response Subcommittee; and
Report from and consideration of any recommendations
presented by the NACOSH Temporary Workers Work Group on developing best
practice language for protecting temporary workers as part of
employers' injury and illness prevention programs.
OSHA transcribes and prepares detailed minutes of NACOSH meetings.
OSHA posts the transcripts and minutes in the public docket along with
written comments, speaker presentations, and other materials submitted
to NACOSH or presented at NACOSH meetings.
NACOSH Work Group meeting: The NACOSH Temporary Workers Work Group
will meet Tuesday, December 1, 2015. The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss workplace safety and health
issues regarding temporary workers and to develop recommendations for
NACOSH's consideration. The issues include gaps in workplace
protections for temporary workers, and joint responsibility of host
employers and staffing agencies for temporary workers.
Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record
NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings: All NACOSH and NACOSH Work
Group meetings are open to the public. Individuals attending NACOSH
meetings at the U.S. Department of Labor must enter the building at the
Visitors' Entrance at 3rd and C Streets NW., and pass through building
security. Attendees must have valid government-issued photo
identification (e.g., driver's license) to enter the building. For
additional information about building security measures for attending
the NACOSH and NACOSH
Work Group meetings, please contact Ms. Jameson (see ADDRESSES
section).
Individuals requesting special accommodations to attend the NACOSH
and NACOSH Work Group meetings should contact Ms. Jameson.
Submission of comments: You may submit comments using one of the
methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your submission must include
the Agency name and docket number for this Federal Register notice
(Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013). OSHA will provide copies of any
submissions to the NACOSH members.
Because of security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by
regular mail may experience significant delays. For information about
security procedures for submitting materials by hand delivery, express
mail, and messenger/courier service, please contact the OSHA Docket
Office.
Requests to speak and speaker presentations: If you want to address
NACOSH at the meeting you must submit a request to speak, as well as
any written or electronic presentation, by November 20, 2015, using one
of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your request must
state:
The amount of time requested to speak;
The interest you represent (e.g., business, organization,
affiliation), if any; and
A brief outline of the presentation.
PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be
compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010
formats. The NACOSH Chair may grant requests to address NACOSH as time
and circumstances permit.
Public docket of NACOSH meetings: OSHA places comments, requests to
speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal information
you provide, in the NACOSH docket, without change. Those documents also
may be available online at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions you about submitting certain personal information such as
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
OSHA also places in the NACOSH docket meeting transcripts, meeting
minutes, documents presented at the NACOSH meeting, and other documents
pertaining to the NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings. These
documents may be available online at http://www.regulations.gov.
Access to the public record of NACOSH meetings: To read or download
documents in the NACOSH docket, go to Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013 at
http://www.regulations.gov. The index for that Web page lists all of
the documents in the docket; however, some documents (e.g., copyrighted
materials) are not publicly available through that Web page. All
documents in the NACOSH docket, including materials not available
through http://www.regulations.gov, are available in the OSHA Docket
Office. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office for assistance in making
submissions to, or obtaining materials from, the NACOSH 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, also are available on OSHA's Web page at
http://www.osha.gov.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice
under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. 656; 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 29 CFR
part 1912a; 41 CFR part 102-3; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-
2012 (77 FR 3912 (1/25/2012)).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 26, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-27605 Filed 10-28-15; 8:45 am]
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