[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016)][Notices][Pages 8102-8103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03295]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2016-0001]
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of special meeting.
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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and
Health (NACOSH) will hold a special meeting on March 4, 2016, in
Washington, DC, to consider and make recommendations on OSHA's draft
Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.
DATES: NACOSH will meet from 2 to 5 p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016.
Comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, requests for
special accommodations and requests to attend the meeting by
teleconference: You must submit (postmark, send, transmit) comments,
requests to address NACOSH, speaker presentations, requests for special
accommodations for the NACOSH meeting and requests to attend the
meeting by teleconference by Wednesday, February 24, 2016.
ADDRESSES: NACOSH will meet in Room N-5437A, Conference Rooms A-B, 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 requests to speak at the
NACOSH meeting, identified by the docket number for this Federal
Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2016-0001), by one of the following
methods:
Electronically: You may submit materials, including attachments,
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is 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-2016-0001, 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 and requests to attend the
meeting by teleconference: Please submit requests for special
accommodations to attend the NACOSH meeting and requests to attend the
meeting by teleconference, 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-2016-
0001). Due to security-related procedures, 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, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 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, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor,, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877)
889-5627); email walker.michelle@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACOSH will hold a special meeting on
Friday, March 4, 2016, in Washington, DC. The purpose of this special
meeting is to allow NACOSH to consider and make recommendations on
OSHA's draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. Some
NACOSH members may attend 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).
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.
Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record
All NACOSH 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. Persons attending the meeting must have valid
government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver's license) to
enter the building. For additional information about attending the
NACOSH meeting (in person or by teleconference), please contact Ms.
Jameson (see ADDRESSES section).
Individuals requesting special accommodations to attend the NACOSH
meeting and requesting to attend the meeting by teleconference 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-2016-0001). OSHA will provide copies of any
submissions to the NACOSH members.
Because of security-related procedures, 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 February 24, 2016, 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 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-2016-0001 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 February 11, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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