[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41304-41306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17554]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2011-0124]
Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of meetings of the Advisory Committee on
Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) and ACCSH Work Groups, and ACCSH
member appointments.
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SUMMARY: ACCSH will meet July 28, 2011, in Washington, DC. In
conjunction with the ACCSH meeting, ACCSH Work Groups will meet July
27, 2011. This Federal Register notice also announces the appointment
of individuals to ACCSH.
DATES: ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will meet from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
Thursday, July 28, 2011.
ACCSH Work Group meetings: ACCSH Work Groups will meet Wednesday,
July 27, 2011. (For Work Group meeting times, see the Work Group
Schedule information in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this
notice.)
Written comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, and
requests for special accommodation: Comments, requests to address the
ACCSH meeting, speaker presentations (written or electronic), and
requests for special accommodations for the ACCSH and ACCSH Work Group
meetings must be submitted (postmarked, sent, transmitted) by July 21,
2011.
ADDRESSES: ACCSH and ACCSH Work Group meetings: ACCSH and ACCSH Work
Group meetings will be held in Room N-3437 A-C, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Submission of comments, requests to speak, and speaker
presentations: Interested persons may submit comments, requests to
speak at the ACCSH meeting, and speaker presentations using 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 submissions.
Facsimile (fax): If your submission, including attachments, does
not exceed 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA Docket Office at (202)
693-1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger, or courier service:
You may submit your comments, request to speak, and speaker
presentation to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2011-0124, Room
N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627).
Deliveries (hand deliveries, express mail, messenger, and courier
service) are accepted during the Department of Labor's and OSHA Docket
Office's 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 ACCSH and ACCSH Work Group
meetings to Ms. 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; e-mail
[email protected].
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2011-
0124). Because of 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, and messenger or courier service.
For additional information on submitting comments, requests to speak,
and speaker presentations, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
Comments, requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including
any personal information provided, will be posted without change at
http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions individuals about
submitting certain personal information such as Social Security numbers
and birthdates.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For press inquiries: Mr. Frank
Meilinger, OSHA, Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone
(202) 693-1999.
For general information about ACCSH and ACCSH meetings: Mr. Francis
Dougherty, OSHA, Directorate of Construction, Room N-3468, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210; telephone (202) 693-2020; e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ACCSH Meeting
ACCSH will meet Thursday, July 28, 2011, in Washington, DC. The
meeting is open to the public.
ACCSH is authorized to advise the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)
and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
(Assistant Secretary) in the formulation of standards affecting the
construction industry, and on policy matters arising in the
administration of the safety and health provisions under the Contract
Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act) (40
U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) (see also 29 CFR 1911.10 and 1912.3).
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The tentative agenda for this meeting includes:
Welcome/Remarks from the Office of the Assistant
Secretary;
Update from the Directorate of Construction on OSHA's
outreach efforts, guidance projects, and enforcement Issues.
Update on the Injury and Illness Prevention Program
rulemaking;
Update from the Directorate of Cooperative and State
Programs on OSHA's cooperative programs, including VPP, alliances and
partnerships.
Update from the Chief of Staff on OSHA's outreach efforts,
including the heat-related illness campaign and outreach to vulnerable
workers.
Work Group Reports, and Work Group and Committee
Administration; and
Public Comment Period.
ACCSH meetings are transcribed and detailed minutes of the meetings
are prepared. The transcript and minutes are placed in the public
docket for the meeting. The docket also includes ACCSH Work Group
reports, speaker presentations, comments, and other materials and
requests submitted to the Committee.
ACCSH Work Group Meetings
In conjunction with the ACCSH meeting, ACCSH Work Groups will meet
at the following times on Wednesday, July 27, 2011:
Backing Operations--8 to 9:15 a.m.;
Prevention thru Design--9:30 to 10:45 a.m.;
Construction Health Hazards/Green Jobs--10:45 to Noon;
Reinforcing Steel in Construction--1 to 2:15 p.m.;
Injury and Illness Prevention Programs--2:15 to 3:30 p.m.;
Multilingual Issues, Diversity, Women in Construction--
3:45 to 5 p.m.
For additional information on ACCSH Work Group meetings or
participating in them, please contact Mr. Dougherty or look on the
ACCSH page on OSHA's Web page at http://www.osha.gov.
Public Participation--Submissions and Access to Public Record
ACCSH and ACCSH Work Group meetings: ACCSH and ACCSH Work Group
meetings are open to the public. Individuals attending 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 to enter the building. For additional information about
building security measures for attending the ACCSH and ACCSH Work Group
meetings, please contact Ms. Chatmon (see ADDRESSES section).
Individuals needing special accommodations to attend the ACCSH and
ACCSH Work Group meetings also should contact Ms. Chatmon.
Submission of written comments: Interested persons may submit
comments using one of the methods in the ADDRESSES section. All
submissions must include the Agency name and docket number for this
ACCSH meeting (Docket No. OSHA-2011-0124). OSHA will provide copies of
submissions to ACCSH 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,
messenger, or courier service, contact the OSHA Docket Office (see
ADDRESSES section).
Requests to speak and speaker presentations: Individuals who want
to address ACCSH at the meeting must submit their requests, and their
written or electronic presentations (e.g., PowerPoint) by July 21,
2011, using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. The
request must state the amount of time requested to speak, the interest
the presenter represents (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 2003 and other Microsoft Office 2003 formats.
Alternately, at the ACCSH meeting, individuals may request to
address ACCSH briefly by signing the public-comment request sheet and
listing the topic(s) to be addressed. In addition, they must provide 20
hard copies of any materials, written or electronic, they want to
present to ACCSH.
Requests to address the Committee may be granted at the ACCSH
Chair's discretion and as time and circumstances permit. The Chair will
give first preference to those individuals who filed speaker requests
and presentations by July 21, 2011.
Public docket of the ACCSH meeting: Comments, requests to speak,
and speaker presentations, including any personal information you
provide, are placed in the public docket of this ACCSH meeting without
change and 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.
The meeting transcript, meeting minutes, documents presented at the
ACCSH meeting, Work Group reports, and other documents pertaining to
the ACCSH meeting also are placed in the public docket, and may be
available online at http://www.regulations.gov.
Access to the public record of ACCSH meetings: To read or download
documents in the public docket of this ACCSH meeting, go to Docket No.
OSHA-2011-0124 at http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in the
public record for this meeting are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index; however, some documents (e.g., copyrighted
materials) are not publicly available through that Web page. All
documents in the public record, including materials not available
through http://www.regulations.gov, are available for inspection and
copying in the OSHA Docket Office (see ADDRESSES section). Please
contact the OSHA Docket Office for assistance making submissions to, or
obtaining materials from, the public docket.
Announcement of ACCSH Appointments
The Secretary has appointed the following individuals to two-year
terms on ACCSH:
Employee Representatives
Mr. Gary L. Batykefer, Administrative Director, Sheet
Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust.
Ms. Laurie A. Shadrick, Job Safety and Health Training
Specialist, United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters.
Mr. Erich J. (Pete) Stafford, Director, Safety and Health,
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO.
Employer Representative
Mr. Kevin R. Cannon, Director, Safety and Health Services,
Associated General Contractors of America.
Mr. William E. Hering, Corporate Manager, Environment,
Health and Safety, S.M. Electric Company, Inc.
Mr. Thomas Marrero, Corporate Safety Manager, Zenith
Systems, LLC
Public Representative
Ms. Letitia K. Davis, Director, Occupational Health
Surveillance Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
State Safety and Health Agency Representatives
Mr. Charles Stribling, OSH Federal-State Coordinator,
Kentucky Labor Cabinet, Department of Work Place Standards.
The Secretary also has reappointed the following individuals to
one-year appointments on ACCSH:
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Employee Representatives
Mr. Walter Jones, Associate Director, Occupational Safety
and Health, The Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America.
Mr. Frank L. Migliaccio, Jr., Executive Director, Safety
and Health, International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental
and Reinforcing Iron Workers.
Employer Representatives
Mr. Michael J. Thibodeaux, President, MJT Consulting, Inc.
Mr. Daniel D. Zarletti, Vice President, Safety and Health,
Road Safe Traffic Systems, Inc.
Public Representative
Ms. Elizabeth Arioto, President, Elizabeth Arioto Safety
and Health Consulting Services.
State Safety and Health Agency Representative
Mr. Steven D. Hawkins, Assistant Administrator, Tennessee
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, PhD, M.P.H., Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this
notice under the authority 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. 3704), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2),
29 CFR Parts 1911 and 1912, 41 CFR Part 102, and Secretary of Labor's
Order No. 4-2010 (75 FR 55355 (9/10/2010)).
Signed at Washington, DC on July 7, 2011.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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