[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31622-31623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13452]
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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 June 18, 2015, in Washington, DC. In
conjunction with the committee meeting, the NACOSH Temporary Workers
Work Group will meet June 17, 2015.
DATES: NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Thursday, June 18, 2015.
NACOSH Work Group meeting: The NACOSH Temporary Workers Work Group
will meet from 1 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 17.
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 June 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES: NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings: NACOSH and the NACOSH
Work Group will meet in Room N-4437 A/B/C, 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 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 [email protected].
Instructions: Your submissions must include the Agency name and
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 public 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
[email protected].
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 [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet Thursday, June 18, 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, including the
severe injury reporting rule;
Remarks from the Director of the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health;
NACOSH Emergency Response Subcommittee; and
Report from the NACOSH Temporary Workers Workgroup 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 Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The meeting is open to the public.
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The purpose of the meeting is to continue discussions of workplace
safety and health issues regarding temporary workers and to develop
recommendations for the full Committee's consideration. The issues
include gaps in workplace protections for temporary workers, and joint
responsibility of host employers and staffing agencies for temporary
workers. The NACOSH Work group will present a report and any
recommendations to NACOSH at the June 18, 2015, meeting.
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
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 NACOSH meeting (Docket No.
OSHA-2015-0013). OSHA will provide copies of your submissions to 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 June 9, 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 public 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 public docket meeting transcripts, meeting
minutes, documents presented at the NACOSH meeting, and other documents
pertaining to 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 public docket, go to Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013 at
http://www.regulations.gov. The index of that Web page lists all of the
documents in the public record for this meeting; 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 in the OSHA Docket Office. Please contact the OSHA Docket
Office for assistance in making submissions to, or obtaining materials
from, the public 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, are also 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 May 28, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-13452 Filed 6-2-15; 8:45 am]
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