[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16223-16224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06780]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2016-0009]
Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of special meeting of the ACCSH.
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SUMMARY: ACCSH will hold a special meeting April 25-26, 2016, in
Washington, DC, to draft a construction version of OSHA's planned
Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.
DATES: ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will meet from 1 to 5:00 p.m., Monday,
April 25, 2016, and from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 26,
2016.
Submit (postmark, send, transmit) comments, requests to address the
ACCSH meeting, speaker presentations (written or electronic), and
requests for special accommodations for the ACCSH meeting, by April 15,
2016.
ADDRESSES:
Submission of comments, requests to speak, and speaker
presentations for the ACCSH meeting: Submit comments, requests to
speak, and speaker presentations for the ACCSH meeting, using one of
the following methods:
Electronically: Submit materials, including attachments,
electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the on-line instructions for submissions.
Facsimile (Fax): If the 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: Submit materials to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-
2016-0009, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877)
889-5627). OSHA's Docket Office accepts deliveries (hand deliveries,
express mail, and messenger service) during normal business hours, 8:15
a.m.-4:45 p.m., e.t., weekdays.
Instructions: Submissions must include the agency name and docket
number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2016-0009).
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. For
additional information on submitting comments, requests to speak, and
speaker presentations, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
OSHA will post comments, requests to speak, and speaker
presentations, including any personal information provided, without
change, at: http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions you
about submitting personal information such as Social Security numbers
and birthdates.
Location of the ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will meet in Room N-3437 A-C,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20210.
Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for
special accommodations to attend the ACCSH meeting 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; email: [email protected].
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; email:
[email protected].
For general information about ACCSH and ACCSH meetings: Mr. Damon
Bonneau, OSHA, Directorate of Construction, Room N-3468, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693-2020; email: [email protected].
Copies of this Federal Register notice: 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 the OSHA Web page at: http://www.osha.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ACCSH Meeting
Background: ACCSH will meet April 25-26, 2016, in Washington, DC.
The meeting is open to the public. OSHA transcribes ACCSH meetings and
prepares detailed minutes of meetings. OSHA places the transcript and
minutes in the public docket for the meeting. The docket also includes
speaker presentations, comments, and other materials submitted to
ACCSH.
ACCSH advises the Secretary of Labor and the 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 (CSA)) (40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et
seq.) (see also 29 CFR 1911.10 and 1912.3). In addition, the OSH Act
and CSA require that the Assistant Secretary consult with ACCSH before
the Agency proposes any occupational safety and health standard
affecting construction activities (29 CFR 1911.10; 40 U.S.C. 3704).
Meeting agenda: The tentative agenda for this meeting includes:
Assistant Secretary's remarks;
Drafting of the construction version of the OSHA Safety
and Health Program Management Guidelines; and,
Public Comment Period.
Attending the meeting: Individuals attending the meeting at the
U.S. Department of Labor must enter the building at the visitors'
entrance, 3rd and C Streets, NW., and pass through building security.
Attendees must have valid government-issued photo identification (such
as a driver's license) to enter the building. For additional
information about building-security measures for attending ACCSH
meetings, please contact Ms. Jameson (see ``Requests for special
accommodations'' in the ADDRESSES section of this notice).
Requests to speak and speaker presentations: Attendees who want to
address ACCSH at the meeting must submit a request to speak, as well as
any written or electronic presentation, by
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April 15, 2016, using one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section. The 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 your presentation.
PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be
compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010
formats.
Alternately, at the ACCSH meeting, you may request to address ACCSH
briefly by signing the public-comment request sheet and listing the
topic(s) you will address. You also must provide 20 hard copies of any
materials, written or electronic, you want to present to ACCSH.
The ACCSH Chair may grant requests to address ACCSH as time and
circumstances permit.
Public docket of the ACCSH meeting: OSHA will place comments,
requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal
information you provide, in the public docket of this ACCSH meeting
without change, and those documents will be available online at: http://www.regulations.gov. OSHA also places in the public docket the meeting
transcript, meeting minutes, documents presented at the ACCSH meeting,
and other documents pertaining to the ACCSH meeting. These documents
are available online at: http://www.regulations.gov.
Access to the public record of the ACCSH meeting: To read or
download documents in the public docket of this ACCSH meeting, go to
Docket No. OSHA-2016-0009 at: http://www.regulations.gov. The http://www.regulations.gov index also lists all 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 for inspection in the OSHA Docket
Office (see ADDRESSES section). Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
assistance in making submissions to, or obtaining materials from, the
public docket.
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; 40 U.S.C. 3704; 5 U.S.C.
App. 2; 29 CFR parts 1911 and 1912; 41 CFR 102-3; and Secretary of
Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012).
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 21, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-06780 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am]
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