80_FR_32722 80 FR 32612 - Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH)

80 FR 32612 - Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 110 (June 9, 2015)

Page Range32612-32613
FR Document2015-14001

The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) will meet Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Washington, DC. This Federal Register notice also announces the appointment of six individuals to serve on FACOSH.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14001]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2015-0005]


Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health 
(FACOSH)

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Announcement of FACOSH meeting and member appointments.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health 
(FACOSH) will meet Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Washington, DC. This 
Federal Register notice also announces the appointment of six 
individuals to serve on FACOSH.

DATES: FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, 
July 16, 2015.
    Submission of comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, 
and requests for special accommodations: You must submit (postmark, 
send, transmit, deliver) comments, requests to speak at the FACOSH 
meeting, speaker presentations, and requests for special accommodations 
to attend the meeting by Thursday, July 2, 2015.

ADDRESSES:
    FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet in Rooms N-4437 A-D, 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, requests to speak at the FACOSH 
meeting, and speaker presentations using 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; or
    Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, or messenger/courier 
service: You may submit materials to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. 
OSHA-2015-0005, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (OSHA TTY 
(877) 889-5627). Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger/courier 
service) are accepted during the Department's and the OSHA Docket 
Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., weekdays.
    Requests for special accommodations to attend the FACOSH meeting: 
You may submit requests for special accommodations by hard copy, 
telephone, or email 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].
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this Federal Register notice. Because of security-
related procedures, submissions by regular mail may result in a 
significant delay in their receipt. Please contact the OSHA Docket 
Office for information about security procedures for making submissions 
by hand delivery, express delivery, and messenger/courier service. For 
additional information on submitting comments, requests to speak, and 
speaker presentations, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below.
    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 
individuals about submitting certain 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; email 
[email protected].
    For general information: Mr. Francis Yebesi, Director, OSHA Office 
of Federal Agency Programs, Room N-3622, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2122; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FACOSH will meet July 16, 2015, in 
Washington, DC. Some FACOSH members may attend the meeting 
electronically. The meeting is open to the public. The tentative agenda 
for the FACOSH meeting includes:
     Updates from FACOSH subcommittees;
     OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs;
     Protecting federal workers from retaliation; and
     Presidential POWER Initiative.
    FACOSH is authorized by 5 U.S.C. 7902; section 19 of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 668); 
and Executive Order 11612, as amended, to advise the Secretary of Labor 
(Secretary) on all matters relating to the occupational safety and 
health of federal employees. This includes providing advice on how to 
reduce and keep to a minimum the number of injuries and illnesses in 
the federal workforce, and how to encourage each federal Executive 
Branch department and agency to establish and maintain effective 
occupational safety and health programs.
    OSHA transcribes and prepares detailed minutes of FACOSH meetings. 
The Agency puts meeting transcripts and minutes plus other materials 
presented at the FACOSH meeting in the public record of the meeting, 
which is posted at http://www.regulations.gov.

Announcement of FACOSH Appointments

    FACOSH is comprised of 16 members; eight representing federal 
agency management (management members) and eight from labor 
organizations representing federal employees (labor members). FACOSH 
members generally serve staggered three-year terms. The Secretary has 
appointed the following individuals to serve on FACOSH:
    Labor members:
     Gregory Junemann, International Federation of Professional 
and Technical Engineers; and
     Milagro Rodr[iacute]guez, American Federation of 
Government Employees.
    Management members:
     Catherine Emerson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
     Gary Helmer, National Transportation Safety Board;
     Richard Williams, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; and
     Patricia Worthington, U.S. Department of Energy.

Public Participation, Submissions, and Access to Public Record

    FACOSH meetings: FACOSH meetings are open to the public. 
Individuals attending meetings 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 to enter. For additional 
information about building security measures, and requests for special 
accommodations for attending the FACOSH meeting, please contact Ms. 
Jameson (see ADDRESSES section).
    Submission of requests to speak and speaker presentations. You may 
submit a request to speak to FACOSH by one

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of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your request must 
state:
     The amount of time you request to speak;
     The interest you represent (e.g., organization name), if 
any; and,
     A brief outline of your presentation.
    PowerPoint speaker presentations and other electronic materials 
must be compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The FACOSH chair 
may grant requests to address FACOSH at his discretion, and as time and 
circumstances permit.
    Submission of written comments. You also may submit written 
comments, including data and other information, using any of the 
methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your submissions, including 
attachments and other materials, must identify the agency name and the 
OSHA docket number for this Federal Register notice. You may supplement 
electronic submissions by uploading documents electronically. If you 
wish to submit hard copies of supplementary documents instead, you must 
submit them to the OSHA Docket Office following the instructions in the 
ADDRESSES section. The additional materials must clearly identify your 
electronic submission by name, date, and docket number. OSHA will 
provide copies of your submissions to FACOSH members.
    Because of security-related procedures, submissions by regular mail 
may cause a significant delay in their receipt. For information about 
security procedures concerning submissions by hand, express delivery, 
and messenger/courier service, please contact the OSHA Docket Office 
(see ADDRESSES section).
    Access to submissions and public record. OSHA places comments, 
requests to speak, speaker presentations, meeting transcripts and 
minutes, and other documents presented at the FACOSH meeting in the 
public record without change. Those documents also may be available 
online at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions 
individuals about submitting certain personal information, such as 
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    To read or download documents in the public record, go to Docket 
No. OSHA-2015-0005 at http://www.regulations.gov. Although all meeting 
documents are listed in the index of that Web page, some documents 
(e.g., copyrighted materials) are not publicly available to read or 
download there. All meeting documents, including copyrighted materials, 
are available at the OSHA Docket Office. Please contact the OSHA Docket 
Office for additional information about access to documents in the 
docket that are not publicly available online.
    Information about using http://www.regualtions.gov to make 
submissions and access the record of FACOSH meetings is available at 
that Web page. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office for assistance 
with making submissions and obtaining documents in the FACOSH record, 
and for information about materials that not available on http://www.regulations.gov.
    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 about FACOSH, also is available at 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 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7902; 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 29 U.S.C. 668; Executive 
Order 12196 (45 CFR 12629 (2/27/1980)), as amended; 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 29, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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32612 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 9, 2015 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Requests for special accommodations Order 11612, as amended, to advise the to attend the FACOSH meeting: You Secretary of Labor (Secretary) on all Occupational Safety and Health may submit requests for special matters relating to the occupational Administration accommodations by hard copy, safety and health of federal employees. telephone, or email to Ms. Gretta This includes providing advice on how [Docket No. OSHA–2015–0005] Jameson, OSHA Office of to reduce and keep to a minimum the Federal Advisory Council on Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. number of injuries and illnesses in the Occupational Safety and Health Department of Labor, 200 Constitution federal workforce, and how to (FACOSH) Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; encourage each federal Executive telephone (202) 693–1999; email Branch department and agency to AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health jameson.gretta@dol.gov. establish and maintain effective Administration (OSHA), Labor. Instructions: All submissions must occupational safety and health ACTION: Announcement of FACOSH include the agency name and docket programs. meeting and member appointments. number for this Federal Register notice. OSHA transcribes and prepares Because of security-related procedures, detailed minutes of FACOSH meetings. SUMMARY: The Federal Advisory Council submissions by regular mail may result The Agency puts meeting transcripts on Occupational Safety and Health in a significant delay in their receipt. and minutes plus other materials (FACOSH) will meet Thursday, July 16, Please contact the OSHA Docket Office presented at the FACOSH meeting in 2015, in Washington, DC. This Federal for information about security the public record of the meeting, which Register notice also announces the procedures for making submissions by is posted at http://www.regulations.gov. appointment of six individuals to serve hand delivery, express delivery, and on FACOSH. messenger/courier service. For Announcement of FACOSH additional information on submitting Appointments DATES: FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, July comments, requests to speak, and FACOSH is comprised of 16 members; 16, 2015. speaker presentations, see the eight representing federal agency Submission of comments, requests to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section management (management members) speak, speaker presentations, and below. and eight from labor organizations requests for special accommodations: OSHA will post comments, requests representing federal employees (labor You must submit (postmark, send, to speak, and speaker presentations, members). FACOSH members generally transmit, deliver) comments, requests to including any personal information serve staggered three-year terms. The speak at the FACOSH meeting, speaker provided, without change at http:// Secretary has appointed the following presentations, and requests for special www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA individuals to serve on FACOSH: accommodations to attend the meeting cautions individuals about submitting Labor members: by Thursday, July 2, 2015. certain personal information, such as • Gregory Junemann, International ADDRESSES: Social Security numbers and birthdates. Federation of Professional and FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical Engineers; and in Rooms N–4437 A–D, U.S. Department For press inquiries: Mr. Frank • Milagro Rodrı́guez, American of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Federation of Government Employees. Washington, DC 20210. Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. Management members: Submission of comments, requests to Department of Labor, 200 Constitution • Catherine Emerson, U.S. speak, and speaker presentations: You Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; Department of Homeland Security; may submit comments, requests to telephone (202) 693–1999; email • Gary Helmer, National speak at the FACOSH meeting, and meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. Transportation Safety Board; speaker presentations using one of the For general information: Mr. Francis • Richard Williams, National following methods: Yebesi, Director, OSHA Office of Aeronautics and Space Administration; Electronically: You may submit Federal Agency Programs, Room N– and materials, including attachments, 3622, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 • Patricia Worthington, U.S. electronically at http:// Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, Department of Energy. www.regulations.gov, the Federal DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2122; email ofap@dol.gov. Public Participation, Submissions, and eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online Access to Public Record instructions for making submissions; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FACOSH Facsimile: If your submission, will meet July 16, 2015, in Washington, FACOSH meetings: FACOSH including attachments, does not exceed DC. Some FACOSH members may meetings are open to the public. 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA attend the meeting electronically. The Individuals attending meetings at the Docket Office at (202) 693–1648; or meeting is open to the public. The U.S. Department of Labor must enter the Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, tentative agenda for the FACOSH building at the Visitors’ Entrance, 3rd or messenger/courier service: You may meeting includes: and C Streets NW., and pass through submit materials to the OSHA Docket • Updates from FACOSH building security. Attendees must have Office, Docket No. OSHA–2015–0005, subcommittees; valid government-issued photo Room N–2625, U.S. Department of • OSHA’s Voluntary Protection identification to enter. For additional Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Programs; information about building security • Protecting federal workers from tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) measures, and requests for special 693–2350 (OSHA TTY (877) 889–5627). retaliation; and accommodations for attending the Deliveries (hand, express mail, • Presidential POWER Initiative. FACOSH meeting, please contact Ms. messenger/courier service) are accepted FACOSH is authorized by 5 U.S.C. Jameson (see ADDRESSES section). during the Department’s and the OSHA 7902; section 19 of the Occupational Submission of requests to speak and Docket Office’s normal business hours, Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH speaker presentations. You may submit 8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m., weekdays. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 110 / Tuesday, June 9, 2015 / Notices 32613 of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES about access to documents in the docket Members of the public are asked to keep section. Your request must state: that are not publicly available online. their telephones muted to eliminate • The amount of time you request to Information about using http:// background noises. To avoid disrupting speak; www.regualtions.gov to make the meeting, please refrain from placing • The interest you represent (e.g., submissions and access the record of the call on hold if doing so will trigger organization name), if any; and, FACOSH meetings is available at that recorded music or other sound. From • A brief outline of your presentation. Web page. Please contact the OSHA PowerPoint speaker presentations and time to time, the Chair may solicit Docket Office for assistance with comments from the public. other electronic materials must be making submissions and obtaining compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 documents in the FACOSH record, and STATUS: Open. formats. The FACOSH chair may grant for information about materials that not requests to address FACOSH at his MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: available on http://www.regulations.gov. discretion, and as time and Electronic copies of this Federal 1. Approval of agenda circumstances permit. Register notice are available at http:// 2. Approval of minutes of the Submission of written comments. You www.regulations.gov. This notice, as Committee’s meeting of April 13, also may submit written comments, well as news releases and other relevant 2015 including data and other information, information about FACOSH, also is 3. Public comment regarding LSC’s using any of the methods listed in the available at OSHA’s Web page at fiscal year 2017 budget request ADDRESSES section. Your submissions, http://www.osha.gov/. including attachments and other • Presentation by a representative of materials, must identify the agency Authority and Signature the American Bar Association’s name and the OSHA docket number for David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Standing Committee on Legal Aid this Federal Register notice. You may Assistant Secretary of Labor for and Indigent Defendants supplement electronic submissions by Occupational Safety and Health, uploading documents electronically. If • Presentation by a representative of directed the preparation of this notice National Legal Aid and Defender you wish to submit hard copies of pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7902; 5 U.S.C. App. supplementary documents instead, you Association 2; 29 U.S.C. 668; Executive Order 12196 must submit them to the OSHA Docket (45 CFR 12629 (2/27/1980)), as • Other Interested Parties Office following the instructions in the amended; 41 CFR part 102–3; and 4. Public comment ADDRESSES section. The additional Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 5. Consider and act on other business materials must clearly identify your (77 FR 3912 (1/25/2012)). electronic submission by name, date, 6. Consider and act on adjournment of and docket number. OSHA will provide Signed at Washington, DC, on May 29, meeting copies of your submissions to FACOSH 2015. members. David Michaels, CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: Because of security-related Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to procedures, submissions by regular mail Safety and Health. the Vice President & General Counsel, at may cause a significant delay in their [FR Doc. 2015–14001 Filed 6–8–15; 8:45 am] (202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent receipt. For information about security BILLING CODE 4510–26–P by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_ procedures concerning submissions by QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. hand, express delivery, and messenger/ Accessibility: LSC complies with the courier service, please contact the LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION Americans with Disabilities Act and OSHA Docket Office (see ADDRESSES Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation section). Sunshine Act Meeting Act. Upon request, meeting notices and Access to submissions and public DATE AND TIME: The Legal Services materials will be made available in record. OSHA places comments, Corporation’s Finance Committee will alternative formats to accommodate requests to speak, speaker presentations, meeting transcripts and minutes, and meet telephonically on June 15, 2015. individuals with disabilities. other documents presented at the The meeting will commence at 3:00 Individuals needing other FACOSH meeting in the public record p.m., EDT, and will continue until the accommodations due to disability in without change. Those documents also conclusion of the Committee’s agenda. order to attend the meeting in person or may be available online at http:// PLACE: John N. Erlenborn Conference telephonically should contact Katherine www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA Room, Legal Services Corporation Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_ cautions individuals about submitting Headquarters, 3333 K Street NW., NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least certain personal information, such as Washington DC 20007. 2 business days in advance of the Social Security numbers and birthdates. Public Observation: Members of the meeting. To read or download documents in public who are unable to attend in If a request is made without advance the public record, go to Docket No. person but wish to listen to the public notice, LSC will make every effort to OSHA–2015–0005 at http:// proceedings may do so by following the accommodate the request but cannot www.regulations.gov. Although all telephone call-in directions provided guarantee that all requests can be meeting documents are listed in the below. fulfilled. index of that Web page, some Call-In Directions for Open Sessions: • Call toll-free number: 1–866–451– tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES documents (e.g., copyrighted materials) Dated: June 4, 2015. are not publicly available to read or 4981; Katherine Ward, download there. All meeting • When prompted, enter the Executive Assistant to the Vice President for documents, including copyrighted following numeric pass code: Legal Affairs and General Counsel. materials, are available at the OSHA 5907707348 [FR Doc. 2015–14130 Filed 6–5–15; 11:15 am] Docket Office. Please contact the OSHA • When connected to the call, please BILLING CODE 7050–01–P Docket Office for additional information immediately ‘‘MUTE’’ your telephone. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:12 Jun 08, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of FACOSH meeting and member appointments.
DatesFACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, July 16, 2015.
ContactFor 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]
FR Citation80 FR 32612 
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