81 FR 22318 - Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 73 (April 15, 2016)

This Federal Register notice announces meetings of the full Committee and the workgroups on May 3 and 4, 2016 in Washington, DC.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22318-22319]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08762]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2015-0014]


Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 
(MACOSH)

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

ACTION: Notice of MACOSH meeting.

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SUMMARY: This Federal Register notice announces meetings of the full 
Committee and the workgroups on May 3 and 4, 2016 in Washington, DC.

DATES: 
    MACOSH meeting: MACOSH will meet from 9 a.m. until approximately 5 
p.m. on May 3, 2016 and from 8 a.m. until approximately 2 p.m. on May 
4, 2016.
    Submission of comments, requests to speak, and requests for special 
accommodation: Submit comments, requests to speak at the full Committee 
meeting, and requests for special accommodations for these meetings 
(postmarked, sent, or transmitted) by April 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The Committee and workgroups will meet at the U.S. 
Department of Labor, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20210, in Conference Room N-3437. Meeting attendees 
must use the visitor's entrance located at 3rd & C Streets NW.
    Submission of comments and requests to speak: Submit comments and 
requests to speak at the MACOSH meetings, identified by the docket 
number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA 2015-0014), by 
one of the following methods:
    Electronically: Submit comments and attachments electronically at 
http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal. 
Follow the instructions online for submitting comments.
    Facsimile: If comments, including attachments, are not longer than 
10 pages, commenters may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 
693-1648.
    Regular mail, express mail, hand (courier) delivery, and messenger 
service: When using this method, submit a copy of comments and 
attachments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2015-0014, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210. The 
Docket Office accepts deliveries (express mail, hand (courier) 
delivery, and messenger service) during the Department of Labor's and 
Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
    Requests for special accommodations: Submit requests for special 
accommodations for MACOSH and its workgroup meetings by hard copy, 
telephone, or email to: 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 (Docket No. OSHA-2015-
0014). Because of security-related procedures, submissions by regular 
mail may result in a significant delay in receipt. Please contact the 
OSHA Docket Office for information about security procedures for making 
submissions by express mail, hand (courier) delivery, and messenger 
service.
    OSHA will place comments and requests to speak, including personal

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information, in the public docket which may be available online. 
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal 
information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    Docket: To read or download documents in the public docket for this 
MACOSH meeting, go to http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in the 
public docket are listed in the index; however, some documents (e.g., 
copyrighted material) are not publicly available to read or download 
through http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions are available for 
inspection and, when permitted, copying at the OSHA Docket Office at 
the above address. For information on using http://www.regulations.gov 
to make submissions or to access the docket, click on the ``Help'' tab 
at the top of the Home page. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for 
information about materials not available through that Web site and for 
assistance in using the Internet to locate submissions and other 
documents in the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For press inquiries: 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; email: 
[email protected].
    For general information about MACOSH and this meeting: Amy 
Wangdahl, Director, Office of Maritime and Agriculture, OSHA, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2066; 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, 
are also available at OSHA's Web page at: http://www.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All MACOSH committee and workgroup meetings 
are open to the public. Interested persons may attend the full 
Committee and its workgroup meetings at the time and place listed 
above. The full Committee will meet from 9 a.m. until approximately 1 
p.m. on May 3, 2016, in Conference Room N-3437. The full Committee 
agenda will include: An overview and history of MACOSH; an overview of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act; a presentation on Advisory 
Committee ethics, a presentation from the OSHA Office of 
Communications; an update on the Beryllium rulemaking; and reports from 
the Longshoring and Shipyard workgroups.
    The Longshoring and Shipyard workgroups will meet from 2 p.m. until 
approximately 5 p.m. on May 3, 2016 and from 8 a.m. until approximately 
2 p.m. on May 4, 2016, in Conference Rooms N-3437A and N-3437C. The 
workgroups will discuss protecting workers from toxic preservative 
coatings, temporary workers in shipyards, assessing the existing 
provisions in 29 CFR part 1915 Subpart E, lashing safety, mechanic 
safety, and developing a list of priority items to address.
    Public Participation: Any individual attending the MACOSH meeting, 
including the workgroup meetings, at the U.S. Department of Labor, 
Frances Perkins Building, must use the entrance located at 3rd & C 
Streets NW and pass through Building Security. Attendees must have 
valid government-issued photo identification to enter the building. 
Please contact Gretta Jameson at (202) 693-2176 (email: 
[email protected]) for additional information about building 
security measures for attending the MACOSH Committee and workgroup 
meetings. Interested parties may submit a request to make an oral 
presentation to MACOSH by any one of the methods listed in the 
ADDRESSES section above. The request must state the amount of time 
requested to speak, the interest represented (e.g., organization name), 
if any, and a brief outline of the presentation. The MACOSH Chair has 
discretion to grant requests to address the full Committee as time 
permits.
    Interested parties also may submit written comments, including data 
and other information, using any one of the methods listed in the 
ADDRESSES section above. OSHA will provide all submissions to MACOSH 
members prior to the meeting. Individuals who need special 
accommodations to attend the MACOSH meeting should contact Gretta 
Jameson as specified above under the heading ``Requests for special 
accommodations'' in the ADDRESSES section.

Authority and Signature

    David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this 
notice under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. 655, 656, 5 U.S.C. App. 
2, Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), and 29 CFR part 
1912.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on April 12, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-08762 Filed 4-14-16; 8:45 am]
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