81_FR_8133 81 FR 8102 - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

81 FR 8102 - National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 31 (February 17, 2016)

Page Range8102-8103
FR Document2016-03295

The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) will hold a special meeting on March 4, 2016, in Washington, DC, to consider and make recommendations on OSHA's draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8102-8103]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03295]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2016-0001]


National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

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

ACTION: Announcement of special meeting.

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SUMMARY: The National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and 
Health (NACOSH) will hold a special meeting on March 4, 2016, in 
Washington, DC, to consider and make recommendations on OSHA's draft 
Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.

DATES: NACOSH will meet from 2 to 5 p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016.
    Comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, requests for 
special accommodations and requests to attend the meeting by 
teleconference: You must submit (postmark, send, transmit) comments, 
requests to address NACOSH, speaker presentations, requests for special 
accommodations for the NACOSH meeting and requests to attend the 
meeting by teleconference by Wednesday, February 24, 2016.

ADDRESSES: NACOSH will meet in Room N-5437A, Conference Rooms A-B, 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 the docket number for this Federal 
Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2016-0001), by 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 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-2016-0001, 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 and requests to attend the 
meeting by teleconference: Please submit requests for special 
accommodations to attend the NACOSH meeting and requests to attend the 
meeting by teleconference, 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 the 
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2016-
0001). 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 
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 NACOSH 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, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 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, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor,, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 
889-5627); email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACOSH will hold a special meeting on 
Friday, March 4, 2016, in Washington, DC. The purpose of this special 
meeting is to allow NACOSH to consider and make recommendations on 
OSHA's draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. Some 
NACOSH members may attend 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).
    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.

Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record

    All NACOSH 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. Persons attending the meeting must have valid 
government-issued photo identification (e.g., driver's license) to 
enter the building. For additional information about attending the 
NACOSH meeting (in person or by teleconference), please contact Ms. 
Jameson (see ADDRESSES section).
    Individuals requesting special accommodations to attend the NACOSH 
meeting and requesting to attend the meeting by teleconference 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 Federal Register notice 
(Docket No. OSHA-2016-0001). OSHA will provide copies of any 
submissions to the NACOSH 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, 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

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February 24, 2016, 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 NACOSH 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 NACOSH docket meeting transcripts, meeting 
minutes, documents presented at the NACOSH meeting, and other documents 
pertaining to the NACOSH 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 NACOSH docket, go to Docket No. OSHA-2016-0001 at 
http://www.regulations.gov. The index for that Web page lists all of 
the documents in the docket; however, some documents (e.g., copyrighted 
materials) are not publicly available through that Web page. All 
documents in the NACOSH docket, 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 NACOSH 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, also are 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 February 11, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-03295 Filed 2-16-16; 8:45 am]
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8102 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Office accepts deliveries (hand may attend by teleconference. NACOSH deliveries, express mail, and messenger/ meetings are open to the public. Occupational Safety and Health courier service) during normal business NACOSH was established by Section Administration hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. e.t., 7(a) of the Occupational Safety and weekdays. Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. [Docket No. OSHA–2016–0001] Requests for special accommodations 651, 656) to advise, consult with and National Advisory Committee on and requests to attend the meeting by make recommendations to the Secretary Occupational Safety and Health teleconference: Please submit requests of Labor and the Secretary of Health and for special accommodations to attend Human Services on matters relating to AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health the NACOSH meeting and requests to the administration of the OSH Act. Administration (OSHA), Labor. attend the meeting by teleconference, by NACOSH is a continuing advisory ACTION: Announcement of special email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. committee of indefinite duration. meeting. Gretta Jameson, OSHA Office of NACOSH operates in accordance with Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. the Federal Advisory Committee Act SUMMARY: The National Advisory Department of Labor, 200 Constitution (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), its Committee on Occupational Safety and Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; implementing regulations (41 CFR part Health (NACOSH) will hold a special telephone (202) 693–1999 (TTY (887) 102–3), and OSHA’s regulations on meeting on March 4, 2016, in 889–5627); email jameson.grettah@ NACOSH (29 CFR part 1912a). Washington, DC, to consider and make dol.gov. OSHA transcribes and prepares recommendations on OSHA’s draft Instructions: Your submissions must detailed minutes of NACOSH meetings. Safety and Health Program Management include the Agency name and the OSHA posts the transcripts and minutes Guidelines. docket number for this Federal Register in the public docket along with written DATES: NACOSH will meet from 2 to 5 notice (Docket No. OSHA–2016–0001). comments, speaker presentations, and p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016. Due to security-related procedures, other materials submitted to NACOSH Comments, requests to speak, speaker submissions by regular mail may or presented at NACOSH meetings. presentations, requests for special experience significant delays. Please Public Participation, Submissions and accommodations and requests to attend contact the OSHA Docket Office for Access to Public Record the meeting by teleconference: You must information about security procedures for making submissions by hand All NACOSH meetings are open to the submit (postmark, send, transmit) delivery, express delivery, or public. Individuals attending NACOSH comments, requests to address messenger/courier service. For meetings at the U.S. Department of NACOSH, speaker presentations, additional information about Labor must enter the building at the requests for special accommodations for submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY Visitors’ Entrance at 3rd and C Streets the NACOSH meeting and requests to INFORMATION section of this notice. NW., and pass through building attend the meeting by teleconference by OSHA will post in the NACOSH security. Persons attending the meeting Wednesday, February 24, 2016. docket, without change, any comments, must have valid government-issued ADDRESSES: NACOSH will meet in photo identification (e.g., driver’s Room N–5437A, Conference Rooms A– requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal license) to enter the building. For B, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 additional information about attending Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, information that you provide. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about the NACOSH meeting (in person or by DC 20210. teleconference), please contact Ms. Submission of comments, requests to submitting personal information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates. Jameson (see ADDRESSES section). speak and speaker presentations: You Individuals requesting special may submit comments and requests to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: accommodations to attend the NACOSH speak at the NACOSH meeting, For press inquiries: Mr. Frank meeting and requesting to attend the identified by the docket number for this Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of meeting by teleconference should Federal Register notice (Docket No. Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. contact Ms. Jameson. OSHA–2016–0001), by one of the Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Submission of comments: You may following methods: Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; submit comments using one of the Electronically: You may submit telephone (202) 693–1999 (TTY (877) methods listed in the ADDRESSES materials, including attachments, 889–5627); email meilinger.francis2@ section. Your submission must include electronically at http:// dol.gov. the Agency name and docket number for www.regulations.gov, which is the For general information: Ms. Michelle this Federal Register notice (Docket No. Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the Walker, Director, OSHA Technical Data OSHA–2016–0001). OSHA will provide online instructions for making Center, Directorate of Technical Support copies of any submissions to the submissions. and Emergency Management, Room N– NACOSH members. Facsimile: If your submission, 2625, U.S. Department of Labor,, 200 Because of security-related including attachments, does not exceed Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, procedures, submissions by regular mail 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 may experience significant delays. For Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. (TTY (877) 889–5627); email information about security procedures Regular mail, express mail, hand walker.michelle@dol.gov. for submitting materials by hand asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES delivery, or messenger/courier service SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACOSH delivery, express mail, and messenger/ (hard copy): You may submit your will hold a special meeting on Friday, courier service, please contact the materials to the OSHA Docket Office, March 4, 2016, in Washington, DC. The OSHA Docket Office. Docket No. OSHA–2016–0001, Room N– purpose of this special meeting is to Requests to speak and speaker 2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 allow NACOSH to consider and make presentations: If you want to address Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, recommendations on OSHA’s draft NACOSH at the meeting you must DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 Safety and Health Program Management submit a request to speak, as well as any (TTY (887) 889–5627). OSHA’s Docket Guidelines. Some NACOSH members written or electronic presentation, by VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Feb 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices 8103 February 24, 2016, using one of the Signed at Washington, DC, on February 11, Labor, Occupational Safety and Health methods listed in the ADDRESSES 2016. Administration, Room N–2625, 200 section. Your request must state: David Michaels, Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, • The amount of time requested to Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express speak; Safety and Health. mail, messenger and courier service) are • The interest you represent (e.g., [FR Doc. 2016–03295 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] accepted during the Department of business, organization, affiliation), if BILLING CODE 4510–26–P Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal any; and business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., • A brief outline of the presentation. e.t. PowerPoint presentations and other DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Instructions: All submissions must electronic materials must be compatible Occupational Safety and Health include the Agency name and OSHA with PowerPoint 2010 and other Administration docket number (OSHA–2012–0026) for Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The the Information Collection Request NACOSH Chair may grant requests to [Docket No. OSHA–2012–0026] (ICR). All comments, including any address NACOSH as time and personal information you provide, are circumstances permit. Regulations Containing Procedures for Public docket of NACOSH meetings: placed in the public docket without Handling of Retaliation Complaints; change, and may be made available OSHA places comments, requests to Revision of Approved Information speak, and speaker presentations, online at http://www.regulations.gov. Collection (Paperwork) Requirements For further information on submitting including any personal information you for Office of Management and Budget provide, in the NACOSH docket, comments see the ‘‘Public (OMB) Approval Participation’’ heading in the section of without change. Those documents also may be available online at http:// AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY Administration (OSHA), Labor. INFORMATION. www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions you about submitting certain ACTION: Request for public comments. Docket: To read or download personal information such as Social comments or other material in the SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov Security numbers and birthdates. OSHA also places in the NACOSH comments concerning its proposal to or the OSHA Docket Office at the docket meeting transcripts, meeting extend and revise the collections of address above. All documents in the minutes, documents presented at the information currently approved by the docket (including this Federal Register NACOSH meeting, and other documents Office of Management and Budget notice) are listed in the http:// pertaining to the NACOSH meetings. (OMB) for handling of retaliation www.regulations.gov index; however, These documents may be available complaints filed with OSHA under some information (e.g., copyrighted online at http://www.regulations.gov. various whistleblower protection material) is not publicly available to Access to the public record of statutes and the procedural regulations read or download from the Web site. All NACOSH meetings: To read or described in this notice. These submissions, including copyrighted download documents in the NACOSH regulations contain procedures material, are available for inspection docket, go to Docket No. OSHA–2016– employees must use to file a complaint and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 0001 at http://www.regulations.gov. The with OSHA alleging that their employer You may also contact the Directorate of index for that Web page lists all of the violated a whistleblower protection Whistleblower Protection Programs at documents in the docket; however, provision contained in certain statutes the address below to obtain a copy of some documents (e.g., copyrighted that generally prohibit retaliatory action the ICR. materials) are not publicly available by employers against employees who FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: through that Web page. All documents engage in activities protected by the statutes. The collections of information MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, in the NACOSH docket, including Directorate of Whistleblower Protection materials not available through http:// include revisions to the form for employees to submit retaliation Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of www.regulations.gov, are available in Labor, Room N–4624, 200 Constitution the OSHA Docket Office. Please contact complaints to OSHA, including electronic submission. Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; the OSHA Docket Office for assistance telephone: (202) 693–2199; email in making submissions to, or obtaining DATES: Comments must be submitted Garrahan.Maryann@dol.gov. materials from, the NACOSH docket. (postmarked, sent, or received) by April Electronic copies of this Federal 18, 2016. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Register notice are available at http:// ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may I. Background www.regulations.gov. This notice, as submit comments and attachments well as news releases and other relevant electronically at http:// The Department of Labor, as part of its information, also are available on www.regulations.gov, which is the continuing effort to reduce paperwork OSHA’s Web page at http:// Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the and respondent (e.g., an employee filing www.osha.gov. instructions online for submitting a retaliation complaint) burden, comments. conducts a preclearance consultation Authority and Signature Facsimile: If your comments, program to provide the public with an David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, including attachments, are not longer opportunity to comment on proposed asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Assistant Secretary of Labor for than 10 pages, you may fax them to the and continuing collections of Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. information in accordance with the directed the preparation of this notice Mail, hand delivery, express mail, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. messenger or courier service: When U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 656; 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 29 CFR part 1912a; using this method, you must submit ensures that information is in the 41 CFR part 102–3; and Secretary of your comments and attachments to the desired format, reporting burden (time Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912 OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. and costs) is minimal, collection (1/25/2012)). OSHA–2012–0026, U.S. Department of instruments are clearly understood, and VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:05 Feb 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17FEN1.SGM 17FEN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of special meeting.
DatesNACOSH will meet from 2 to 5 p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016.
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 (TTY (877) 889-5627); email [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 8102 
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