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)

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, 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.
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