82_FR_7882 82 FR 7869 - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH)

82 FR 7869 - Occupational Safety and Health Administration Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 13 (January 23, 2017)

Page Range7869-7870
FR Document2017-01407

In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), and after consultation with the General Services Administration, the Secretary of Labor is renewing the charter for the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. The Committee will better enable OSHA to perform its duties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the OSH Act) of 1970. The Committee is diverse and balanced, both in terms of segments of the maritime industry represented (e.g., shipyard employment, longshoring, and marine terminal industries), and in the views and interests represented by the members.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7869-7870]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01407]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Docket No. OSHA-2017-0004]


Occupational Safety and Health Administration Maritime Advisory 
Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH)

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

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the MACOSH charter.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), and after consultation with the General Services 
Administration, the Secretary of Labor is renewing the charter for the 
Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health. The 
Committee will better enable OSHA to perform its duties under the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act (the OSH Act) of 1970. The Committee 
is diverse and balanced, both in terms of segments of the maritime 
industry represented (e.g., shipyard employment, longshoring, and 
marine terminal industries), and in the views and interests represented 
by the members.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Wangdahl, Director, Office of 
Maritime and Agriculture, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone: (202) 693-2066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will advise OSHA on matters 
relevant to the safety and health of employees in the maritime 
industry. This includes advice on maritime issues that will result in 
more effective enforcement, training, and outreach programs, and 
streamlined regulatory efforts. The maritime industry includes shipyard 
employment, longshoring, marine terminal, and other related industries, 
e.g., commercial fishing and shipbreaking. The Committee will function 
solely as an advisory body in compliance with the provisions of FACA 
and OSHA's regulations covering advisory committees (29 CFR part 1912).

Authority and Signature

    Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20210, authorized the preparation of this notice 
pursuant to Sections 6(b)(1), and 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)(1), 656(b)), the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), Section 41 of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941), Secretary of Labor's Order 
1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR part 1912.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on January 13, 2017.
Jordan Barab,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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                                                  information. OSHA did not perform any                       CSL’s application, go to                               information. Based on its review of this
                                                  on-site reviews in relation to this                         www.regulations.gov or contact the                     evidence, OSHA finds that CSL meets
                                                  application.                                                Docket Office, Occupational Safety and                 the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.7 for
                                                    OSHA published the preliminary                            Health Administration, U.S. Department                 expansion of its recognition, subject to
                                                  notice announcing CSL’s expansion                           of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,                 the limitation and conditions listed
                                                  application in the Federal Register on                      Room N–3508, Washington, DC 20210.                     below. OSHA, therefore, is proceeding
                                                  October 31, 2016 (81 FR 75446). The                         Docket No. OSHA–2009–0026 contains                     with this final notice to grant CSL’s
                                                  Agency requested comments by                                all materials in the record concerning                 scope of recognition. OSHA limits the
                                                  November 15, 2016, but it received no                       CSL’s recognition.                                     expansion of CSL’s recognition to
                                                  comments in response to this notice.
                                                                                                              II. Final Decision and Order                           testing and certification of products for
                                                  OSHA now is proceeding with this final
                                                  notice to grant expansion of CSL’s scope                       OSHA staff examined CSL’s                           demonstration of conformance to the
                                                  of recognition.                                             expansion application, its capability to               test standards listed in Table 1 below.
                                                    To obtain or review copies of all                         meet the requirements of the test
                                                  public documents pertaining to the                          standards, and other pertinent

                                                            TABLE 1—LIST OF APPROPRIATE TEST STANDARDS FOR INCLUSION IN CSL’S NRTL SCOPE OF RECOGNITION
                                                        Test standard                                                                        Test standard title

                                                  UL   60745–1 ...............       Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 1: General Requirements.
                                                  UL   60745–2–1 ...........         Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–1: Particular Requirements for Drills and Impact Drills.
                                                  UL   60745–2–11 .........          Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–11: Particular Requirements for Reciprocating Saws.
                                                  UL   60745–2–2 ...........         Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–2: Particular Requirements for Screwdrivers and Impact
                                                                                       Wrenches.
                                                  UL 60745–2–3 ...........           Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–3: Particular Requirements for Grinders, Polishers and Disk-
                                                                                       Type Sanders.
                                                  UL 60745–2–4 ...........           Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–4: Particular Requirements for Sanders and Polishers Other
                                                                                       Than Disk Type.
                                                  UL 60745–2–5 ...........           Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–5: Particular Requirements for Circular Saws.
                                                  UL 60745–2–6 ...........           Hand-Held Motor-Operated Electric Tools—Safety—Part 2–6: Particular Requirements for Hammers.
                                                  UL 1741 .....................      Standard for Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy
                                                                                       Resources.
                                                  UL   1778 .....................    Uninterruptable Power Systems.
                                                  UL   1083 .....................    Household Electric Skillets and Frying-Type Appliances.
                                                  UL   153 .......................   Standard for Portable Electric Lights.
                                                  UL   1598 .....................    Luminaires.
                                                  UL   1993 .....................    Self-Ballasted Lamps and Lamp Adapters.
                                                  UL   8750 .....................    Standard for Light Emitting Diode (LED) Equipment for Use in Lighting Products.
                                                  UL   935 .......................   Fluorescent-Lamp Ballasts.



                                                     OSHA’s recognition of any NRTL for                       A. Conditions                                          Occupational Safety and Health, 200
                                                  a particular test standard is limited to                       In addition to those conditions                     Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
                                                  equipment or materials for which OSHA                       already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, CSL                 DC 20210, authorized the preparation of
                                                  standards require third-party testing and                   must abide by the following conditions                 this notice. Accordingly, the Agency is
                                                  certification before using them in the                      of the recognition:                                    issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
                                                  workplace. Consequently, if a test                             1. CSL must inform OSHA as soon as                  657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
                                                  standard also covers any products for                       possible, in writing, of any change of                 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and
                                                  which OSHA does not require such                            ownership, facilities, or key personnel,               29 CFR 1910.7.
                                                  testing and certification, an NRTL’s                        and of any major change in its                         David Michaels,
                                                  scope of recognition does not include                       operations as an NRTL, and provide                     Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
                                                  these products.                                             details of the change(s);                              Safety and Health.
                                                     The American National Standards                             2. CSL must meet all the terms of its
                                                                                                                                                                     [FR Doc. 2017–01411 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  Institute (ANSI) may approve the test                       recognition and comply with all OSHA
                                                                                                                                                                     BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
                                                                                                              policies pertaining to this recognition;
                                                  standards listed above as American
                                                                                                              and
                                                  National Standards. However, for                               3. CSL must continue to meet the
                                                  convenience, we may use the                                 requirements for recognition, including                DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                                  designation of the standards-developing                     all previously published conditions on
                                                  organization for the standard as opposed                    CSL’s scope of recognition, in all areas               [Docket No. OSHA–2017–0004]
                                                  to the ANSI designation. Under the                          for which it has recognition.
                                                  NRTL Program’s policy (see OSHA                                                                                    Occupational Safety and Health
                                                                                                                 Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
                                                  Instruction CPL 1–0.3, Appendix C,                                                                                 Administration Maritime Advisory
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                                                                                                              1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope
                                                  paragraph XIV), any NRTL recognized                                                                                Committee for Occupational Safety
                                                                                                              of recognition of CSL, subject to the
                                                  for a particular test standard may use                                                                             and Health (MACOSH)
                                                                                                              limitation and conditions specified
                                                  either the proprietary version of the test                  above.                                                 AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
                                                  standard or the ANSI version of that                                                                               Administration (OSHA), Labor.
                                                  standard. Contact ANSI to determine                         III. Authority and Signature
                                                                                                                                                                     ACTION: Notice of renewal of the
                                                  whether a test standard is currently                           David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH,
                                                                                                                                                                     MACOSH charter.
                                                  ANSI-approved.                                              Assistant Secretary of Labor for


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                                                  SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                         Signed at Washington, DC, on January 13,             any organization the submitter
                                                  provisions of the Federal Advisory                      2017.                                                  represents. The Office will post all
                                                  Committee Act (FACA), and after                         Jordan Barab,                                          comments publicly in the form that they
                                                  consultation with the General Services                  Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for                are received. If electronic submission of
                                                  Administration, the Secretary of Labor                  Occupational Safety and Health.                        comments is not feasible due to lack of
                                                  is renewing the charter for the Maritime                [FR Doc. 2017–01407 Filed 1–19–17; 8:45 am]            access to a computer and/or the
                                                  Advisory Committee for Occupational                     BILLING CODE 4510–26–P                                 Internet, please contact the Office, using
                                                  Safety and Health. The Committee will                                                                          the contact information below, for
                                                  better enable OSHA to perform its                                                                              special instructions.
                                                  duties under the Occupational Safety                    LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  and Health Act (the OSH Act) of 1970.                                                                          Kimberley Isbell, Senior Counsel for
                                                                                                          U.S. Copyright Office                                  Policy and International Affairs, by
                                                  The Committee is diverse and balanced,
                                                  both in terms of segments of the                        [Docket No. 2017–2]                                    email at kisb@loc.gov or by telephone at
                                                  maritime industry represented (e.g.,                                                                           202–707–8350; or Maria Strong, Deputy
                                                                                                          Study on the Moral Rights of                           Director for Policy and International
                                                  shipyard employment, longshoring, and
                                                                                                          Attribution and Integrity                              Affairs, by email at mstrong@loc.gov or
                                                  marine terminal industries), and in the
                                                                                                                                                                 by telephone at 202–707–8350.
                                                  views and interests represented by the                  AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                  members.                                                of Congress.
                                                                                                          ACTION: Notice of inquiry.                             I. Background
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Amy Wangdahl, Director, Office of                                                                                 The term ‘‘moral rights’’ is taken from
                                                                                                          SUMMARY:   The United States Copyright                 the French phrase droit moral, and
                                                  Maritime and Agriculture, Directorate of                Office is undertaking a public study to
                                                  Standards and Guidance, U.S.                                                                                   generally refers to certain non-economic
                                                                                                          assess the current state of U.S. law                   rights that are considered personal to an
                                                  Department of Labor, Occupational                       recognizing and protecting moral rights
                                                  Safety and Health Administration,                                                                              author.1 Chief among these are the right
                                                                                                          for authors, specifically the rights of                of an author to be credited as the author
                                                  Room N–3609, 200 Constitution Avenue                    attribution and integrity. As part of this             of his or her work (the right of
                                                  NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone:                   study, the Office will review existing                 attribution), and the right of an author
                                                  (202) 693–2066.                                         law on the moral rights of attribution                 to prevent prejudicial distortions of the
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The                     and integrity, including provisions                    work (the right of integrity). These rights
                                                  Committee will advise OSHA on matters                   found in title 17 of the U.S. Code as well             have a long history in international
                                                                                                          as other federal and state laws, and                   copyright law, dating back to the turn of
                                                  relevant to the safety and health of
                                                                                                          whether any additional protection is                   the 20th century when several European
                                                  employees in the maritime industry.
                                                                                                          advisable in this area. To support this                countries included provisions on moral
                                                  This includes advice on maritime issues
                                                                                                          effort and provide thorough assistance                 rights in their copyright laws.2 A
                                                  that will result in more effective                      to Congress, the Office is seeking public
                                                  enforcement, training, and outreach                                                                            provision on moral rights was first
                                                                                                          input on a number of questions.                        adopted at the international level
                                                  programs, and streamlined regulatory
                                                                                                          DATES: Written comments must be                        through the Berne Convention for the
                                                  efforts. The maritime industry includes
                                                                                                          received no later than 11:59 p.m.                      Protection of Literary and Artistic
                                                  shipyard employment, longshoring,                       Eastern Time on March 9, 2017. Written
                                                  marine terminal, and other related                                                                             Works (‘‘Berne Convention’’) during its
                                                                                                          reply comments must be received no                     Rome revision in 1928.3 The current
                                                  industries, e.g., commercial fishing and                later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on                  text of article 6bis(1) of the Berne
                                                  shipbreaking. The Committee will                        April 24, 2017. The Office may                         Convention states: ‘‘Independently of
                                                  function solely as an advisory body in                  announce one or more public meetings,                  the author’s economic rights, and even
                                                  compliance with the provisions of                       to take place after written comments are               after the transfer of the said rights, the
                                                  FACA and OSHA’s regulations covering                    received, by separate notice in the                    author shall have the right to claim
                                                  advisory committees (29 CFR part 1912).                 future.                                                authorship of the work and to object to
                                                  Authority and Signature                                 ADDRESSES:   For reasons of government                 any distortion, mutilation or other
                                                                                                          efficiency, the Copyright Office is using              modification of, or other derogatory
                                                    Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant                        the regulations.gov system for the                     action in relation to, the said work,
                                                  Secretary of Labor for Occupational                     submission and posting of public                       which would be prejudicial to his honor
                                                  Safety and Health, U.S. Department of                   comments in this proceeding. All                       or reputation.’’ 4
                                                  Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,                     comments must be submitted                                In contrast to the early adoption of
                                                  Washington, DC 20210, authorized the                    electronically. Specific instructions for              strong moral rights protections in
                                                  preparation of this notice pursuant to                  submitting comments will be posted on
                                                                                                                                                                   1 In this Notice, we use the general term ‘‘author’’
                                                  Sections 6(b)(1), and 7(b) of the                       the Copyright Office Web site at https://
                                                                                                                                                                 to include all creators, including visual artists and
                                                  Occupational Safety and Health Act of                   www.copyright.gov/policy/moralrights/                  performers.
                                                  1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)(1), 656(b)), the                 comment-submission/. To meet                             2 See Sam Ricketson & Jane C. Ginsburg,

                                                  Federal Advisory Committee Act (5                       accessibility standards, all comments                  International Copyright and Neighboring Rights:
                                                                                                          must be provided in a single file not to               The Berne Convention and Beyond ¶¶ 10.03–.04, at
                                                  U.S.C. App. 2), Section 41 of the                                                                              587–89 (2d ed. 2006).
                                                                                                          exceed six megabytes (MB) in one of the
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                                                  Longshore and Harbor Workers’                                                                                    3 See Mihály Ficsor, World Intellectual Property

                                                  Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941),                       following formats: Portable Document                   Organization, Guide to the Copyright and Related
                                                  Secretary of Labor’s Order 1–2012 (77                   File (PDF) format containing searchable,               Rights Treaties Administered by WIPO and
                                                  FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012), and 29 CFR part                accessible text (not an image); Microsoft              Glossary of Copyright and Related Rights Terms ¶
                                                                                                          Word; WordPerfect; Rich Text Format                    BC-6bis, at 44 (2003).
                                                  1912.                                                                                                            4 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary
                                                                                                          (RTF); or ASCII text file format (not a                and Artistic Works art. 6bis(1), Sept. 9, 1886, as
                                                                                                          scanned document). All comments must                   revised July 24, 1971, and as amended Sept. 28,
                                                                                                          include the name of the submitter and                  1979, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99–27 (1986).



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of renewal of the MACOSH charter.
ContactAmy Wangdahl, Director, Office of Maritime and Agriculture, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-2066.
FR Citation82 FR 7869 

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