83_FR_45457 83 FR 45284 - Whistleblower Protection; Public Meeting

83 FR 45284 - Whistleblower Protection; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 173 (September 6, 2018)

Page Range45284-45285
FR Document2018-19289

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is announcing a public meeting to solicit comments and suggestions from stakeholders in the financial industry, including employers, employees, and representatives of employers and employees, on issues facing the agency in its administration of the whistleblower protection provisions of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, Section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-19289]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2018-0005]


Whistleblower Protection; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is 
announcing a public meeting to solicit comments and suggestions from 
stakeholders in the financial industry, including employers, employees, 
and representatives of employers and employees, on issues facing the 
agency in its administration of the whistleblower protection provisions 
of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, Section 1057 of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and 
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on October 16, 2018, from 1:00 
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. Persons interested in attending the meeting must 
register by September 30, 2018. In addition, comments relating to the 
``Scope of Meeting'' section of this document must be submitted in 
written or electronic form by October 9, 2018.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in Room N-4437 A-B, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.
    Written Comments: Submit written comments to the OSHA Docket 
Office, Docket No. OSHA-2018-0005, Room N-3653, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone 
(202) 693-2350. You may submit materials, including attachments, 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the on-line instructions for submissions. 
All comments should be identified with Docket No. OSHA-2018-0005.
    Registration To Attend and/or To Participate in the Meeting: If you 
wish to attend the public meeting, make an oral presentation at the 
meeting, or participate in the meeting via telephone, you must register 
using this link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/occupational-safety-and-health-administration-financial-stakeholder-meeting-registration-48336609099 by close of business on September 30, 2018. Participants 
may speak and pass out written materials, but there will not be an 
opportunity to give an electronic presentation. Actual times provided 
for presentation will depend on the number of requests, but no more 
than 10 minutes per participant. There is no fee to register for the 
public meeting. Registration on the day of the public meeting will be 
permitted on a space-available basis beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. After 
reviewing the requests to present, we will contact each participant 
prior to the meeting with the approximate time that the participant's 
presentation is scheduled to begin.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 
Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999; 
email meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
    For general information: Mr. Anthony Rosa, Deputy Director, OSHA 
Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs, U.S. Department of 
Labor; telephone (202) 693-2199; email osha.dwpp@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of Meeting

    OSHA is interested in obtaining information from the public on key 
issues facing the agency's whistleblower program. This meeting is the 
second in a series of meetings requesting public input on this program. 
For this meeting, OSHA is focusing on issues relating to whistleblower 
protection in the financial industry. In particular, the agency invites 
input on the following:
    1. How can OSHA deliver better whistleblower customer service?
    2. What kind of assistance can OSHA provide to help explain the 
whistleblower laws it enforces?

Request for Comments

    Regardless of attendance at the public meeting, interested persons 
may submit written or electronic comments (see ADDRESSES). Submit a 
single copy of electronic comments or two paper copies of any mailed 
comments, except that individuals may submit one paper copy. To permit 
time for interested persons to submit data, information, or views on 
the issues in the ``Scope of Meeting'' section of this notice, submit 
comments by October 9, 2018. Please

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include Docket No. OSHA-2018-0005. Comments received may be seen in the 
OSHA Docket Office, (see ADDRESSES), between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. 
ET, Monday through Friday.

Access to the Public Record

    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 the Directorate of 
Whistleblower Protection Programs' web page at: http://www.whistleblowers.gov.

Authority and Signature

    Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety 
and Health, authorized the preparation of this notice under the 
authority granted by Secretary's Order 01-2012 (Jan. 18, 2012), 77 FR 
3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); 29 U.S.C. 660(c); 49 U.S.C. 31105; 49 U.S.C. 
20109, and 6 U.S.C. 1142.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on August 30, 2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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                                                Estimated Cost (Operation and                          et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order               oral presentation at the meeting, or
                                               Maintenance): $2,312,424.                               No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912).                              participate in the meeting via telephone,
                                                                                                         Signed at Washington, DC, on August 30,             you must register using this link https://
                                               IV. Public Participation—Submission of
                                                                                                       2018.                                                 www.eventbrite.com/e/occupational-
                                               Comments on This Notice and Internet
                                                                                                       Loren Sweatt,                                         safety-and-health-administration-
                                               Access to Comments and Submissions
                                                                                                       Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
                                                                                                                                                             financial-stakeholder-meeting-
                                                  You may submit comments in                                                                                 registration-48336609099 by close of
                                                                                                       Occupational Safety and Health.
                                               response to this document as follows:                                                                         business on September 30, 2018.
                                               (1) Electronically at http://                           [FR Doc. 2018–19288 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                             Participants may speak and pass out
                                               www.regulations.gov, which is the                       BILLING CODE 4510–26–P
                                                                                                                                                             written materials, but there will not be
                                               Federal eRulemaking Portal; (2) by                                                                            an opportunity to give an electronic
                                               facsimile (fax); or (3) by hard copy. All                                                                     presentation. Actual times provided for
                                               comments, attachments, and other                        DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
                                                                                                                                                             presentation will depend on the number
                                               material must identify the agency name                  Occupational Safety and Health                        of requests, but no more than 10
                                               and the OSHA docket number (Docket                      Administration                                        minutes per participant. There is no fee
                                               No. OSHA–2012–0005) for the ICR. You                                                                          to register for the public meeting.
                                               may supplement electronic submissions                   [Docket No. OSHA–2018–0005]
                                                                                                                                                             Registration on the day of the public
                                               by uploading document files                                                                                   meeting will be permitted on a space-
                                               electronically. If you wish to mail                     Whistleblower Protection; Public
                                                                                                       Meeting                                               available basis beginning at 12:00 p.m.
                                               additional materials in reference to an                                                                       ET. After reviewing the requests to
                                               electronic or facsimile submission, you                 AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health                present, we will contact each
                                               must submit them to the OSHA Docket                     Administration (OSHA), Labor.                         participant prior to the meeting with the
                                               Office (see the section of this notice                                                                        approximate time that the participant’s
                                                                                                       ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
                                               titled ADDRESSES). The additional                                                                             presentation is scheduled to begin.
                                               materials must clearly identify                         SUMMARY:   The Occupational Safety and                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               electronic comments by your name,                       Health Administration (OSHA) is
                                               date, and the docket number so that the                                                                          For press inquiries: Mr. Frank
                                                                                                       announcing a public meeting to solicit                Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
                                               agency can attach them to your                          comments and suggestions from
                                               comments.                                                                                                     Communications, U.S. Department of
                                                                                                       stakeholders in the financial industry,               Labor; telephone (202) 693–1999; email
                                                  Because of security procedures, the                  including employers, employees, and
                                               use of regular mail may cause a                                                                               meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
                                                                                                       representatives of employers and                         For general information: Mr. Anthony
                                               significant delay in the receipt of                     employees, on issues facing the agency
                                               comments. For information about                                                                               Rosa, Deputy Director, OSHA
                                                                                                       in its administration of the                          Directorate of Whistleblower Protection
                                               security procedures concerning the                      whistleblower protection provisions of
                                               delivery of materials by hand, express                                                                        Programs, U.S. Department of Labor;
                                                                                                       the Consumer Financial Protection Act                 telephone (202) 693–2199; email
                                               delivery, messenger, or courier service,                of 2010, Section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank
                                               please contact the OSHA Docket Office                                                                         osha.dwpp@dol.gov.
                                                                                                       Wall Street Reform and Consumer
                                               at (202) 693–2350; TTY (877) 889–5627.                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                       Protection Act of 2010, and the
                                                  Comments and submissions are                         Sarbanes-Oxley Act.                                   Scope of Meeting
                                               posted without change at http://
                                               www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA                    DATES: The public meeting will be held                   OSHA is interested in obtaining
                                               cautions commenters about submitting                    on October 16, 2018, from 1:00 p.m. to                information from the public on key
                                               personal information such as social                     3:00 p.m. ET. Persons interested in                   issues facing the agency’s whistleblower
                                               security numbers and dates of birth.                    attending the meeting must register by                program. This meeting is the second in
                                               Although all submissions are listed in                  September 30, 2018. In addition,                      a series of meetings requesting public
                                               the http://www.regulations.gov index,                   comments relating to the ‘‘Scope of                   input on this program. For this meeting,
                                               some information (e.g., copyrighted                     Meeting’’ section of this document must               OSHA is focusing on issues relating to
                                               material) is not publicly available to                  be submitted in written or electronic                 whistleblower protection in the
                                               read or download through this website.                  form by October 9, 2018.                              financial industry. In particular, the
                                               All submissions, including copyrighted                  ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be                 agency invites input on the following:
                                               material, are available for inspection                  held in Room N–4437 A–B, U.S.                            1. How can OSHA deliver better
                                               and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.                  Department of Labor, 200 Constitution                 whistleblower customer service?
                                               Information on using the http://                        Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210.                         2. What kind of assistance can OSHA
                                               www.regulations.gov website to submit                      Written Comments: Submit written                   provide to help explain the
                                               comments and access the docket is                       comments to the OSHA Docket Office,                   whistleblower laws it enforces?
                                               available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’                Docket No. OSHA–2018–0005, Room N–
                                                                                                       3653, U.S. Department of Labor, 200                   Request for Comments
                                               link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office
                                               for information about materials not                     Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,                     Regardless of attendance at the public
                                               available through the website, and for                  DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350.                   meeting, interested persons may submit
                                               assistance in using the internet to locate              You may submit materials, including                   written or electronic comments (see
                                               docket submissions.                                     attachments, electronically at http://                ADDRESSES). Submit a single copy of
                                                                                                       www.regulations.gov, which is the                     electronic comments or two paper
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                                               V. Authority and Signature                              Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the                copies of any mailed comments, except
                                                 Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant                        on-line instructions for submissions. All             that individuals may submit one paper
                                               Secretary of Labor for Occupational                     comments should be identified with                    copy. To permit time for interested
                                               Safety and Health, directed the                         Docket No. OSHA–2018–0005.                            persons to submit data, information, or
                                               preparation of this notice. The authority                  Registration To Attend and/or To                   views on the issues in the ‘‘Scope of
                                               for this notice is the Paperwork                        Participate in the Meeting: If you wish               Meeting’’ section of this notice, submit
                                               Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506                   to attend the public meeting, make an                 comments by October 9, 2018. Please


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                                               include Docket No. OSHA–2018–0005.                      a link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the                 for Docket ID NRC–2018–0130. Address
                                               Comments received may be seen in the                    NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.                       questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
                                               OSHA Docket Office, (see ADDRESSES),                       Schedule updates, including weather-               Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
                                               between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET,                    related cancellations, are also available             email: Jennifer.BorgesRoman@nrc.gov.
                                               Monday through Friday.                                  at www.ntsb.gov.                                      For technical questions, contact the
                                                                                                       FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Candi                   individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
                                               Access to the Public Record
                                                                                                       Bing at (202) 314–6403 or by email at                 INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
                                                 Electronic copies of this Federal                     bingc@ntsb.gov.                                       document.
                                               Register notice are available at http://
                                                                                                       FOR MEDIA INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                • NRC’s Agencywide Documents
                                               www.regulations.gov. This notice, as                                                                          Access and Management System
                                                                                                       Christopher O’Neil at (202) 314–6100 or
                                               well as news releases and other relevant                                                                      (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-
                                                                                                       by email at christopher.oneill@ntsb.gov
                                               information, also are available on the                                                                        available documents online in the
                                                                                                       for the Highway Special Investigation of
                                               Directorate of Whistleblower Protection                                                                       ADAMS Public Documents collection at
                                                                                                       Pedestrian Safety and Keith Hollow at
                                               Programs’ web page at: http://                                                                                http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
                                                                                                       (202) 314–6100 or by email at
                                               www.whistleblowers.gov.                                                                                       adams.html. To begin the search, select
                                                                                                       keith.holloway@ntsb.gov for the Aircraft
                                               Authority and Signature                                 Accident Report.                                      ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
                                                                                                                                                             problems with ADAMS, please contact
                                                 Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant                          Tuesday, September 4, 2018.                         the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
                                               Secretary for Occupational Safety and                   Candi R. Bing,                                        reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
                                               Health, authorized the preparation of                   Federal Register Liaison Officer.                     415–4737, or by email to
                                               this notice under the authority granted                 [FR Doc. 2018–19425 Filed 9–4–18; 11:15 am]           PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The ADAMS
                                               by Secretary’s Order 01–2012 (Jan. 18,                  BILLING CODE 7533–01–P                                accession number for each document
                                               2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012); 29                                                                         referenced (if it is available in ADAMS)
                                               U.S.C. 660(c); 49 U.S.C. 31105; 49                                                                            is provided the first time that it is
                                               U.S.C. 20109, and 6 U.S.C. 1142.                        NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    mentioned in this document.
                                                 Signed at Washington, DC, on August 30,               COMMISSION                                               • NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
                                               2018.                                                                                                         purchase copies of public documents at
                                                                                                       [Docket Nos. 50–277 and 50–278; NRC–                  the NRC’s PDR, Room O1–F21, One
                                               Loren Sweatt,                                           2018–0130]
                                               Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for                                                                       White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
                                               Occupational Safety and Health.                         Exelon Generation Company, LLC:                       Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–19289 Filed 9–5–18; 8:45 am]              Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station,                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               BILLING CODE 4510–26–P                                  Units 2 and 3                                         Bennett M. Brady, Office of Nuclear
                                                                                                                                                             Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear
                                                                                                       AGENCY:  Nuclear Regulatory                           Regulatory Commission, Washington,
                                                                                                       Commission.                                           DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415–
                                               NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION                                 ACTION: License renewal application;                  2981, email: Bennett.Brady@nrc.gov.
                                               SAFETY BOARD                                            opportunity to request a hearing and to               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                       petition for leave to intervene.
                                               Sunshine Act Meeting                                                                                          I. Introduction
                                                                                                       SUMMARY:   The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory                   By letter dated July 10, 2018 (ADAMS
                                               TIME AND DATE:  9:00 a.m., Tuesday,                     Commission (NRC) is considering an
                                               September 25, 2018.                                                                                           Package Accession No. ML18193A689);
                                                                                                       application for the subsequent license                the NRC received an application from
                                               PLACE: NTSB Conference Center, 429                      renewal of Renewed Facility Operating
                                               L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC                                                                             Exelon, filed pursuant to Section 103 of
                                                                                                       License Nos. DPR–44 and DPR–56, that                  the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
                                               20594.                                                  authorizes Exelon Generation Company,                 amended (the Act), and part 54 of title
                                               STATUS: The two items are open to the                   LLC (Exelon or the applicant) to operate              10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
                                               public.                                                 Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station                     (CFR), to renew the operating licenses
                                               MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:                               Units 2 and 3 (Peach Bottom). The                     for Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3, at
                                               58357 Highway Special Investigation                     renewed licenses would authorize the                  3,951-megawatt thermal each. The
                                                    of Pedestrian Safety                               applicant to operate Peach Bottom for                 Peach Bottom units are boiling water
                                               58387 Aircraft Incident Report—                         an additional 20 years beyond the                     reactors designed by General Electric
                                                    Taxiway Overflight, Air Canada                     period specified in each of the current               Company and are located in Delta, PA
                                                    Flight 759, Airbus A320–211, C–                    renewed licenses. The current renewed                 (17.9 miles south of Lancaster, PA). A
                                                    FKCK, San Francisco, California,                   operating licenses for Peach Bottom                   notice of receipt of the subsequent
                                                    July 7, 2017                                       expire as follows: Unit 2 on August 8,                license renewal application (SLRA) was
                                               NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Telephone: (202)
                                                                                                       2033, and Unit 3 on July 2, 2034.                     published in the Federal Register on
                                               314–6100.                                               DATES: Requests for a hearing or petition             August 1, 2018 (83 FR 37529).
                                                  The press and public may enter the                   for leave to intervene must be filed by                  By letter, dated August 27, 2018
                                               NTSB Conference Center one hour prior                   November 5, 2018.                                     (ADAMS Accession No. ML18191B085,
                                               to the meeting for set up and seating.                  ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID                  the NRC staff determined that Exelon
                                                  Individuals requesting specific                      NRC–2018–0130 when contacting the                     has submitted sufficient information in
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                                               accommodations should contact                           NRC about the availability of                         accordance with 10 CFR 54.19, 54.21,
                                               Rochelle McCallister at (202) 314–6305                  information regarding this document.                  54.22, 54.23, 51.45, and 51.53(c), to
                                               or by email at Rochelle.McCallister@                    You may obtain publicly available                     enable the staff to undertake a review of
                                               ntsb.gov by Wednesday, September 19,                    information related to this document                  the application, and that the application
                                               2018.                                                   using any of the following methods:                   is, therefore, acceptable for docketing
                                                  The public may view the meeting via                    • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to                 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18191B085).
                                               a live or archived webcast by accessing                 http://www.regulations.gov and search                 The current Docket Nos. 50–277 and


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting.
DatesThe public meeting will be held on October 16, 2018, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. Persons interested in attending the meeting must register by September 30, 2018. In addition, comments relating to the ``Scope of Meeting'' section of this document must be submitted in written or electronic form by October 9, 2018.
ContactFor press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999; email [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 45284 

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