83 FR 53027 - Sunshine Act Meeting

CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 203 (October 19, 2018)

Page Range		53027-53028
FR Document		2018-22934

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53027-53028]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22934]


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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: October 24, 2018, 10:00 a.m. EDT.

PLACE: U.S. Chemical Safety Board, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 
910, Washington, DC 20006.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board (CSB) will convene a public meeting on Wednesday, October 24, 
2018, at 10 a.m. EDT in Washington, DC, at the CSB offices located at 
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 910. The Board will discuss open 
investigations, the status of audits from the Office of the Inspector 
General, financial and organizational updates. New business will 
include an overview of items related to a new ``Dust Hazards Perception 
Report,'' a factual update on the CSB's ongoing Kuraray investigation, 
and a discussion and possible vote on a policy regarding employee 
participation in CSB investigations.

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Additional Information

    The meeting is free and open to the public. If you require a 
translator or interpreter, please notify the individual listed below as 
the CONTACT PERSON FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, at least three business 
days prior to the meeting.
    A conference call line will be provided for those who cannot attend 
in person. Please use the following dial-in number to join the 
conference:
    Dial In: 1 (630) 691-2748 Audience US Toll.
    Confirmation Number: 47604548.
    The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating 
incidents and hazards that result, or may result, in the catastrophic 
release of extremely hazardous substances. The agency's Board Members 
are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. CSB 
investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents and hazards, 
including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as 
inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety management 
systems.

Public Comment

    The time provided for public statements will depend upon the number 
of people who wish to speak. Speakers should assume that their 
presentations will be limited to three minutes or less, but commenters 
may submit written statements for the record.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Hillary Cohen, Communications 
Manager, at [email protected] or (202) 446-8094. Further information about 
this public meeting can be found on the CSB website at: www.csb.gov.

    Dated: October 16, 2018.
Raymond Porfiri,
Deputy General Counsel, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-22934 Filed 10-17-18; 11:15 am]
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Notices Federal Register
Vol. 83, No. 203

Friday, October 19, 2018

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER proposed collection of information Systems of Agency Electrification
contains documents other than rules or including the validity of the Borrowers’’ (List of Materials), must be
proposed rules that are applicable to the methodology and assumptions used; (c) selected from that list or must have
public. Notices of hearings and investigations, ways to enhance the quality, utility and received technical acceptance from
committee meetings, agency decisions and clarity of the information to be RUS.
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Estimate of Burden: This collection of
statements of organization and functions are burden of the collection of information information is estimated to average 20
examples of documents appearing in this on those who are to respond, including hours per response.
section. through the use of appropriate Respondents: Business or other for-
automated, electronic, mechanical, or profits.
other technological collection Estimated Number of Respondents:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE techniques or other forms of information 38.
technology. Comments may be sent to: Estimated Number of Responses per
Rural Utilities Service Michele Brooks, Team Lead, Rural Respondent: 2.63.
Development Innovation Center— Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Information Collection Activity; Regulatory Team, USDA, 1400 Respondents: 2,000 hours.
Comment Request Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, Copies of this information collection
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
AGENCY: Room 5164, South Building, can be obtained from Robin M. Jones,
Notice and request for
ACTION: Washington, DC 20250–1522. Innovation Center, at (202) 772–1172,
comments. Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Email: Email: robin.m.jones@wdc.usda.gov.
michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. All responses to this notice will be
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Title: 7 CFR part 1728, Electric summarized and included in the request
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Standards and Specifications for for OMB approval. All comments will
United States Department of Materials and Construction. also become a matter of public record.
Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Utilities OMB Control Number: 0572–0131. Dated: October 15, 2018.
Service (RUS) invites comments on this Type of Request: Extension of a
information collection for which the Christopher A. McLean,
currently approved collection.
Agency intends to request approval Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
Abstract: RUS provides loans and
from the Office of Management and loan guarantees in accordance with the [FR Doc. 2018–22824 Filed 10–18–18; 8:45 am]
Budget (OMB). Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 7 BILLING CODE P
DATES: Comments on this notice must be U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended, (RE Act).
received by December 18, 2018. Section 4 of the RE Act requires that the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Agency make or guarantee a loan only CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD
Michele Brooks, Team Lead, Rural if there is reasonable assurance that the INVESTIGATION BOARD
Development Innovation Center— loan, together with all outstanding loans
Regulatory Team, USDA, 1400 and obligations of the Borrower, will be Sunshine Act Meeting
Independence Avenue SW, STOP 1522, repaid in full within the time agreed. In TIME AND DATE: October 24, 2018, 10:00
Room 5164, South Building, order to facilitate the programmatic a.m. EDT.
Washington, DC 20250–1522. interests of the RE Act and, in order to
Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Email: PLACE: U.S. Chemical Safety Board,
assure that loans made or guaranteed by
michele.brooks@wdc.usda.gov. the Agency are adequately secure, RUS, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 910,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office as a secured lender, has established Washington, DC 20006.
of Management and Budget’s (OMB) certain standards and specifications for STATUS: Open to the public.
regulation (5 CFR part 1320) materials, equipment, and the MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The
implementing provisions of the construction of electric systems. The use Chemical Safety and Hazard
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. of standards and specifications for Investigation Board (CSB) will convene
L. 104–13) requires that interested materials, equipment and construction a public meeting on Wednesday,
members of the public and affected units helps assure the Agency that: (1) October 24, 2018, at 10 a.m. EDT in
agencies have an opportunity to Appropriate standards and Washington, DC, at the CSB offices
comment on information collection and specifications are maintained; (2) RUS located at 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR loan security is not adversely affected, NW, Suite 910. The Board will discuss
1320.8(d)). This notice identifies an and; (3) Loan and loan guarantee funds open investigations, the status of audits
information collection that RUS is are used effectively and for the intended from the Office of the Inspector General,
submitting to OMB as a revision to an purposes. The regulation, 7 CFR part financial and organizational updates.
existing collection. Comments are 1728, establishes Agency policy that New business will include an overview
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invited on: (a) Whether the proposed materials and equipment purchased by of items related to a new ‘‘Dust Hazards
collection of information is necessary RUS Electric Borrowers or accepted as Perception Report,’’ a factual update on
for the proper performance of the contractor-furnished material must the CSB’s ongoing Kuraray
functions of the Agency, including conform to Agency standards and investigation, and a discussion and
whether the information will have specifications where established and, if possible vote on a policy regarding
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the included in RUS Publication IP 202–1, employee participation in CSB
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the ‘‘List of Materials Acceptable for Use on investigations.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Dates		October 24, 2018, 10:00 a.m. EDT.
FR Citation		83 FR 53027