[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 15263-15264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7200]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, and 1926
[Docket No. H-049]
RIN 1218-0099
Respiratory Protection; Proposed Rule
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Extension of date for filing of testimony and evidence before
the public hearing.
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SUMMARY: By this document the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is extending the date for submitting the text of
testimony and documentary evidence for those who intend to testify at
the public hearings from April 14, 1995 to May 15, 1995, in order to
provide additional time for the preparation of testimony for the
hearings.
DATES: Testimony and evidence to be submitted at the hearings must be
postmarked on or before May 15, 1995. Comments must be postmarked on or
before April 14, 1995. The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday,
June 6, 1995 in Washington, DC.
ADDRESSES: Testimony and documentary evidence are to be submitted in
quadruplicate to: Mr. Thomas Hall, OSHA Division of Consumer Affairs,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Room N3649, Washington, D.C. 20210; (202) 219-8615. Testimony and
documentary evidence will be available for inspection and copying in
the Docket Office, Room N2625 at the above address.
Written comments should be submitted in quadruplicate or 1 original
(hardcopy) and 1 disk (5\1/4\ or 3 \1/2\) in WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
or ASCII to: Docket Office, Docket H-49, U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N2625, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20210; (202) 219-7894. Any
information not contained on disk, e.g., studies, articles, etc., must
be submitted in quadruplicate.
The hearing will be held in the auditorium of the U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proposal: Mr. Richard Liblong, Director, Office of Information and
Consumer Affairs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room N3647, Washington, D.C. 20210; (202)
219-8151.
Hearings: Mr. Thomas Hall, Division of Consumer Affairs,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., Room N3649, Washington, D.C. 20210; (202) 219-8615.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 15, 1994, OSHA published a notice of proposed
rulemaking on its respiratory protection standard (59 FR 58884 et
seq.). The proposal is intended to update the current respirator
standard to reflect changes in methodology, technology, and approach
related to respiratory protection that have occurred since the existing
respiratory protection standard was adopted in 1971.
A notice of the extension of the comment period and the
rescheduling of the public hearing was published on January 20, 1995
(60 FR 4132 et seq.). This notice extended the public comment period
for the proposal to April 14, 1995. The date for submitting a notice of
intention to appear at the hearing to testify was extended to March 31,
1995. The public hearings were rescheduled to start on June 6, 1995.
Extension of Date for Submitting Testimony and Evidence Before the
Hearing
Pursuant to section 6(b)(3) of the OSH Act, an opportunity to
submit oral testimony concerning all issues raised by the proposed
standard will be provided at an informal public hearing to be held in
Washington, DC from June 6, 1995 and continuing until Friday, June 23.
The hearing will commence at 9:30 a.m. on June 6, 1995, in the
auditorium of the Frances Perkins Building, U.S. Department of Labor,
3rd Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
All persons desiring to participate at the hearing must file in
quadruplicate a notice of intention to appear, postmarked on or before
March 31, 1995.
In addition to a notice of intention to appear, any party
requesting more than ten (10) minutes for a presentation, or who will
submit documentary evidence, must provide in quadruplicate the complete
text of the testimony, including any documentary evidence to be
presented. One copy shall not be stapled or bound and be suitable for
copying. These materials must be provided to Mr. Thomas Hall, OSHA
Division of Consumer Affairs at the [[Page 15264]] address above. By
this document OSHA is extending the date for submitting the text of
testimony and documentary evidence for those who intend to testify at
the public hearings from April 14, 1995 to May 15, 1995, in order to
provide additional time for the preparation of testimony for the
hearings.
Any party who has not substantially complied with this requirement
may be limited to a ten-minute presentation, and may be requested to
return for questioning at a later time during the hearing.
Notices of intention to appear, testimony and evidence will be
available for inspection and copying at the Docket Office at the
address above.
Authority and Signature: This document was prepared under the
direction of Joseph A. Dear, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. It is issued
pursuant to section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970 (84 Stat. 1593, 29 U.S.C. 655).
Signed at Washington, DC., this 20th day of March, 1995.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 95-7200 Filed 3-22-95; 8:45 am]
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