[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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