[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5407]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


NACOSH HazCom Workgroup Meeting

    Notice is hereby given that a workgroup of the National Advisory 
Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH), established under 
section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 656) to advise the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services on matters relating to the administration of 
the Act, will meet on March 20-21 in N3437 A-D of the Department of 
Labor Building located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. 
This meeting was previously announced in the November 15, 1995, Federal 
Register, but a second day has been added. This meeting is open to the 
public and will run from 10:00 am to approximately 4:30 pm the first 
day, and from 8:00 am to approximately 3:00 pm the second day.
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has asked 
NACOSH to form a workgroup to identify ways to improve chemical hazard 
communication and the right-to-know in the workplace. OSHA has asked 
the Committee to provide OSHA with recommendations in approximately six 
months related to simplification of material safety data sheets, 
reducing the amount of required paperwork, improving the effectiveness 
of worker training, and revising enforcement policies so that they 
focus on the most serious hazards.
    On March 20-21, presentations by specialists will be made on the 
following subjects: label comprehension, electronic access systems, 
training programs, and the experience of the American National 
Standards Institute (ANSI) in developing standards for the preparation 
of material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and labeling of hazardous 
industrial chemicals.
    It is anticipated that the final product of this workgroup will be 
submitted to the full National Advisory Committee on Occupational 
Safety and Health in the summer.
    Written data, views or comments for consideration by the workgroup 
may be submitted, preferably with 20 copies, to Joanne Goodell at the 
address provided below. Any such submissions will be provided to the 
members of the Workgroup and will be included in the record of the 
meeting. Individuals with disabilities who need special accommodations 
should contact Tom Hall (202-219-8615) a week before the meeting.

For additional information contact: Joanne Goodell, Directorate of 
Policy, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3641, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC., 20210, telephone (202) 219-
8021, extension 107.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 29th day of February, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 96-5407 Filed 3-6-96; 8:45 am]
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