[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33541-33542]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16455]


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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 July 23 in N4437 B-D in the Department of Labor 
Building located at 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. If 
necessary, the meeting will be continued on July 24 in the same 
location. This meeting, which is open to the public, will run from 
10:00 am to approximately 4:00 pm the first day and, if necessary, from 
8:30 am to no longer than 3:00 pm the second day.
    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) asked 
NACOSH to form a workgroup to identify ways to improve chemical hazard 
communication and the right-to-know in the workplace. OSHA asked the 
Committee to provide OSHA with recommendations 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.
    It is intended that this will be the final meeting of this 
workgroup. The entire meeting will be devoted to review and 
finalization of the content of its report and recommendations. This 
will involve making any necessary changes and obtaining concurrences of 
workgroup members. This report will then be transmitted to the full 
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health for its 
action and submission to the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration.
    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. However, at this point they will not have any impact on the 
report. 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

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Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210, telephone (202) 219-
8021, extension 107.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 21st day of June, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 96-16455 Filed 6-26-96; 8:45 am]
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