[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 66002-66003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31807]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1926

[Docket No. S-775]
RIN 1218-AA65


Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Reestablish

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 
Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of reestablishment of the Steel Erection Negotiated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee charter.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor has determined that it is in the public 
interest to reestablish the charter of Steel Erection Negotiated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee (SENRAC) for the Committee to complete 
its charge to make recommendations to OSHA on a proposed rule for steel 
erection activities in construction. The re-establishment of the 
charter will allow SENRAC to continue its work for a period of two 
years or until the promulgation of the final standard, whichever occurs 
first.

DATES: The Charter will be filed on December 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Any written comments in response to this notice should be 
sent in quadruplicate, to the Docket Officer, Docket S-775, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
Room N2624, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210 (202) 
219-7894.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bonnie Friedman, Director, Office 
of Information and Consumer Affairs, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210; 
telephone (202) 219-8615.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Title 5 U.S.C. App. I), section 3 of 1990, Title 5 
U.S.C. 561, et seq., the Secretary of Labor has determined that the 
reestablishment of SENRAC's charter is in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 651, et seq.).
    SENRAC is composed of 20 members including representatives from 
labor, industry, small business, public interests and government 
agencies appointed by the Secretary of Labor.
    The Department of Labor anticipates that the SENRAC Committee will 
soon complete its work on the first phase of a revised steel erection 
standard. The Committee did not believe it had enough information to 
agree on one issue that was a part of its original mandate, the 
standards governing slippery metal deck surfaces. The Committee will 
seek information, data, studies, and views from all interested members 
of the public to assist in developing a recommendation on this issue.
    The Committee will report to the Assistant Secretary for 
Occupational Safety and Health. It will function solely as an advisory 
body in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA) and the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (NRA). Its 
charter will be filed, as required by FACA, within fifteen (15) days of 
the date of this publication.
    Meetings of this committee will be announced in the Federal 
Register and are open to the public.

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    Interested parties are invited to submit comments regarding the re-
establishment of the committee to the Docket Officer, Docket S-775, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, Room N2624, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20210; (202) 219-7894. All parties interested in furnishing 
information, data, studies, and views on the matter of slippery metal 
deck surfaces may furnish such material to the Committee at the same 
address.
    With this notice, I am reestablishing the charter of the Steel 
Erection Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of December, 1996.

Robert B. Reich,

Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 96-31807 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]

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