[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14198]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health: 
Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION: Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 
(MACOSH); Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Maritime Advisory Committee 
for Occupational Safety and Health will meet June 25 and 26, 1997, at 
the Francis Perkins Department of Labor Building, 200 Constitution Ave. 
NW, Washington DC 20210. MACOSH was established under section 7(a) of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 656) to 
advise the Secretary of Labor on matters relating to occupational 
safety and health programs, policies, and standards in the maritime 
industries of the United States.

ADDRESSES: Any written comments in response to this notice should be 
sent to the following address: OSHA, Office of Maritime Standards, Room 
N-3621, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Phone 
(202) 219-7234, fax (202) 219-7477.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Liberatore, Office of 
Maritime Standards, OSHA, (202) 219-7234, extension 141.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MACOSH will meet June 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. and June 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room S-
5515 of the Francis Perkins Labor Building. At this meeting, MACOSH 
will continue its discussions on maritime enforcement, standards, and 
outreach initiatives related to the maritime industries. MACOSH plans 
an extensive discussion of longshoring outreach, mentoring (training), 
and safety and health programs.
    OSHA invites all interested persons to attend public meetings of 
MACOSH, including the one at the time and place indicated above. 
Seating will be available to the public on a first-come, first-served 
basis. Individuals with disabilities requiring appropriate 
accommodations should contact Theda Kenney at 202-219-8061, no later 
than June 11, 1997.
    MACOSH will meet as a whole and in small focus groups. Interested 
persons may submit, preferably with 20 copies, written data, views or 
comments for consideration by MACOSH to Larry Liberatore at the address 
provided above. Those submissions received by June 11 will be provided 
to MACOSH and included in the record of the meeting. Interested persons 
also may request an opportunity to make oral presentations by notifying 
Larry Liberatore before the meeting. (Oral presentations are limited to 
statements of fact and views; they do not include any questions unless 
these questions have been specifically approved by the chairperson.) 
The request must state the amount of time desired, the interest that 
the person represents, and a brief outline of the presentation. Persons 
who request an oral presentation may be allowed to speak, as time 
permits, at the discretion of the Chair of the Advisory Committee.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of May 1997.
Greg Watchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 97-14198 Filed 5-29-97; 8:45 am]
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