[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31463-31464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15004]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health; Notice of 
Meeting

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

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Committee on 
Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) will meet on June 25-26, 1997, 
at the Frances Perkins Department of Labor Building, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. ACCSH was established under section 
107(e)(1) of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 
U.S.C. 333) and section 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Further Information Contact: Theresa 
Berry, Office of Public Affairs, Room
N-3647, Telephone 202-219-8615, at the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20210. An 
official record of the meeting will be available for public inspection 
at the OSHA Docket Office, Room N-2625, Telephone 202-219-7894. All 
ACCSH meetings and those of its workgroups are open to the public. 
Individuals with disabilities requiring appropriate accommodations 
should contact

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Theresa Berry no later than June 20 at the address above. ACCSH will 
meet on June 25 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room N-5437A-C and June 
26 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room
N-3437A-D.
    Various ACCSH Work Groups will meet on June 25, 26, and 27. On June 
24, 1997, the Training Work Group will meet in Room S-3215A-B from 9:00 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the Confined Space Work Group will meet in Room 
N-3637 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. On June 26, the Safety and Health 
Program Management Standard Work Group will meet in Room N-3437A-D from 
2:00-4:00 p.m. On June 27, the Training Work Group will meet from 9:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Room S-3215A-B.
    On June 25, ACCSH and OSHA will discuss:
     General activities of the Directorate of Construction 
(DOC), (focusing on inspection statistics, construction-related 
fatalities and DOC projects);
     Objectives for FY 1998;
     Rulemaking activity (specifically Safety and Health 
Programs, Confined Spaces, Fall Protection and Steel Erection);
     Multi-employer Worksite Policy;
     The use of settlement agreements to improve employee 
protection;
     Washing facilities on construction sites; and
     Allocation of OSHA liability between contractors. In 
addition, the Work Groups on Training, Confined Spaces and the Safety 
and Health Program Management Standard will report to the full Advisory 
Committee and the Committee will discuss those reports.
    On June 26, NIOSH will brief the ACCSH on its construction-related 
activities. OSHA and ACCSH will discuss:
     OSHA reinvention;
     Compliance assistance and resources;
     Respirator standard;
     Decontamination practices and issues for such Substances 
as lead, asbestos and silica; and
     Training programs.
    Interested persons may submit written data, views or comments, 
preferably with 20 copies, to Theresa Berry, at the address above. 
Those submissions received prior to the meeting will be provided to 
ACCSH and will be included in the record of the meeting.
    Interested persons may also request to make an oral presentation by 
notifying Theresa Berry before the meeting. The request must state the 
amount of time desired, the interest that the person represents, and a 
brief outline of the presentation. ACCSH may grant requests, as time 
permits, at the discretion of the Chair of ACCSH.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 4th day of June, 1997.
Gregory R. Watchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 97-15004 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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