[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2097]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1915


Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION: Fire protection for shipyard employment negotiated rulemaking 
advisory committee; notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces a 
meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Fire 
Protection for Shipyard Employment. OSHA invites all interested persons 
to attend. The committee members represent groups interested in, or 
significantly affected by, the outcome of the rulemaking: They come 
from shipyards, labor unions, professional associations, and government 
agencies. The committee will continue its discussions on scope and 
application, administrative, engineering, and work practice controls, 
fire brigades, written fire plans, technological advances, costs of 
fire protection, and the content of appendices for a proposed standard 
to protect workers from hazards in shipyard employment. The committee's 
goal is to recommend to the Assistant Secretary a safety standard and 
explanatory preamble that the members support.

Dates: The meeting dates are Tuesday, February 24, 1998, through 
Thursday, February 26, 1998, from 9:00 a.m. to about 5:00 p.m. daily. 
Submit comments, requests for oral presentation, and requests for 
disability accommodations by February 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn on the Bay, 1355 
North Harbor Drive at the Embarcadero, San Diego, CA, 92101; telephone 
619-232-3861. Mail comments and requests for oral presentations to Ms. 
Odet Shaw, U.S. Dapartment of Labor, OSHA Office of Maritime Standards, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-3647, Washington, D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Joseph V. Daddura, Project 
Officer, Office of Maritime Standards, OSHA (202-219-7234 ext. 123). 
For disability accommodations, contact Ms. Theda Kenney (202-219-8061 
ext. 100; FAX: 202-219-7477).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Meeting Agenda. The Committee will focus its discussions on fire 
brigades and current rules.
    Public Participation. Interested persons may send written comments, 
data, views, or statements for consideration by the Fire Protection for 
Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Committee to Ms. Odet Shaw. 
Interested persons may also submit requests for presentations by 
providing to Ms. Shaw a summary of the proposed presentation, an 
estimate of the time desired, and a statement of the interest that the 
person represents.

    Authority. This notice is issued under the authority of Section 
3 of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4969; Title 5 
U.S.C. 561 et seq.) and Section 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1597; Title 29 U.S.C. 656).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of January, 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-2097 Filed 1-28-98; 8:45 am]
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