[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13435-13436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7173]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. H-372]
RIN 1218-AB58


Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: Notice of 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: Notice of 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Metalworking Fluids Standards 
Advisory Committee (MWFSAC), established under section 7 of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to advise the Secretary of 
Labor on appropriate actions to protect workers from the hazards 
associated with occupational exposure to metalworking fluids, will meet 
in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 8, 1998, at the Sheraton 
Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3196, (1-
800-362-2244).

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 8, 1998. The meeting will 
begin at 8:30 A.M. and adjourn at approximately 5:00 P.M.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Cleveland Sheraton 
Airport Hotel, 5300 Riverside Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44135-3196. Mail 
comments, views or

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statements in response to this notice to Dr. Peter Infante, U.S. 
Department of Labor, OSHA, Directorate of Health Standards Programs, 
Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, Room N-3718, 200 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Friedman, Director, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs, 
OSHA, (202) 219-8151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested persons are invited to attend 
the April 8th public meeting of the Metalworking Fluids Standards 
Advisory Committee at the time and place indicated above. Individuals 
with disabilities wishing to attend should contact Theresa Berry at 
(202) 219-8615 ext. 106 (Fax: 202-219-5986) no later than March 31, 
1998, to obtain appropriate accommodations.

Meeting Agenda

    This meeting will focus on the need for reducing exposure to 
metalworking fluids in small businesses, and the economic and 
technological feasibility of reducing such exposures in these 
industries. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will introduce 
their small business study. Investigative strategies for obtaining 
health effects data and exposure data for a wide range of industries 
will be discussed. Concerns unique to small businesses will be 
explored.

Public Participation

    Written data, views or comments for consideration by the MWFSAC on 
the various agenda items listed above may be submitted, preferably with 
20 copies, to Dr. Peter Infante at the address provided above. 
Submissions received by March 31, 1998 may be provided to the members 
of the committee and will be included in the record of the meeting. At 
this meeting it is unlikely that there will be any time for oral 
presentations by members of the public. However, anyone wishing to make 
a presentation to the committee should notify Dr. Peter Infante of this 
fact at the address listed above. The request should state the amount 
of time desired, the capacity in which the person will appear and a 
brief outline of the content of the presentation. Requests to make oral 
presentations to the Committee may be granted if time permits.

Authority

    This notice is issued under the authority of sections 6(b)(1) and 
7(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 
656), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and 29 CFR 
part 1912.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 16th day of March 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-7173 Filed 3-18-98; 8:45 am]
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