[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 166 (Thursday, August 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 45867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23087]



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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), Labor.

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

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and 
Health (MACOSH), established under Section 7 of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970 to advise the Secretary of Labor on issues 
relating to occupational safety and health programs, policies, and 
standards in the maritime industries in the United States, will meet in 
Hampton, Virginia on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 22 and 23, 1998.

DATES: The Committee will meet on September 22 and 23, 1998. On 
September 22, the Committee will meet from 9:00 A.M. until 
approximately 5:00 P.M.; on September 23, the Committee will meet from 
8:30 A.M. until approximately 5:00 P.M.

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet in Ballroom B at the Radisson Hotel 
Hampton, 700 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton, Virginia 23669 ((757) 727-
9700).
    Mail comments views, or statements in response to this notice to 
Larry Liberatore, Maritime Facilitator, Office of Maritime Standards, 
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3621, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Phone: (202) 219-8061; Fax: (202) 219-
7477.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested persons are invited to attend 
the public meetings of MACOSH at the time and place indicated above. 
Individuals with disabilities wishing to attend should contact Theda 
Kenney at (202) 219-8061 no later than September 14, 1998, to obtain 
appropriate accommodations.

Meeting Agenda

    This meeting will include discussion of the OSHA shipyard strategic 
planning goals; vertical tandem lifts in the marine cargo handling 
environment; ship scrapping initiatives and developments; training 
partnerships; use of hanging scaffolds in shipyards; general OSHA 
update, including a standards update and an update on the shipyard fire 
protection negotiated rulemaking committee.

Public Participation

    Written data, views, or comments for consideration by MACOSH on the 
various agenda items listed above may be submitted, preferably with 25 
copies, to Larry Liberatore at the address provided above. Submissions 
received by September 10, 1998, will be provided to the members of the 
committee and will be included in the record of the meeting. Requests 
to make oral presentations to the Committee may be granted if time 
permits. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the Committee 
on any of the agenda items noted above should notify Larry Liberatore 
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.

    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 20th day of August, 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-23087 Filed 8-26-98; 8:45 am]
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