[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 49 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13325-13326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6109]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 
(MACOSH); Notice of Rechartering

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

ACTION: Notice of Recharting of MACOSH.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. app. I), and after 
consultation with the General Services Administration (GSA), I have 
determined that rechartering the Maritime Advisory Committee for 
Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) is in the public interest in 
connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Department by 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), 84 Stat. 
1590, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.). Authority to establish this Committee, 
which addresses maritime matters, is found in sections 6(b) and 7(b) of 
the OSH Act; section 41 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941); the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and by other general agency authority in Title 
5 of the United States Code.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chappell Pierce, Acting Director, 
Office of Maritime Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: (202) 693-2255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Committee will advise OSHA on matters relevant to the safety 
and health of workers in the maritime industry. This includes advice on 
maritime issues that will result in more effective enforcement, 
training, and outreach programs, and streamlined regulatory efforts 
using consensual rulemaking techniques, where appropriate, as well as 
standard rulemaking procedures.
    The Committee will function solely as an advisory body and in 
compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
and OSHA's regulations covering advisory committees (29 CFR Part 1912). 
The Committee charter will be filed 15 days from the date of this 
publication.

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II. Nominations

    On January 24, 2000, the Agency solicited nominations for 
membership on MACOSH (65 FR 3740). Interested persons were invited to 
submit their own names or the name of another person who they believed 
to be qualified to serve on the advisory committee. OSHA will publish 
the names of those selected for membership on MACOSH shortly in the 
Federal Register.

III. Authority

    This document was prepared under the direction of Charles N. 
Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and 
Health, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. 20210, pursuant to 
sections 6(b) 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, DC this 6th day of March 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 00-6109 Filed 3-10-00; 8:45 am]
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