[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20674]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health; Notice of 
Open Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction 
Safety and Health (ACCSH).

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SUMMARY: OSHA is notifying the public that ACCSH will meet September 
14-15, 2000 at the Holiday Inn Capital at the Smithsonian, 550 C Street 
SW., Washington, DC. This meeting is open to the public.

Dates, Times and Rooms

     ACCSH will meet 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, September 14 and 
8:30 a.m. to Noon Friday, September 15 in the Discovery II conference 
room. ACCSH work groups will meet September 11-12 in the Frances 
Perkins Building, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veneta Chatmon, Office of Public 
Affairs, Room N-3647, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-1999.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An official record of the meeting will be 
available for public inspection at the OSHA Docket Office, Room N-2625 
of the Frances Perkins Building, at the address above, telephone (202) 
693-2350. All ACCSH meetings and those of its work groups are open to 
the public. Individuals needing special accommodation should contact 
Veneta Chatmon no later than August 30, 2000, at the above address.
    The agenda items for this meeting include:
     Remarks by the Assistant Secretary for the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, Charles N. Jeffress.
     ACCSH work group updates, including:
     Data Collection.
     Musculoskeletal Disorders.
     Fall Protection.
     Hexavalent Chromium.
     Safety and Health Programs and Training.
     OSHA Form 170.
     Directorate of Construction Reports.
     Special Presentations, including:
     Ergonomic Interventions for Domestic Maritime Industries.
     Communication Tower Erection.
     Comments on the ACCSH draft document on Preventing 
Musculoskeletal Disorders.
    The following ACCSH work groups will meet in the Frances Perkins 
Building, at the address above:
    Hexavalent Chromium: 10 a.m. to Noon, Tuesday, September 12, room 
N-3437 B.
    Safety and Health Programs and Training: 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, 
September 12, room N-3437 B.
    OSHA Form 170: 1-4 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, room N-3437 A.
    Data Collection: 8:30 a.m. to Noon, Wednesday, September 13, room 
N-3437 D.
    Musculoskeletal Disorders: 1:30-4:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 13, 
room N-3437 D.
    For up-to-date information on ACCSH activities and scheduling 
please refer to the OSHA Web site at http://www.osha.gov, or call Jim 
Boom in OSHA's Directorate of Construction at (202) 693-1839.
    Interested parties may submit written data, views or comments, 
preferably with 20 copies, to Veneta Chatmon, at the address above. 
Submissions received prior to the meeting will be provided to ACCSH 
members and will be included in the record of the meeting. Attendees 
may also request to make an oral presentation by notifying Veneta 
Chatmon in writing before the meeting. The request must state the 
amount of time desired, the interest represented by the presenter 
(e.g., the names of the business, trade association, government agency) 
if any, and a brief outline of the presentation. The Chair of ACCSH may 
grant request at his/her discretion and as time permits.

    Authority: Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this 
notice under the authority granted by section 7 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656) section 107 of the 
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety 
Act) (40 U.S.C. 333), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 
181).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on August 8, 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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