[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-430]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Freedom of Information Act; Notice of Lawsuit

    This notice pertains to the 13,000 employers that were identified 
by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on February 25, 
2002 as having the highest lost workday injury and illness (LWDII) 
rates based on employer-reported data from calendar year 2000. On 
October 22, 2003, the Department was sued in the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of New York under the Freedom of 
Information Act to compel disclosure of the 13,000 LWDII rates in The 
New York Times v. U.S. Department of Labor, No. 03-CV-8334 (SAS). This 
notice is required by 29 CFR 70.26(h).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Schmidt, Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, Office of Statistical Analysis, Room N-3644, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: 202-693-
1886.

    Signed at Washington, DC the 31st day of December, 2003.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-430 Filed 1-8-04; 8:45 am]
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