[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53453-53455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21373]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2014-0005]
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for nominations and announcement of new members
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health invites interested individuals to submit ``rolling'' nominations
for membership on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety
and Health (FACOSH), and announces the new procedures for the
``rolling'' nominations. This Federal Register notice also announces
the appointment of six individuals to serve on FACOSH.
DATES: You must submit (postmarked, sent, transmitted, or received)
your nominations by October 5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations and supporting materials using
one of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit nominations, including attachments,
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, the federal eRulemaking
portal. Follow the online instructions for submitting nominations;
Facsimile: If your nominations and supporting materials and
attachments do not exceed 10 pages, you may FAX them to the OSHA Docket
Office at (202) 693-1648;
Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger or courier
service: You may send nominations and supporting materials to the OSHA
Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2014-0005, Room N-2625, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone
(202) 693-2350 (TTY number (877) 889-5627). Deliveries by hand, express
mail, messenger, and courier service are accepted during the Department
of Labor's and OSHA Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 a.m.-
4:45 p.m., e.s.t.
Instructions: Your submissions and supporting materials must
include the agency name and docket number for this Federal Register
notice (OSHA-2014-0005). Due to security-related procedures,
submissions by regular mail may experience significant delays. Please
contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about special security
procedures for submitting nominations and supporting materials. For
additional information on submitting nominations and supporting
materials, see the Supplementary Information section of this notice.
OSHA will post all submissions, including any personal information
you provide, without change on http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
OSHA cautions you about submitting personal information such as Social
Security numbers and birthdates.
To read or download submissions in response to this Federal
Register notice, go to Docket No. OSHA-2014-0005 at http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in the docket are listed in the
index of that Web site; however, some documents (e.g., copyrighted) are
not publicly available to read or download from that Web site. All
submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For press inquiries: Mr. Francis Meilinger, OSHA, Office of
Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999; email
[email protected].
For general information: Mr. Francis Yebesi, OSHA, Office of
Federal Agency Programs, Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Room N-
3622, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2122; email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Nominations for FACOSH Membership
The Assistant Secretary of OSHA invites interested individuals to
submit nominations for membership on FACOSH. In addition, this notice
announces new nomination procedures for FACOSH.
Background. FACOSH is authorized to advise the Secretary of Labor
(Secretary) on all matters relating to the occupational safety and
health of federal employees (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(29 U.S.C. 668), 5 U.S.C. 7902, Executive Orders 12196 and 13511). This
includes providing advice on how to reduce and keep to a minimum the
number of injuries and illnesses in the federal workforce, and how to
encourage the establishment and maintenance of effective occupational
safety and health programs in each federal agency.
FACOSH membership. FACOSH is comprised of 16 members who the
Secretary appoints to staggered terms of up to three years. The
categories of FACOSH membership and the number
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of new members to be appointed to three-year terms beginning January 1,
2015 include:
Eight members who are federal agency management
representatives--Three management representatives will be appointed;
and
Eight members who are representatives of labor
organizations that represent federal employees--Two federal employee
representatives will be appointed.
FACOSH members serve at the pleasure of the Secretary and may be
appointed to successive terms. FACOSH meets at least twice a year.
The Department of Labor is committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks broad-based and diverse FACOSH membership. Any
interested federal agency, labor organization, or individual(s) may
nominate one or more qualified persons for membership on FACOSH.
Interested individuals also are invited and encouraged to submit
statements in support of particular nominees.
Nomination requirements. Submission of nominations must include the
following information:
1. The nominee's name, contact information and current occupation
or position;
2. The nominee's resume or curriculum vitae, including prior
membership on FACOSH and other relevant organizations, associations and
committees;
3. Category of membership (management, labor) the nominee is
qualified to represent;
4. A summary of the nominee's background, experience and
qualifications that address the nominee's suitability to serve on
FACOSH;
5. Articles or other documents the nominee has authored that
indicate the nominee's knowledge, experience and expertise in
occupational safety and health, particularly as it pertains to the
federal workforce; and
6. A statement that the nominee is aware of the nomination, is
willing to regularly attend and participate in FACOSH meetings, and has
no apparent conflicts of interest that would preclude membership on
FACOSH.
Member selection. The Secretary appoints FACOSH members based upon
criteria that include the nominee's level of responsibility for
occupational safety and health matters involving the federal workforce;
experience and competence in occupational safety and health; and
willingness and ability to regularly and fully participate in FACOSH
meetings. Federal agency management nominees who serve as their
agency's Designated Agency Safety and Health Official (DASHO), or at an
equivalent level of responsibility within their respective federal
agencies, are preferred as management members. Labor nominees who have
responsibilities for federal employee occupational safety and health
matters within their respective labor organizations are preferred as
labor members.
The information received through the nomination process, along with
other relevant sources of information, will assist the Secretary in
making appointments to FACOSH. In selecting FACOSH members, the
Secretary will consider individuals nominated in response to this
Federal Register notice, as well as other qualified individuals. OSHA
will publish a list of the new FACOSH members in the Federal Register.
Public Participation
Instructions for submitting nominations. Interested individuals may
submit nominations and supplemental materials using one of the methods
listed in the ADDRESSES section. All nominations, attachments and other
materials must identify the agency/labor organization name and the
docket number for this Federal Register notice. You may supplement
electronic nominations by uploading document files electronically. If,
instead, you wish to submit additional materials in reference to an
electronic or FAX submission, you must submit them to the OSHA Docket
Office (see ADDRESSES section). The additional material must clearly
identify your electronic or FAX submission by name and docket number
for this Federal Register notice so that the materials can be attached
to your submission.
Because of security-related procedures, the use of regular mail may
cause a significant delay in the receipt of nominations. For
information about security procedures concerning the delivery of
materials by hand, express delivery, messenger or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office (see ADDRESSES section).
All submissions in response to this Federal Register notice are
posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA
cautions interested parties about submitting personal information, such
as Social Security numbers and birthdates. Guidance on submitting
nominations and materials in response to this Federal Register notice
is available at http://www.regulations.gov and from the OSHA Docket
Office.
Access to docket and other materials. To read or download
nominations and additional materials submitted in response to this
Federal Register notice, go to Docket No. OSHA-2013-0013 at http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions are listed in the index of that
docket. However, some documents (e.g., copyrighted material) are not
publicly available to read or download through that Web page. All
submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA
Docket Office for information about materials not available through
http://www.regulations.gov and for assistance in using the internet to
locate submissions.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at
http://www.regulations.gov. This document, as well as news releases and
other relevant information, also is available at OSHA's Web page at
http://www.osha.gov.
New Nomination Procedures
OSHA is establishing new membership nomination procedures for
FACOSH. With this notice, OSHA begins accepting and considering FACOSH
nominations on a ``rolling basis.'' OSHA will consider any nomination
you submit by October 5, 2014, for membership positions that open on
January 1, 2015, as well as for any vacancy that occurs during 2015,
such as due to a member resignation. In addition, OSHA will roll over
the nominations received in response to this notice for consideration
for membership positions that open January 1, 2016.
Each year OSHA will publish a request for nominations for
membership positions. OSHA will consider nominations received in
response to that notice for the following:
Membership positions beginning January 1 of the next year;
Vacancies that occur during the next year; and
Membership positions that begin January 1 of the year that
follows.
OSHA believes that rolling over nominations will make it easier for
interested persons to be considered for membership on FACOSH because
they will not have to submit a nomination every year. The new
procedures also will provide OSHA with a broad base of nominations to
consider in order to ensure that FACOSH membership is fairly balanced,
which the Federal Advisory Committee Act requires (5 U.S.C. App. 2,
Section (5)(b)(2); 41 CFR 102-3.30(c)).
FACOSH Appointments
FACOSH is comprised of 16 members; eight representing federal
agency management and eight from labor
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organizations representing federal employees. The Secretary has
appointed the following individuals to a three-year term on FACOSH:
Federal employee representatives:
Carolyn D. Bland-Bowles, American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees;
Dennis P. Phelps, International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers; and
Mark J. Segall, National Association of Agriculture
Employees.
Federal agency management representatives:
Wesley J. Carpenter, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
Wayne Quillin, U.S. Department of State; and
Maureen Sullivan, U.S. Department of Defense.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice
under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. 668, 5 U.S.C. 7902, 5 U.S.C.
App. 2, Executive Orders 12196 and 13511, Secretary of Labor's Order 1-
2012 (77 FR 3912 (1/25/2012)), 29 CFR Part 1960, and 41 CFR Part 102-3.
Signed at Washington, DC on September 4, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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