[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15253-15255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06549]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2015-0005]
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
(FACOSH)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health invites interested individuals to submit nominations for
membership on FACOSH.
DATES: You must submit (postmarked, sent, transmitted, or received)
your nominations by May 15, 2015.
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-2015-0005, 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., ET.
Instructions: Your submissions and supporting materials must
include the agency name and docket number for this Federal Register
notice. 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
materials by mail, express delivery, hand delivery, and messenger or
courier service. 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-2015-0005, 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
materials) are not publicly available to read or download there. All
submissions, including copyrighted
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materials, are available for inspection 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: The Assistant Secretary of OSHA invites
interested individuals to submit nominations for membership on 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 (5 U.S.C. 7902; 29 U.S.C. 668, Executive
Order 12196, as amended). 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, 8 management
representatives and 8 representatives of labor organizations
representing federal employees, whom the Secretary appoints to
staggered terms of up to three years. The number of members the
Secretary will appoint to three-year terms beginning January 1, 2016,
includes:
Two management representatives; and
Three labor representatives.
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 representing federal
workers, 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 employment;
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) that 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;
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; and
7. A self-certification statement that in the past 10 years, the
nominee has not been convicted of a felony, or been imprisoned, been on
probation, or been on parole, for a felony; or is not currently under
charges for a felony.
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.
OSHA will consider any nomination submitted in response to this
notice for the vacancies that occur on January 1, 2016. In addition,
OSHA will consider the nominations received by May 1, 2015, for any
vacancy that may occur during 2015 and for member positions that open
January 1, 2017, provided the information the nominee submitted
continues to remain current and accurate. OSHA believes that rolling
over nominations for future consideration will make it easier for
interested individuals to be considered for membership on FACOSH. This
process also will provide OSHA with a broad base of nominations for
ensuring that FACOSH membership is fairly balanced as the Federal
Advisory Committee Act requires (5 U.S.C. App.2, Section (5)(b)(2); 41
CFR 102-3.30(c)). OSHA will continue to request nominations as
vacancies occur, but nominees whose information is current and accurate
will not need to resubmit a nomination.
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 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 submission of
materials by mail, 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
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additional materials submitted in response to this Federal Register
notice, go to Docket No. OSHA-2015-0005 at http://www.regulations.gov.
All submissions are listed in the index of that docket; however, some
documents (e.g., copyrighted materials) are not publicly available to
read or download through that Web page. All submissions, including
copyrighted materials, are available for inspection 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.
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 5 U.S.C. 7902, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 29
U.S.C. 668, Executive Order 12196 as amended, 41 CFR part 102-3, and
Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2012 (77 FR 3912 (1/25/2012)).
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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