[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31622-31623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13452]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013]


National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health 
(NACOSH)

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

ACTION: Announcement of a NACOSH meeting.

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SUMMARY: NACOSH will meet June 18, 2015, in Washington, DC. In 
conjunction with the committee meeting, the NACOSH Temporary Workers 
Work Group will meet June 17, 2015.

DATES: NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 
Thursday, June 18, 2015.
    NACOSH Work Group meeting: The NACOSH Temporary Workers Work Group 
will meet from 1 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, June 17.
    Comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, and requests 
for special accommodations: You must submit (postmark, send, transmit) 
comments, requests to address NACOSH, speaker presentations, and 
requests for special accommodations for the NACOSH and NACOSH Work 
Group meetings by June 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings: NACOSH and the NACOSH 
Work Group will meet in Room N-4437 A/B/C, U.S. Department of Labor, 
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
    Submission of comments, requests to speak and speaker 
presentations: You may submit comments and requests to speak at the 
NACOSH meeting, identified by docket number for this Federal Register 
notice (Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013), by one of the following methods:
    Electronically: You may submit materials, including attachments, 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal. Follow the online instructions for making submissions.
    Facsimile: If your submission, including attachments, does not 
exceed 10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
    Regular mail, express mail, hand delivery, or messenger/courier 
service (hard copy): You may submit your materials to the OSHA Docket 
Office, Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone 
(202) 693-2350 (TTY (887) 889-5627). OSHA's Docket Office accepts 
deliveries (hand deliveries, express mail, and messenger/courier 
service) during normal business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. e.t., 
weekdays.
    Requests for special accommodations: Please submit requests for 
special accommodations to attend the NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group 
meetings by email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. Gretta Jameson, OSHA, 
Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999 
(TTY (887) 889-5627); email [email protected].
    Instructions: Your submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2015-
0013). Due to security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by 
regular mail may experience significant delays. Please contact the OSHA 
Docket Office for information about security procedures for making 
submissions by hand delivery, express delivery, or messenger/courier 
service. For additional information about submissions, see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
    OSHA will post in the public docket, without change, any comments, 
requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal 
information that you provide. Therefore, OSHA cautions interested 
parties about submitting personal information such as Social Security 
numbers and birthdates.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For press inquiries: Mr. Frank 
Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of Communications, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone (202) 693-1999 (TTY (877) 889-5627); email 
[email protected].
    For general information: Ms. Michelle Walker, Director, OSHA 
Technical Data Center, Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency 
Management, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 
889-5627); email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    NACOSH meeting: NACOSH will meet Thursday, June 18, 2015, in 
Washington, DC. Some NACOSH members may attend the meeting by 
teleconference. NACOSH meetings are open to the public.
    NACOSH was established by Section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651, 656) to advise, 
consult with and make recommendations to the Secretary of Labor and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to the 
administration of the OSH Act. NACOSH is a continuing advisory 
committee of indefinite duration.
    NACOSH operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), its implementing regulations (41 CFR part 
102-3), and OSHA's regulations on NACOSH (29 CFR part 1912a).
    The tentative agenda for the NACOSH meeting includes:
     An update from the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health on key OSHA initiatives, including the 
severe injury reporting rule;
     Remarks from the Director of the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health;
     NACOSH Emergency Response Subcommittee; and
     Report from the NACOSH Temporary Workers Workgroup on 
developing best practice language for protecting temporary workers as 
part of employers' injury and illness prevention programs.
    OSHA transcribes and prepares detailed minutes of NACOSH meetings. 
OSHA posts the transcripts and minutes in the public docket along with 
written comments, speaker presentations, and other materials submitted 
to NACOSH or presented at NACOSH meetings.
    NACOSH Work Group meeting: The NACOSH Temporary Workers Work Group 
will meet Wednesday, June 17, 2015. The meeting is open to the public.

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The purpose of the meeting is to continue discussions of workplace 
safety and health issues regarding temporary workers and to develop 
recommendations for the full Committee's consideration. The issues 
include gaps in workplace protections for temporary workers, and joint 
responsibility of host employers and staffing agencies for temporary 
workers. The NACOSH Work group will present a report and any 
recommendations to NACOSH at the June 18, 2015, meeting.

Public Participation, Submissions and Access to Public Record

    NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings: All NACOSH and NACOSH Work 
Group meetings are open to the public. Individuals attending NACOSH 
meetings at the U.S. Department of Labor must enter the building at the 
Visitors' Entrance at 3rd and C Streets, NW., and pass through building 
security. Attendees must have valid government-issued photo 
identification (e.g., driver's license) to enter the building. For 
additional information about building security measures for attending 
NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings, please contact Ms. Jameson (see 
ADDRESSES section).
    Individuals requesting special accommodations to attend the NACOSH 
and NACOSH Work Group meetings should contact Ms. Jameson.
    Submission of comments: You may submit comments using one of the 
methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your submission must include 
the Agency name and Docket number for this NACOSH meeting (Docket No. 
OSHA-2015-0013). OSHA will provide copies of your submissions to NACOSH 
members.
    Because of security-related procedures, receipt of submissions by 
regular mail may experience significant delays. For information about 
security procedures for submitting materials by hand delivery, express 
mail, and messenger/courier service, please contact the OSHA Docket 
Office.
    Requests to speak and speaker presentations: If you want to address 
NACOSH at the meeting you must submit a request to speak, as well as 
any written or electronic presentation, by June 9, 2015, using one of 
the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Your request must state:
     The amount of time requested to speak;
     The interest you represent (e.g., business, organization, 
affiliation), if any; and
     A brief outline of the presentation.
    PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be 
compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010 
formats. The NACOSH Chair may grant requests to address NACOSH as time 
and circumstances permit.
    Public docket of NACOSH meetings: OSHA places comments, requests to 
speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal information 
you provide, in the public docket, without change. Those documents also 
may be available online at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 
cautions you about submitting certain personal information such as 
Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    OSHA also places in the public docket meeting transcripts, meeting 
minutes, documents presented at the NACOSH meeting, and other documents 
pertaining to NACOSH and NACOSH Work Group meetings. These documents 
may be available online at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Access to the public record of NACOSH meetings: To read or download 
documents in the public docket, go to Docket No. OSHA-2015-0013 at 
http://www.regulations.gov. The index of that Web page lists all of the 
documents in the public record for this meeting; however, some 
documents (e.g., copyrighted materials) are not publicly available 
through that Web page. All documents in the public record, including 
materials not available through http://www.regulations.gov, are 
available in the OSHA Docket Office. Please contact the OSHA Docket 
Office for assistance in making submissions to, or obtaining materials 
from, the public docket.
    Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice are available at 
http://www.regulations.gov. This notice, as well as news releases and 
other relevant information, are also available on 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 29 U.S.C. 656; 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 29 CFR 
part 1912a; 41 CFR part 102-3; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-
2012 (77 FR 3912 (1/25/2012)).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on May 28, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-13452 Filed 6-2-15; 8:45 am]
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