[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57772-57773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23458]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2017-0004]


Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 
(MACOSH): Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of MACOSH meeting.

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SUMMARY: This Federal Register notice announces meetings of the 
Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) 
workgroups and full Committee on November 19 and 20, 2019 in 
Washington, DC.

DATES: MACOSH will meet from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 4:00 p.m., 
ET.

ADDRESSES: The workgroups and Committee will meet at the U.S. 
Department of Labor, Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20210. The workgroups will meet on November 19, 
2019, and the full-committee on November 20, 2019, in Conference Rooms 
N4437A-D. Meeting attendees must use the visitor's entrance located at 
3rd & C Streets, NW.

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    Submission of comments and requests to speak: Submit comments and 
requests to speak at the MACOSH meeting, identified by the docket 
number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2017-0004), by 
November 1, 2019, in one of the following methods:
    Electronically: You may submit comments, including attachments, 
electronically at: http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal. Follow the online instructions for submitting nominations.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including attachments, do not exceed 
10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-1648.
    Regular mail, express mail, hand delivery, and messenger or courier 
service: You may submit comments and attachments to the OSHA Docket 
Office, Docket No. OSHA-2017-0004, Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3653, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210. Deliveries (express mail, hand 
(courier) delivery, and messenger service) are accepted during the OSHA 
Docket Office's normal business hours, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., ET.
    Requests for special accommodations: Submit requests for special 
accommodations for MACOSH and workgroup meetings by November 1, 2019, 
to Danielle Watson, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Room N-3609, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone 
(202) 693-2222; email [email protected].
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and the 
OSHA docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-
2017-0004). Because of security-related procedures, submissions by 
regular mail may result in a significant delay in receipt. Please 
contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about security 
procedures for making submissions by express mail, hand (courier) 
delivery, and messenger service.
    OSHA will place comments and requests to speak, including personal 
information, in the public docket, which may be available online. 
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal 
information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates.
    Docket: To read or download documents in the public docket for this 
MACOSH meeting, go to http://www.regulations.gov. All documents in the 
public docket are listed in the index; however, some documents (e.g., 
copyrighted material) are not publicly available to read or download 
through http://www.regulations.gov. All submissions are available for 
inspection and, when permitted, copying at the OSHA Docket Office at 
the above address. For information on using http://www.regulations.gov 
to make submissions or to access the docket, click on the ``Help'' tab 
at the top of the homepage. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for 
information about materials not available through that website and for 
assistance in using the internet to locate submissions and other 
documents in the docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 
Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999; 
email [email protected].
    For general information about MACOSH: Ms. Amy Wangdahl, Director, 
Office of Maritime and Agriculture, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; 
telephone (202) 693-2066; email: [email protected].
    For copies of this Federal Register Notice: 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 at OSHA's web page at 
www.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested persons may attend the workgroup 
and full Committee meetings at the time and place listed above. The 
workgroups will discuss protecting workers when working in confined 
spaces, fire watch safety, hazards associated with preservative 
coatings during hot work, lashing safety, mechanic safety, and the 
update/expansion of OSHA training that pertains to maritime safety. The 
tentative agenda for the full Committee will include: Updates from OSHA 
National Office Directorates; updates on maritime enforcement 
activities from OSHA Regions; and reports from the Longshoring and 
Shipyard workgroups.
    Public Participation: Any individual attending the MACOSH meeting, 
including the workgroup meetings, at the U.S. Department of Labor, 
Frances Perkins Building, must use the entrance located at 3rd & C 
Streets NW and pass through Building Security. Attendees must have 
valid government-issued photo identification to enter the building. 
Please contact Danielle Watson at (202) 693-1870 (email: 
[email protected]) for additional information about building 
security measures for attending the MACOSH Committee and workgroup 
meetings. Interested parties may submit a request to make an oral 
presentation to MACOSH by any one of the methods listed in the 
ADDRESSES section above. The request must state the amount of time 
requested to speak, the interest represented (e.g., organization name), 
if any, and a brief outline of the presentation. The MACOSH Chair has 
discretion to grant requests to address the full Committee as time 
permits.
    Interested parties also may submit written comments, including data 
and other information, using any one of the methods listed in the 
ADDRESSES section above. OSHA will provide all submissions to MACOSH 
members prior to the meeting. Individuals who need special 
accommodations to attend the MACOSH meeting should contact Danielle 
Watson as specified above under the heading Requests for special 
accommodations in the ADDRESSES section.

Authority and Signature

    Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this 
notice under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. 655(b)(1) and 656(b), 5 
U.S.C. App. 2, Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), and 
29 CFR part 1912.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 4, 2019.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health.
[FR Doc. 2019-23458 Filed 10-25-19; 8:45 am]
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