[Federal Register: June 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 108)][Notices] [Page 27183-27185]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2009-0018]
Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
(FACOSH)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health
(FACOSH) will meet June 25, 2009, in Washington, DC.
DATES:
FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
Thursday, June 25, 2009.
Submission of comments and requests to speak: Comments and requests
to speak at the FACOSH meeting must be submitted (postmarked, sent,
transmitted) by June 18, 2009.
ADDRESSES:
FACOSH meeting: FACOSH will meet in Room C-5521, Conference Room 4,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210.
Submission of comments and requests to speak: Comments and requests
to speak at the FACOSH meeting, identified by Docket No. OSHA-2009-
0018, may be submitted by any 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.
Mail, express delivery, hand delivery, messenger or courier
service: You must submit three copies of your submissions to the OSHA
Docket Office, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877)
889-5627). Deliveries (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.t.
Requests for special accommodations for FACOSH meeting: Submit
requests for special accommodations by telephone, e-mail or hard copy
to Ms. Veneta Chatmon, OSHA, Office of Communications, Room N-3647,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210; telephone (202) 693-1999; e-mail chatmon.veneta@dol.gov.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2009-
0018). Because of security-related procedures, submissions by regular
mail may result in a significant delay in their receipt. Please contact
the OSHA Docket Office, at the address above, for information about
security procedures for making submissions by hand delivery, express
delivery, and messenger or courier service. For additional information
on submitting comments and requests to speak, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
Comments and requests to speak, including any personal information
provided, will be posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov.
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting certain
personal information such as social security numbers and birth dates.
Docket: To read or download submissions in response to this Federal
Register notice, go to Docket No. OSHA-2009-0018 at http://
www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at the address above. All
documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index, some documents (e.g., copyrighted
material) are not publicly available to read or download through http:/
/www.regulations.gov. All submissions, including copyrighted material,
are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For press inquiries: Ms. Jennifer Ashley, OSHA, Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999.
For general information: Mr. Francis Yebesi, OSHA, Office of
Federal Agency Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3622, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2122; e-mail ofap@dol.gov.
For special accommodations for the FACOSH meeting: Ms. Veneta
Chatmon, OSHA, Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone
(202) 693-1999; e-mail chatmon.veneta@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FACOSH will meet Thursday, June 25, 2009, in Washington, DC. All
FACOSH meetings are open to the public.
FACOSH is authorized by 5 U.S.C. 7902, section 19 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 668),
and Executive Order 12196 to advise the Secretary of Labor on all
matters relating to the occupational safety and health of Federal
employees. 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 each Federal Executive Branch Department and
Agency to establish and maintain effective occupational safety and
health programs.
The tentative agenda for the FACOSH meeting includes:
FY 2009 performance status of Federal Executive Branch
Agencies in meeting the four goals of the Presidential Safety, Health,
and Return-to-Employment (SHARE) Initiative;
Progress on the Federal Agency injury and illness
recordkeeping data collection effort;
Tracking incidents related to emergency response and
recovery operations;
Update on the Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program
(FEDTARG 09);
FACOSH member nominations;
OSHA outreach and education related to H1N1 Influenza; and
OSHA and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009.
FACOSH meetings are transcribed and detailed minutes of the
meetings are prepared. Meeting transcripts, minutes and other materials
presented at the meeting are included in the FACOSH meeting record.
Public Participation
FACOSH meetings and meetings of FACOSH subcommittees are open to
the public. Interested parties may submit a request to make an oral
presentation to FACOSH by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section. 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. Requests to address FACOSH may be granted
as time permits and at the discretion of the FACOSH chair.
Interested parties also may submit comments, including data and
other information, using any of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section. OSHA will provide all submissions to FACOSH members prior to
the meeting.
Individuals who need special accommodations and wish to attend the
FACOSH meeting must contact Ms. Chatmon by any of the methods listed in
the ADDRESSES section.
Submissions and Access to Meeting Record
You may submit comments, requests to speak and requests for special
accommodations (1) electronically, (2) by facsimile, or (3) by hard
copy. All submissions, including attachments and other materials, must
identify the Agency name and the OSHA docket number for this notice
(Docket No. OSHA-2009-0018). You may supplement electronic submissions
by uploading documents electronically. If, instead, you wish to submit
hard copies of supplementary documents, you must submit three copies to
the OSHA Docket Office using the instructions in the ADDRESSES section.
The additional materials must clearly identify your electronic submission
by name, date and docket number.
Because of security-related procedures, the use of regular mail may
cause a significant delay in the receipt of submissions. For
information about security procedures concerning the delivery of
submissions by hand, express delivery, messenger or courier service,
please contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2350 (TTY (877) 889-
5627).
Meeting transcripts and minutes as well as written comments and
requests to speak are included in the public record of the FACOSH
meeting (Docket No. OSHA-2009-0018). Written comments and requests to
speak are posted without change at http://www.regulations.gov.
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting certain
personal information such as social security numbers and birth dates.
Although all submissions are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov
index, some documents (e.g., copyrighted material) are not publicly
available to read or download through http://www.regulations.gov. All
submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for
inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
Information on using the http://www.regulations.gov Web site to
make submissions and to access the docket and exhibits is available at
the Web site's User Tips link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office for
information about materials not available through the Web site and for
assistance in using the Internet to locate submissions and other
documents in the 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, is also available at OSHA's Web page at
http://www.osha.gov.
Authority and Signature
Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice under the
authority granted by section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 668), 5 U.S.C. 7902, section 1-5 of
Executive Order 12196, the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.2) and regulations issued under FACA (41 CFR Part 102-3), and
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 5-2007 (72 FR 31160).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of June 2009.
Jordan Barab,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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