[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2014)][Notices][Pages 3875-3876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01308]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2013-0029]
Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Announcement of a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection
Advisory Committee (WPAC).
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SUMMARY: WPAC will meet March 11, 2014, in Washington, DC.
DATES:
WPAC meeting: WPAC will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T., Tuesday,
March 11, 2014. WPAC Work Groups will meet on Monday, March 10, 2014.
Written comments, requests to speak, speaker presentations, and
requests for special accommodation: You must submit (postmark, send,
transmit) comments, requests to address the WPAC meeting, speaker
presentations (written or electronic), and requests for special
accommodations for the WPAC meeting by February 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
WPAC meeting: WPAC will meet in Room N-3437A-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, requests to speak at the WPAC
meeting, and speaker presentations using one of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit materials, including attachments,
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the on-line instructions for submissions.
Facsimile (Fax): 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: You may submit your materials to the OSHA Docket Office,
Docket No. OSHA-2013-0029, Room N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350
(TTY (877) 889-5627). OSHA's Docket Office accepts deliveries (hand
deliveries, express mail, and messenger service) during normal business
hours, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., E.T., weekdays.
Requests for special accommodations: Please submit your request for
special accommodations to attend the WPAC meeting to Ms. Frances Owens,
OSHA, Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
1999; email owens.frances@dol.gov.
Instructions: Your submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this Federal Register notice (Docket No. OSHA-2013-
0029). Due to security-related procedures, submissions by regular mail
may experience significant delays. Please contact the OSHA Docket
Office for information about security procedures for making
submissions. For additional information on submitting comments,
requests to speak, and speaker presentations, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
OSHA will post comments, requests to speak, and speaker
presentations, including any personal information you provide, without
change, at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions you
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, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999; email
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
mailto:For general information about WPAC and WPAC meetings: Ms.
Meghan Smith, OSHA, Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs,
Room N-4624, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2199; email
smith.meghan.p@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
WPAC Meeting
WPAC will meet Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Washington, DC. WPAC
meetings are open to the public.
The tentative agenda of the WPAC meeting includes:
Remarks from the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health (OSHA);
WPAC work group reports and discussion;
WPAC and WPAC Work Group administrative business; and Public
comments.
OSHA transcribes WPAC meetings and prepares detailed minutes of the
meetings. OSHA places the meeting transcripts and minutes in the public
record of the WPAC meeting. The public record also includes Work Group
reports, speaker presentations,
comments and other materials submitted to WPAC.
WPAC Work Groups
The WPAC work group meetings (11(c), Transportation Industry, and
Best Practices and Corporate Culture) on March 10, 2014, are open to
the public. The purpose of the work groups is to provide
recommendations to the full WPAC committee on their subject matters.
The work groups will report to WPAC at the March 11, 2014, meeting for
discussion by the full committee.
For additional information on WPAC work group meetings or
participating in them, please contact Ms. Smith or look on the WPAC
page on OSHA's Web page at http://www.whistleblowers.gov.
Public Participation, Submissions, and Access to Public Record
WPAC meetings: All WPAC meetings are open to the public.
Individuals attending meetings at the U.S. Department of Labor must
enter the building at the visitors' entrance, 3rd and C Streets NW.,
and pass through building security. Attendees must have valid
government-issued photo identification (such as a driver's license) to
enter the building. For additional information about building security
measures for attending WPAC meetings, please contact Ms. Owens (see
ADDRESSES section).
Individuals needing special accommodations to attend the WPAC
meeting should contact to Ms. Owens as well.
Submission of written comments: You may submit comments using one
of the methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Your submissions
must include the Agency name and docket number for this WPAC meeting
(Docket No. OSHA-2013-0029). OSHA will provide copies of submissions to
WPAC members.
Because of security-related procedures, submissions by regular mail
may experience significant delays. For information about security
procedures for submitting materials by hand delivery, express mail, and
messenger or courier service, please contact the OSHA Docket Office
(see ADDRESSES section).
Requests to speak and speaker presentations: If you want to address
WPAC at the meeting you must submit your request to speak, as well as
any written or electronic presentation, by February 21, 2014, 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 your presentation.
PowerPoint presentations and other electronic materials must be
compatible with PowerPoint 2010 and other Microsoft Office 2010
formats.
The WPAC Chair may grant requests to address WPAC as time and
circumstances permit.
Public docket of the WPAC meeting: OSHA will place comments,
requests to speak, and speaker presentations, including any personal
information you provide, in the public docket of this WPAC meeting
without change, and those documents may be available online at
http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions you about submitting
personal information such as Social Security numbers and birthdates.
OSHA also places in the public docket the meeting transcript,
meeting minutes, documents presented at the WPAC meeting, and other
documents pertaining to the WPAC meeting. These documents are available
online at http://www.regulations.gov.
Access to the public record of WPAC meetings: To read or download
documents in the public docket of this WPAC meeting, go to Docket No.
OSHA-2013-0029 at http://www.regulations.gov. The
http://www.regulations.gov index also lists all 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 for inspection and copying in the
OSHA Docket Office (see ADDRESSES section). 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, also are available on the OSHA Web page at
http://www.osha.gov.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this
notice under the authority granted by the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), its implementing regulations
(41 CFR part 102-3), chapter 1600 of Department of Labor Management
Series 3 (Mar. 17, 2008), Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2012 (Jan. 18,
2012), 77 FR 3912 (Jan. 25, 2012), and the Secretary of Labor's
authority to administer the whistleblower provisions found in Section
11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 660(c); the
Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 49 U.S.C. 31105; the Asbestos
Hazard Emergency Response Act, 15 U.S.C. 2651; the International Safe
Container Act, 46 U.S.C. 80507; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C.
300j-9(i); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. 1367; the
Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2622; the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6971; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7622; the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C. 9610; the Energy Reorganization Act, 42 U.S.C. 5851; the
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st
Century, 49 U.S.C. 42121; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C. 1514A; the
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act, 49 U.S.C. 60129; the Federal Railroad
Safety Act, 49 U.S.C. 20109; the National Transit Systems Security Act,
6 U.S.C. 1142; the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, 15 U.S.C.
2087; Section 1558 of the Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148; the
Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, 12 U.S.C.A. 5567; the
Seaman's Protection Act, 46 U.S.C. 2114; Section 402 of the FDA Food
Safety Modernization Act, Public Law 111-353; and Section 31307 of the
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, Public Law 112-141.
Signed at Washington, DC on January 17, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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