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General information and technical 

inquiries: Amy Wangdahl, Office of 

Maritime and Agriculture, Directorate of 

Standards and Guidance, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, telephone (202) 

693–2066; email: wangdahl.amy@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary of Labor invites interested 

persons to submit nominations for 

membership on MACOSH. 

I. Background 

MACOSH was established by Section 

7(d) of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 

651, 656) to advise the Secretary of 

Labor through the Assistant Secretary of 

Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health (Assistant Secretary) in 

formulating maritime industry 

standards and regarding matters 

pertaining to the administration of the 

OSH Act related to the maritime 

industry. MACOSH is a nondiscretionary advisory committee of 

indefinite duration (see section 3510 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

of 2020 (Pub. L. 116–92)). 

MACOSH operates in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), its 

implementing regulations (41 CFR parts 

101–6 and 102–3), and OSHA’s 

regulations on Advisory Committees (29 

CFR part 1912). Pursuant to FACA (5 

U.S.C. App. 2, 14(b)(2)), the MACOSH 

charter must be renewed every two 

years. 

The Committee meets approximately 

two times per year. Committee members 

serve without compensation, but OSHA 

provides travel and per diem expenses. 

Members serve a two-year term, which 

begins from the date of appointment by 

the Secretary of Labor. The current 

MACOSH membership will expire on 

April 11, 2021. 

II. MACOSH Membership 

MACOSH consists of not more than 

15 members appointed by the Secretary 

of Labor. The agency seeks committed 

members who have a strong interest in 

the safety and health of workers in the 

maritime industries. The U.S. 

Department of Labor is committed to 

equal opportunity in the workplace. The 

Secretary of Labor will appoint 

members to create a broad-based, 

balanced, and diverse committee 

reflecting the shipyard, longshoring, and 

commercial fishing industries, and 

representing affected interests such as 

employers, employees, safety and health 

professional organizations, government 

organizations with interests or activities 

related to the maritime industry, 

academia, and the public. 

Nominations of new members, or 

resubmissions of current or former 

members, will be accepted in all 

categories of membership. Interested 

persons may nominate themselves or 

submit the name of another person 

whom they believe to be interested in 

and qualified to serve on MACOSH. 

Nominations may also be submitted by 

organizations from one of the categories 

listed above (e.g., employer, employee, 

public, safety and health professional 

organization, state safety and health 

agency, academia). 

III. Submission Requirements 

Nominations must include the 

following information: 

(1) Nominee’s contact information 

and current employment or position; 

(2) Nominee’s resume or curriculum 

vitae, including prior membership on 

MACOSH and other relevant 

organizations and associations; 

(3) Maritime industry interest (e.g., 

employer, employee, public, safety and 

health professional organization, state 

safety and health agency, academia) that 

the nominee is qualified to represent; 

(4) A summary of the background, 

experience, and qualifications that 

addresses the nominee’s suitability for 

membership; and 

(5) A statement that the nominee is 

aware of the nomination, is willing to 

regularly attend and participate in 

MACOSH meetings, and has no 

conflicts of interest that would preclude 

membership on MACOSH. 

OSHA will conduct a basic 

background check of candidates before 

their appointment to MACOSH. The 

background check will involve 

accessing publicly available, internetbased sources. 

IV. Member Selection 

The Secretary of Labor will select 

MACOSH members based on their 

experience, knowledge, and competence 

in the field of occupational safety and 

health, particularly in the maritime 

industries. Information received through 

this nomination process, and other 

relevant sources of information, will 

assist the Secretary of Labor in 

appointing members to MACOSH. In 

selecting MACOSH members, the 

Secretary of Labor will consider 

individuals nominated in response to 

this Federal Register notice, as well as 

other qualified individuals. OSHA will 

publish a list of MACOSH members in 

the Federal Register. 

Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health, 

authorized the preparation of this notice 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 656, 

Secretary’s Order 8–2020 (85 FR 58393; 

September 18, 2020), FACA, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App. 2), the 

implementing regulations (41 CFR part 

102–3), Department of Labor Manual 

Series Chapter 1–900 (August 31, 2020), 

and OSHA’s regulations on Advisory 

Committees (29 CFR part 1912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2020. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for Occupational Safety and Health. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2020–0010] 

Maritime Advisory Committee on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(MACOSH): Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Renewal of the MACOSH 

charter. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor 

(Secretary) has renewed the charter for 

MACOSH. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, 

Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone: (202) 693–1999; 

email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

General information: Ms. Amy 

Wangdahl, Director, Office of Maritime 

and Agriculture, Directorate of 

Standards and Guidance; telephone; 

(202) 693–2066; email: wangdahl.amy@

dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary renewed the MACOSH charter 

on December 8, 2020. The charter will 

expire December 8, 2022. 

MACOSH is established in Section 

7(d) of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 

651, 656) to advise the Secretary of 

Labor through the Assistant Secretary of 

Labor for Occupational Safety and 

Health (Assistant Secretary) in order to 

inform the administration of the OSH 

Act with respect to the maritime 

industry. The Assistant Secretary may 

seek the advice of this Committee on 


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activities related to priorities set by the 

Agency, including: Worker training, 

education, and assistance; setting and 

enforcing standards; and assuring safe 

and healthful working conditions in the 

maritime industry. 

MACOSH is a non-discretionary 

advisory committee of indefinite 

duration, operating in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 

U.S.C. App. 2), the implementing 

regulations (41 CFR parts 101–6 and 

102–3), chapter 1–900 of Department of 

Labor Manual Series 3 (Aug. 31, 2020), 

and OSHA’s regulations on Advisory 

Committees (29 CFR part 1912). 

Pursuant to FACA (5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

14(b)(2)), the MACOSH charter must be 

renewed every two years. 

The new MACOSH charter is 

available to read or download at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (Docket No. 

OSHA–2020–0010), the federal 

rulemaking portal. The charter also is 

available on the MACOSH page on 

OSHA’s web page at http://

www.osha.gov and at the OSHA Docket 

Office, N–3653, Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone (202) 693–2350. Please note: 

While OSHA’s Docket Office is 

continuing to accept and process 

requests, due to the COVID–19 

pandemic, the Docket Office is closed to 

the public. In addition, the charter is 

available for viewing or download at the 

Federal Advisory Committee Database at 

http://www.facadatabase.gov. 

Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health, 

authorized the preparation of this notice 

pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 656, 

Secretary’s Order 8–2020 (85 FR 58393; 

Sept. 18, 2020), and FACA, as amended 

(5 U.S.C. App. 2), the implementing 

regulations (41 CFR part 102–3), 

Department of Labor Manual Series 

Chapter 1–900 (August 31, 2020), and 

29 CFR part 1912. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 2, 

2020. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor 

for Occupational Safety and Health. 

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2020–0262] 

Proposed Evaluation Policy Statement 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is requesting public 

comment on this proposed Evaluation 

Policy Statement that presents the 

standards that will govern the NRC’s 

planning, conduct, and use of program 

evaluations. The policy statement is 

intended to provide agency personnel 

and stakeholders with a clear 

understanding of the expectations 

related to the NRC’s evaluation 

standards that include rigor, relevance 

and utility, transparency, collaboration, 

independence and objectivity, and 

ethics. 

DATES: Submit comments by January 7, 

2021. Comments received after this date 

will be considered if it is practical to do 

so, but the Commission is able to ensure 

consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0262. Address 

questions about NRC dockets to Dawn 

Forder; telephone: 301–415–3407; 

email: Dawn.Forder@nrc.gov. For 

technical questions contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

document. 

• Email comments to: 

Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you 

do not receive an automatic email reply 

confirming receipt, then contact us at 

301–415–1677. 

• Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN: 

Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff. 

For additional direction on obtaining 

information and submitting comments, 

see ‘‘Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments’’ in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew Meyer, Office of the Executive 

Director for Operations, U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 

20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–6198, 

email: Matthew.Meyer@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0262 when contacting the NRC about 

the availability of information for this 

action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this 

action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2020–0262. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The proposed 

Evaluation Policy Statement is available 

in ADAMS under Accession number 

ML20268A811. 

• Attention: The Public Document 

Room (PDR), where you may examine 

and order copies of public documents is 

currently closed. You may submit your 

request to the PDR via email at 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1–800– 

397–4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

B. Submitting Comments 

Please include Docket ID NRC–2020– 

0262 in your comment submission. 

The NRC cautions you not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

you do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in your comment submission. 

The NRC will post all comment 

submissions at https://

www.regulations.gov as well as enter the 

comment submissions into ADAMS. 

The NRC does not routinely edit 

comment submissions to remove 

identifying or contact information. 

If you are requesting or aggregating 

comments from other persons for 

submission to the NRC, you should 

inform those persons not to include 

identifying or contact information that 

they do not want to be publicly 

disclosed in their comment submission. 

Your request should state that the NRC 

does not routinely edit comment 

submissions to remove such information 

before making the comment 

submissions available to the public or 

entering the comment into ADAMS. 


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