[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43016-43017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21126]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. H-372]
RIN: 1218-AB58


Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: Notice of Open 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: notice of 
open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces 
the first meeting of the Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory 
Committee (MWFSAC). The Secretary of Labor established MWFSAC to advise 
the Assistant Secretary for OSHA on appropriate actions to protect 
workers from the hazards associated with occupational exposure to 
metalworking fluids.

DATES: The meeting date is Tuesday, September 2, 1997, from 10:00 a.m. 
to about 4:30 p.m. Submit comments, requests for oral presentations, 
and requests for special disability accommodations by August 19, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place in Room C-5515 (1A and 1B) of 
the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C.
    Mail comments and requests for oral presentations to Dr. Peter 
Infante, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Directorate of Health 
Standards Programs, Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee, 
Room N-3718, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Friedman, Director, Office of Information and Consumer Affairs, 
OSHA, 202-219-8151. For special disability accommodations, contact 
Theresa Berry (phone: 202-219-8615 ext. 106; FAX: 202-219-5986).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On August 29, 1996, OSHA published a notice of intent to form a 
Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee (MWFSAC) and asked the 
public for nominations of individuals with suitable experience or 
expertise to serve as members (61 FR 45459). The Secretary of Labor 
chartered the advisory committee to address the relevant issues 
surrounding occupational exposure to metalworking fluids. These issues 
include methods of analysis and measurement, health effects, 
significance of risk, and technological and economic feasibility. The 
Secretary recently appointed fifteen persons to serve as members of 
MWFSAC, representing the interests of small and large employers, 
workers, academics, safety and health professionals, and government 
agencies (62 FR 39551, 7/23/97).
    OSHA invites the public to attend the first MWFSAC meeting on 
Tuesday, September 2, 1997. Seating will be available on a first-come, 
first-served basis.

Meeting Agenda

    The agenda for the first meeting of the advisory committee 
includes: introduction of members, welcome by the Acting Assistant 
Secretary of OSHA, discussion of committee procedures, administrative 
details, review of the committee charter, discussion of exposure 
sources and metalworking fluid operations, discussion of metalworking 
fluid design and uses, and discussion of appropriate source documents 
which MWFSAC may wish to use.

Public Participation

    Interested persons may file written comments, data, views or 
statements for consideration by MWFSAC by submitting them to Dr. Peter 
Infante. Interested persons may also address the committee on items 
that are on the meeting agenda. A person wishing to make such an oral 
presentation must provide Dr. Infante with a summary of the proposed 
presentation, an estimate of the time desired, and a statement of the 
interest that the person represents. Presentation time will be allotted 
to speakers based on the amount of time available. In addition, public 
attendees may be allowed to participate in committee discussions, in 
the Chair's discretion and subject to time available.

Authority

    This notice is issued under the authority of sections 6(b)(1) and 
7(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 
666), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and 29 CFR 
part 1912.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 5th day of August, 1997.
Greg Watchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 97-21126 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]
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