[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61552-61553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30175]


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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 (OHSA), Labor.

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

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces a 
meeting of the Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee 
(MWFSAC). OSHA invites all interested persons to attend. 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 dates are Wednesday, December 10, 1997, from 10 a.m. 
to approximately 5 p.m.; Thursday, December 11, 1997, from 9 a.m. to 
approximately 5 p.m.; and Friday, December 12, 1997, from 9 a.m. to 
approximately 3 p.m. Please submit comments, requests to make oral 
presentations, and requests for special disability accommodations by 
November 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: On Wednesday and Thursday, December 10 and 11, 1997, the 
meeting will take place in Room N-5437 (C and D) of the U.S. Department 
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. On Friday, 
December 12, 1997 the meeting will be held in Room S-3215 (A and B) of 
the Department of Labor at the above address. 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

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N-3718, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 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: OSHA invites all interested persons to 
attend this meeting. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-
served basis.

Meeting Agenda

    At this meeting the following will be presented: An overview of the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) criteria 
document (``Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposures 
to Metalworking Fluids''), which will include a discussion of the 
respiratory studies and dermatological studies reported on in the 
criteria document; an overview of epidemiology, respiratory disease and 
dermatology related to metalworking fluids; machining in small 
business; and overview to using a systems approach to controlling 
metalworking fluids; the scope of fluids to be considered in the 
advisory committee inquiries. Informal work groups will be established. 
In addition, OSHA will discuss with the committee its current data 
collection activities with respect to the use of metalworking fluids in 
small business establishments and some agenda items for future 
meetings.

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. Any 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 section 
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, DC., this 12th day of November, 1997.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 97-30175 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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