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upon request. The equipment shall be 

examined at least weekly by a qualified 

person as defined in 30 CFR 75.512–1 

and the examination results recorded in 

the logbook. Examination records shall 

be maintained for one year. 

(d) All 3M Versaflo TR–800 and 

CleanSpace EX PAPRs to be used inby 

the last open crosscut shall be 

physically examined prior to initial use 

and each unit shall be assigned a unique 

identification number. Each unit shall 

be examined by the person to operate 

the equipment prior to taking the 

equipment underground to ensure the 

equipment is used according to the 

original equipment manufacturer’s 

recommendations and maintained in a 

safe operating condition. The 

examinations for the 3M Versaflo TR– 

800 PAPRs shall include: 

(1) Check the equipment for any 

physical damage and the integrity of the 

case. 

(2) Remove the battery and inspect for 

corrosion. 

(3) Inspect the contact points to 

ensure a secure connection to the 

battery. 

(4) Reinsert the battery and power up 

and shut down to ensure proper 

connections. 

(5) Check the battery compartment 

cover or battery attachment to ensure 

that it is securely fastened. 

(6) For equipment utilizing lithium 

type cells, ensure that lithium cells and/ 

or packs are not damaged or swelled in 

size. 

The CleanSpace EX PAPR does not 

have an accessible/removable battery. 

The internal battery and motor/blower 

assembly are both contained within the 

‘‘power unit’’ assembly and the battery 

cannot be removed, reinserted or 

fastened. Therefore, examination of the 

CleanSpace EX PAPR shall include any 

indications of physical damage. 

(e) All 3M Versaflo TR–800 and 

CleanSpace EX PAPR units shall be 

serviced according to the manufacturer’s 

recommendations. 

(f) Prior to energizing and during use 

of the 3M Versaflo TR–800 or the 

CleanSpace EX PAPR inby the last open 

crosscut, procedures in accordance with 

30 CFR 75.323 shall be followed. 

(g) Only the 3M TR–830 Battery Pack, 

which meets lithium battery safety 

standard UL 1642 or IEC 62133, in the 

3M Versaflo TR–800 PAPR shall be 

used. Only the CleanSpace EX Power 

Unit, which meets lithium battery safety 

standard UL 1642 or IEC 62133, in the 

CleanSpace EX shall be used. 

(h) If battery packs for the 3M Versaflo 

TR–800 PAPR are provided, all battery 

‘‘change outs’’ shall occur in intake air 

outby the last open crosscut. 

(i) The following maintenance and 

use conditions shall apply to equipment 

containing lithium type batteries: 

(1) Neither the 3M TR–830 Battery 

Pack nor the CleanSpace EX Power Unit 

shall be disassembled nor modified by 

anyone other than permitted by the 

manufacturer of the equipment. 

(2) The 3M TR–830 Battery Pack shall 

be charged only in an area free of 

combustible material and in intake air 

outby the last open crosscut. The 3M 

TR–830 Battery Pack shall be charged 

only by a manufacturer’s recommended 

battery charger, such as the: 

(i) 3M Battery Charger Kit TR–641N, 

which includes one 3M Charger Cradle 

TR–640 and one 3M Power Supply TR– 

941N, or, 

(ii) 3M 4-Station Battery Charger Kit 

TR–644N, which includes four 3M 

Charger Cradles TR–640 and one 3M 4- 

Station Battery Charger Base/Power 

Supply TR–944N. 

(3) The CleanSpace EX internal 

battery, which is contained within the 

power unit assembly, shall be charged 

in areas located outby the last open 

crosscut in intake air and only the 

manufacturer’s recommended battery 

chargers shall be used, such as the 

CleanSpace EX Battery Charger, Product 

Code PAF–0066. 

(4) Neither the 3M TR–830 Battery 

Pack nor the CleanSpace EX power unit 

which contains the internal battery, 

shall be exposed to water, allowed to get 

wet or immersed in liquid. This does 

not preclude incidental exposure of the 

3M TR–830 Battery Pack or the 

CleanSpace EX power unit assembly. 

(5) Neither the 3M Versaflo TR–800 

PAPR nor the CleanSpace EX PAPR, 

including the internal battery, shall be 

used, charged or stored in locations 

where the manufacturer’s recommended 

temperature limits are exceeded. 

Neither the 3M Versaflo TR–800 PAPR 

nor the CleanSpace EX PAPR shall be 

placed in direct sunlight nor stored near 

a source of heat. 

(j) Annual retraining shall be given to 

all miners who will be involved with or 

affected by the use of the 3M Versaflo 

TR–800 or CleanSpace EX PAPRs in 

accordance with 30 CFR 48.8. Training 

of new miners on the requirements of 

the PDO granted by MSHA in 

accordance with 30 CFR 48.5, and 

training of experienced miners on the 

requirements of the PDO granted by 

MSHA in accordance with 30 CFR 48.6 

shall be given. The operator shall keep 

a record of such training and provide 

such record to MSHA upon request. 

(k) The miners at Mettiki Coal WV, 

LLC, Mountain View Mine, are not 

represented by a labor organization and 

there are no representatives of miners at 

the mine. A copy of this petition has 

been posted on the bulletin board at 

Mettiki Coal WV, LLC, Mountain View 

Mine, on September 13, 2024. 

The petitioner asserts that the 

alternative method in the petition will 

at all times guarantee no less than the 

same measure of protection afforded to 

the miners by the standard. 

Song-ae Aromie Noe, 

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations, 

and Variances. 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2024–0002] 

Advisory Committee on Construction 

Safety and Health (ACCSH): Notice of 

Meetings 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Notice of ACCSH Committee 

and Workgroup meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Construction Safety and Health 

(ACCSH) will meet October 30, 2024. 

ACCSH Workgroups will meet on 

October 29, 2024. 

DATES: 

ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will meet 

from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., ET, 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024. 

ACCSH Workgroup meetings: ACCSH 

Workgroups will meet Tuesday, October 

29, 2024. (See ACCSH Workgroup 

Meetings in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice for 

ACCSH Workgroup meetings scheduled 

times.) 

ADDRESSES: 

Submission of comments and requests 

to speak: Submit comments and 

requests to speak at the ACCSH meeting 

by Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 

identified by the docket number for this 

Federal Register notice (Docket No. 

OSHA–2024–0002), using the following 

method: 

Electronically: Comments and 

requests to speak, including 

attachments, must be submitted 

electronically at: http://

www.regulations.gov, the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Requests for special accommodations: 

Submit requests for special 

accommodations for this ACCSH 

meeting by Wednesday, October 23, 

2024, to Ms. Gretta Jameson, OSHA, 


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Directorate of Construction, U.S. 

Department of Labor; telephone (202) 

693–2020; email: jameson.grettah@

dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For press inquiries: Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor; telephone (202) 693–1999; email: 

meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. 

For general information about 

ACCSH: Ms. Terra Gaines, OSHA, 

Directorate of Construction, U.S. 

Department of Labor; telephone (202) 

693–2483; email: gaines.terra.b@dol.gov. 

Telecommunication requirements: For 

additional information about the 

telecommunication requirements for the 

meeting, please contact Ms. Gretta 

Jameson, OSHA, Directorate of 

Construction, U.S. Department of Labor; 

telephone (202) 693–2020; email: 

jameson.grettah@dol.gov. 

For copies of this Federal Register 

Notice: 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, are also available on 

OSHA’s website at www.osha.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

ACCSH advises the Secretary of Labor 

and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(Assistant Secretary) in the formulation 

of standards affecting the construction 

industry, and on policy matters arising 

in the administration of the safety and 

health provisions under the Contract 

Work Hours and Safety Standards Act 

(Construction Safety Act (CSA)) (40 

U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) and the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 

(see also 29 CFR 1911.10 and 1912.3). In 

addition, the CSA and OSHA 

regulations require the Assistant 

Secretary to consult with ACCSH before 

the agency proposes occupational safety 

and health standards affecting 

construction activities (40 U.S.C. 3704; 

29 CFR 1911.10). 

ACCSH operates in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. 1001, et 

seq.), and its implementing regulations 

(41 CFR 102–3 et seq.); and Department 

of Labor Manual Series Chapter 1–900 

(3/25/2022). ACCSH generally meets 

two to four times a year. 

II. Meetings 

ACCSH Meeting 

ACCSH will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 

4:00 p.m., ET, Wednesday, October 30, 

2024. The meeting is open to the public. 

Meeting agenda: The tentative agenda 

for this meeting includes: 

• Directorate of Construction industry 

update; 

• Assistant Secretary’s agency update 

and remarks; 

• Hearing Conservation in 

Construction; 

• Women in Construction; 

• ACCSH Workgroup reports; and 

• Public comment period. 

ACCSH Workgroup Meetings 

In conjunction with the ACCSH 

meeting, ACCSH Workgroups will meet 

on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. ACCSH 

Workgroup meetings are open to the 

public. 

• Emerging Technology 9:00 a.m. to 

11:00 p.m. 

• Workzone 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

• Health in Construction 2:15 to 4:15 

p.m. 

III. Meeting Information 

The ACCSH Committee and ACCSH 

Workgroups will meet in Conference 

Room C–5521, Room 4, U.S. Department 

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20210. Public 

attendance at the ACCSH Committee 

and Workgroup meetings will be inperson and virtual. In-person attendance 

will be limited to the first 25 people 

who register to attend the meetings in 

person. Please contact Ms. Gretta 

Jameson, OSHA, Directorate of 

Construction, U.S. Department of Labor; 

telephone (202) 693–2020; email: 

jameson.grettah@dol.gov, to register. Inperson meeting attendance registration 

must be completed by Wednesday, 

October 23, 2024. Meeting in-person 

attendees must use the visitor’s entrance 

located at 3rd & C Streets NW. Virtual 

meeting attendance information will be 

posted in the Docket (Docket No. 

OSHA–2024–0002) and on the ACCSH 

website, https://www.osha.gov/advisory

committee/accsh, prior to the meeting. 

Requests to speak and speaker 

presentations: Attendees who wish to 

address ACCSH must submit a request 

to speak, as well as any written or 

electronic presentation, by Wednesday, 

October 23, 2024, using the method 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. The 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. 

Alternately, you may request to 

address ACCSH briefly during the 

public-comment period. At her 

discretion, the ACCSH Chair may grant 

requests to address ACCSH as time and 

circumstances permit. 

Docket: OSHA will place comments, 

requests to speak, and speaker 

presentations, including any personal 

information you provide, in the public 

docket without change, and those 

documents may be available online at: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, 

OSHA cautions interested parties 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 meeting, 

and other documents pertaining to the 

ACCSH meeting. These documents are 

available online at: http://

www.regulations.gov. To read or 

download documents in the public 

docket for this ACCSH meeting, go to 

Docket No. OSHA–2024–0002 at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. All documents in 

the public docket are listed in the index; 

however, some documents (e.g., 

copyrighted material) are not publicly 

available to read or download through 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

submissions are available for inspection 

and copying, when permitted, at the 

OSHA Docket Office. For information 

on using http://www.regulations.gov to 

make submissions or to access the 

docket, click on the ‘‘Help’’ tab at the 

top of the homepage. Contact the OSHA 

Docket Office at (202) 693–2350, (TTY 

(877) 889–5627) for information about 

materials not available through that 

website and for assistance in using the 

internet to locate submissions and other 

documents in the docket. 

Authority and Signature 

James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, authorized the 

preparation of this notice pursuant to 29 

U.S.C. 655, 40 U.S.C. 3704, Secretary of 

Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 

58393), 5 U.S.C. 1001, et seq., and 29 

CFR part 1912. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 2, 

2024. 

James S. Frederick, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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