[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13413]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Ch. XVII


Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee; Meeting

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

ACTION: Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee; notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces a 
meeting of the Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated 
Rulemaking Advisory Committee. OSHA invites all interested persons to 
attend. The members represent groups interested in, or significantly 
affected by, the outcome of the rulemaking. They include 
representatives of shipyards, labor unions, professional associations, 
and government agencies. The committee will continue its discussions on 
a proposed standard to protect workers from fire hazards in shipyard 
employment, including the following areas: scope and application; 
administrative, engineering, and work practice controls; fire brigades; 
written fire plans; technological advances; cost of fire protection; 
and the content of appendices. The committee's goal is reach consensus 
on a proposed standard and explanatory preamble.

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday, June 15, 1998 through Wednesday, 
June 17, 1998 from 8:00 a.m. to about 4:00 p.m. daily. Submit comments, 
requests for oral presentations, and requests for disability 
accommodations by June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Maritime Institute of 
Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), 5700 Hammonds Ferry Road, 
Linthicum Heights, MD 21090, telephone (410) 859-5700. Mail comments 
and requests for oral presentations to Mr. Joseph V. Daddura, U.S. 
Department of Labor, OSHA, Office of Maritime Standards, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-3621, Washington, D.C. 20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Joseph V. Daddura, Project Officer, Office of Maritime Standards, 
OSHA (202-219-7234, ext. 123). For disability accommodations, contact 
Ms. Theda Kenney (202-219-8061, ext. 100).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting Agenda

    The committee will focus its discussions on definitions and on 
provisions that address ships fixed fire protection systems. Potential 
impacts of a proposed rule on small employers will also be addressed.

Public Participation

    Interested persons may send written comments, data, views, or 
statements for consideration by the Committee to Mr. Joseph V. Daddura. 
Interested persons may also request the opportunity to make an oral 
presentation to the committee by providing Mr. Daddura with a summary 
of the proposed presentation, an estimate of the time desired, and a 
statement of the interest that the person represents. The facilitator 
may allow such presentations if there is adequate time in the meeting 
schedule.

    Authority: This document is issued pursuant to the Negotiated 
Rulemaking Act of 1990 (5 U.S.C. 561 et seq.) and Section 7(b) of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 13th day of May 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-13413 Filed 5-19-98; 8:45 am]
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