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personnel cage for transportation on 

how to operate the emergency-escape 

device: 

(i) Before the worker uses a personnel 

cage for transportation; and 

(ii) Periodically, and as necessary, 

thereafter. 

14. Personnel Platforms 

(a) Personnel platforms. When the 

employer elects to replace the personnel 

cage with a personnel platform in 

accordance with Condition 2(a) of this 

variance, it must: 

(i) Ensure that an enclosure surrounds 

the platform, and that this enclosure is 

at least 42 inches (106.7 cm) above the 

platform’s floor; 

(ii) Provide overhead protection when 

an overhead hazard is, or could be, 

present; and 

(iii) Comply with the applicable 

scaffolding strength requirements 

specified by 29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1). 

15. Protecting Workers From Fall and 

Shearing Hazards 

(a) Fall hazards. The employer must: 

(i) Before workers use personnel 

cages, personnel platforms, or 

boatswain’s chairs, equip the workers 

with, and ensure that they use, personal 

fall arrest systems that meet the 

requirements of 29 CFR 1926.502(d); 

(ii) Ensure that workers using 

personnel cages secure their fall arrest 

systems to attachment points located 

inside the cage; 

(iii) Ensure that workers using 

personnel platforms and boatswain’s 

chairs secure their personal fall arrest 

systems to a vertical lifeline; and 

(iv) When using vertical lifelines: 

(A) Secure the lifelines to the top of 

the chimney; 

(B) Weight the lifelines properly, or 

suitably affix the lifelines to the bottom 

of the chimney; and 

(C) Ensure that workers remain 

attached to their lifeline during the 

entire period of vertical transit. 

(b) Shearing hazards. The employer 

must: 

(i) Provide workers who use 

personnel platforms or boatswain’s 

chairs with instruction on the shearing 

hazards posed by the hoist system (e.g., 

work platforms, scaffolds), and the need 

to keep their limbs or other body parts 

clear of these hazards during hoisting 

operations; 

(ii) Provide the instruction on 

shearing and struck-by hazards: 

(A) Before a worker uses a personnel 

platform or boatswain’s chair at the 

worksite; and 

(B) Periodically, and as necessary, 

thereafter, including whenever a worker 

demonstrates a lack of knowledge about 

the hazards or how to avoid the hazards, 

a modification occurs to an existing 

shearing or struck-by hazard, or a new 

shearing or struck-by hazard develops at 

the worksite; and 

(iii) Attach a readily visible warning 

to each personnel platform and 

boatswain’s chair notifying workers in a 

language they understand of potential 

shearing hazards they may encounter 

during hoisting operations, and that 

uses the following (or equivalent) 

wording: 

(A) For personnel platforms: 

‘‘Warning—To avoid serious injury, 

keep your hands, arms, feet, legs, and 

other parts of your body inside this 

platform while it is in motion’’; and 

(B) For boatswain’s chairs: 

‘‘Warning—To avoid serious injury, do 

not extend your hands, arms, feet, legs, 

or other parts your body from the side 

or to the front of this chair while it is 

in motion.’’ 

16. Exclusion Zone 

The employer must: 

(a) Establish a clearly designated 

exclusion zone around the bottom 

landing of the hoist system; and 

(b) Prohibit any worker from entering 

the exclusion zone except to access a 

personnel- or material-transport device, 

and then only when the device is at the 

bottom landing and not in operation 

(i.e., when the drive components of the 

hoist machine are disengaged and the 

braking mechanism is properly applied). 

17. Inspections, Tests, and Accident 

Prevention 

(a) The employer must: 

(i) Conduct inspections of the hoist 

system as required by 29 CFR 

1926.20(b)(2); 

(ii) Ensure that a competent person 

conducts daily visual inspections of the 

hoist system; and 

(iii) Inspect and test the hoist system 

as specified by 29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15). 

(b) The employer must comply with 

the accident-prevention requirements of 

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(3). 

18. Welding 

(a) The employer must use only 

qualified welders to weld components 

of the hoisting system. 

(b) The employer must ensure that the 

qualified welders: 

(i) Are familiar with the weld grades, 

types, and materials specified in the 

design of the system; and 

(ii) Perform the welding tasks in 

accordance with 29 CFR 1926, subpart 

J (‘‘Welding and Cutting’’). 

19. OSHA Notification 

(a) At least 15 calendar days prior to 

commencing any chimney construction 

operation using the conditions specified 

herein, the employer must notify the 

OSHA Area Office nearest to the 

worksite, or the appropriate State Plan 

Office, of the operation, including the 

location of the operation and the date 

that the operation will commence. 

(b) The employer must inform OSHA 

national headquarters as soon as it has 

knowledge that it will: 

(i) Cease to do business; or 

(ii) Transfer the activities covered by 

this permanent variance to a successor 

company. 

VIII. Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC, directed the 

preparation of this notice. OSHA is 

issuing this notice under the authority 

specified by Section 6(d) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

1970 (29 U.S.C. 655), Secretary of 

Labor’s Order No. 5–2007 (72 FR 

31160), and 29 CFR part 1905. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 22, 

2010. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

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THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Federal Council on the Arts and the 

Humanities; Arts and Artifacts 

Indemnity Panel Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: The National Endowment for 

the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

Pursuant to the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. 

L. 92–463 as amended) notice is hereby 

given that a meeting of the Arts and 

Artifacts Indemnity Panel of the Federal 

Council on the Arts and the Humanities 

will be held at 1100 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506, 

in Room 730, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

on Thursday, May 13, 2010. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

review applications for Certificates of 

Indemnity submitted to the Federal 

Council on the Arts and the Humanities 

for exhibitions beginning after July 1, 

2010. 

Because the proposed meeting will 

consider financial and commercial data 

and because it is important to keep 

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confidential, pursuant to the authority 

granted me by the Chairman’s 

Delegation of Authority to Close 

Advisory Committee Meetings, dated 

July 19, 1993, I have determined that the 

meeting would fall within exemption (4) 

of 5 U.S.C. 552(b) and that it is essential 

to close the meeting to protect the free 

exchange of views and to avoid 

interference with the operations of the 

Committee. 

It is suggested that those desiring 

more specific information contact 

Advisory Committee Management 

Officer, Michael P. McDonald, 1100 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20506, or call 202/606– 

8322. 

Michael P. McDonald, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9768 Filed 4–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

National Science Board 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Notice 

The National Science Board, pursuant 

to NSF regulations (45 CFR Part 614), 

the National Science Foundation Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1862n–5), and the 

Government in the Sunshine Act (5 

U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in 

regard to the scheduling of meetings for 

the transaction of National Science 

Board business and other matters 

specified, as follows: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: National 

Science Board. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at 

7:30 a.m.; and Wednesday, May 5, 2010 

at 7:30 a.m. 

PLACE: National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Blvd., Rooms 1235 and 

1295, Arlington, VA 22230. All visitors 

must report to the NSF visitor desk at 

the 9th and N. Stuart Streets entrance to 

receive a visitor’s badge. Public visitors 

must arrange for a visitor’s badge in 

advance. Call 703–292–7000 or e-mail 

NationalScienceBrd@nsf.gov and leave 

your name and place of business to 

request your badge, which will be ready 

for pick-up at the visitor’s desk on the 

day of the meeting. 

STATUS: Some portions open, some 

portions closed. 

Open Sessions 

May 4, 2010 

7:30 a.m.–7:35 a.m. 

7:35 a.m.–9 a.m. 

11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

1 p.m.–3 p.m. 

2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

3 p.m.–3:15 p.m. 

3:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m. 

3:30 p.m.–4 p.m. 

May 5, 2010 

7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m. 

7:30 a.m.–9 a.m. 

8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m. 

9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. 

1:45 p.m.–3:35 p.m. 

Closed Sessions 

May 4, 2010 

9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. 

1 p.m.–2 p.m. 

May 5, 2010 

9 a.m.–9:30 a.m. 

11:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

1 p.m.–1:45 p.m. 

AGENCY CONTACT: Kim Silverman, 

ksilverm@nsf.gov, (703) 292–7000, 

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/. 

Matters To Be Discussed 

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 

Chairman’s Introduction 

Open Session: 7:30 a.m.–7:35 a.m., 

Room 1235 

• Chairman’s Remarks. 

Committee on Programs and Plans 

(CPP) 

Open Session: 7:35 a.m.–9 a.m., Room 

1235 

• Approval of February 2010 Minutes. 

• Committee Chairman’s Remarks. 

• Subcommittee on Polar Issues (SOPI): 

Æ SOPI Chairman’s Remarks. 

Æ Director’s Report—Office of Polar 

Programs (OPP). 

Æ U.S. Antarctic Program Review. 

Æ International State of the Arctic 

Meeting. 

• Discussion Item: Review of NSB 

Policy on Award Thresholds 

requiring NSB approval. 

• CPP Task Force on Support of MidScale and Multi-Investigator 

Research: Status Report. 

• NSB Information Item: iPlant. 

• NSB Information Item: DataNet. 

Closed Session: 9 a.m.–11:30 a.m., 

Room 1235 

• Committee Chairman’s Remarks. 

• NSB Information Item: DUSEL— 

Update. 

• NSB Action Item: Academic Research 

Infrastructure Recovery and 

Reinvestment Program (ARI–R2). 

• NSB Action Item: NCAR 

Supercomputing Center 

Construction Project. 

• NSB Action Item: Approval of MREFC 

Construction Award for the 

National Ecological Observatory 

Network (NEON). 

Plenary Open 

Open Session: 11:30 a.m.–12 p.m., 

Room 1235 

• Presentation by Honorary Awards 

Recipient: 

Æ NSB Public Service Award– 

individual, Dr. Nalini Nadkarni. 

Committee on Audit and Oversight 

(A&O) 

Open Session: 1 p.m.–3 p.m., Room 

1235 

• Approval of Minutes, February 3, 

2010. 

• Committee Chairman’s Opening 

Remarks. 

• Human Resources Update. 

• Chief Financial Officer’s Update. 

OIG Semiannual Report. 

• Management Response to OIG 

Semiannual Report. 

• Inspector General’s ARRA Update. 

• 2010 Financial Statement Audit. 

• Future NSF Update. 

• Report to the Board on the NSF Merit 

Review Process, FY 2009. 

• Review of NSB Policy on Award 

Thresholds Requiring NSB 

Approval. 

• Committee Chairman’s Closing 

Remarks. 

Committee on Programs and Plans 

(CPP) 

Closed Session: 1 p.m.–2 p.m., Room 

1295 

• NSB Action Item: Support for nine FY 

2010 Research Infrastructure 

Improvement Program (RII) Track-1 

proposed awards from the 

Experimental Program to Stimulate 

Competitive Research. 

Committee on Strategy and Budget 

(CSB) 

Open Session: 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m., Room 

1295 

Subcommittee on Facilities (SCF). 

• Approval of SCF Teleconference 

Minutes, January 2010. 

• Approval of SCF Teleconference 

Minutes, March 2010. 

• Approval of SCF Teleconference 

Minutes, April 2010. 

• SCF Chairman’s Remarks. 

• Overview of the Draft Report of the 

NSF Facilities Portfolio Review. 

• Discussion of the Draft NSF Facilities 

Portfolio Review. 

• Next Steps for Final Report. 


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