[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20836-20837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9645]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health

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

ACTION:  Notice of an open meeting of the Advisory Commission on 
Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH).

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SUMMARY: OSHA is notifying the public that the ACCSH will meet May 4-5, 
2000 at the Francis Perkins Building, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. This meeting is open to the 
public.

DATES, TIMES, and ROOMS: The ACCSH will meet on Thursday, May 4 from 
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Friday, May 5 from 9 a.m. to noon in room N-
3437 B, C, and D. The ACCSH work groups will meet May 2-3 and, if 
necessary, after noon on May 5.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Veneta Chatmon, Office of Public 
Affairs, Room N-3647, telephone (202) 693-1999 at the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An official record of the meeting will be 
available for public inspection at the OSHA Docket Office, Room N-2625, 
telephone 202-693-2350. All ACCSH meetings and those of its work groups 
are open to the public. Individuals needing special accommodation 
should contact Veneta Chatmon no later than April 30, 2000 at the 
address listed under For Further Information Contact.
    The agenda items for this meeting include:
    <bullet> Remarks by the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety 
and Health, Charles N. Jeffress.
    <bullet> ACCSH work group updates, including:
    <bullet> Data Collection and Targeting.
    <bullet> Musculoskeletal Disorders.
    <bullet> Subpart N--Cranes.
    <bullet> Fall Protection.
    <bullet> Hexavalent Chromium.
    <bullet> Process Safety Management.
    <bullet> OSHA Form 170.
    <bullet> Noise in Construction.
    <bullet> Directorate of Construction Reports.
    <bullet> Special Presentations, including:
    <bullet> Carolina Star Program.
    <bullet> OSHA's Rulemaking Process.
    The following ACCSH work groups will meet in the Frances Perkins 
Building:
    Safety and Health Program Management and Training: 8:30--10:30 
a.m., Tuesday, May 2, room N-3437 C.
    Hexavalent Chromium: 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, May 2, room N-3437 
B.
    OSHA Form 170: 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 2, room N-3437 B.
    Process Safety Management: 1 to 3 p.m., May 2, room N-3437 C.
    Musculoskeletal Disorders: 1-4 p.m., Wednesday, May 3, room N-3437 
B.
    Noise in Construction: 10 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, May 3, room N-
3437 D.
    Data Collection/Targeting: 1 to 4 p.m., Wednesday May 3, room N-
3437 B.
    Fall Protection: 1:15 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 3, room N-3437 C.
    Work groups may also meet after the adjournment of the ACCSH 
meeting on Friday, May 5, 2000.
    For up-to-date information on ACCSH activities and scheduling, 
please refer to the OSHA Web site at http://www.osha.gov, or call Jim 
Boom in OSHA's Directorate of Construction at (202) 693-1839.
    Interested parties may submit written data, views, or comments, 
preferably with 20 copies, to Veneta Chatmon at the address listed 
above under ``For Further Information Contact.'' OSHA will provide 
submissions received prior to the meeting to ACCSH members, and will 
include each submission in the record of the meeting. Attendees may 
also request to make an oral presentation by notifying Veneta Chatmon 
before the meeting. The request must state the amount of time desired, 
the interest represented by the presenter (e.g., the name of the 
business, trade association, government agency),

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if any, and a brief outline of the presentation. The Chair of ACCSH may 
grant the request at his/her discretion and as time permits.

    Authority: Charles N. Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this 
notice under the authority granted by section 7 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656), section 107 of the 
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety 
Act) (40 U.S.C. 333), and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 6-96 (62 FR 
181).

    Signed at Washington, DC on April 13, 2000.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 00-9645 Filed 4-17-00; 8:45 am]
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