8102 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 17, 2016 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2016–0001] 

National Advisory Committee on 

Occupational Safety and Health 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Announcement of special 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The National Advisory 

Committee on Occupational Safety and 

Health (NACOSH) will hold a special 

meeting on March 4, 2016, in 

Washington, DC, to consider and make 

recommendations on OSHA’s draft 

Safety and Health Program Management 

Guidelines. 

DATES: NACOSH will meet from 2 to 5 

p.m., Friday, March 4, 2016. 

Comments, requests to speak, speaker 

presentations, requests for special 

accommodations and requests to attend 

the meeting by teleconference: You must 

submit (postmark, send, transmit) 

comments, requests to address 

NACOSH, speaker presentations, 

requests for special accommodations for 

the NACOSH meeting and requests to 

attend the meeting by teleconference by 

Wednesday, February 24, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: NACOSH will meet in 

Room N–5437A, Conference Rooms A– 

B, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. 

Submission of comments, requests to 

speak and speaker presentations: You 

may submit comments and requests to 

speak at the NACOSH meeting, 

identified by the docket number for this 

Federal Register notice (Docket No. 

OSHA–2016–0001), by one of the 

following methods: 

Electronically: You may submit 

materials, including attachments, 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

online instructions for making 

submissions. 

Facsimile: If your submission, 

including attachments, does not exceed 

10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA 

Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Regular mail, express mail, hand 

delivery, or messenger/courier service 

(hard copy): You may submit your 

materials to the OSHA Docket Office, 

Docket No. OSHA–2016–0001, Room N– 

2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 

(TTY (887) 889–5627). OSHA’s Docket 

Office accepts deliveries (hand 

deliveries, express mail, and messenger/ 

courier service) during normal business 

hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. e.t., 

weekdays. 

Requests for special accommodations 

and requests to attend the meeting by 

teleconference: Please submit requests 

for special accommodations to attend 

the NACOSH meeting and requests to 

attend the meeting by teleconference, by 

email, telephone, or hard copy to Ms. 

Gretta Jameson, OSHA Office of 

Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone (202) 693–1999 (TTY (887) 

889–5627); email jameson.grettah@

dol.gov. 

Instructions: Your submissions must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket number for this Federal Register 

notice (Docket No. OSHA–2016–0001). 

Due to security-related procedures, 

submissions by regular mail may 

experience significant delays. Please 

contact the OSHA Docket Office for 

information about security procedures 

for making submissions by hand 

delivery, express delivery, or 

messenger/courier service. For 

additional information about 

submissions, see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

OSHA will post in the NACOSH 

docket, without change, any comments, 

requests to speak, and speaker 

presentations, including any personal 

information that you provide. Therefore, 

OSHA cautions interested parties about 

submitting personal information such as 

Social Security numbers and birthdates. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For press inquiries: Mr. Frank 

Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of 

Communications, Room N–3647, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone (202) 693–1999 (TTY (877) 

889–5627); email meilinger.francis2@

dol.gov. 

For general information: Ms. Michelle 

Walker, Director, OSHA Technical Data 

Center, Directorate of Technical Support 

and Emergency Management, Room N– 

2625, U.S. Department of Labor,, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350 

(TTY (877) 889–5627); email 

walker.michelle@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACOSH 

will hold a special meeting on Friday, 

March 4, 2016, in Washington, DC. The 

purpose of this special meeting is to 

allow NACOSH to consider and make 

recommendations on OSHA’s draft 

Safety and Health Program Management 

Guidelines. Some NACOSH members 

may attend by teleconference. NACOSH 

meetings are open to the public. 

NACOSH was established by Section 

7(a) of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 

651, 656) to advise, consult with and 

make recommendations to the Secretary 

of Labor and the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services on matters relating to 

the administration of the OSH Act. 

NACOSH is a continuing advisory 

committee of indefinite duration. 

NACOSH operates in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2), its 

implementing regulations (41 CFR part 

102–3), and OSHA’s regulations on 

NACOSH (29 CFR part 1912a). 

OSHA transcribes and prepares 

detailed minutes of NACOSH meetings. 

OSHA posts the transcripts and minutes 

in the public docket along with written 

comments, speaker presentations, and 

other materials submitted to NACOSH 

or presented at NACOSH meetings. 

Public Participation, Submissions and 

Access to Public Record 

All NACOSH meetings are open to the 

public. Individuals attending NACOSH 

meetings at the U.S. Department of 

Labor must enter the building at the 

Visitors’ Entrance at 3rd and C Streets 

NW., and pass through building 

security. Persons attending the meeting 

must have valid government-issued 

photo identification (e.g., driver’s 

license) to enter the building. For 

additional information about attending 

the NACOSH meeting (in person or by 

teleconference), please contact Ms. 

Jameson (see ADDRESSES section). 

Individuals requesting special 

accommodations to attend the NACOSH 

meeting and requesting to attend the 

meeting by teleconference should 

contact Ms. Jameson. 

Submission of comments: You may 

submit comments using one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES

section. Your submission must include 

the Agency name and docket number for 

this Federal Register notice (Docket No. 

OSHA–2016–0001). OSHA will provide 

copies of any submissions to the 

NACOSH members. 

Because of security-related 

procedures, submissions by regular mail 

may experience significant delays. For 

information about security procedures 

for submitting materials by hand 

delivery, express mail, and messenger/ 

courier service, please contact the 

OSHA Docket Office. 

Requests to speak and speaker 

presentations: If you want to address 

NACOSH at the meeting you must 

submit a request to speak, as well as any 

written or electronic presentation, by 


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February 24, 2016, using one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES

section. Your 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 the presentation. 

PowerPoint presentations and other 

electronic materials must be compatible 

with PowerPoint 2010 and other 

Microsoft Office 2010 formats. The 

NACOSH Chair may grant requests to 

address NACOSH as time and 

circumstances permit. 

Public docket of NACOSH meetings: 

OSHA places comments, requests to 

speak, and speaker presentations, 

including any personal information you 

provide, in the NACOSH docket, 

without change. Those documents also 

may be available online at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions you about submitting certain 

personal information such as Social 

Security numbers and birthdates. 

OSHA also places in the NACOSH 

docket meeting transcripts, meeting 

minutes, documents presented at the 

NACOSH meeting, and other documents 

pertaining to the NACOSH meetings. 

These documents may be available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Access to the public record of 

NACOSH meetings: To read or 

download documents in the NACOSH 

docket, go to Docket No. OSHA–2016– 

0001 at http://www.regulations.gov. The 

index for that Web page lists all of the 

documents in the docket; however, 

some documents (e.g., copyrighted 

materials) are not publicly available 

through that Web page. All documents 

in the NACOSH docket, including 

materials not available through http://

www.regulations.gov, are available in 

the OSHA Docket Office. Please contact 

the OSHA Docket Office for assistance 

in making submissions to, or obtaining 

materials from, the NACOSH docket. 

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, also are available on 

OSHA’s Web page at http://

www.osha.gov. 

Authority and Signature 

David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health, 

directed the preparation of this notice 

under the authority granted by 29 U.S.C. 

656; 5 U.S.C. App. 2; 29 CFR part 1912a; 

41 CFR part 102–3; and Secretary of 

Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912 

(1/25/2012)). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 11, 

2016. 

David Michaels, 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03295 Filed 2–16–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

[Docket No. OSHA–2012–0026] 

Regulations Containing Procedures for 

Handling of Retaliation Complaints; 

Revision of Approved Information 

Collection (Paperwork) Requirements 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Approval 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Labor. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public 

comments concerning its proposal to 

extend and revise the collections of 

information currently approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for handling of retaliation 

complaints filed with OSHA under 

various whistleblower protection 

statutes and the procedural regulations 

described in this notice. These 

regulations contain procedures 

employees must use to file a complaint 

with OSHA alleging that their employer 

violated a whistleblower protection 

provision contained in certain statutes 

that generally prohibit retaliatory action 

by employers against employees who 

engage in activities protected by the 

statutes. The collections of information 

include revisions to the form for 

employees to submit retaliation 

complaints to OSHA, including 

electronic submission. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

(postmarked, sent, or received) by April 

18, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Electronically: You may 

submit comments and attachments 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. 

Facsimile: If your comments, 

including attachments, are not longer 

than 10 pages, you may fax them to the 

OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. 

Mail, hand delivery, express mail, 

messenger or courier service: When 

using this method, you must submit 

your comments and attachments to the 

OSHA Docket Office, OSHA Docket No. 

OSHA–2012–0026, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Room N–2625, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20210. Deliveries (hand, express 

mail, messenger and courier service) are 

accepted during the Department of 

Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal 

business hours, 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., 

e.t. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and OSHA 

docket number (OSHA–2012–0026) for 

the Information Collection Request 

(ICR). All comments, including any 

personal information you provide, are 

placed in the public docket without 

change, and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov. 

For further information on submitting 

comments see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading in the section of 

this notice titled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

Docket: To read or download 

comments or other material in the 

docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov 

or the OSHA Docket Office at the 

address above. All documents in the 

docket (including this Federal Register 

notice) are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download from the Web site. All 

submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

You may also contact the Directorate of 

Whistleblower Protection Programs at 

the address below to obtain a copy of 

the ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, 

Directorate of Whistleblower Protection 

Programs, OSHA, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Room N–4624, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone: (202) 693–2199; email 

Garrahan.Maryann@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Department of Labor, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent (e.g., an employee filing 

a retaliation complaint) burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the public with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program 

ensures that information is in the 

desired format, reporting burden (time 

and costs) is minimal, collection 

instruments are clearly understood, and 


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