24334 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 1996 / Notices

Notice of Interim Assignment of

Departmental Duties Retained

Following Congressional Action With

Respect to the Elimination of the Office

of the American Workplace

By memorandum effective April 26,

1996, I have delegated authority and

assigned responsibility to Charles L.

Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary, for

performing all of the following duties

prescribed under Secretary’s Orders 2–

93, 58 FR 42578, and 2–95, 60 FR

13602:

(1) The Labor-Management Reporting

and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended,

29 U.S.C. 401, et seq.;

(2) Section 701 (Standards of Conduct

for Labor Organizations) of the Civil

Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C.

7120;

(3) Section 1017 of the Foreign

Service Act of 1980, 22 U.S.C. 4117;

(4) Section 1209 of the Postal

Reorganization Act of 1970, 39 U.S.C.

1209;

(5) the employee protection

provisions of the Federal Transit law, as

codified at 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) and related

provisions’;

(6) Section405 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of

the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970,

45 U.S.C. 565 (a), (b), (c), and (e);

(7) Section 43(d) of the Airline

Deregulation Act of 1978, repealed and

reenacted at 49 U.S.C. 42101–42103;

and

(8) Executive Order 12954, March 8,

1995, 60 FR 13023 to the extent that the

exercise of authority or responsibilities

under this Order is consistent with

applicable court decisions.

I currently anticipate that this

delegation of authority will be

superseded at the beginning of fiscal

year 1997. Nonetheless, this delegation

will remain in effect until a further

delegation of these duties, or other

notice, is executed by me. Any of the

above duties may be redelegated, as

appropriate, by him.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 8th day of

May 1996

Robert B. Reich,

Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 96–12071 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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Employment and Training

Administration

Public Meeting; Federal Committee on

Apprenticeship

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App. 1), notice is

hereby given that the Federal Committee

on Apprenticeship (FCA) will conduct

an open meeting on May 29–30, 1996 at

the following location: The Washington

Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 2001.

The agenda on May 29 will include:

8:30 a.m.—Orientation/Administrative

Matters

CAll to Order, Barbara Green, Chair, FCA

Introduction of FCA Members, Committee

DOL

BAT Director’s Report, Anthony Swoope

BAT Priority Teams

12:00 noon—Lunch

Skill Standards Board Report

School-to-Work Report

National Apprenticeship Awards Program

3:00 p.m.—Meeting Recesses until 8:30 a.m.,

5/30/96

The agenda on May 30 will include:

—Legislative Update Report

—National Association of State and

Territorial Apprenticeship Directors’

Report

—National Association of Governmental

—Labor Officials’ Report

10:30 a.m.—Remarks: Assistant Secretary for

Employment and Training

11:30 a.m.—Public Comment

11:30 a.m.—Adjournment

The agenda is subject to change due

to time constraints and priority items

which may come before the Committee

between the time of this publication and

the scheduled date of the FCA meeting.

Members of the public are invited to

attend the proceedings. Individuals with

disabilities should contact Marion M.

Winters at (202) 219–5921 no later than

May 17, if special accommodations are

needed.

Any member of the public who

wishes to file written data, views or

arguments pertaining to the agenda may

do so by furnishing it to the Designated

Federal Official (DFO) at any time prior

to the meeting. Such comments should

be addressed to the DFO, Mr. Anthony

Swoope, Director, Bureau of

Apprenticeship and Training, ETA, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room N4649, 200

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,

D.C. 20210. Fifteen duplicate copies are

needed for the members and for

inclusion in the minutes of the meeting.

Any member of the public who

wishes to speak at this meeting should

so indicate the nature of intended

presentation and the amount of time

needed by furnishing a written

statement to the Designated Federal

Official by May 24. The Chairperson

will announce at the beginning of the

meeting the extent to which time will

permit the granting of such requests.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 8th day of

May 1996.

Timothy M. Barnicle,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for the

Employment and Training Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–12070 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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Mine Safety and Health Administration

Advisory Committee on the Elimination

of Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine

Workers; Meeting

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

date, time, place, and agenda summary

for the third meeting of the Mine Safety

and Health Administration’s Advisory

Committee on the Elimination of

Pneumoconiosis Among Coal Mine

Workers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia W. Silvey, Director, Office of

Standards, Regulations, and Variances,

Mine Safety and Health Administration,

4015 Wilson Boulevard, room 631,

Arlington, Virginia 22203; phone 703–

235–1910.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A public

meeting of the advisory committee will

be held as follows:

(1) May 29, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.

(2) May 30, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.

The meeting will be held on both days

at the Holiday Inn-Charleston House,

600 East Kanawha Blvd., Charleston,

West Virginia 25301. Phone: 304–344–

4092.

The Secretary of Labor established

this advisory committee (60 FR 5947) to

develop recommendations for improved

standards or other appropriate actions

addressing: permissible exposure limits

to eliminate black lung disease and

silicosis; the means to control respirable

coal mine dust levels; improved

monitoring of respirable coal dust levels

and the role of the miner in that

monitoring; and the adequacy of

operator sampling programs to

determine the actual levels of dust

concentrations to which miners are

exposed. The advisory committee is

chartered through September 30, 1996

(60 FR 55284), but must complete its

deliberations by August 19, 1996.

The agenda for the third meeting will

include discussions on exposure

monitoring and medical surveillance.

Specific questions for discussion will

include: