This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

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Vol. 73, No. 183 

Friday, September 19, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration 

29 CFR Parts 1910 and 1915 

[Docket No. OSHA–S049–2006–0675 

(formerly OSHA Docket No. S–049)] 

RIN 1218–AB50 

General Working Conditions in 

Shipyard Employment; Notice of 

Informal Public Hearing 

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA), Department of 

Labor. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of 

informal public hearings. 

SUMMARY: OSHA is announcing that the 

informal public hearing on the proposed 

rule on general working conditions in 

shipyard employment in Seattle, WA, 

will be held at the Renaissance Seattle 

Hotel. 

DATES: OSHA will hold an informal 

public hearing in Seattle, WA, 

beginning at 9:30 a.m., October 21–22, 

2008. If necessary, the hearing will 

continue on subsequent days at the 

same time and location. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at 

the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 

Madison Street, Seattle, WA 98104. 

Docket: To read or download 

background documents as well as 

comments and materials submitted in 

response to the proposed rule or at the 

informal public hearing in Washington, 

DC, go to Docket No. OSHA–S049– 

2006–0675 at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. 

All materials and submissions in the 

docket are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index; however, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publicly available to 

read or download through the Web 

page. All materials and submissions are 

available for public inspection and 

copying at the OSHA Docket Office, 

Room N–2625, U.S. Department of 

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC; telephone (202) 693– 

2350. For information on reading or 

downloading materials in the docket 

and obtaining materials not available 

through the Web page, please contact 

the OSHA Docket Office during the 

Department of Labor’s and OSHA 

Docket Office’s normal business hours, 

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

Electronic copies of this Federal 

Register notice and the proposed rule 

are available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This notice, the 

proposed rule, news releases, and other 

relevant information also are available 

at OSHA’s Web page at http:// 

www.osha.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Press inquiries: Jennifer Ashley, 

Office of Communications, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration, 

Room N–3647, 200 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 

telephone (202) 693–1999. 

Technical information: Joseph 

Daddura, Director, Office of Maritime 

within the Directorate of Standards and 

Guidance, U.S. Department of Labor, 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Room N–3609, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2086. 

Hearings: Ms. Veneta Chatmon, Office 

of Communications, U.S. Department of 

Labor, Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, Room N–3647, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–1999; email chatmon.veneta@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OSHA will hold an informal public 

hearing on the proposed rule on general 

working conditions in shipyard 

employment on October 21–22, 2008, at 

the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, 

WA. If necessary, the hearing will 

continue on subsequent days at the 

same time and location. 

On December 20, 2007, OSHA 

published a proposed rule to update and 

revise the standards on general working 

conditions in shipyard employment (72 

FR 72451). OSHA invited written 

comments and requests for hearings on 

the proposed rule. The deadline for 

submitting comments and hearing 

requests was March 19, 2008. OSHA 

received several hearing requests and 

published a Federal Register notice 

scheduling informal public hearings 

beginning September 9, 2008, in 

Washington, DC, and October 21, 2008, 

in Seattle, WA (73 FR 36823 (6/30/ 

2008)). At that time, OSHA had not 

finalized the location of the hearing in 

Seattle, WA, and this notice announces 

that location. 

Persons interested in participating at 

either hearing were required to file a 

notice of intention to appear by July 18, 

2008, and, to submit advance written 

testimony by August 8, 2008, if they 

were requesting to testify for longer than 

10 minutes. They do not need to 

resubmit. OSHA is not accepting 

additional requests to participate at the 

hearing in Seattle, WA. 

OSHA emphasizes that hearings on 

proposed rules are open to the public; 

however, only individuals who have 

filed a timely notice of intention to 

appear may question witnesses and 

participate fully at the hearing. If time 

permits, and at the discretion of the 

administrative law judge presiding at 

the hearing, an individual who did not 

file a notice of intention to appear may 

be allowed to a present brief oral 

statement not exceeding 10 minutes at 

the end of the hearing. 

Authority and Signature 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice under the 

authority granted by Section 6(b) of the 

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

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

Labor’s Order 5–2007 (72 FR 31160), 

and 29 CFR part 1911. 

Signed at Washington, DC on this 15th day 

of September 2008. 

Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–21931 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 1819 and 1852 

RIN 2700–AD41 

NASA Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 


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