Document ID: OSHA-H022K-2006-0062-0679
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preparations for the 28th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS)
Posted Date: 2014-10-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64416-64417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25690]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-H022k-2006-0062]

Preparations for the 28th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of 
Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and 
Labelling of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS)

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to advise interested persons that on Wednesday, 
November 12, 2014, OSHA, as a representative of the U.S Interagency GHS 
(Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of 
Chemicals) Coordinating Group, will conduct a public meeting to discuss 
proposals in preparation for the 28th session of the United Nations 
Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of 
Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UNSCEGHS) to be held 
December 10 to 12, 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. OSHA, along with the 
U.S. Interagency GHS Coordinating Group, plans to consider the comments 
and information gathered at this public meeting when developing the 
U.S. Government positions for the UNSCEGHS meeting.
    Also, on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, the Department of 
Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration (PHMSA) will conduct a public meeting (See Docket No. 
PHMSA-2014-0117, Notice No. 14-12) to discuss proposals in preparation 
for the 46th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on 
the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) to be held December 1 to 
December 9, 2014, in Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: Wednesday, November 12, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held at the DOT Headquarters 
Conference Center, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590.

Times and Locations

    PHMSA public meeting: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT, Conference Room 
4.
    OSHA public meeting: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EDT, Conference Room 4.
    Registration: It is requested that attendees pre-register for these 
meetings by completing the form at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9WWZWR2. Attendees may use the form to pre-register for the OSHA 
meeting, the PHMSA meeting, or both meetings.

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Failure to pre-register may delay your access to the DOT building. 
Participants attending in person are encouraged to arrive early to 
allow time for security checks necessary to obtain access to the 
building.
    Conference call-in and ``live meeting'' capability will be provided 
for both meetings. Specific information on call-in and live meeting 
access will be posted when available at: http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ and at: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/international.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen Ruskin, Office of Chemical 
Hazards-Metals, OSHA Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Department 
of Labor, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1950, email: 
ruskin.maureen@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The OSHA Meeting: OSHA is hosting an open informal public meeting 
of the U.S. Interagency GHS Coordinating Group to provide interested 
groups and individuals with an update on GHS-related issues and an 
opportunity to express their views orally and in writing for 
consideration in developing U.S. Government positions for the upcoming 
UNSCEGHS meeting. Interested stakeholders may also provide input on 
issues related to OSHA's activities in the U.S.--Canada Regulatory 
Cooperation Council (RCC) at the meeting.
    General topics on the agenda include:
     Review of Working papers
     Correspondence Group updates
     Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC) Update.
    Information on the work of the UNSCEGHS including meeting agendas, 
reports, and documents from previous sessions, can be found on the 
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Transport 
Division Web site located at the following web address: http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_welcome_e.html. The UNSCEGHS 
bases its decisions on Working Papers. The Working Papers for the 28th 
session of the UNSCEGHS are located at: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc4/c42014.html.
    Informal Papers submitted to the UNSCEGHS provide information for 
the Sub-committee and are used either as a mechanism to provide 
information to the Sub-committee or as the basis for future Working 
Papers. Informal Papers for the 28th session of the UNSCEGHS are 
located at: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc4/c4inf28.html
    The PHMSA Meeting: The Federal Register notice and additional 
detailed information relating to PHMSA's public meeting will be 
available upon publication at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. 
PHMSA-2014-0117) and on the PHMSA Web site at: http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/international.

Authority and Signature

    This document was prepared under the direction of David Michaels, 
Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and 
Health, U.S. Department of Labor, pursuant to sections 4, 6, and 8 of 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 
657), and Secretary's Order 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), (Jan. 25, 2012).

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 24, 2014.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2014-25690 Filed 10-28-14; 8:45 am]
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