Document ID: OSHA-2006-0034-0001
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting
Posted Date: 2006-08-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 168)]
[Notices]               
[Page 51641]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

 
Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; 
Notice of Meeting

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

ACTION:  Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 
(MACOSH); Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and 
Health (MACOSH) was established to advise the Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for OSHA on issued relating to occupational safety and health in 
the maritime industries. The purpose of this Federal Register notice is 
to announce to MACOSH meeting scheduled for September 2006.

DATES: The Committee will meet on September 26, 2006 from 9 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., and September 27, 2006 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. On Tuesday September 
26, the Committee will meet in conference room C-5521 room 4; 
on Wednesday September 27, the Committee will meet in conference room 
N-3437 rooms A, B, and C. Mail comments, views, or statements in 
response to this notice to Jim Maddux, Director, Office of Maritime, 
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20210; phone (202) 693-2086; FAX: (202) 693-1663.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about MACOSH, 
and this meeting contact: Jim Maddux, Director, Office of Maritime, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; phone (202) 693-2086. Individuals with 
disabilities wishing to attend the meeting should contact Vanessa L. 
Welch at (202) 693-2086 no later than September 19, 2006 to obtain 
appropriate accommodations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All MACOSH meetings, including work group 
meetings, are open to the public. All interested persons are invited to 
attend the MACOSH meetings at the times and places listed above. Since 
the Committee has just been re-established, and his nine new members, 
the agenda will include discussions of OSHA's programs and activities 
such as: Standards and guidance; enforcement; cooperative programs; and 
science, technology and medicine. The agenda will also include 
discussions on forming MACOSH work groups; identification of maritime 
safety and health issues; radiation screening of cargo containers and 
general administrative procedures.
    Public Participation: Written data, views or comments for 
consideration by MACOSH on the various agenda items listed above should 
be submitted to vanessa L. Welch at the address listed above. 
Submissions received by September 12, 2006, will be provided to 
Committee members and will be included in the record of the meeting. 
Requests to make oral presentations to the Committee may be granted as 
time permits. anyone wishing to make an oral presentation to the 
committee on any of the agenda items listed above should notify Vanessa 
L. Welch by September 12, 2006. The request should state the amount of 
time desired, the capacity in which the person will appear,, and a 
brief outline of the content of the presentation.

    Authority: Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor 
for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this 
notice under the authority granted by 6(b)(1) and 7(b) of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655, 656), the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and 29 CFR part 
1912.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of August, 2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 06-7237 Filed 8-29-06; 8:45 am]

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