[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 1725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-728]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, and 1926
[Docket No. H-049]
RIN 1218-0099
Respiratory Protection
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Extension of the time period for submission of public comments
on a report by M. Nicas.
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SUMMARY: OSHA is extending the time period originally specified in 60
FR 56127 for receiving public comment on the Nicas Report.
DATES: Written comments must be postmarked to OSHA on or before January
29, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in quadruplicate or 1 original
(hardcopy) and 1 disk (5\1/4\ or 3\1/2\ inch) in WordPerfect 5.0, 5.1,
6.0, 6.1, or ASCII to: Docket Office, Docket H-049, U.S. Department of
Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-2625, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210; telephone: (202)
219-7894. Any information not contained on disk (e.g., studies,
articles) must be submitted in quadruplicate. Written comments limited
to 10 pages or less in length may also be transmitted by facsimile to
(202) 219-5046, provided that the original and 3 copies are sent to the
Docket Office thereafter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Anne C. Cyr, Office of Information
and Consumer Affairs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210. Telephone (202) 219-8148. A copy of the
referenced report is available for inspection and copying in the Docket
Office and will be mailed to persons who request a copy by telephoning
Mr. John Steelnack at (202) 219-7151. For an electronic copy of the
Federal Register notice, contact the Labor News Bulletin Board (202)
219-4748; or OSHA's WebPage on the Internet at http://www.OSHA.gov/.
For news releases, fact sheets and other short documents, contact OSHA
FAX at (900) 555-3400 at $1.50 per minute.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Background
On November 7, 1995, OSHA published a notice (60 FR 56127) which
reopened the record of the Respiratory Protection standard, 29 CFR
1910.134, to receive public comment on a report submitted by Dr. Mark
Nicas titled ``The Analysis of Workplace Protection Factor Data and the
Derivation of Assigned Protection Factors'' (hereafter, the ``Nicas
Report'') which was entered as a post-hearing comment into the
Respiratory Protection Docket H-049 as Exhibit #156. The original time
period for public comment on the Nicas Report was scheduled to end on
January 8, 1996. However, OSHA underwent a major reduction in
operations and furlough of most employees from December 18, 1995 to
January 5, 1996. As of January 17, 1996, OSHA had received only three
comments on the Nicas Report in response to 60 FR 56127. To encourage
additional public comments in response to this announcement, OSHA is
extending the date for submitting comments on the Nicas Report to
January 29, 1996. No additional extensions for this purpose are
anticipated.
Authority and Signature
This document was prepared under the direction of Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20210. It is issued pursuant to section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655).
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 17th day of January, 1996.
Joseph A. Dear,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 96-728 Filed 1-22-96; 8:45 am]
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