[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-150]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[V-97-1]
Application for Permanent Variance From Dixie Divers; Extension
of Comment Period
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.
ACTION: Extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 31, 1997, OSHA published a notice requesting
comments on the application of Dixie Divers, Inc., for a permanent
variance from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
requirements. OSHA has received a number of requests for extension of
the comment period. In response to these requests, OSHA is extending
the comment period for 60 days.
DATES: The last date for interested parties to submit comments on the
variance application is March 2, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The original and four copies of written comments must be
submitted to: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Office of Variance Determination, Room N-3653,
Attention: Ms. Juanita Jones, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20210.
For comments, one original (hardcopy) and one diskette ((5\1/4\)-or
3(\1/2\)-inch) in Wordperfect 5.0, 5.1 or 6.1, or ASCII may be sent to
this address; however, any information not contained on the diskettes
(e.g., studies, articles) must be submitted in quadruplicate with the
original written comments. Written comments of 10 pages or less may be
transmitted by facsimile (fax) to OSHA's office of Variance
Determination at (202) 219-7068, provided the original and four copies
of the fax material are sent to OSHA's Office of Variance Determination
within the period allowed for comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Juanita Jones, Office of Variance
Determination (see ADDRESSES above), Telephone: (202) 219-7193, Fax:
(202) 219-7068, E-mail: juanita.jones@osha-no.osha.gov or the following
Regional and Area Offices:
U.S. Department of Labor--OSHA, 1375 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite
587, Atlanta, Georgia 30367, Telephone: (404) 562-2300, Fax: (404) 562-
2295, E-mail: buryoyne-joanne@dol.gov
and
U.S. Department of Labor--OSHA, 5807 Breckenridge Parkway, Suite A,
Tampa, Florida 33610, Telephone: (813) 626-1177, Fax: (813) 626-7015,
E-mail: larry.falck@tampa.osha.gov.
For an electronic copy of this Federal Register notice, contact the
Labor News Bulletin Board at (202) 219-4748, or access OSHA's web page
on the Internet at http://www.OSHA.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 1997, OSHA published a notice
(62 FR 58995) requesting comments on the application of Dixie Divers,
Inc., for a permanent variance from the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) requirements for the availability and use of
decompression chambers for mixed-gas diving operations (i.e., 29 CFR
1910.423(b)(2), 29 CFR 1910.423(c)(3)(iii), and 29 CFR 1910.426(b)(1)).
OSHA provided all the details for this application for permanent
variance in this previous notice.
Authority and Signature
This document was prepared under the direction of Charles N.
Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, pursuant to Section
6(d) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655);
Secretary of Labor's orders 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-
83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), or 6-96 (62 FR 111), as
applicable; and 29 CFR part 1905.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 24th day of December, 1997.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-150 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]
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