98-27204. National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 196 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54501-54502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27204]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration


National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health; 
Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given of the date and location of the next meeting 
of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health 
(NACOSH), established under section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656) to advise the Secretary of Labor and 
the Secretary of Health Services on matters relating to the 
administration of the Act. NACOSH will hold a meeting on November 9 and 
10, 1998, in Room N5437 A-D of the Department of Labor Building located 
at 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. The meeting is open to 
the public and will begin at 9:00 a.m. lasting until approximately 4:30 
p.m. the first day, November 9. On November 10, the meeting will begin 
at 1:00 p.m. and last until approximately 4:00 p.m.
    Agenda items will include: A brief overview of current activities 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the 
National Institute for Occupational

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Safety and Health (NIOSH), a discussion of international harmonization 
issues, updates on the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), 
training of CSHOs in the evaluation of safety and health programs, and 
implementation of the (11(c) task force report. Other subjects to be 
discussed include: a literature survey of incentive programs as well as 
the introduction of new staff and new committee members with a 
discussion of committee goals, operation and reports from workgroups.
    Five new members have been appointed to NACOSH since the last 
meeting, and seven members have been reappointed, all for two-year 
terms. Four of the members are designated by the Department of Health 
and Human Services (HHS), and the other eight are designated by the 
Department of Labor (DOL). The HHS designees include: Public 
Representative and Chair Dr. Kathleen Rest, Assistant Professor, 
Occupational Health Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical 
Center (reappointment); Public Representative Dr. Daniel Hryhorczuk, 
Director, Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety 
and Health, University of Illinois at Chicago (new member); Health 
Representative Dr. Bonnie Rogers, Director of Public Health Nursing, 
and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North 
Carolina (new member); and Health Representative LaMont Byrd, Director 
of Safety and Health for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 
(new member).
    The eight members designated by DOL include: Public Representative 
Byron K. Orton, Iowa Commissioner of Labor (reappointment); Public 
Representative Nancy Lessin, Senior Staff for Strategy and Policy at 
Massachusetts COSH (reappointment); Management Representative Dr. Henry 
B. Lick, Corporate Manager of Industrial Hygiene, Ford Motor Company 
(reappointment); Management Representative Dennis Scullion, Manager of 
Audit for OxyChem's Corporate Safety Department (new member); Labor 
Representative Margaret (Peg) Seminario, Director of Occupational 
Safety and Health, AFL-CIO (reappointment); Labor Representative 
Michael J. Wright, Director of Health, Safety and Environment for 
United Steelworkers of America (reappointment); Safety Representative 
Margaret Carroll, Manager of Safety Engineering for Sandia National 
Labs (reappointment); and Safety Representative David J. Heller, 
Executive Director of Risk Management for U.S. West (new member).
    Written data, views or comments for consideration by the Committee 
may be submitted, preferably with 20 copies, to Joanne Goodell at the 
address provided below. Any such submissions received prior to the 
meeting will be provided to the members of the Committee and will be 
included in the record of the meeting. Because of the need to cover a 
wide variety of subjects in a short period of time, there is usually 
insufficient time on the agenda for members of the public to address 
the Committee orally. However, any such requests will be considered by 
the Chair who will determine whether or not time permits. Any request 
to make an oral presentation should state the amount of time desired, 
the capacity in which the person would appear, and a brief outline of 
the content of the presentation. Individuals with disabilities who need 
special accommodations should contact Theresa Berry (phone 202-219-
8615, extension 106; FAX: [phone]) one week before the meeting.
    An official record of the meeting will be available for public 
inspection in the OSHA Technical Data Center (TDC) located in Room 
N2625 of the Department of Labor Building (202-219-7500). For 
additional information contact: Joanne Goodell, Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration (OSHA); Room N-3641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC, (phone: [phone], extension 107; FAX: [phone]; 
e-mail [e-mail]).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 30th day of September, 1998.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 98-27204 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]
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