98-31272. Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64739-64740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31272]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. H-372]
RIN: 1218-AB58


Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: Notice of 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee: Notice of 
meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory Committee (MWFSAC), 
established under Section 7 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 to advise the Secretary of

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Labor on appropriate actions to protect workers from the hazards 
associated with occupational exposure to metalworking fluids, will meet 
in Washington, D.C., on Monday through Wednesday, December 7 through 
December 9, 1998.

DATES: The meeting will be held December 7, from 10 a.m. to 
approximately 6 p.m; on December 8, from 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m; 
and on December 9, from 9 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet at the Governor's House Hotel, 1615 
Rhode Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: (202) 296-
2100.
    Mail comments, views, or statements in response to this notice to 
Dr. Peter Infante, U. S. Department of Labor, OSHA, Directorate of 
Health Standards Programs, Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory 
Committee, Room N-3718, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Friedman, Director, Office of 
Information and Consumer Affairs, OSHA, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested persons are invited to attend 
the public meetings of the Metalworking Fluids Standards Advisory 
Committee, at the times and location indicated above. Individuals with 
disabilities wishing to attend should contact Theresa Berry at (202) 
693-1999 (Fax: [phone]) no later than November 30, 1998, to obtain 
appropriate accommodations.

Meeting Agenda

    The Committee will discuss the NIOSH small business exposure study, 
industry profile data, air sampling methods, and cancer studies related 
to metalworking fluids. In addition, work group reports will include 
medical surveillance issues.

Public Participation

    Written data, views, or comments for consideration by the MWFSAC on 
the various agenda items listed above may be submitted, preferably with 
25 copies, to Dr. Peter Infante at the address provided above. 
Submissions received by November 27, 1998, will be provided to the 
members of the Committee. Anyone wishing to make an oral presentation 
to the Committee on any of the agenda items noted above should notify 
Dr. Peter Infante at the address listed above. 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. 
Requests to make oral presentations to the Committee may be granted if 
time permits.
    Authority: This notice is issued under the authority of sections 
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.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-31272 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]
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