99-5292. Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5292]


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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: 
Notice of meeting.

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summary: The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and 
Health (MACOSH), established under section 7 of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970 to advise the Secretary of Labor on issues 
relating to occupational safety and health programs, policies, and 
standards in the maritime industries in the United States, will meet in 
Baltimore, Maryland.

dates: The Committee will meet:

--On March 30, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 5:00 p.m.; and
--On March 31, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. until approximately 5:00 p.m.

addresses: The Committee will meet at the Sheraton Inner Harbor at 300 
South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201; telephone [phone].
    Mail comments, views, or statements in response to this notice to 
Paul Rossi, Acting Director, Office of Maritime Standards, OSHA, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-3621, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210. Phone: [phone]; fax: [phone].

for further information contact: Bonnie Friedman, Director, Office of 
Public Affairs, OSHA; Phone [phone].

supplementary information: All interested persons are invited to attend 
the public meetings of MACOSH at the time and place indicated above. 
Individuals with disabilities wishing to attend should contact Theda 
Kenney at [phone] no later than March 8, 1999, to obtain 
appropriate accommodations.

Meeting Agenda

     This meeting will include discussion of the following subjects: 
OSHA shipyard strategic planning goals; vertical tandem lifts in the 
marine cargo handling environment; ship scrapping initiatives and 
development; training partnerships; an update on ergonomics; a National 
Shipbuilding Research Panel (NSRP) update; a general OSHA update 
(including a standards update and a discussion on the shipyard fire 
protection negotiated rulemaking committee); and a rope walking 
demonstration video. MACOSH subgroups will also report on their 
activities.

Public Participation

    Written data, views, or comments for consideration by MACOSH on the 
various agenda items listed above may be submitted, preferably with 
copies, to Paul Rossi. Submissions received by March 15, 1999, will be 
provided to the members of the committee and will be included in the 
record of the meeting. Requests to make oral presentations to the 
Committee may be granted if time permits. Anyone wishing to make an 
oral presentation to the Committee on any of the agenda items noted 
above should notify Paul Rossi. 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: 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, this 26th day of February 1999.
Charles N. Jeffress,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc 99-5292 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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