E9-4882. Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH)

AGENCY:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION:

MACOSH meeting, notice of.

SUMMARY:

The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) was established to advise the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA on issues relating to occupational safety and health in the maritime industries. The purpose of this Federal Register notice is to announce the MACOSH meeting scheduled for March 2009.

DATES:

The Committee will meet on March 24, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

The Committee will meet at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, the committee will meet in conference room N-3437. Mail comments, views, or statements in response to this notice to Danielle Watson, Office of Maritime, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; phone [phone]; fax: [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For general information about MACOSH and this meeting, contact: Joseph V. Daddura, Director, Office of Maritime, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-3609, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; phone: [phone]. Individuals with disabilities wishing to attend the meeting should contact Danielle Watson at [phone] no later than March 17, 2009, to obtain appropriate accommodations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

All MACOSH meetings are open to the public. All interested persons are invited to attend the MACOSH meeting at the time and location listed above. The MACOSH agenda will include: A presentation on the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and committee ethics training; an OSHA activities update; introduction of the new and returning MACOSH committee members; a review of the accomplishments from the previous meetings during the last charter; and goals for the next two years, including establishment of the MACOSH workgroups.

Public Participation: Written data, views, or comments for consideration by MACOSH on the various agenda items listed above should be submitted to Danielle Watson at the address listed above. Submissions received by March 17, 2009, will be provided to Committee members and will be included in the record of the meeting. Requests to make oral presentations to the Committee may be granted as time permits.

Authority: This notice was prepared under the direction of Donald G. Shalhoub, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, pursuant to 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), Secretary of Labor's Order 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), and 29 CFR part 1912.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of March, 2009.

Donald G. Shalhoub,

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.