97-16671. Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee; Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16671]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1915

[Docket No. S-051]
RIN 1218-AB51


Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment Negotiated Rulemaking 
Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. 
Department of Labor.

ACTION: Public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces a 
public meeting of the Fire Protection for Shipyard Employment 
Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee. The members represent groups 
interested in, or significantly affected by, the outcome of the 
rulemaking: they come from shipyards, labor unions, professional 
associations, and government agencies. The committee will continue its 
discussions on scope and application, controls and work practices, fire 
brigades, written fire plans, technological advances, costs of fire 
protection, and the content of appendices for a proposed standard to 
protect workers from fires in ``shipyard employment.'' The committee's 
goal is to draft a proposed rule and explanatory preamble that the 
members support.

DATES: The meeting will be held July 15-17, 1997, starting at 9:00 a.m. 
and ending about 4:00 p.m. daily. By June 30, 1997, make all requests 
for oral presentations to the committee or requests for appropriate 
accommodations for persons with disabilities.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room G-90-C, of the Fallon 
Federal Building, 31 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland. Send written 
comments in response to this notice to: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA 
Docket Office, Docket S-051, 200 Constitution Ave., NW, Room N-2625, 
Washington, D.C. 20210. The telephone number is [phone].
    Send requests to make an oral presentation to: Ms. Odet Shaw, U.S. 
Department of Labor, OSHA Office of Maritime Standards, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-3647, Washington, D.C. 20210. For 
appropriate accommodations for persons with disabilities, call Ms. 
Theda Kenney at [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Odet Shaw, U.S. Department of 
Labor, OSHA Office of Maritime Standards, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Room N-3647, Washington, D.C. 20210. Also, you can reach Ms. Shaw at: 
[phone], ext. 121.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA invites all interested persons to 
attend the public meetings of this committee. Seating will be available 
to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Contact Ms. Kenney 
for appropriate accommodations for persons with disabilities.
    OSHA encourages the public to participate in the discussions 
throughout the meeting, subject to time available. A public participant 
may request to make an oral presentation, which must be limited to 
statements of fact and opinion, to the Committee. The request should 
state the time desired, the interest the party represents, and a brief 
outline of the presentation so that the Committee facilitator can 
determine the time needed and the point in the meeting for the 
presentation.
    Detailed minutes rather than verbatim transcripts are kept to 
encourage the free exchange of information and ideas during the 
negotiations. The minutes of past meetings and other relevant materials 
are available for public inspection at the docket office.
    For an explanation of negotiated rulemaking and why OSHA is using 
this process to develop a proposed standard to protect employees from 
fires in ``shipyard employment'' see OSHA's Notice of Intent to Form a 
Negotiated Rulemaking Committee to Develop a Proposed Rule on Fire 
Protection in Shipyard Employment (61 FR 28824 (June 6, 1996)).
    Agenda: The agenda for the meeting includes: review of the revised 
``Scope and Application,'' reports on working group progress, and 
working group meetings as needed.

    Authority: OSHA prepared this document pursuant to Section 3 of 
the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4969; Title 5 
U.S.C. 561 et seq.) and Section 7(b) of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1597; Title 29 U.S.C. 656).

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of June 1997.
Greg Watchman,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 97-16671 Filed 6-25-97; 8:45 am]
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