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[Federal Register: September 27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 188)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. GEW2002-1]

 
Extension of Comment Period for Ergonomics for the Prevention of 
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines for Nursing Homes

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA); 
Department of Labor

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor is extending the comment period for 
its draft, Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: 
Guidelines for Nursing Homes, an additional thirty (30) days until 
October 30, 2002.

DATES: Written Comments: Comments must be submitted by the following 
dates: Hard Copy. Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or sent) 
by October 30, 2002. Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your 
comments must be sent by October 30, 2002. (Please see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for additional information on 
submitting comments.)

ADDRESSES: 

I. Submission of Comments

    Regular mail, express delivery, hand-delivery, and messenger 
service: You must submit three copies of your comments and attachments 
to the OSHA Docket Office, docket No. GE2002-1, Room N-2625, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210, telephone (202) 693-2350. OSHA Docket Office and Department of 
Labor hours of operation are 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., EST.
    Facsimile: If your comments, including any attachments, are 10 
pages or fewer, you may fax Them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 
693-1648. You must include the docket number of this document, Docket 
No. GE2002-1, in your comments.
    Electronic: You may submit your comments (but not attachments) 
through the Internet at <A HREF="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://ecomments.osha.gov/">http://ecomments.osha.gov/</A>. (Please see the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for additional information on 
submitting comments.)
    II. Obtaining Copies of the Draft Guidelines: The draft guidelines 
for the nursing home industry are available for downloading from OSHA's 
Web site at <A HREF="http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.osha.gov">http://www.osha.gov</A>. A printed copy of the draft guidelines 
is available from the OSHA Publications Office, Room N-3101, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210, or by telephone at 1-800-321-OSHA (6742). You may fax your 
request for a copy of the draft guidelines to (202) 693-2498.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven F. Witt, OSHA Directorate of 
Standards and Guidance, Room N-3718, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-
1950.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Extension of Comment Period

    OSHA announced publication of its draft Ergonomics for the 
Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Guidelines for Nursing Homes 
in the Federal Register on August 30, 2002 (67 FR 55884). In that 
notice, the Agency

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provided the public with thirty (30) days to submit written comments, 
extending through September 30, 2002. Several interested persons 
requested that OSHA provide additional time to submit written comments 
on the draft guidelines. In light of the interest expressed by the 
public, OSHA is providing an additional thirty (30) days for comment. 
Accordingly, written comments must now be submitted by October 30, 
2002. OSHA is holding an stakeholder meeting in the Washington, DC, 
area on November 18, 2002.

II. Submission of Comments

    As stated in the August 30, 2002, Federal Register notice, you may 
submit comments on the draft guidelines by (1) hard copy, (2) fax 
transmission (facsimile), or (3) electronically through the OSHA Web 
page. Please note that you cannot attach materials such as studies or 
journal articles to electronic comments. If you have additional 
materials, you must submit three copies of them to the OSHA Docket 
Office at the address above. The additional materials must clearly 
identify your electronic comments by name, date, subject and docket 
number so we can attach them to your comments. Because of security-
related problems there may be a significant delay in the receipt of 
comments by regular mail. Please contact the OSHA Docket Office at 
(202) 693-2350 for information about security procedures concerning the 
delivery of materials by express delivery, hand delivery and messenger 
service.
    This notice was prepared under the direction of John L. Hensaw, 
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health. It is issued 
under sections 4 and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 657).

    Issued at Washington, DC, this 24th day of September, 2002.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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