[Federal Register: April 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 75)]
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

29 CFR Part 2200

 
Rules of Procedure; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of time for comments.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the time for filing comments to the 
Commission's proposed revision of its settlement rules to April 30, 
1998. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 
2, 1998.

DATES: Comments to the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
published at 63 FR 10166 should be received by April 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking should be sent 
to Earl R. Ohman, Jr., General Counsel, Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, 1120 20th Street, NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 
20036-3419.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Earl R. Ohman, Jr., General Counsel, Occupational Safety and Health 
Review Commission, 1120 20th Street, NW, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 
20036-3419, telephone: 202-606-5410. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 2, 1998, the Commission published 
in the Federal Register, 63 FR 10166, a notice of proposed rulemaking 
to amend the Commission's rule on settlements, 29 CFR 2200.109. In that 
notice, the Commission announced that all comments must be received by 
April 16, 1998. On April 9, the Commission received from the Office of 
the Solicitor of the Department of Labor, a request to extend the 
comment period an additional 14 days.
    In his request, the Solicitor pointed out that the deadline for 
comments came during the Passover/Easter holiday season. It is the 
Commission's view that the public interest is best served by allowing 
all interested parties adequate time to prepare their comments to the 
proposal, particularly inasmuch as the Commission is unable to act on 
the proposal until it regains a quorum. Accordingly, the Commission 
extends the comment period for all interested parties until April 30, 
1998.

    Dated: April 13, 1998.
Earl R. Ohman, Jr.,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-10253 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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