[Federal Register: September 19, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 183)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 54340]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910 and 1915
[Docket No. OSHA-S049-2006-0675 (formerly OSHA Docket No. S-049)]
RIN 1218-AB50
General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment; Notice of
Informal Public Hearing
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of informal public hearings.
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SUMMARY: OSHA is announcing that the informal public hearing on the
proposed rule on general working conditions in shipyard employment in
Seattle, WA, will be held at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel.
DATES: OSHA will hold an informal public hearing in Seattle, WA,
beginning at 9:30 a.m., October 21-22, 2008. If necessary, the hearing
will continue on subsequent days at the same time and location.
ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel,
515 Madison Street, Seattle, WA 98104.
Docket: To read or download background documents as well as
comments and materials submitted in response to the proposed rule or at
the informal public hearing in Washington, DC, go to Docket No. OSHA-
S049-2006-0675 at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal.
All materials and submissions in the docket are listed in the
http://www.regulations.gov index; however, some information (e.g.,
copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download
through the Web page. All materials and submissions are available for
public inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office, Room N-2625,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC;
telephone (202) 693-2350. For information on reading or downloading
materials in the docket and obtaining materials not available through
the Web page, please contact the OSHA Docket Office during the
Department of Labor's and OSHA Docket Office's normal business hours,
8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., e.t.
Electronic copies of this Federal Register notice and the proposed
rule are available at http://www.regulations.gov. This notice, the
proposed rule, news releases, and other relevant information also are
available at OSHA's Web page at http://www.osha.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Press inquiries: Jennifer Ashley, Office of Communications, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693-1999.
Technical information: Joseph Daddura, Director, Office of Maritime
within the Directorate of Standards and Guidance, U.S. Department of
Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-3609, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
2086.
Hearings: Ms. Veneta Chatmon, Office of Communications, U.S.
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
Room N-3647, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693-1999; e-mail chatmon.veneta@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OSHA will hold an informal public hearing on the proposed rule on
general working conditions in shipyard employment on October 21-22,
2008, at the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA. If necessary, the
hearing will continue on subsequent days at the same time and location.
On December 20, 2007, OSHA published a proposed rule to update and
revise the standards on general working conditions in shipyard
employment (72 FR 72451). OSHA invited written comments and requests
for hearings on the proposed rule. The deadline for submitting comments
and hearing requests was March 19, 2008. OSHA received several hearing
requests and published a Federal Register notice scheduling informal
public hearings beginning September 9, 2008, in Washington, DC, and
October 21, 2008, in Seattle, WA (73 FR 36823 (6/30/2008)). At that
time, OSHA had not finalized the location of the hearing in Seattle,
WA, and this notice announces that location.
Persons interested in participating at either hearing were required
to file a notice of intention to appear by July 18, 2008, and, to
submit advance written testimony by August 8, 2008, if they were
requesting to testify for longer than 10 minutes. They do not need to
resubmit. OSHA is not accepting additional requests to participate at
the hearing in Seattle, WA.
OSHA emphasizes that hearings on proposed rules are open to the
public; however, only individuals who have filed a timely notice of
intention to appear may question witnesses and participate fully at the
hearing. If time permits, and at the discretion of the administrative
law judge presiding at the hearing, an individual who did not file a
notice of intention to appear may be allowed to a present brief oral
statement not exceeding 10 minutes at the end of the hearing.
Authority and Signature
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice under the
authority granted by Section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655), Secretary of Labor's Order 5-2007 (72 FR
31160), and 29 CFR part 1911.
Signed at Washington, DC on this 15th day of September 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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