Application for Permanent Variance From Dixie Divers; Extension of Comment Period

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[V-97-1]

Application for Permanent Variance From Dixie Divers; Extension

of Comment Period

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On October 31, 1997, OSHA published a notice requesting

comments on the application of Dixie Divers, Inc., for a permanent

variance from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

requirements. OSHA has received a number of requests for extension of

the comment period. In response to these requests, OSHA is extending

the comment period for 60 days.

DATES: The last date for interested parties to submit comments on the

variance application is March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The original and four copies of written comments must be

submitted to: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Office of Variance Determination, Room N-3653,

Attention: Ms. Juanita Jones, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20210.

For comments, one original (hardcopy) and one diskette ((5\1/4\)-or

3(\1/2\)-inch) in Wordperfect 5.0, 5.1 or 6.1, or ASCII may be sent to

this address; however, any information not contained on the diskettes

(e.g., studies, articles) must be submitted in quadruplicate with the

original written comments. Written comments of 10 pages or less may be

transmitted by facsimile (fax) to OSHA's office of Variance

Determination at (202) 219-7068, provided the original and four copies

of the fax material are sent to OSHA's Office of Variance Determination

within the period allowed for comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Juanita Jones, Office of Variance

Determination (see ADDRESSES above), Telephone: (202) 219-7193, Fax:

(202) 219-7068, E-mail: [email protected] or the following

Regional and Area Offices:

U.S. Department of Labor--OSHA, 1375 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite

587, Atlanta, Georgia 30367, Telephone: (404) 562-2300, Fax: (404) 562-

2295, E-mail: [email protected]

and

U.S. Department of Labor--OSHA, 5807 Breckenridge Parkway, Suite A,

Tampa, Florida 33610, Telephone: (813) 626-1177, Fax: (813) 626-7015,

E-mail: [email protected].

For an electronic copy of this Federal Register notice, contact the

Labor News Bulletin Board at (202) 219-4748, or access OSHA's web page

on the Internet at http://www.OSHA.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 31, 1997, OSHA published a notice

(62 FR 58995) requesting comments on the application of Dixie Divers,

Inc., for a permanent variance from the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) requirements for the availability and use of

decompression chambers for mixed-gas diving operations (i.e., 29 CFR

1910.423(b)(2), 29 CFR 1910.423(c)(3)(iii), and 29 CFR 1910.426(b)(1)).

OSHA provided all the details for this application for permanent

variance in this previous notice.

Authority and Signature

This document was prepared under the direction of Charles N.

Jeffress, Assistant Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210, pursuant to Section

6(d) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655);

Secretary of Labor's orders 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-

83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), or 6-96 (62 FR 111), as

applicable; and 29 CFR part 1905.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 24th day of December, 1997.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98-150 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]

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