National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health;

Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given of the date and location of the next meeting

of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health

(NACOSH), established under section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety and

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 656) to advise the Secretary of Labor and

the Secretary of Health Services on matters relating to the

administration of the Act. NACOSH will hold a meeting on November 9 and

10, 1998, in Room N5437 A-D of the Department of Labor Building located

at 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. The meeting is open to

the public and will begin at 9:00 a.m. lasting until approximately 4:30

p.m. the first day, November 9. On November 10, the meeting will begin

at 1:00 p.m. and last until approximately 4:00 p.m.

Agenda items will include: A brief overview of current activities

of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the

National Institute for Occupational

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Safety and Health (NIOSH), a discussion of international harmonization

issues, updates on the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA),

training of CSHOs in the evaluation of safety and health programs, and

implementation of the (11(c) task force report. Other subjects to be

discussed include: a literature survey of incentive programs as well as

the introduction of new staff and new committee members with a

discussion of committee goals, operation and reports from workgroups.

Five new members have been appointed to NACOSH since the last

meeting, and seven members have been reappointed, all for two-year

terms. Four of the members are designated by the Department of Health

and Human Services (HHS), and the other eight are designated by the

Department of Labor (DOL). The HHS designees include: Public

Representative and Chair Dr. Kathleen Rest, Assistant Professor,

Occupational Health Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical

Center (reappointment); Public Representative Dr. Daniel Hryhorczuk,

Director, Great Lakes Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety

and Health, University of Illinois at Chicago (new member); Health

Representative Dr. Bonnie Rogers, Director of Public Health Nursing,

and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North

Carolina (new member); and Health Representative LaMont Byrd, Director

of Safety and Health for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

(new member).

The eight members designated by DOL include: Public Representative

Byron K. Orton, Iowa Commissioner of Labor (reappointment); Public

Representative Nancy Lessin, Senior Staff for Strategy and Policy at

Massachusetts COSH (reappointment); Management Representative Dr. Henry

B. Lick, Corporate Manager of Industrial Hygiene, Ford Motor Company

(reappointment); Management Representative Dennis Scullion, Manager of

Audit for OxyChem's Corporate Safety Department (new member); Labor

Representative Margaret (Peg) Seminario, Director of Occupational

Safety and Health, AFL-CIO (reappointment); Labor Representative

Michael J. Wright, Director of Health, Safety and Environment for

United Steelworkers of America (reappointment); Safety Representative

Margaret Carroll, Manager of Safety Engineering for Sandia National

Labs (reappointment); and Safety Representative David J. Heller,

Executive Director of Risk Management for U.S. West (new member).

Written data, views or comments for consideration by the Committee

may be submitted, preferably with 20 copies, to Joanne Goodell at the

address provided below. Any such submissions received prior to the

meeting will be provided to the members of the Committee and will be

included in the record of the meeting. Because of the need to cover a

wide variety of subjects in a short period of time, there is usually

insufficient time on the agenda for members of the public to address

the Committee orally. However, any such requests will be considered by

the Chair who will determine whether or not time permits. Any request

to make an oral presentation should state the amount of time desired,

the capacity in which the person would appear, and a brief outline of

the content of the presentation. Individuals with disabilities who need

special accommodations should contact Theresa Berry (phone 202-219-

8615, extension 106; FAX: 202-219-5986) one week before the meeting.

An official record of the meeting will be available for public

inspection in the OSHA Technical Data Center (TDC) located in Room

N2625 of the Department of Labor Building (202-219-7500). For

additional information contact: Joanne Goodell, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA); Room N-3641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW,

Washington, DC, (phone: 202-219-8021, extension 107; FAX: 202-219-4383;

e-mail [email protected]).

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 30th day of September, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

[FR Doc. 98-27204 Filed 10-8-98; 8:45 am]

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