Federal Register: December 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 238)
DOCID: FR Doc 00-31543
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
CFR Citation: 30 CFR Part 42, 47, 56, 57, and 77
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Education and training:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of public hearing and extension of comment period.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
RIN: 1219-AA47
DATES: The hearing will be held on December 14, 2000. The hearing will last from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but will continue into the evening if necessary. The comment period is extended until December 19, 2000.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
MSHA is announcing a public hearing regarding the Agency's interim final rule on Hazard Communication and extending the comment period. The hazard communication requirements were published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2000 (65 FR 59048). The hearing will be held under section 101 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
SUMMARY:
Hazard communication (HazCom); Hearing,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
Hazard Communication (HazCom)
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
We request that you notify us of your intention to make an oral presentation prior to the hearing date, but it is not required that you do so. The hearing will be conducted in an informal manner by a panel of MSHA officials. Although formal rules of evidence or cross examination will not apply, the presiding official may exercise discretion to ensure the orderly progress of the hearing and may exclude irrelevant or unduly repetitious material and questions.
The hearing will begin with an opening statement from MSHA, followed by an opportunity for members of the public to make oral presentations. The hearing panel may ask questions of speakers. At the discretion of the presiding official, the time allocated to speakers for their presentations may be limited. In the interest of conducting a productive hearing, MSHA will schedule speakers in a manner that allows all points of view to be heard as effectively as possible.
A verbatim transcript of the proceeding will be prepared and made part of the rulemaking record. A copy of the hearing transcript will be made available for public review.
MSHA will accept additional written comments and other appropriate
data for the record from any interested party, including those not
presenting oral statements. Written comments and data submitted to MSHA
will be included in the rulemaking record. To allow for the submission
of posthearing comments, the comment period is extended and the record will remain open until December 19, 2000.
Dated: December 7, 2000.
J. Davitt McAteer,
Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 0031543 Filed 12700; 1:20 pm]
BILLING CODE 451043P
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
David L. Meyer, Director; MSHA Office of Standards, Regulations, and Variances; phone 7032351910.