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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Freedom of Information Act; Notice of
Lawsuit
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Department of
Labor.
ACTION: Notice of lawsuit; solicitation of
information.
AGENCY:
OSHA seeks information
about potential objections to public
release of sampling data.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be
submitted (postmarked or received) by
May 22, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic
transmission: Your comments must be
received by May 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
Regular mail, express delivery, hand
delivery, and messenger service: Submit
your comments and attachments to:
Kevin Ropp, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, Room N–3647, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone (202) 693–1999, (OSHA’s
TTY number is (877) 889–5627), Office
of Communication and Department of
Labor hours are: 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.,
e.t.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10
pages or fewer in length, including
attachments, you may fax them to Kevin
Ropp at (202) 693–1635.
Electronic: You may submit
comments through the Internet at:
https://ecomments.osha.gov. For
submitting comments electronically
follow instructions for submitting
comments on the OSHA Web page at
https://www.OSHA.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Ropp, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, Room N–3647, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210;
telephone: (202) 693–1999 or fax: (202)
693–1635.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
This notice pertains to all employers
that were subject to air sampling by the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (‘‘OSHA’’) from 1979 to
June 1, 2005. On November 22, 2005,
the Department was sued in the United
States District Court for the District of
New Jersey under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) to compel the
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disclosure of all air sampling data that
OSHA collected nationwide from 1979
to June 1, 2005. Adam M. Finkel v.
United States Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, No. 3:05–cv–05525–
MLC–TJB. This notice is required by 29
CFR 70.26(h). A complete response to
this FOIA request would result in the
public disclosure of sampling records
located at OSHA’s Salt Lake City
Technical Center, which processes
workplace samples taken by OSHA
compliance officers during onsite
compliance visits.
II. Issues for Comment
The FOIA request seeks information
concerning all samples taken by OSHA
from 1979 to June 1, 2005. Information
requested for each sample includes the
establishment name and address; the
identity of the substances sample; the
sample type (personal, bulk, area, wipe,
etc.); the numerical results of the sample
analysis; and other information. OSHA
hereby solicits comments from affected
employers in order to determine
whether public release, in a form that
identifies specific employers or
workplaces, of sampling data that
indicates chemical identities and the
use or presence of particular chemicals
or substances, would disclose
confidential commercial or trade secret
information.
Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of
April, 2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
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NATIONAL COMMISSION ON
LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE
NCLIS Closed Meeting
U.S. National Commission on
Libraries and Information Science
(NCLIS).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
NCLIS Closed Meeting—
May 2, 2006, 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: National Library of
Medicine, Conference Room B, located
in NIH Building 38, Room 2S04, 8600
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland
20894.
STATUS: Closed meeting.
SUMMARY: The U.S. National
Commission on Libraries and
Information Science is holding a closed
meeting to review budget matters and
future directions. Closing this meeting is
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in accordance with the exemption
provided under Title 45, CFR
1703.202(a)(9).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeleine McCain, Director of
Operations, U.S. National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science,
1800 M Street, NW., Suite 350 North
Tower, Washington, DC 20036, e-mail
mmccain@nclis.gov, fax 202–606–9203
or telephone 202–606–9200.
Dated: April 18, 2006.
Trudi Bellardo Hahn,
NCLIS Executive Director.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts; Arts
Advisory Panel
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.
L. 92–463), as amended, notice is hereby
given that a meeting of the Arts
Advisory Panel (Literature/Translation
Fellowships application review) to the
National Council on the Arts will be
held on May 25, 2006 from 9 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. in Room 714 at the Nancy
Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.
A portion of this meeting, from 3:30
p.m. to 4:15 p.m., will be open to the
public for policy discussion. The
remainder of the meeting, from 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. and from 4:15 p.m. to 6:30
p.m., will be closed.
Closed portions of meetings are for
the purpose of Panel review, discussion,
evaluation, and recommendations on
financial assistance under the National
Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act of 1965, as amended,
including information given in
confidence to the agency. In accordance
with the determination of the Chairman
of February 26, 2006, these sessions will
be closed to the public pursuant to
subsection (c)(6) of section 552b of Title
5, United States Code.
Further information with reference to
this meeting can be obtained from Ms.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden, Office of
Guidelines & Panel Operations, National
Endowment for the Arts, Washington,
DC 20506, or call 202–682–5691.
Dated: April 17, 2006.
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, Panel Operations,
National Endowment for the Arts.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Freedom of Information Act; Notice of Lawsuit
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Notice of lawsuit; solicitation of information.
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SUMMARY: OSHA seeks information about potential objections to public
release of sampling data.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by the following dates:
Hard copy: Your comments must be submitted (postmarked or received)
by May 22, 2006.
Facsimile and electronic transmission: Your comments must be
received by May 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Regular mail, express delivery, hand delivery, and messenger
service: Submit your comments and attachments to: Kevin Ropp, Director,
OSHA Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202)
693-1999, (OSHA's TTY number is (877) 889-5627), Office of
Communication and Department of Labor hours are: 8:15 a.m. to 4:45
p.m., e.t.
Facsimile: If your comments are 10 pages or fewer in length,
including attachments, you may fax them to Kevin Ropp at (202) 693-
1635.
Electronic: You may submit comments through the Internet at: http:/
/ecomments.osha.gov. For submitting comments electronically follow
instructions for submitting comments on the OSHA Web page at https://
www.OSHA.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Ropp, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1999 or fax:
(202) 693-1635.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
This notice pertains to all employers that were subject to air
sampling by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(``OSHA'') from 1979 to June 1, 2005. On November 22, 2005, the
Department was sued in the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to
compel the disclosure of all air sampling data that OSHA collected
nationwide from 1979 to June 1, 2005. Adam M. Finkel v. United States
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, No.
3:05-cv-05525-MLC-TJB. This notice is required by 29 CFR 70.26(h). A
complete response to this FOIA request would result in the public
disclosure of sampling records located at OSHA's Salt Lake City
Technical Center, which processes workplace samples taken by OSHA
compliance officers during onsite compliance visits.
II. Issues for Comment
The FOIA request seeks information concerning all samples taken by
OSHA from 1979 to June 1, 2005. Information requested for each sample
includes the establishment name and address; the identity of the
substances sample; the sample type (personal, bulk, area, wipe, etc.);
the numerical results of the sample analysis; and other information.
OSHA hereby solicits comments from affected employers in order to
determine whether public release, in a form that identifies specific
employers or workplaces, of sampling data that indicates chemical
identities and the use or presence of particular chemicals or
substances, would disclose confidential commercial or trade secret
information.
Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of April, 2006.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 06-3795 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
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