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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 158 / Tuesday, August 18, 2009 / Notices (iii) Inspect and test the hoist system as specified by 29 CFR 1926.552(c)(15). (b) The employers must comply with the accident prevention requirements of 29 CFR 1926.20(b)(3). 16. Welding (a) The employers must use only qualified welders to weld components of the hoisting system. (b) The employers must ensure that the qualified welders: (i) Are familiar with the weld grades, types, and materials specified in the design of the system; and (ii) Perform the welding tasks in accordance with 29 CFR 1926, subpart J (‘‘Welding and Cutting’’). Appendix A jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Nonmandatory Conditions When Performing Chimney Construction Using Hoist Systems OSHA strongly encourages the employers to implement the following additional conditions under this order: 1. Fall hazards. The employers should install attachment points inside personnel cages for securing fall-arrest systems, and ensure that workers using personnel cages secure their fall-arrest systems to these attachment points. 2. Shearing hazards. The employers should: (a) Provide workers who use personnel platforms or boatswain’s chairs with instruction on the shearing hazards posed by the hoist system (e.g., work platforms, scaffolds), and the need to keep their limbs or other body parts clear of these hazards during hoisting operations; (b) Provide the instruction on shearing hazards: (i) Before a worker uses a personnel platform or boatswain’s chair at the worksite; and (ii) Periodically, and as necessary, thereafter, including whenever a worker demonstrates a lack of knowledge about the hazard or how to avoid the hazard, a modification occurs to an existing shearing hazard, or a new shearing hazard develops at the worksite; and (c) Attach a readily visible warning to each personnel platform and boatswain’s chair notifying workers, in a language the workers understand, of potential shearing hazards they may encounter during hoisting operations, and that uses the following (or equivalent) wording: (i) For personnel platforms: ‘‘Warning—To avoid serious injury, keep your hands, arms, feet, legs, and other parts of your body inside this platform while it is in motion’’; and (ii) For boatswain’s chairs: ‘‘Warning—To avoid serious injury, do not extend your hands, arms, feet, legs, or other parts your body from the side or to the front of this chair while it is in motion.’’ 3. Safety zone. The employers should: (a) Establish a clearly designated safety zone around the bottom landing of the hoist system; and VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:30 Aug 17, 2009 Jkt 217001 (b) Prohibit any worker from entering the safety zone except to access a personnel- or material-transport device, and then only when the device is at the bottom landing and not in operation (i.e., when the drive components of the hoist machine are disengaged and the braking mechanism is properly applied). 4. OSHA notification. The employers should: (a) At least 15 calendar days prior to commencing any chimney construction operation using the conditions specified herein, notify the OSHA Area Office nearest to the worksite, or the appropriate State-Plan Office, of the operation, including the location of the operation and the date the operation will commence; (b) Inform OSHA national headquarters as soon as it has knowledge that it will: (i) Cease to do business; or (ii) Transfer the activities covered by this permanent variance to a successor company. IX. Authority and Signature Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC directed the preparation of this notice. OSHA is issuing this notice under the authority specified by Section 6(d) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655), Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 5–2007 (72 FR 31160), and 29 CFR part 1905. Signed at Washington, DC, on August 11th, 2009. Jordan Barab, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. E9–19761 Filed 8–17–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES Meetings of Humanities Panel AGENCY: The National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities. ACTION: Notice of Meetings. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael P. McDonald, Advisory Committee Management Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202) 606–8322. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41757 information on this matter may be obtained by contacting the Endowment’s TDD terminal on (202) 606–8282. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed meetings are for the purpose of panel review, discussion, evaluation and recommendation on applications for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, including discussion of information given in confidence to the agency by the grant applicants. Because the proposed meetings will consider information that is likely to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential and/or information of a personal nature the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, pursuant to authority granted me by the Chairman’s Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee meetings, dated July 19, 1993, I have determined that these meetings will be closed to the public pursuant to subsections (c) (4), and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States Code. 1. Date: September 10, 2009. Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Room: Worburn House Conference Centre, 20 Tavistock Square, London, England WC1H9HQ. Program: This meeting will review applications for Digging into Data Challenge in Digging into Data, submitted to the Office of Digital Humanities, at the July 15, 2009 deadline. 2. Date: September 11, 2009. Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Room: JISC London Offices, Brettenham House (South Entrance), 5 Lancaster Place, London, England WC2E 7EN. Program: This meeting will review applications for Digging into Data Challenge in Digging into Data, submitted to the Office of Digital Humanities, at the July 15, 2009 deadline. Michael P. McDonald, Advisory Committee, Management Officer. [FR Doc. E9–19713 Filed 8–17–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7536–01–P NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Sunshine Act Meeting TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2009. E:\FR\FM\18AUN1.SGM 18AUN1

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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES


Meetings of Humanities Panel

AGENCY: The National Endowment for the Humanities, National Foundation 
on the Arts and the Humanities.

ACTION: Notice of Meetings.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463, as amended), notice is hereby given that the 
following meetings of Humanities Panels will be held at the Old Post 
Office, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael P. McDonald, Advisory 
Committee Management Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 
Washington, DC 20506; telephone (202) 606-8322. Hearing-impaired 
individuals are advised that information on this matter may be obtained 
by contacting the Endowment's TDD terminal on (202) 606-8282.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed meetings are for the purpose of 
panel review, discussion, evaluation and recommendation on applications 
for financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, including discussion of 
information given in confidence to the agency by the grant applicants. 
Because the proposed meetings will consider information that is likely 
to disclose trade secrets and commercial or financial information 
obtained from a person and privileged or confidential and/or 
information of a personal nature the disclosure of which would 
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, pursuant 
to authority granted me by the Chairman's Delegation of Authority to 
Close Advisory Committee meetings, dated July 19, 1993, I have 
determined that these meetings will be closed to the public pursuant to 
subsections (c) (4), and (6) of section 552b of Title 5, United States 
Code.
    1. Date: September 10, 2009.
    Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Room: Worburn House Conference Centre, 20 Tavistock Square, London, 
England WC1H9HQ.
    Program: This meeting will review applications for Digging into 
Data Challenge in Digging into Data, submitted to the Office of Digital 
Humanities, at the July 15, 2009 deadline.
    2. Date: September 11, 2009.
    Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Room: JISC London Offices, Brettenham House (South Entrance), 5 
Lancaster Place, London, England WC2E 7EN.
    Program: This meeting will review applications for Digging into 
Data Challenge in Digging into Data, submitted to the Office of Digital 
Humanities, at the July 15, 2009 deadline.

Michael P. McDonald,
Advisory Committee, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-19713 Filed 8-17-09; 8:45 am]
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