OSHA Announces Stakeholders Meeting on Combustible Dust
OSHA invites interested parties to participate in informal stakeholder meetings on the workplace hazards of combustible dust. OSHA plans to use the information gathered at these meetings in developing a proposed standard for combustible dust.
The first of these meetings are December 14th in Washington, DC and additional meetings are planned for early 2010, and will be announced in one or more subsequent notices.
OSHA intends to develop a standard that will comprehensively address the fire and explosion hazards of combustible dust. The Agency has issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) (74 FR 54334) requesting comments, including data and other information, on issues related to the hazards of combustible dust in the workplace. OSHA plans to use the information received in response to the ANPR and at the stakeholder meetings in developing a proposed standard for combustible dust.
The stakeholder meetings will be conducted as a group discussion on views, concerns, and issues surrounding the hazards of combustible dust. To facilitate as much group interaction as possible, formal presentations will not be permitted. Formal input should be submitted as indicated in the ANPR referenced earlier in this notice. OSHA believes the stakeholder meeting discussion should center on major issues such as:
- Possible regulatory approaches.
- Scope.
- Organization of a prospective standard.
- The role of consensus standards.
- Economic impacts.
- Additional topics as time permits.
OSHA plans to hold additional meetings in the early part of 2010, after the ANPR comment period has closed and the Agency has begun to analyze the comments received. One or more additional notices will be published with the information for those meetings. Stakeholders interested in participating in a 2010 meeting may express their intent through one of the methods specified in the ADDRESSES section of this notice under Registration. You will be contacted regarding the dates and locations of the future meetings.
If you plan to attend you must submit your notice of intent to participate in one of the scheduled or future stakeholder meetings by one of the following means:
Electronic: Register at https://www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/osha/register-osha-stakeholder.htm (follow the instructions online).
Facsimile: Fax your request to: (781) 674-2906, and label it “Attention: OSHA Combustible Dust Stakeholder Meeting Registration.”
Regular mail, express delivery, hand (courier) delivery, and messenger service:
Send your request to: ERG, Inc., 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421
Attention: OSHA Combustible Dust Stakeholder Meeting Registration
The 2010 meeting dates and locations wil be announced in one or more subsequent notices.
