Notice2026-08530
Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH or Committee): Notice of Meetings
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Published
May 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration
Abstract
OSHA announces that ACCSH will meet virtually May 19th and 20th 2026.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23465-23466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08530]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
[Docket No. OSHA-2025-0001]
Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH or
Committee): Notice of Meetings
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of ACCSH Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: OSHA announces that ACCSH will meet virtually May 19th and
20th 2026.
DATES: ACCSH meeting: ACCSH will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET on
Tuesday, May 19th and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET, on Wednesday, May
20th, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Submission of written comments: Submit any written comments by May
13, 2026, identified by the docket number for this Federal Register
notice (FRN) (Docket No. OSHA-2025-0001), using the following method:
Electronically: Comments, including attachments, must be submitted
electronically at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Requests for special accommodations: Submit requests for special
accommodations for this ACCSH meeting by Wednesday, May 13th, 2026, to
Mr. Jose Herrera, OSHA, Directorate of Construction, U.S. Department of
Labor; telephone (202) 693-2020; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#375f524545524556195d584452195f7753585b19505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ff7faededfaedfeb1f5f0ecfab1f7dffbf0f3b1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-1999;
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b5bdb1b4b1b6bfbdaaf6beaab9b6bbb1abea98bcb7b4f6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f020a06030601080a1d41091d0e010c061c5d2f0b000341080019">[email protected]</span></a>.
For general information about ACCSH and telecommunication
requirements: Mr. Jose Hererra, OSHA, Directorate of Construction;
telephone: (202) 693-2020; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#29414c5b5b4c5b480743465a4c0741694d4645074e465f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="224a4750504750430c484d51470c4a62464d4e0c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>.
For copies of this FRN: Electronic copies of this FRN are available
at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. This notice, as well as news releases
and other relevant information, are also available on OSHA's website at
<a href="http://www.osha.gov">www.osha.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction
Safety Act (CSA)) (40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) requires the Secretary of
Labor (Secretary) to consult with ACCSH in formulating standards under
the CSA.
ACCSH operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. 1001, et seq.), and its implementing
regulations (41 CFR 102-3 et seq.).
II. Meeting
ACCSH Meeting
ACCSH will meet virtually from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET on
Tuesday, May 19th and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET, on Wednesday, May
20th, 2026. The meetings are open to the public.
Meeting agenda: The agenda for this meeting includes:
<bullet> Opening remarks from OSHA;
<bullet> Supplementary briefing on and continued ACCSH discussion
of several rulemakings discussed previously at the March 31st and April
1st, 2026, ACCSH meeting, including 1,3-Butadiene, 13 Carcinogens,
Asbestos, Benzene, Cadmium, Ethylene Oxide, Formaldehyde, Inorganic
Arsenic, Lead, Methylene Chloride, and Methylenedianiline (MDA)
rulemakings; \1\
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\1\ For more information on these rulemakings, see the Notices
of Proposed Rulemaking published in the July 1, 2025 Federal
Register, available at: <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01#occupational-safety-and-health-administration">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01#occupational-safety-and-health-administration</a>.
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<bullet> Briefing on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Tree
Care; and
<bullet> Committee recommendations to the Secretary.
Additional information and updates related to this agenda,
including briefing materials regarding a tree care rulemaking, will be
posted to the ACCSH website, <a href="https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh">https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh</a>, ahead of the meeting. Agenda subject to change.
IV. Meeting Information
The ACCSH meeting will be virtual only, so both Committee members
and the public will attend virtually. OSHA is not requiring
registration to attend this meeting. Meeting information will be posted
in the docket (Docket No. OSHA-2025-0001) and on the ACCSH website,
<a href="https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh">https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh</a>, prior to the meeting.
Docket: OSHA will place comments, including any personal
information you provide, in the public docket without change, and those
documents may be available online at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Therefore, OSHA cautions interested parties about submitting personal
information such as social security numbers and birthdates. OSHA also
places in the public docket
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the meeting transcript, meeting minutes, documents presented at the
meeting, and other documents pertaining to the ACCSH meeting. These
documents are available online at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. To read
or download documents in the public docket for this ACCSH meeting, go
to Docket No. OSHA-2025-0001 at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. All
documents in the public docket are listed in the index; however, some
documents (e.g., copyrighted material) are not publicly available to
read or download through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. All submissions
are available for inspection and copying, when permitted, at the OSHA
Docket Office. For information on using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> to
make submissions or to access the docket, click on the ``Help'' tab at
the top of the homepage. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
2350, (TTY (877) 889-5627) for information about materials not
available through that website and for assistance in using the internet
to locate submissions and other documents in the docket.
Authority and Signature
Amanda Laihow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, authorized the preparation of this
notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 651, et seq.; 40 U.S.C. 3704; Secretary of
Labor's Order No. 7-2025 (90 FR 27878), and 5 U.S.C. 1001, et seq.
Signed at Washington, DC, on April 28, 2026.
Amanda Laihow,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health.
[FR Doc. 2026-08530 Filed 4-30-26; 8:45 am]
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