5326578 Resolution 20-756, District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board Eric J. Conn Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014

A RESOLUTION

 

20-756

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

December 17, 2014         

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to appoint Eric J. Conn as a public member, and Chairman, of the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board.

                                                        

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board Eric J. Conn Confirmation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2014”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) The emergency legislation will appoint Eric J. Conn as a public member, and Chairman, of the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board for a term to end on April 12, 2017.

            (b) Eric J. Conn is the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C.  Previously, he was a partner in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Catastrophe Response Group for McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP. He represents employers in all aspects of safety and health regulatory inspections, investigations, enforcement actions, and congressional hearings, as well as manages investigations of incidents of explosions and chemical releases, and construction, manufacturing, and agricultural accidents.

(c) Mr. Conn also works extensively with forensic experts, witnesses, emergency responders, investigative agencies, and insurance companies during inspections and investigations of industrial accidents.

            (d) Appointments to the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board require Council approval. It is imperative that the appointment of Eric J. Conn be moved expeditiously in order to have all the seats on the board filled so that the full board can continue to work toward safer workplaces for District residents. 

 

Sec. 3.  The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the District of Columbia Occupational Safety and Health Board Eric J. Conn Confirmation Emergency Resolution of 2014 be adopted on an emergency basis.

 

            Sec.  4.  This resolution shall take effect immediately.