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• Publication Date: 07/27/1993
• Publication Type: Final Rules
• Fed Register #: 58:40191
• Standard Number: 1910.1000
• Title: Air Contaminants Correction

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

RIN 1218-A826

Air Contaminants

ACTION: Correction

In rule document 93-15292 beginning on page 35338 in the issue of Wednesday, June 30, 1993 on page 35351, table Z-3 was published incorrectly and should read as set forth below:

TABLE Z-3 MINERAL DUSTS
     
Substance mppcf(a) mg/m(3)
     
     
Silica:    
Crystalline 250(b) 10 mg/m(3)(e)
Quartz (Respirable) -------- ----------
  %SiO(2)+5 %SiO(2)+2
     
    30 mg/m(3)
Quartz (Total Dust)   ---------
    %SiO(2)+2
     
Cristobalite: Use 1/2 the value    
calculated from the count or mass    
formulae for quartz    
Tridymite: Use 1/2 the value calculated    
from the formulae for quartz    
     
Amorphous, including natural diatomaceous   80 mg/m(3)
earth 20 --------
    %SiO(2)
     
Silicates(less than 1% crystalline    
Silica)    
Mica 20  
Soapstone 20  
Talc (not containing asbestos) 20(c)  
Talc (Containing asbestos) Use asbestos    
limit    
Tremolite, asbestiform (see 29 CFR    
1910.1001)    
Portland Cement 50  
     
Graphite (Natural) 15  
     
Coal Dust:    
    2.4 mg/m3(e)
Respirable fraction less than 5% SiO(2)   ------------
    %SiO(2)+2
     
Respirable fraction greater than 5%    
SiO(2)   10 mg/m3 (e)
    ------------
    %SiO(2)+2
     
Inert or Nuisance Dust:(d)    
Respirable fraction 15 5 mg/m(3)
Total dust 50 15 mg/m(3)
     
Note - Conversion factors - mppcf X 35.3 = million particles per cubic meter = particles per c.c

(a) Millions of particles per cubic foot of air, based on impinger samples counted by light-field techniques

(b) The percentage of crystalline silica in the formula is the amount determined from airborne samples, except in those instances in which other methods have been show to be applicable

(c) Containing less than 1& quartz, if 1& quartz or more, use quartz limit

(d) All inert or nuisance dusts, whether mineral, inorganic, or organic, not listed specifically by substance name are covered by this limit, which is the same as the Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated (PNOR) limit in Table Z-1

(e) Both concentration and percent quartz for the application of this limit are to be determined from the fraction passing a size- selector with the following characteristics:

 
 
   
Aerodynamic diameter (unit density sphere) Percent Passing
  selector
   
   
2 90
2.5 75
3.5 50
5.0 25
10 0
   
The measurements under this note refer to the use of an AEC (now NRC) instrument. The respirable fraction of coal dust is determined with an MRE; the figure corresponding to that of 2.4 mg/m(3) in the table for coal dust is 4.5 mg/m(3).
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