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Section 4 - IV. Overview of Rulemaking |
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IV. Overview of Rulemaking A. History of Health Standards and Need to Revise PELs One of the principal reasons, if not the single most important basis, for Congress passing the Occupational Safety an...
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Section 1 - I. Background |
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I. Background In May 1995, President Clinton asked all Federal regulatory agencies to review their regulations to determine if they were inconsistent, duplicative, outdated, or in need of being rewrit...
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Section 3 - III. Summary and Explanation of the Issues and the Provisions of the Final Rule |
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III. Summary and Explanation of the Issues and the Provisions of the Final Rule The regulatory text presented in this document reprints the entire final rule with the adopted modifications incorporat...
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Section 10 - X. Summary and Explanation of the Final Standard |
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X. Summary and Explanation of the Final Standard OSHA has determined that the requirements set forth in this final standard are those which, based on currently available data, are necessary and appro...
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Section 2 - II. Pertinent Legal Authority |
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II. Pertinent Legal Authority The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq. ("the Act") is to "assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe ...
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Section 7 - VII. Significance of Risk |
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VII. Significance of Risk A. Introduction. In the 1980 Benzene decision, the Supreme Court, in its discussion of the level of risk that Congress authorized OSHA to regulate, indicated its view of the...
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Section 2 - II. Summary and Explanation of the Final Rule |
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II. Summary and Explanation of the Final Rule The revisions to the final rule make changes to several provisions of paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (k) of OSHA's permit-space standard (29 CFR 1910.146)...
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Section 9 - IX. Amended Standards |
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IX. Amended Standards Part 1910 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations is hearby amended as follows: PART 1910 -- [AMENDED] Subpart G -- [Amended] 1. The authority citation for Subpart G of P...
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Section 7 - VII. Significance of Risk |
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VII. Significance of Risk A. Introduction In the 1980 "Benzene Decision," the Supreme Court, in its discussion of the level of risk that Congress authorized OSHA to regulate, indicated its view of th...
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Section 3 - III. Summary and Explanation of Revised Standards |
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III. Summary and Explanation of Revised Standards These final standards constitute OSHA's response to the remaining issues raised for the Agency's reconsideration by the United States Court of Appeal...
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