Semi Annual Regulatory Agenda. | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Publication Date:

12/03/2001
Publication Type:

Unified Agenda
Fed Register #:
66:61839-61886
Title:

Semi Annual Regulatory Agenda.

NOTE: This section for the Department of Labor (OSHA)
is on pages 61872-61885

Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Prerule Stage

Sequence Number	Title	Regulation Identification Number
2092	Confined Spaces in Construction (Part 1926): Preventing Suffocation/Explosions in Confined Spaces	1218-AB47
2093	Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide (Section 610 Review)	1218-AB60
2094	Electric Power Transmission and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment in the Construction Industry	1218-AB67
2095	Grain Handling Facilities (Section 610 Review)	1218-AB73
2096	Occupational Exposure to Beryllium	1218-AB76
2097	Hearing Loss Prevention in Construction Workers	1218-AB89
2098	Cranes, Derricks, Hoists, Elevators, and Conveyors	1218-AC01
2099	Excavations (Section 610 Review)	1218-AC02
2100	Presence Sensing Device Initiation of Mechanical Power Presses (Section 610 Review)	1218-AC03

Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Proposed Rule Stage

Sequence Number	Title	Regulation Identification Number
2101	Assigned Protection Factors: Amendments to the Final Rule on Respiratory Protection (Reg Plan Seq No. 93)	1218-AA05
2102	Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis	1218-AB46
2103	General Working Conditions for Shipyard Employment	1218-AB50
2104	Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment (Part 1915, Subpart P) (Shipyards: Fire Safety) (Reg Plan Seq No. 94)	1218-AB51
2105	Standards Improvement (Miscellaneous Changes) for General Industry, Marine Terminals, and Construction Standards (Phase II) (Reg Plan Seq No. 95)	1218-AB81
2106	Changes to State Plans	1218-AB91

References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Final Rule Stage

Sequence Number	Title	Regulation Identification Number
2107	Update and Revision of the Exit Routes Standard (Reg Plan Seq No. 96)	1218-AB82
2108	Signs, Signals, and Barricades (Reg Plan Seq No. 97)	1218-AB88
2109	Procedures for Handling of Discrimination Complaints Under the Aviation Investment and Reform Act	1218-AB99

References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Long-Term Actions

Sequence Number	Title	Regulation Identification Number
2110	Longshoring and Marine Terminals (Parts 1917 and 1918) -- Reopening of the Record (Vertical Tandem Lifts (VTLS))	1218-AA56
2111	Scaffolds in Shipyards (Part 1915 -- Subpart N)	1218-AA68
2112	Access and Egress in Shipyards (Part 1915, Subpart E) (Shipyards: Emergency Exits and Aisles)	1218-AA70
2113	Glycol Ethers: 2-Methoxyethanol, 2-Ethoxyethanol, and Their Acetates: Protecting Reproductive Health	1218-AA84
2114	Accreditation of Training Programs for Hazardous Waste Operations (Part 1910)	1218-AB27
2115	Indoor Air Quality in the Workplace	1218-AB37
2116	Injury and Illness Prevention	1218-AB41
2117	Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium (Preventing Occupational Illness: Chromium)	1218-AB45
2118	Fall Protection in the Construction Industry	1218-AB62
2119	Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica	1218-AB70
2120	Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment	1218-AB77
2121	Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (1910) (Slips, Trips and Fall Prevention)	1218-AB80
2122	Revision and Update of Subpart S -- Electrical Standards	1218-AB95
2123	Commercial Diving Operations: Revision	1218-AB97

Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Completed Actions

Sequence Number	Title	Regulation Identification Number
2124	Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) for Air Contaminants	1218-AB54
2125	Metalworking Fluids: Protecting Respiratory Health	1218-AB58
2126	Update and Revision of the Flammable and Combustible Liquids Standard	1218-AB61
2127	Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals	1218-AB63
2128	Revision and Update of the Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus Standard	1218-AB66
2129	Safety Standards for Scaffolds Used in the Construction Industry -- Part II	1218-AB68
2130	Safety and Health Programs for Construction	1218-AB69
2131	Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout) in Construction (Part 1926) (Preventing Construction Injuries/Fatalities: Lockout)	1218-AB71
2132	Consolidation of Records Maintenance Requirements in OSHA Standards	1218-AB78
2133	Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing	1218-AB83
2134	Update and Revision of the Spray Applications Standard	1218-AB84
2135	Occupational Exposure to Perchloroethylene	1218-AB86
2136	Sanitation in the Construction Industry	1218-AB87
2137	Update of Revision of the Woodworking Machinery Standard	1218-AB92
2138	Ergonomics Programs in Construction (Part 1926): Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Construction Workers	1218-AB94
2139	Occupational Health Risks in the Manufacture and Assembly of Semiconductors	1218-AB96
2140	Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements	1218-AC00

Department of Labor (DOL)	Prerule Stage
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

2092. CONFINED SPACES IN CONSTRUCTION (PART 1926): PREVENTING SUFFOCATION/EXPLOSIONS IN CONFINED SPACES

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926.36

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In January 1993, OSHA issued a general industry rule to protect employees who enter confined spaces (29 CFR 1910.146). This standard does not apply to the construction industry because of differences in the nature of the worksite in the construction industry. In discussions with the United Steel Workers of America on a settlement agreement for the general industry standard, OSHA agreed to issue a proposed rule to extend confined-space protection to construction workers appropriate to their work environment. One million construction workers are exposed to the hazards of confined space entry each year. OSHA intends to issue a proposed rule addressing this construction industry hazard next year.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Initiate Work for a SBREFA Panel	08/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Russell B. Swanson, Director, Directorate of Construction, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3468, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2020
Fax: 202 693-1689
Email: bswanson@dol.gov

RIN: 1218-AB47

2093. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO ETHYLENE OXIDE (SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority: Other Significant.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 5 USC 553; 5 USC 610

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.1047

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA has undertaken a review of the ethylene oxide (ETO) standard in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and section 5 of EO 12866. The review has considered the continued need for the rule, the impacts of the rule, comments on the rule received from the public, the complexity of the rule, whether the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with other Federal, State or local regulations, and the degree to which technology, economic conditions or other factors may have changed since the rule was last evaluated. The Agency's findings with respect to this review will be published in a report available to the public in 2001.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Begin Review Publish Report	10/01/96 12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: Marthe B. Kent, Acting Director, Directorate of Health Standards Programs, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3718, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-1950
Fax: 202 693-1678

RIN: 1218-AB60

2094. ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.136; 29 CFR 1910.137; 29 CFR 1910.269; 29 CFR 1926.97; 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart S; 29 CFR 1926,Subpart V

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Electrical hazards are a major cause of occupational death in the United States. The annual fatality rate for power line workers is about 50 deaths per 100,000 employees. The construction industry standard addressing the safety of these workers during the construction of electric power transmission and distribution lines is nearly 30 years old. OSHA is developing a revision of this standard that will prevent many of these fatalities, add flexibility to the standard, and update and streamline the standard. In addition, OSHA intends to amend the corresponding standard for general industry so that requirements for work performed during the maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution installations are the same as those for similar work in construction.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Convene SBREFA Panel	04/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Agency Contact: Marthe B. Kent, Director, Directorate of Safety Standards Programs, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3605, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2222
Fax: 202 693-1663

RIN: 1218-AB67

2095. GRAIN HANDLING FACILITIES (SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 5 USC 553; 5 USC 610

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.272

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is undertaking a review of its grain handling standard (29 CFR 1910.272) in accordance with the requirements of section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and section 5 of EO 12866. The review will cover the continued need for the rule; the nature of complaints or comments received from the public concerning the rule; the complexity of the rule; the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or conflicts with other Federal rules and, to the extent feasible, with State and local rules; and the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the industries affected by the rule.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Begin Review End Review	10/01/97 01/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John F. Martonik, Director, Office of Program Audits and Evaluation, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2043
Fax: 202 693-1641
Email: john.martonik@osha.gov

RIN: 1218-AB73

2096. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO BERYLLIUM

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA intends to issue a Request for Information and to undertake and support extensive research to elucidate the mechanisms of disease underlying Chronic Beryllium Disease or beryllium sensitization and to identify the best ways of reducing employee exposure to beryllium. OSHA will also be identifying processes, industries, and kind of businesses that involve the use of beryllium. This information is necessary if OSHA is to develop a rule to reduce worker exposure to dust or fumes from beryllium metal, metal oxides, or alloys, all of which may cause serious and sometimes fatal lung disease (chronic beryllium disease (CBD), lung cancer, and skin disease). In 1999, OSHA was petitioned to issue an emergency temporary standard by the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers Union (PACE) and others. The Agency denied this petition but stated its intent to work on a standard to be issued under section 6(b)(5) of the Act to protect workers from beryllium-related disease. Before OSHA can do so, however, it needs a substantial amount of information on beryllium's toxicity, risks, and patterns of use. The Request for Information will be designed to obtain this information.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Request for Information	09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB76

2097. HEARING LOSS PREVENTION IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926.52

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA issued a section 6(b)(5) health standard mandating a comprehensive hearing conservation program for noise exposed workers in general industry in 1983. However, a number of recent studies have shown that a large number of construction workers experience work-related hearing loss. In addition, the use of engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment to reduce exposures to noise is low in this industry. OSHA intends to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) in 2002, and to initiate stakeholder meetings to gather information on the extent of noise-induced hearing loss among workers in different trades in this industry, current practices to reduce this loss, and additional approaches and protections that could be used to prevent such loss in the future.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

ANPRM	06/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB89

2098. • CRANES, DERRICKS, HOISTS, ELEVATORS, AND CONVEYORS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 651(b); 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Subpart N addresses hazards associated with various types of hoisting equipment used at construction sites. Such equipment includes cranes, derricks, hoists, elevators and conveyors. The existing rule, which dates back to 1971, is based in part on industry consensus standards from 1958, 1968 and 1969. There have been considerable technological changes since those consensus standards were developed. Industry consensus standards for derricks and for crawler, truck and locomotive cranes were updated as recently as 1995. A number of industry stakeholders have asked OSHA to update Subpart N.

OSHA's Subpart N is now 30 years old, and is based in part on industry consensus standards as much as 42 years old. No changes have been made to the OSHA standard since 1971. Significant changes have occurred in the industry since the OSHA standard was promulgated.

A cross-section of the industry has stated that there is a need to update Subpart N. OSHA has determined that the existing rule needs to be revised.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Notice of Intent to Establish Negotiated Rulemaking Committee	12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AC01

2099. • EXCAVATIONS (SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority: Other Significant.

Legal Authority: 5 USC 610; 29 USC 651 et seq

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926.650 to 1926.652

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA will undertake a review of the Agency's trenching and excavations standard (29 CFR 1926.650 to 1926.652) in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Section 5 of Executive Order 12866. The review will consider the continued need for the rule, the impacts of the rule, public comments the rule, the complexity of the rule, and whether the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other regulations, among other things.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Begin Review	12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AC02

2100. • PRESENCE SENSING DEVICE INITIATION OF MECHANICAL POWER PRESSES (SECTION 610 REVIEW)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.

Legal Authority: 25 USC 610; 29 USC 651 et seq

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.217(h), app A,B,C

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA will undertake a review of the Agency's Presence Sensing Device Initiation of Mechanical Power Presses rule (29 CFR 1910.217) in accordance with the requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act and section 5 of Executive Order 12866. The review will consider among other things, the need for the rule, the impacts of the rule, public comments on the rule, the complexity of the rule, and whether the rule overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other regulations.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Begin Review	12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AC03

Department of Labor (DOL)	Proposed Rule Stage
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

2101. ASSIGNED PROTECTION FACTORS: AMENDMENTS TO THE FINAL RULE ON RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 93 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

RIN: 1218-AA05

2102. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO TUBERCULOSIS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal governments.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.1035

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In 1993, the Labor Coalition to Fight TB in the Workplace petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop an occupational health standard to protect workers who care for or oversee patients or others with active tuberculosis (TB) against the transmission of TB. After reviewing the available information, OSHA preliminarily concluded that a significant risk of occupational transmission of TB exists for some workers in some work settings and began rulemaking on a proposed standard. Examples of workers at risk of contracting TB as a result of their work are health care workers, detention facility personnel, and homeless shelter employees. On October 17, 1997, OSHA published its proposed standard for occupational exposure to TB (62 FR 54160). The proposed standard would require employers to protect TB-exposed workers using infection control measures that have been shown to be highly effective in reducing or eliminating work-related TB infections. Such measures include procedures for the early identification of individuals with infectious TB, isolation of individuals with infectious TB using appropriate ventilation, use of respiratory protection in certain situations, and skin testing and training of employees.

After the close of the written comment period for the proposed standard, informal public hearings were held in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, CA, New York City, NY, and Chicago, IL. The post-hearing comment period closed on October 5, 1998. On June 17, 1999 OSHA reopened the rulemaking record for 90 days to submit the Agency's report on homeless shelters and certain other documents that became available to the Agency after the close of the post-hearing comment period. During this limited reopening of the rulemaking record, OSHA also requested interested parties to submit comments and data on the Agency's preliminary risk assessment in order to obtain the best, most recent data for providing the most accurate estimates of the occupational risk of tuberculosis. At the request of Congress, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (IOM) conducted a study of OSHA's proposal and the need for a TB standard. That study was completed in January 2001, and concluded that OSHA should move forward with a standard modeled after the CDC guidelines and tailored to the extent of TB risk present in the community. The IOM study concluded that an OSHA standard was needed to maintain national TB rates among health care and other employees at their current levels and to prevent future outbreaks of multi-drug resistant and other forms of TB among these workers. OSHA intends to reopen the record to obtain comment on the IOM study and the peer reviewers' comment on the risk assessment.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

SBREFA Panel NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Post Hearing Comment End Record Reopening Second Reopening Comment Period End Reopening Comment Period End Reopening of the Comment Period	09/10/96 10/17/97 02/17/98 10/05/98 06/17/99 06/28/99 08/02/99 01/00/02	62 FR 54160 62 FR 65388 64 FR 32447 64 FR 34625

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal

RIN: 1218-AB46

2103. GENERAL WORKING CONDITIONS FOR SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 33 USC 941

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1915, subpart F

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: During the 1980s, OSHA embarked on a project to update and consolidate the various OSHA shipyard standards that were applied in the shipbuilding, shiprepair, and shipbreaking industry. Publication of a proposal addressing general working conditions in shipyards is part of this project. The operations addressed in this rulemaking relate to housekeeping, illumination, sanitation, first aid, and lockout/tagout. About 75,000 workers are exposed annually to these hazards.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM	09/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB50

2104. FIRE PROTECTION IN SHIPYARD EMPLOYMENT (PART 1915, SUBPART P) (SHIPYARDS: FIRE SAFETY)

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 94 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

RIN: 1218-AB51

2105. STANDARDS IMPROVEMENT (MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES) FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY, MARINE TERMINALS, AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS (PHASE II)

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 95 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

RIN: 1218-AB81

2106. CHANGES TO STATE PLANS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 667

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1953

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the Act), 29 U.S.C. 667, provides that States that wish to assume responsibility for developing and enforcing their own occupational safety and health standards relating to any occupational safety or health issue may do so by submitting and obtaining Federal approval of a State plan. A State plan consists of the laws, standards and other regulations, and procedures under which the State operates its occupational safety and health program. From time to time after initial plan approval, States may make changes to their plans as a result of legislative, regulatory or administrative actions. If the State makes a change to its plan which differs from the Federal program, the State must notify OSHA of the change to its plan which differs from the Federal program (referred to as a plan supplement). OSHA then reviews the changes; if they meet the approval criteria OSHA publishes a notice announcing the approval of the change; if the change does not meet the criteria OSHA initiates procedures to reject the change.

OSHA is proposing to amend its regulations regarding State plan changes to streamline the review and approval process and to allow more organizational flexibility in this process. Changes which are identical to components of the Federal program would not require formal review. The proposal also would reorganize 29 CFR part 1953 to eliminate repetitive language. Cross references to part 1953 in the CFR would be changed as necessary to reflect the correct references.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End and Request for Hearings	11/06/01 01/07/02	66 FR 56043

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: State, Federal

Federalism: This action may have federalism implications as defined in EO 13132.

Agency Contact: Paula O. White, Director, Federal-State Operations, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N3700, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2200
Fax: 202 693-1671
Email: paula.white@osha.gov

RIN: 1218-AB91

Department of Labor (DOL)	Final Rule Stage
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

2107. UPDATE AND REVISION OF THE EXIT ROUTES STANDARD

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 96 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

RIN: 1218-AB82

2108. SIGNS, SIGNALS, AND BARRICADES

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 97 in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.

RIN: 1218-AB88

2109. PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS UNDER THE AVIATION INVESTMENT AND REFORM ACT

Priority: Info./Admin./Other

Legal Authority: PL 106-181, Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act, sec 519; 49 USC 42121

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1979

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: On March 8, 2000, Congress enacted the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century, commonly known as the Air Act. Section 519 of the Act (49 USC 42121) prohibits air carriers or air carrier contractors or subcontractors from discharging or otherwise discriminating against employees for exercising specified rights under the Act. The Act further provides that the Secretary of Labor investigate employee claims of discrimination and ultimately issue a determination and order after an opportunity for either party to request a hearing on the record. Procedural rules are needed for filing, investigating, litigating, and adjudicating complaints filed pursuant to the Act.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Interim Final Rule	12/00/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

Agency Contact: John Robert Spear, Director, Office of Investigative Assistance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2187
Fax: 202 693-1681
Email: john.spear@osha-no.osha.gov

RIN: 1218-AB99

Department of Labor (DOL)	Long-Term Actions
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

2110. LONGSHORING AND MARINE TERMINALS (PARTS 1917 AND 1918) -- REOPENING OF THE RECORD (VERTICAL TANDEM LIFTS (VTLS))

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Legal Authority: 33 USC 941; 29 USC 655

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1918.11; 29 CFR 1918.85

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA issued a final rule on Longshoring on July 25, 1997 (62 FR 40142). However, in that rule, the Agency reserved provisions related to vertical tandem lifts. Vertical tandem lifts (VTLs) involve the lifting of two or more empty intermodal containers, secured together with twist locks, at the same time. Because some commenters to the record questioned the safety of allowing such tandem lifts and the record did not contain adequate information to allow the Agency to address this issue, OSHA is working with national and international organizations and gathering additional information on the safety of VTLs. The Agency plans to reopen the record for comment before proceeding with a final rule.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM on Longshoring/Marine Terminals NPRM Comment Period End Final Rule on Longshoring/Marine Terminals Public Meeting on VTLs - 1/27/1998 Reopening of Record Final Rule	06/06/94 09/23/94 07/25/97 10/09/97 10/00/02 12/00/02	59 FR 28594 62 FR 40142 62 FR 52671

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AA56

2111. SCAFFOLDS IN SHIPYARDS (PART 1915 -- SUBPART N)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 33 USC 941

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1915.71

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: During the 1980s, OSHA embarked on a project to update and consolidate the various OSHA standards that were applied in the shipbuilding, shiprepair, and shipbreaking industry. Shipyard employers are subject to both shipyard and general industry standards, and this project aimed at establishing a vertical standard for shipyard employment. A proposal on scaffolds was issued in November 1988 (53 FR 48092). The next action in this rulemaking is undetermined.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Reopened Record Comment Period End Next Action Undetermined	11/29/88 02/27/89 04/12/94 06/13/94	53 FR 48182 59 FR 17290

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AA68

2112. ACCESS AND EGRESS IN SHIPYARDS (PART 1915, SUBPART E) (SHIPYARDS: EMERGENCY EXITS AND AISLES)

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 33 USC 941

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1915.72; 29 CFR 1915.74; 29 CFR 1915.75; 29 CFR 1915.76

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In the 1980s, OSHA embarked on a project to update and consolidate OSHA standards that applied to the shipbuilding, shiprepair, and shipbreaking industry. Shipyard employers are subject to both the shipyard and general industry standards, and this project aimed at establishing a vertical standard for shipyard employment. A proposal on access and egress was issued in November 1988 (53 FR 48092). The next action in this rulemaking is undetermined.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Next Action Undetermined	11/29/88 02/27/89	53 FR 48130

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AA70

2113. GLYCOL ETHERS: 2-METHOXYETHANOL, 2-ETHOXYETHANOL, AND THEIR ACETATES: PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655; 29 USC 657; 29 USC 651

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.1000; 29 CFR 1910.1031

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on April 2, 1987 (52 FR 10586). OSHA used the information received in response to the ANPRM, as well as other information and analysis, and published a proposal on March 23, 1993 (58 FR 15526), that would reduce the permissible exposure limits for four glycol ethers and provide protection for approximately 46,000 workers exposed to these substances. The next action in this rulemaking is undetermined.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

ANPRM ANPRM Comment Period End NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Next Action Undetermined	04/02/87 07/31/87 03/23/93 06/07/93	52 FR 10586 58 FR 15526

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AA84

2114. ACCREDITATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE OPERATIONS (PART 1910)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655

CFR Citation: 29 USC 655(b); PL 101-549 (November 15, 1990); 5 USC 552(a); 5 USC 553

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 (Public Law 99-499) established the criteria under which OSHA was to develop and promulgate the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response standard. OSHA issued an interim final standard on December 19, 1986 (51 FR 45654) to comply with the law's requirements. OSHA issued a permanent final rule with provisions on training to replace this interim rule on March 9, 1989 (29 CFR 1910.120).

On December 22, 1987, as part of an omnibus budget reconciliation bill (PL 100-202), Congress amended section 126(d)(3) of SARA to include accreditation of training programs for hazardous waste operations. OSHA issued a proposal on January 26, 1990 (55 FR 2776) addressing this issue. OSHA received public comments following the issuance of the proposal. OSHA also reopened the record in June 1992 to allow additional public comment on an effectiveness of training study that the Agency had conducted. Since that time, OSHA has developed nonmandatory guidelines to address training criteria for hazardous waste workers, and these have been widely adopted. In addition, the private sector has since established training accreditation procedures. At this time, the next action in this rulemaking is undetermined.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Next Action Undetermined	01/26/90 04/26/90	55 FR 2776

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB27

2115. INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910; 29 CFR 1915; 29 CFR 1926; 29 CFR 1928

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The health of American workers may be affected by indoor air pollution in the workplace. After reviewing and analyzing available information, OSHA published a proposed indoor air quality rule on April 5, 1994. The proposal would require employers to write and implement indoor air quality compliance plans that would include inspection and maintenance of current building ventilation systems to ensure they are functioning as designed. In buildings where smoking is allowed, the proposal would require designated smoking areas that would be separate, enclosed rooms where the air would be exhausted directly to the outside. Other proposed provisions would require employers to maintain healthy air quality during renovation, remodeling, and similar activities. As proposed, the provisions for indoor air quality would apply to 70 million workers and more than 4.5 million nonindustrial indoor work environments, including schools and training centers, offices, commercial establishments, health care facilities, cafeterias and factory break rooms. The proposed environmental tobacco smoke provisions would apply to all 6 million industrial and nonindustrial work environments under OSHA's jurisdiction.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Request for Information NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Record Closed Next Action Undetermined	09/20/91 04/05/94 08/13/94 02/09/96	56 FR 47892 59 FR 15968 59 FR 30560

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

Federalism: This action may have federalism implications as defined in EO 13132.

RIN: 1218-AB37

2116. INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 653; 29 USC 655; 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1900.1

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), many States, members of the safety and health community, insurance companies, professional organizations, companies participating in the Agency's Voluntary Protection Programs, and many proactive employers in all industries recognize the value of worksite-specific injury and illness prevention programs in reducing and preventing job-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. The reductions in job-related injuries and illnesses, workers' compensation costs, and absenteeism that occur after employers implement such programs dramatically demonstrate their effectiveness. OSHA has decided to develop an injury and illness prevention rule because occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities are continuing to occur at an unacceptably high rate. For example, an average of about 16 workers were killed each day in 1999. This number does not include an estimated 137 daily deaths associated with job-related chronic illnesses. The Agency is currently evaluating the appropriate scope and form of the proposed rule, as well as the hazards the rule will address, and is considering a number of regulatory and non-regulatory alternatives.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM	12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State

Federalism: This action may have federalism implications as defined in EO 13132.

RIN: 1218-AB41

2117. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM (PREVENTING OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS: CHROMIUM)

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 104-4.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In July 1993, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was petitioned for an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to reduce the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for occupational exposures to hexavalent chromium. The Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union (OCAW) and Public Citizen's Health Research Group (HRG) petitioned OSHA to promulgate an ETS to lower the PEL for hexavalent chromium (CrVI) compounds to 0.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/m3) as an eight-hour, time-weighted average (TWA). This would represent a significant reduction in the current PEL. The current PEL in general industry is found in 29 CFR 1910.1000 Table Z and is a ceiling value of 100 ug/m3, measured as chromium (VI) and reported as chromic anhydride (CrO3). The amount of chromium (VI) in the anhydride compound equates to a PEL of 52 ug/m3. This ceiling limit applies to all forms of hexavalent chromium (VI), including chromic acid and chromates, lead chromate, and zinc chromate. The current PEL for hexavalent chromium (VI) in the construction industry is 100 ug/m3 as a TWA PEL, which also equates to a PEL of 52 ug/m3. After reviewing the petition, OSHA denied the request for an ETS and initiated a section 6(b)(5) rulemaking.

The major illnesses associated with occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium are lung cancer and dermatoses. OSHA estimates that approximately one million workers are exposed to hexavalent chromium on a regular basis in all industries. The major uses of hexavalent chromium are: as a structural and anti-corrosive element in the production of stainless steel, ferrochromium, iron and steel, and in electroplating, welding and painting. Work on a proposed rule continues.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM	To Be Determined

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB45

2118. FALL PROTECTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA issued an ANPRM to gather information on fall protection issues regarding certain construction processes such as residential home building, precast concrete operations and post frame construction. The issues relate to the fall protection rules as they now apply to roofing work, residential construction operations, climbing reinforcement steel and vendors delivering materials to construction projects. These issues have arisen since OSHA revised the fall protection standard in August 1994. The comment period on the ANPRM closed January 24, 2000. OSHA is now evaluating comments to determine whether further action is required.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

ANPRM ANRPM Comment Period End Next Action Determined	07/14/99 01/24/00	64 FR 38077

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB62

2119. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CRYSTALLINE SILICA

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910; 29 CFR 1926; 29 CFR 1915; 29 CFR 1917; 29 CFR 1918

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is considering a negotiated or other consensus-based rulemaking to address the hazards posed by silica. Silica exposure remains a serious threat to nearly 2 million U.S. workers, including more than 100,000 workers in high risk jobs such as abrasive blasting, foundry work, stonecutting, rock drilling, quarry work and tunneling. The seriousness of the health hazards associated with silica exposure is demonstrated by the fatalities and disabling illnesses that continue to occur in sandblasters and rock drillers and by recent studies that indicate a statistically significant increase in lung cancer among silica-exposed workers. Exposure studies and OSHA enforcement data indicate that some workers are still exposed to very high levels of silica. OSHA plans in this rulemaking to modernize and standardize the Agency's current PELs for silica so that they will be consistent across all sectors.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Convene SBREFA Panel or Initiate Consensus-Based Process	10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB70

2120. EMPLOYER PAYMENT FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657; 33 USC 941; 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.132; 29 CFR 1915.152; 29 CFR 1917.96; 29 CFR 1918.106; 29 CFR 1926.95

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: Generally, OSHA standards require that protective equipment (including personal protective equipment (PPE)) be provided and used when necessary to protect employees from hazards that can cause them injury, illness, or physical harm. In this discussion, OSHA uses the abbreviation "PPE" to cover both personal protective equipment and other protective equipment. The Agency has proposed to revise its PPE standards to clarify who is required to pay for required PPE and under what circumstances. OSHA is considering its options and reviewing the record and has not determined its next course of action.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Informal Public Hearing End Next Action Undetermined	03/30/99 06/14/99 08/13/99	64 FR 15401

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal

RIN: 1218-AB77

2121. WALKING WORKING SURFACES AND PERSONAL FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (1910) (SLIPS, TRIPS AND FALL PREVENTION)

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910, subparts D and I

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In 1990, OSHA proposed (55 FR 13360) a rule addressing slip, trip, and fall hazards and establishing requirements for personal fall protection systems. Since that time, new technologies and procedures have become available to protect employees from these hazards. The Agency has been working to update these rules to reflect current technology and intends to issue a new proposal in the near future.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Hearing NPRM (Subparts D and I)	04/10/90 08/22/90 09/11/90 12/00/02	55 FR 13360 55 FR 29224

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB80

2122. REVISION AND UPDATE OF SUBPART S -- ELECTRICAL STANDARDS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910. subpart S

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is planning to revise and update its 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S-Electrical Standard and will rely heavily in that process on the materials involved in the development of the 2000 Edition of the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA's) 70 E standard for Electrical Safety Requirements for Employee Workplaces. This revision will provide the first update of Subpart S-Electrical since the standard was originally published in 1981. It will thus allow the latest technological developments to be considered; several of these state-of-the-art safety developments will be addressed by OSHA for the first time. The update of Subpart S-Electrical will also at a future time permit the completion of standards covering safety-related maintenance requirements and safety requirements for special equipment.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Direct Final Rule	12/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB95

2123. COMMERCIAL DIVING OPERATIONS: REVISION

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.423

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA's Commercial Diving Operations standard (29 CFR 1910.401 to 1910.441) was published in 1977. In the intervening years, major changes in the technology of diving systems and equipment have occurred. In December 1999, OSHA granted a permanent variance to Dixie Divers, Inc. permitting recreational diving instructors employed by that company to comply with the provisions of the variance rather than with paragraphs (b)(2) and (c)(3)(iii) of 1910.423 and paragraph (b)(1) of 1910.426. Since OSHA granted the variance, other employers of recreational diving instructors have asked OSHA to clarify the applicability of the variance to their operations. OSHA intends to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to obtain data on the appropriateness of amending the commercial diving operations standard to reflect the alternative specified in the permanent variance granted to Dixie Divers, Inc.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM	10/00/02

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB97

Department of Labor (DOL)	Completed Actions
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

2124. PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS (PELS) FOR AIR CONTAMINANTS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect the private sector under PL 104-4.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655 (b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.1000; 29 CFR 1915.1000; 29 CFR 1917.1(a)(2)(ii); 29 CFR 1918.1(b)(a); 29 CFR 1926.55

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA enforces hundreds of permissible exposure limits (PELs) for toxic air contaminants found in U.S. workplaces. OSHA adopted most of the air contaminant limits in 1971 from recommendations issued under Federal rules, the American National Standards Institute, and other consensus organizations. These PELs thus reflect the results of research conducted before that time. Since then, much new information has become available. OSHA has not yet determined the best way to proceed with the permissible exposure limit update process. The Agency wishes both to expand the circle of stakeholders engaged in the update process and to obtain their input earlier in the process. Accordingly and in light of resource constraints, OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the regulatory agenda at this time.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB54

2125. METALWORKING FLUIDS: PROTECTING RESPIRATORY HEALTH

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)(1); 29 USC 656(b)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: In December 1993, the International Union, United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, petitioned OSHA to take emergency regulatory action to protect workers from the risks of occupational cancers and respiratory illnesses due to exposure to metalworking fluids. In response to the petition, OSHA established a 15-member Standards Advisory Committee to make recommendations to OSHA regarding the need for a standard, a guideline, or other appropriate response to the dangers of occupational exposures to metalworking fluids. The Committee concluded that workers exposed to these fluids are at risk of developing respiratory diseases, including hypersensitivity pneumonitis, occupational asthma, and lung cancer and dermatoses. The Committee divided on the appropriate response; a majority favored rulemaking while others concluded that rulemaking was inappropriate at this time because of the complexity of the issue. The Committee submitted its report to OSHA in July, 1999. OSHA has decided to make the Committee's report available to the public on the Agency's web page. In addition, working with stakeholders and members of the Advisory Committee, OSHA has developed a Best Practices Guide for metalworking fluid users and will also make this available on the web. OSHA believes that the availability of this comprehensive and authoritative outreach material will greatly reduce the health hazards machinists and others exposed to these fluids may face. Accordingly, and in light of resource constraints, OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	08/31/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB58

2126. UPDATE AND REVISION OF THE FLAMMABLE AND COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS STANDARD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 5 USC 553

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.106

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA identified this standard for revision as part of an initiative to update the Agency's 30-year old safety standards. OSHA may propose a revision and update of the standards contained in 29 CFR 1910.106 addressing flammable and combustible liquids storage in the near future; however, due to resource constraints, this entry is being withdrawn from the agenda at this time.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB61

2127. PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF HIGHLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 653; 29 USC 655; 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.119

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB63

2128. REVISION AND UPDATE OF THE MECHANICAL POWER-TRANSMISSION APPARATUS STANDARD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 5 USC 553

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.219

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB66

2129. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR SCAFFOLDS USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY -- PART II

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926.450; 29 CFR 1926.451; 29 CFR 1926.452; 29 CFR 1926.453; 29 CFR 1926.454

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB68

2130. SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR CONSTRUCTION

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655; 29 USC 657; 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

Federalism: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB69

2131. CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS ENERGY (LOCKOUT) IN CONSTRUCTION (PART 1926)(PREVENTING CONSTRUCTION INJURIES/FATALITIES: LOCKOUT)

Priority: Economically Significant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB71

2132. CONSOLIDATION OF RECORDS MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS IN OSHA STANDARDS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 40 USC 333; 29 USC 655; 33 USC 941; 5 USC 553

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910; 29 CFR 1915 to 1918; 29 CFR 1926; 29 CFR 1928

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB78

2133. OIL AND GAS WELL DRILLING AND SERVICING

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: This action may affect State, local or tribal governments and the private sector.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.270

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	08/31/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB83

2134. UPDATE AND REVISION OF THE SPRAY APPLICATIONS STANDARD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.107; 29 CFR 1910.94(c) and 1910.94(d)

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB84

2135. OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO PERCHLOROETHYLENE

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 29 USC 657

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.1000

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB86

2136. SANITATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined

Legal Authority: 29 USC 651(b); 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333; 40 USC 327

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926.51

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB87

2137. UPDATE OF REVISION OF THE WOODWORKING MACHINERY STANDARD

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.213

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	09/24/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB92

2138. ERGONOMICS PROGRAMS IN CONSTRUCTION (PART 1926): PREVENTING WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

Priority: Economically Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b); 40 USC 333

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1926

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this agenda entry because the agency is currently evaluating its options for developing a comprehensive approach to the ergonomics issue. If OSHA decides in the future to address ergonomic injuries in the construction industry through rulemaking, it will include notice of that fact in a future regulatory agenda.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	08/21/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined

Small Entities Affected: Businesses

Government Levels Affected: Undetermined

RIN: 1218-AB94

2139. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISKS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF SEMICONDUCTORS

Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)

CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: OSHA is withdrawing this entry from the agenda at this time due to resource constraints and other priorities.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

Withdrawn	08/31/01

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AB96

2140. • OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AND ILLNESS RECORDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Priority: Other Significant

Legal Authority: 29 USC 657; 5 USC 553

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1904

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule on Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements (66 FR 5916, January 19, 2001), which is scheduled to become effective on January 1, 2002. Following a careful review conducted pursuant to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card's memorandum (66 FR 7702), the Agency has determined that all but two provisions of the final rule will take effect as scheduled (66 FR 35113, July 3, 2001). The record on this proposal closed on September 4, 2001. OSHA intends to publish a final rule reflecting the effective dates for sections 1904.10 and 1904.12 in the near future.

OSHA will reconsider these two provisions in the final rule for recording occupational hearing loss based on the occurrence of a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in hearing acuity (section 1904.10), defining "musculoskeletal disorders" and checking the column on the OSHA 300 Log identifying a recordable case as an MSD (section 1904.12). OSHA also proposed to delay the effective date of sections 1904.10 and 1904.12 until January 1, 2003 to allow time for such regulatory reconsideration.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite

NPRM NPRM Comment Period End Final Action Final Action Effective	07/03/01 09/04/01 10/12/01 01/01/02	66 FR 35113 66 FR 52031

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No

Small Entities Affected: No

Government Levels Affected: None

RIN: 1218-AC00