Special Government Employee (SGE) Program Policies and Procedures Manual for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Programs

Federal Program Change Summary Reports:

Date of Directive: 07/30/2015

This directive provides OSHA offices, interested industry representatives, State Plans and federal agencies with the policies and procedures governing the administration and operation of Special Government Employee activity conducted under the auspices of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP).

Adoption Required - No

Intention Required - Yes

State Plan	Intent to Adopt	Adopt Identical	Effective Date	URL or Contact
AK	††	††	††	††
AZ	††	††	††	††
CA	††	††	††	††
CT†	No	No	NA	NA
HI	††	††	††	††
IA	No	No	NA	NA
IL†	No	No	NA	NA
IN	Yes	No	1/1/2016	††
KY	No	No	NA	Chuck Stribling, CSP, OSH Federal-State Coordinator
MA	Yes	Yes	10/1/2015	NA
MD	††	††	††	https://www.dllr.maryland.gov/labor/instructions/
MI	No	No	NA	NA
MN	No	No	NA	NA
NC	Yes	No	1/4/2016	Steve Sykes, State Plan Coordinator
NJ†	No	No	NA	Tom Lipski, PEOSH
NM	No	No	NA	https://www.env.nm.gov/Ohsb_Website/
NV	No	No	NA	NA
NY†	No	No	NA	NA
OR	No	No	NA	http://www.orosha.org/pdf/pds/pd-241.pdf
PR	No	No	NA	NA
SC	††	††	††	††
TN	No	No	NA	Larry Hunt, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, TN
UT	Yes	Yes	1/29/2016	Christopher Hill, UOSH Division Director
VA	††	††	††	††
VI†	No	No	NA	Dean Andrews, Director, VIDOSH
VT	Yes	Yes	10/1/2015	NA
WA	No	No	NA	NA
WY	Yes	Yes	3/18/2016	Daniel Bulkley, WY OSHA Deputy Administrator

^† Plan covers state and local government workers only.
^†† Awaiting response from State Plans.

[Last updated: January 26, 2016]