Consuming hydrating liquids and solids in aluminum smelting facilities with beryllium below 0.1 percent (0.1%) by weight

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DOL-OSHA-DEP-OHE-2020-002 - This document does not have the force and effect of law and is not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

September 28, 2020

Mr. John DeZee
Associate Counsel
Century Aluminum Company
1 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60606

Dear Mr. DeZee:

Revising the Beryllium Standard for General Industry

  • Publication Date:
  • Publication Type:
  • Fed Register #:
    85:42582-42628
  • Title:
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 14, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 42582-42628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10678]



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Revising the Beryllium Standard for General Industry; Proposed Rule

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  • Publication Type:
  • Fed Register #:
    83:63746-63770
  • Title:
    Revising the Beryllium Standard for General Industry; Proposed Rule 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 63746-63770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26448]


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