Hazard Communication Standard

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  • Fed Register #:
    89:81829-81836
  • Title:
    Hazard Communication Standard
[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 81829-81836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23144]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1910

[Docket No.

Hazard determination criteria for corrosive liquids.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

December 1, 1988

Mr. John Thomas Cooney
Plant Chemist
SUS Chemical Company, Inc.
Post Office Box 10027
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29731

Dear Mr. Cooney:

This is in response to your letter of September 7, regarding the hazard determination requirements under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200. Please accept by apology for the delay in response.

Our responses to your questions are numbered in the sequence in which they were posed.

Question 1:

Solvents classified as a combustible liquid on the basis of the MSDS

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

September 3, 1993

Mr. Andrew Marmaduke,

Regional Environmental Specialist
Safety-Kleen
2727 Paces Ferry Road 2 Paces West,
Suite 1660
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Dear Mr. Marmaduke:

Hazard Determinations under the HCS for Sodium Hypochlorite.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

October 16, 1991

 

 

OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

 

Fiberglass and the HCS Standard

Archive Notice - OSHA Archive

NOTICE: This is an OSHA Archive Document, and may no longer represent OSHA Policy. It is presented here as historical content, for research and review purposes only.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

 


November 19, 1991

 

 

 

Hazard determination and MSDS requirements under the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

October 24, 1988

Mr. Jeremy Millstone
Policy Analyst
Jellinek, Schwartz, Connolly
& Freshman, Inc.
1350 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005

Dear Mr. Millstone

This is in response to your letter of October 3, addressed to Assistant Secretary, John A. Pendergrass, regarding hazard determination and material safety data sheet requirements under the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) 29 CFR 1910.1200.

Applicability of the HCS to alpha-alumina

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

April 17, 1988

R. P. Hancock, CIB
Alcan Aluminum Corporation
Post Office Box 6977
Cleveland, Ohio 44101-1977

Dear Mr. Hancock:

This is in reply to your letter of February 22, regarding the necessity of continuing to maintain a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for alpha-Alumina (Al(2) O(3))

Hazard determination; labeling of solid materials.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

December 1, 1998

Mr. J. J. Wherry
Grinding Wheel Institute
30200 Detroit Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44145-1967

Dear Mr. Wherry:

We have received your letter of August 6, addressed to Mr. John B. Miles Jr., Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) Directorate of Compliance Programs (DCP), in which you asked questions regarding labeling under the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), 29 CFR 1910.1200. Thank you for your inquiry. For clarity, your questions are paraphrased below.

Reporting threshold for non-carcinogenic mixtures on MSDSs.

OSHA requirements are set by statute, standards and regulations. Our interpretation letters explain these requirements and how they apply to particular circumstances, but they cannot create additional employer obligations. This letter constitutes OSHA's interpretation of the requirements discussed. Note that our enforcement guidance may be affected by changes to OSHA rules. Also, from time to time we update our guidance in response to new information. To keep apprised of such developments, you can consult OSHA's website at https://www.osha.gov.

November 11, 1998

Mr. Lance Edwards, CIH
Director of Health & Safety Affairs
Directorate of Environmental, Industry,
  and International Affairs
1500 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005

Dear Mr. Edwards: