September 21, 2006
Mr. Fred N. Rubel
Dewling Associates, Inc.
1605 Vauxhall Road
Union, NJ 07083
Dear Mr. Rubel:
Thank you for your March 13 letter to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Your letter has been referred to OSHA's Directorate of Enforcement Program's Office of General Industry Enforcement for an answer to your questions regarding OSHA's Permit-Required Confined Spaces standard, 29 CFR 1910.146. Your questions have been restated below for clarity.