Evaluating Hazardous Levels of Accumulation Depth for Combustible Dusts

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April 21, 2015

MEMORANDUM FOR:
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
THROUGH:
DOROTHY DOUGHERTY
Deputy Assistant Secretary
FROM:
THOMAS GALASSI, Director
Directorate of Enforcement Programs
SUBJECT:
Evaluating Hazardous Levels of Accumulation Depth for Combustible Dusts