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DOL/OSHA RIN: 1218-AC30 Publication ID: Spring 2008 
Title: South Carolina State Plan--Revision of State Health Compliance Staffing Benchmarks  
Abstract: OSHA will issue a direct final rule revising South Carolina’s State health compliance staffing benchmark under section 18 of the OSH Act. This action would revise the compliance staffing benchmarks applicable to the South Carolina State plan, which were originally established in 1980 in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals decision in AFL-CIO v. Marshall, 570 F. 2d 1030 (D.C. Cir., 1978) and subsequently revised in 1986. South Carolina’s current staffing benchmarks are 17 safety inspectors and 12 health compliance personnel. South Carolina has proposed to reduce its health compliance staffing benchmarks from 12 to 10 health compliance personnel, utilizing a formula and providing documentation in accordance with established procedures. The State’s safety compliance staffing benchmarks of 17 safety inspectors would remain the same. This direct final rule will become effective 60 days after publication unless significant adverse comment is received within 30 days. If OSHA receives significant adverse comment, it will publish a timely withdrawal of this rule and determine based on the comments submitted to the record, whether to issue a proposed rule in the future. The South Carolina State plan was initially approved on November 30, 1972, received final approval on December 15, 1987, and is administered by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (SCDLLR). In accordance with the Court order, States are required to maintain compliance staffing levels as established in their approved safety and health compliance staffing benchmarks as a condition of their final State plan approval status. OSHA has determined not to proceed with this action at this time, pending further review. 
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1952   
Legal Authority: 29 USC 667   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Withdrawn  03/06/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: osha.gov click on State Programs   Public Comment URL: dockets.osha.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Barbara E. Bryant
Director, Office of State Programs
Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-3700,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 693-2211
Fax:202 693-1671
Email: bryant.barbara@dol.gov