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DOL/OSHA RIN: 1218-AB52 Publication ID: Spring 1996 
Title: Permit Required Confined Spaces (General Industry: Preventing Suffocation/Explosions in Confined Spaces) 
Abstract: OSHA issued a final standard on preventing suffocation/explosions in confined spaces in general industry on January 14, 1993 (58 FR 4462). OSHA reached a settlement agreement with the United Steel Workers of America in June 1994. As part of this settlement agreement, OSHA issued a proposal on November 28, 1994 (59 FR 60735) proposing minimal revisions to paragraph (k) of the existing rule to clarify the standard and to make compliance easier. OSHA has proposed to state more clearly the employer's duty to ensure effective rescue capability for employees who enter permit-required confined spaces and to allow more flexibility in the point of a retrieval line attachment. OSHA is also asking whether the standard should have provisions to provide affected employees or their representatives with the opportunity to observe the evaluation of confined spaces, including atmospheric testing or monitoring, and to have access to evaluation results. Hearings are scheduled to be held September 27, 1995 - October 2, 1995. 
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910-146     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b)   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  11/28/1994  59 FR 60735   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/27/1995    
Final Action  07/00/1996    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Thomas H. Seymour
Acting Director, Safety Standards Programs
Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Room N3605, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 219-8061