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DOL/OSHA | RIN: 1218-AB52 | Publication ID: Spring 1997 |
Title: Permit Required Confined Spaces (General Industry: Preventing Suffocation/ Explosions in Confined Spaces) | |
Abstract: OSHA issued a final standard on preventing suffocations/ explosions in confined spaces in general industry on January 14, 1993 (58 FR 4462). OSHA reached a settlement agreement with the United Steelworkers of America in June 1994. As part of this settlement agreement, OSHA issued a proposal on November 28, 1994 (59 FR 60735) proposing revisions to paragraph (k) of the existing rule, Rescue and Emergency Services, to clarify the standard. OSHA also proposed to allow more flexibility in the point of a retrieval line attachment. OSHA also asked 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 and to have access to evaluation results. Hearings were held September 27-28, 1995. The post hearing comment period ended on December 20, 1995. In February 1996, the record was closed. | |
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.146 | |
Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b) |
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: None |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
Agency Contact: John F. Martonik Evaluation Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Room N3641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-2043 Fax:202 693-1641 Email: john.martonik@osha.gov |