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RIN: 1218-AB53

Publication ID: Spring 1997

Title: Eliminating and Improving Regulations
Abstract: OSHA has made a continuing effort to eliminate confusing, outdated, and duplicative regulations. In 1978 and again in 1984, the Agency conducted comprehensive revocation and revision projects that resulted in the elimination of hundreds of unnecessary rules. OSHA developed a list of standards it proposes to revoke or revise. These standards were deemed to be out of date, duplicative, inconsistent with other OSHA standards, or preempted by the regulations of other Federal agencies. The agency began this process with an administrative notice (62 FR 9228, March 7, 1996). This document contained non-substantive changes to standards which the Agency believed were unnecessary or ineffective in protecting worker health or safety. The Agency followed up this effort by issuing two proposals addressing substantive changes.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Other Significant
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 29 CFR 1926
Legal Authority: 29 USC 653 29 USC 655 29 USC 657 40 USC 333

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final - Miscellaneous Minor & Technical Amendments	03/07/1996	61 FR 9228
NPRM - Consolidation of Repetitive Provisions; Technical Amendments	06/20/1996	61 FR 31427
NPRM - Miscellaneous Changes to General Industry & Construction Standards	07/22/1996	61 FR 37849
Final - Longshoring	04/00/1997
Final - Respirators	04/00/1997

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	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