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DOL/OSHA | RIN: 1218-AB55 | Publication ID: Spring 1998 |
Title: Plain Language Revision of Existing Standards (Phase I) | |
Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) adopted its initial package of workplace safety and health standards in the 1970's from various nationally recognized consensus standards and from standards that had already been promulgated by other Federal agencies. Section 6(a) of the Act permitted OSHA to adopt nationally recognized consensus standards, developed by groups such as the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and existing Federal standards for use as OSHA standards without public participation or public comment. Many of these 6(a) standards have been identified by the regulated community as being overly complex, difficult to read and follow, and out of date with current technology. ^PThis project is part of a Presidential initiative to respond to the general criticism concerning the complexity and obsolescence of certain Federal regulations. OSHA believes that some of the Agency's section 6(a) standards in subpart E and subpart H of part 1910 meet the criteria for critical review set forth in the Presidential initiative. OSHA is initiating three separate rulemakings that will revise three of OSHA's most complex and out-of-date section 6(a) standards. These specific standards address means of egress (exit routes), spray finishing using flammable and combustible liquids; and dip tanks containing flammable and combustible liquids. 29 CFR 1910.107 and 1910.108, (spray finishing using flammable and combustible liquids and dip tanks, respectively) also contain substantive ventilation requirements that are duplicative with ventilation requirements contained in 29 CFR 1910.94, paragraphs (c) and (d). The purpose of these rulemakings is to simplify and clarify these standards and to write them in "plain language," as directed by the President | |
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 1910.107 29 CFR 1910.108 29 CFR 1910.94(c) 29 CFR 1910.94(d) 29 CFR 1910.35 29 CFR 1910.36 29 CFR 1910.37 29 CFR 1910.38 | |
Legal Authority: 29 USC 655(b) 5 USC 553 |
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Additional Information: Means of Egress, 29 CFR 1910 subpart E, Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials, 29 CFR 1910.107, Dip Tanks Containing Flammable and Combustible Liquids, 29 CFR 1910.108 are three standards selected by OSHA for plain language revision under a Presidential Initiative. 29 CFR 1910.94(c) will be combined with 29 CFR 1910.107 to eliminate duplicative standards, as will 29 CFR 1910.94(d) and 29 CFR 1910.108. | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined | Government Levels Affected: None |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
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 |