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On January 9, 2017, OSHA published its final rule Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in the Federal Register (82 FR 2470). OSHA concluded that employees exposed to beryllium and beryllium compounds at the preceding permissible exposure limits (PELs) were at significant risk of material impairment of health, specifically chronic beryllium disease and lung cancer. OSHA also concluded that the new 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) PEL of µg/m³ reduced this significant risk to the maximum extent feasible.  OSHA has evidence that beryllium exposure in construction and shipyards occurs almost exclusively during abrasive blasting and welding operations.  OSHA has a number of standards already specifically applicable to these operations, including ventilation (29 CFR 1926.57) and mechanical paint removers (29 CFR 1915.34) which include provisions for respiratory protection, PPE, and certain other requirements that overlap with the ancillary provisions of the beryllium standards promulgated in 2017.  After a review of stakeholder feedback received following publication of the rule and a review of the applicability of existing OSHA standards, OSHA is reconsidering the need for ancillary provisions in the beryllium standards for the construction and shipyards sectors. OSHA proposed to revoke ancillary provisions applicable to the construction and shipyard sectors on June 28, 2018 (82 FR 29182), but to retain the new lower PEL of 0.2 µg/m³ and the STEL of 2.0 µg/m³ for those sectors.  The agency is currently reviewing comments received in response to the proposal to finalize the rulemaking.