[Federal Register: January 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 5)][Proposed Rules] [Page 1299-1300]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1910
[Docket No. OSHA-2007-0024]
RIN 12187-AC23
Regulatory Flexibility Act Review of the Methylene Chloride
Standard
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: OSHA is reopening the comment period for its review of the
Methylene Chloride Standard under Section 610 of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act and Section 5 of Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory
Planning and Review.
DATES: Written comments to OSHA must be sent or postmarked by March 10,
2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. OSHA-2007-
0024, by any of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit comments and attachments
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions on-line for making
electronic submissions.
Fax: If your submissions, including attachments, are not longer
than 10 pages, you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-
1648.
Mail, hand delivery, express mail, messenger and courier service:
You must submit three copies of your comments and attachments to the
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA-2007-0024, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Deliveries (hand, express mail, messenger and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of Labor's and Docket Office's normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Eastern Time.
Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and the
OSHA docket number for this rulemaking (OSHA-2007-0024). Submissions
are placed in the public docket without change and may be available
online at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, do not include private
materials such as social security numbers.
Docket: To read or download submissions or other material in the
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov or the OSHA Docket Office at
the address above. All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov
index; however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not
publicly available to read or download through the website. All submissions,
including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at
the OSHA Docket Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information and press
inquiries: Kevin Ropp, Office of Communications, Room N-3647,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone
(202) 693-1999. For technical inquiries: Joanna Dizikes Friedrich,
Directorate of Evaluation and Analysis, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Room N-3641, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1939, fax (202) 693-1641.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA is conducting a review of the Methylene
Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052) under Section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act and Section 5 of Executive Order 12866 on
Regulatory Planning and Review. On July 10, 2007, OSHA provided
background information about the review, raised questions of special
concern to the Agency, and requested public comments (72 FR 37501). The
90-day comment period ended on October 9, 2007. In response to a
request for additional time to comment received from the Building and
Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, OSHA is reopening the comment
period for an additional 60 days. Accordingly, written comments must
now be submitted (sent or postmarked) by March 10, 2008. Granting this
additional time to comment on the review will allow this and other
stakeholders time to provide more thorough comments on the review which
in turn will give OSHA a more complete record.
Authority: This document was prepared under the direction of Edwin
G. Foulke, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. It is
issued under Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
610) and Section 5 of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4,
1993).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of January, 2008.
Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
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