[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2012)][Proposed Rules][Page 13997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5585]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1910
[Docket No. OSH-2011-0183]
RIN No. 1218-AC64
Revising Standards Referenced in the Acetylene Standard
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: With this document, OSHA is withdrawing the proposed rule that
accompanied its direct-final rule revising the Acetylene Standard for
general industry.
DATES: Effective March 8, 2012, the proposed rule published December 5,
2011 (76 FR 75840), is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General information and press
inquiries: Contact Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office of
Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1999.
Technical information: Contact Ken Stevanus, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, Room N-3609, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202)
693-2260; fax: (202) 693-1663.
Copies of this Federal Register notice: Electronic copies of this
Federal Register notice are available at http://www.regulations.gov.
This Federal Register notice, as well as news releases and other
relevant information, is also available at OSHA's Web page at http://www.osha.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 5, 2011, OSHA published a
direct-final rule to update the incorporated references in its
Acetylene Standard for general industry at 29 CFR 1910.102 (76 FR
75782). OSHA also published a companion proposed rule along with the
direct-final rule (76 FR 75840). In the direct-final rule, OSHA stated
that it would withdraw the companion proposed rule and confirm the
effective date of the direct-final rule if it received no significant
adverse comments on the direct-final rule by January 4, 2012. OSHA
received one comment on the direct-final rule by that date, which it
determined was not a significant adverse comment. OSHA is publishing a
notice announcing this determination and confirming the effective date
of the direct-final rule as March 5, 2012. Accordingly, OSHA is not
proceeding with the proposed rule, and is withdrawing it from the
rulemaking process.
List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 1910
Acetylene, General industry, Occupational safety and health,
Safety.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, authorized the
preparation of this document. OSHA is issuing this document pursuant to
Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657), 5 U.S.C. 553, Secretary of Labor's Order
1-2012 (77 FR 3912), and 29 CFR part 1911.
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 2, 2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2012-5585 Filed 3-7-12; 8:45 am]
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