[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2018)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 31086-31087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14275]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1910
[Docket No. OSHA-2018-0003]
RIN 1218-AB76
Revising the Beryllium Standard for General Industry
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 (DFR) amending the beryllium standard
for general industry to address the application of the standard to
materials containing trace amounts of beryllium.
DATES: As of July 3, 2018, the proposed rule published May 7, 2018 (83
FR 19989) is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Press inquiries: Mr. Frank Meilinger, OSHA Office of
Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1999; email:
meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
General information and technical inquiries: William Perry or
Maureen Ruskin, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Room N-3718,
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-1950; fax: (202) 693-1678.
Copies of this Federal Register document and news releases:
Electronic copies of these documents are available at OSHA's web page
at http://www.osha.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 7, 2018, OSHA published a DFR
amending the application of the beryllium standard to materials
containing trace amounts of beryllium (83 FR 19936). OSHA also
published a companion proposed rule proposing the same changes to the
beryllium standard (83 FR 19989). In the DFR, OSHA stated that it would
withdraw the companion proposed rule and confirm the effective date of
the DFR if no significant adverse comments were submitted on the DFR by
June 6, 2018. OSHA received seven comments in the record from Materion
Brush, Inc., Mead Metals Inc., National Association of Manufacturers,
Airborn, Inc., Edison Electric Institute, and two private citizens
(Document ID OSHA-2018-0003-0004 thru OSHA-2018-0003-0010). The seven
submissions
contained comments that were either supportive of the DFR or were
considered not to be significant adverse comments (Document IDs OSHA-
2018-0003-0004 thru OSHA-2018-0003-0010). Three of these submissions
also contained comments that were outside the scope of the DFR and OSHA
is not considering portions of those submissions that are outside the
scope (OSHA-2018-0003-0004 thru OSHA-2018-0003-0006). 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
Beryllium, General industry, Health, Occupational safety and
health.
Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this document under the
following authorities: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657), Secretary of Labor's
Order 5-2007 (72 FR 31159), and 29 CFR part 1911.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 27, 2018.
Loren Sweatt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2018-14275 Filed 7-2-18; 8:45 am]
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