Occupational Exposure to Beryllium

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1926, and 1915 [Docket No. OSHA-H005C-2006-0870] RIN 1218-AB76 AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor. ACTION: Final rule; OMB information collection approval. SUMMARY: This rule is a technical amendment announcing that OMB has approved the collection of information contained in OSHA's standards for Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds in General Industry, and revising OSHA's regulations to reflect that approval. The OMB approval number is 1218-0267. DATES: Effective March 7, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles McCormick, OSHA, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693-2222. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OSHA published a final rule on January 9, 2017, amending its existing standards for the Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds. OSHA determined that employees exposed to beryllium at the previous permissible exposure limits face a significant risk of material impairment to their health. The evidence in the record for this rulemaking indicates that workers exposed to beryllium are at increased risk of developing chronic beryllium disease and lung cancer. The final rule establishes new permissible exposure limits of 0.2 micrograms of beryllium per cubic meters (µg/m 3 ) of air as an 8-hour time weighted average and 2.0 µg/m 3 as a short term exposur…