OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: 13 CARCINOGENS (4-NITROBIPHENYL, ETC.)

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a proposed rule called: 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.).

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 22 by David Keeling, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

Summary: OSHA is providing an additional comment period to allow interested persons to comment on OSHA's proposal to revise the 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.) standard. Following consideration of the rulemaking by OSHA's Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), OSHA is re-opening the record for this rulemaking to provide an additional 30 days for public comment.

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