[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FR 19989) is withdrawn.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: 
[email protected].
    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

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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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