
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7717-7718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02782]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, and 1926

[Docket No. OSHA-H005C-2006-0870-0353]
RIN 1218-AB76


Occupational Exposure to Beryllium

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of informal public hearing; Date change.

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SUMMARY: OSHA is rescheduling the informal public hearing on its 
proposed rule ``Occupational Exposure to Beryllium and Beryllium 
Compounds.'' The public hearing will now begin on Monday March 21, 2016 
at 2 p.m., local time. The public hearing notice was published in the 
Federal Register on December 30, 2015. The proposed rule was published 
in the Federal Register on August 7, 2015 and the 90-day public

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comment period ended on November 5, 2015. The December 30, 2015 Federal 
Register notice of informal public hearing describes the procedures 
that will govern this hearing http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=OSHA-H005C-2006-0870-1706. All other information 
from this Federal Register notice remains the same.

DATES: Informal public hearing. The hearing will begin on March 21, 
2016 at 2 p.m., local time. If necessary, the hearing will continue 
from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., local time, on subsequent days, in 
Washington, DC. The original public hearing start date of February 29, 
2016 is withdrawn.

ADDRESSES: Informal public hearing. The Washington, DC hearing will be 
held in the Cesar Chavez Auditorium at the Frances Perkins Building, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20210.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Press inquiries: Kimberly Darby, 
Office of Communications, Room N-3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone 202-693-1892.
    Technical information: Maureen Ruskin, OSHA, Office of Chemical 
Hazards-Metals, Room N-3718, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1955.
    Hearing inquiries: Gretta Jameson, OSHA, Office of Communications, 
Room N-3647; 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone 202-693-2176, email Jameson.Gretta@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 7, 2015, OSHA published a proposed 
rule to amend its existing exposure limits for occupational exposure in 
general industry to beryllium and beryllium compounds (80 FR 47565). 
The proposed rule would promulgate a substance-specific standard for 
general industry, regulating occupational exposure to beryllium and 
beryllium compounds. OSHA accepted comments concerning the proposed 
rule during the comment period, which ended on November 5, 2015. 
Commenters shared information and suggestions on a variety of topics, 
and the Non-Ferrous Founders' Society also requested that OSHA schedule 
an informal public hearing on the proposed rule.
    On December 30, 2015, OSHA published a notice of informal hearing 
and invited interested persons in the rulemaking to participate by 
providing oral testimony and documentary evidence at the informal 
hearing. The Agency requested those interested persons submit a notice 
of intent to appear and all documentary evidence by January, 29, 2016.
    The original hearing date of February 29, 2016 has been rescheduled 
to March 21, 2016 at 2:00pm. If necessary, the hearing will continue 
from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., local time, on subsequent days, in 
Washington, DC.

Authority and Signature

    This document was prepared under the direction of 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, pursuant to section 6(b) of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)), Secretary of Labor's 
Order 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), and 29 CFR part 1911.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on February 5, 2016.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2016-02782 Filed 2-12-16; 8:45 am]
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