OSHA issues final beryllium rules
Government Affairs
On: September 01, 2020 | By:
On August 31, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rulemaking amending the construction and shipyard standards for beryllium exposures (85 FR 53910). The amendments take effect on September 30.
The August 31 rulemaking is the latest regulatory action to address concerns about or objections to an “eleventh-hour” Obama administration rulemaking issued on January 9, 2017. The new rulemaking retains the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.2 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) and short-term exposure limit (STEL) of 2.0 µg/m3 in the 2017 final rule.
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