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Standard Number: 1910.1052
November 20, 1998
MEMORANDUM TO: | Regional Administrators |
FROM: | Richard E. Fairfax, Acting Director Directorate of Compliance Programs |
SUBJECT: | Amendments to Methylene Chloride Standard (29 CFR 1910.1052). |
As you are aware on September 22 1998, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published, in the Federal Register, amendments to the standard for regulating occupational exposure to methylene chloride (29 CFR 1910.1052). The amendments are a result of a requested motion for reconsideration filed by the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), the Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Inc., and others. The amendments:
Since the MRP requirements and the alteration to the STEL monitoring requirement are now in effect, compliance officers will need to review them prior to performing future inspections involving methylene chloride. Although the MRP provisions are similar to those contained in the Inorganic Lead Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1025, they require a close review. The methylene chloride compliance directive, CPL 2-2.68, is being updated to cover and explain in further detail these amendments. For the present, if there are questions about enforcing the amendments, please contact OSHA's [Office of Health Enforcement] at (202) 693-2190.
[Corrected 4/20/2009]