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HEALTH AND SAFETY LAW ALERT: OSHA Plans to Drop TLVs From MSDS
October 2009
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In a major victory for U.S. industry, brought about by Patton Boggs LLP on behalf of its clients, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has formally proposed deletion of its Hazard Communication rule provision that mandates the use of American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) exposure limits, called TLVs©.
As part of a proposed major overhaul of its programs for chemical safety, to achieve "global harmonization" of chemical warnings and labels, OSHA proposed to no longer mandate the use of TLVs© on Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), nor in employee training, nor in hazard analyses that form the core of the United States’ and the world's chemical safety communication programs.
The proposed regulations can be found in the September 30, 2009 Federal Register, at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-22483.pdf. OSHA states, on page 50401, that, after reviewing the comments submitted, it has decided only to maintain the requirement to list OSHA’s mandatory permissible exposure limits (PELs) on the Safety Data Sheets and not the TLVs©.
Click here to download the full alert [PDF].
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