[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22588-22589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11238]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Connecticut State Standards; Approval
1. Background
Part 1953 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribes
procedures under Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970 (hereinafter called the Act) by which the Regional
Administrator for Occupational Safety and Health (hereinafter called
Regional Administrator) under a delegation of authority from the
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
(hereinafter called the Assistant Secretary), (29 CFR 1953.4), will
review and approve standards promulgated pursuant to a State Plan,
which has been approved in accordance with Section 18(c) of the Act and
29 CFR part 1902. On November 3, 1978, notice was published in the
Federal Register (43 FR 51390) of the approval of the Connecticut
Public Sector State Plan and the adoption of subpart E to part 1956
containing the decision.
The Connecticut Public Sector only State Plan provides for the
adoption of Federal standards as State standards after:
a. Publishing an intent to amend the State Plan by adopting the
standard(s) in the Connecticut Law Journal.
b. Approval by the Commissioner of Labor and the Attorney General
of the State of Connecticut.
c. Approval by the Legislative Regulation Review Committee, State
of Connecticut.
d. Filing in the Office of the Secretary of State, State of
Connecticut.
e. Publishing a notice that the State Plan is amended by adopting
the standard(s) in the Connecticut Law Journal.
The Connecticut Public Sector State Plan provides for the adoption
of State standards which are at least as effective as comparable
Federal standards promulgated under Section 6, of the Act.
By letter dated November 7, 1994, from Commissioner Ronald F.
Petronella, Connecticut Department of Labor, to Cindy A. Coe, Acting
Regional Administrator, and incorporated as part of the plan, the State
submitted updated State standards identical to 29 CFR parts 1910, 1915,
1917, 1918, 1926 and 1928, and subsequent amendments thereto, as
described below:
(1) Addition to 29 CFR 1910, Personal Protective Equipment for
General Industry; Final Rule (58 FR 16360, dated 4/6/94).
This Standard became effective on October 20, 1994 pursuant to
Section 31-372 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(2) Addition to 29 CFR 1910, Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Final
Rule (59 FR 4435, dated 1/31/94).
This Standard became effective on August 26, 1994 pursuant to
Section 31-372 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(3) Addition to 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and
1928, Hazard Communication; Final Rule (59 FR 6169, dated 2/9/94).
This Standard became effective on August 26, 1994 pursuant to
Section 31-372 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
2. Decision
OSHA has determined that the State's standards for Personal
Protective Equipment for General Industry, Electric Power Generation,
Transmission, and Distribution; Electric Protective Equipment, and
Hazard Communication are identical to the comparable Federal standards,
and therefore approves these standards.
3. Location of Supplement for Inspection and Copying
A copy of the standards supplement, along with the approved plan,
may be inspected and copied during normal business hours at the
following locations: Office of the Regional Administrator, 133 Portland
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; Office of the Commissioner, State
of Connecticut, Department of Labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard,
Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, and the OSHA Office of State Programs,
Room N-3476, Third Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20210. [[Page 22589]]
4. Public Participation
Under 29 CFR 1953.2(c), the Assistant Secretary may prescribe
alternative procedures to expedite the review process or for other good
cause which may be consistent with applicable laws. The Assistant
Secretary finds that good cause exists for not publishing the
supplement to the Connecticut Public Sector Plan as a proposed change
and making the Regional Administrator's approval effective upon
publication for the following reason:
1. The standards were adopted in accordance with the procedural
requirements of State law which included public comment, and further
public participation would be repetitious.
This decision is effective on May 8, 1995.
Authority: Sec. 18, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1608 (29 U.S.C.
667).
Signed at Boston, Massachusetts, this 10th day of February 1995.
Cindy A. Coe,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-11238 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am]
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