[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1910.1]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                                OF LABOR

 
PART 1910_OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--Table of Contents

 
                            Subpart A_General

 
Sec. 1910.1  Purpose and scope.


    Authority: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657); Secretary of Labor's



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Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-

90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), and 5-2002 (67 

FR 65008), as applicable.

    Sections 1910.7 and 1910.8 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911. 

Section 1910.7(f) also issued under 31 U.S.C. 9701, 29 U.S.C. 9 a, 5 

U.S.C. 553; Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-222); and OMB Circular 

A-25 (dated July 8, 1993) (58 FR 38142, July 15, 1993).



    Effective Date Note: At 72 FR 7190, February 14, 2007, the authority 

citation for Subpart A was revised, effective Aug. 13, 2007. For the 

convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:

    Authority: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657); Secretary of Labor's 

Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-

90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), or 5-2002 (67 

FR 65008), as applicable.

    Sections 1910.6, 1910.7, and 1910.8 also issued under 29 CFR part 

1911. Section 1910.7(f) also issued under 31 U.S.C. 9701, 29 U.S.C. 9 a, 

5 U.S.C. 553; Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-222); and OMB Circular 

A-25 (dated July 8, 1993) (58 FR 38142, July 15, 1993).





    (a) Section 6(a) of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and 

Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1593) provides that ``without regard to 

chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, or to the other subsections of 

this section, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable during the 

period beginning with the effective date of this Act and ending 2 years 

after such date, by rule promulgate as an occupational safety or health 

standard any national consensus standard, and any established Federal 

standard, unless he determines that the promulgation of such a standard 

would not result in improved safety or health for specifically 

designated employees.'' The legislative purpose of this provision is to 

establish, as rapidly as possible and without regard to the rule-making 

provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, standards with which 

industries are generally familiar, and on whose adoption interested and 

affected persons have already had an opportunity to express their views. 

Such standards are either (1) national concensus standards on whose 

adoption affected persons have reached substantial agreement, or (2) 

Federal standards already established by Federal statutes or 

regulations.

    (b) This part carries out the directive to the Secretary of Labor 

under section 6(a) of the Act. It contains occupational safety and 

health standards which have been found to be national consensus 

standards or established Federal standards.