Labour market · 07/03/1995

North Carolina State Plan: Proposed Revision to State Staffing Benchmarks; Request for Comments

This document gives notice of the proposed revision of compliance staffing benchmarks (i.e., the number of compliance personnel necessary to assure a ``fully effective'' enforcement effort) applicable to the North Carolina State plan. North Carolina's benchmarks of 83 safety inspectors and 119 industrial hygienists were originally established in April 1980 in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals decision in AFL-CIO v. Marshall, 570 F. 2d 1030 (D.C. Cir. 1978), and revised on January 17, 1986 (51 FR 2481) to 50 safety inspectors and 27 industrial hygienists. The North Carolina State plan has reconsidered the information utilized in its initial revision of the State's 1980 benchmarks and determined that changes in local conditions and improved inspection data warrant further revision of its benchmarks to 64 safety inspectors and 50 industrial hygienists. OSHA is soliciting written public comments to afford interested persons an opportunity to present their views regarding whether or not the proposed revised benchmarks for North Carolina will provide the State with sufficient compliance personnel necessary to assure a ``fully effective'' enforcement effort and, consequently, should b