Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 1.11.1994

Asbestos Worker Protection; Asbestos-Containing Materials in Schools; Proposed Rule

EPA is proposing to amend the Asbestos Abatement Projects; Worker Protection Rule (EPA WPR), by incorporating revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) asbestos workplace standards issued since the EPA WPR was promulgated in 1987. The proposed rule would generally extend the coverage provided under the 1986 OSHA Asbestos Standard for Construction to State and local government employees who are not covered by OSHA- or EPA-approved State plans. (The EPA WPR now applies solely to asbestos abatement projects). EPA also proposes to extend coverage provided under the OSHA Asbestos Standard for General Industry for automotive brake and clutch repair. The proposed revisions to the EPA WPR do not include final amendments to the OSHA asbestos standards published in the Federal Register of August 10, 1994. EPA intends to expedite additional rulemaking that would extend provisions of the new amendments to the OSHA asbestos standards as they apply to the public sector worker population covered by the EPA WPR. The proposed rule would also clarify that State and local government employees include prisoners and students employed in State and local government construction, or veh