Document 0qLVe9oLyDeBNqm4MJM0RZmzO

Regulatory Update September 1981 OSHA Carcinogen Policy Amended to meet benzene case, January. Other amendments pro posed and withdrawn. Under review, with 2-3 year goal. Candidate list unlikely. Cotton Dust case stops cost/benefit analysis for health, reaffirms need for rule. Lead Standard Some details of rate retention still unsettled. Qualitative mask fitting proposed. Partial stay until October 11. Medical Records Access Proposal to tighten labor access to data. Labeling Reproposal scheduled for September-Qctober. Women in Workplace General acceptance of employer right to exclude. Reopening of VC/PVC Standard Not expected for 2-3 years. EPA Carcinogen Policy Being rewritten as response policy. Timing uncertain. Vinyl Chloride Standard Actin'nistrative changes this fall? OCC 5482