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Federal Register / Vol. 51, No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 1986 / Rules and Regulations 22705 lunchrooms is nol required if installation of engineering controls would only make their use necessary for a few months. If the time period for meeting any of these startup dates cannot be met because of technical difficulties, any employer is entitled to petition for a temporary variance under section 6(b)(6)(A) of the Act. These delayed startup dates, however, are only for the new provisions contained in the new standard or for the > increased requirements which result from the reduction of the PEL from 2 f/cc to 0.2 f/cc. The provisions of the old standard must be maintained on a continuous basis, without any gap, until compliance with the new standard is achieved. For example, employers are given two years to complete engineering and work practice controls to meet the new 0.2 f/cc level. Their obligation to use these types of controls to meet the old 2 f/cc level, which has been in effect for many years, continues without interruption. 16. Paragraph (p). Appendices. Eight appendices have.been included in this final standard. Appendices A, C, 0, and E arc incorporated as a part of this standard and impose additional mandatory obligations on covered employers. Appendices B, F, G, and H are nonmandatory and are included primarily to provide information and guidance. None of the statements in Appendices B, F, G, and H should be' construed as. establishing a mandatory requirement not otherwise imposed by the standard or as detracting from an obligation which the standard does impose. .. Appendix A (mandatory) specifies the OSHA reference method for analyzing ajr.samples for asbestos. Appendix B (nbnmandatory) is a detailed procedure for.'asbestos sampling and analysis and is based on NIOSH Method 7400. Appendix C (mandatory') specifies . qualitative and.quantitative fit testing procedures. Appendix D (mandatory) specifies the medical questionnaire that must.be.administered to.all.employees who are expected to be exposed to asbestos above the action level. Appendix E (mandatory) specifies the requirements for the interpretation and classification of chest roentgenograms. Appendix F (nonmandatory) provides guidelines for work practices and engineering controls for automotive brake repair operations. Appendix G provides general technical information on asbestos and Appendix H provides medical surveillance guidelines which may be supplied to the physician. ...... XI. Summary and Explanation for a painting and decorating." Paragraph (a) Revised Standard for the Construction of the revised standard identifies many Industry construction activities likely to involve This section discusses the individual exposure to asbestos, including: provisions of the revised standard for Demolition or salvage of structures occupational exposure to asbestos in the . construction industry: The record where asbestos is present; removal or encapsulation of asbestos-containing evidence and OSHA's reasons for products: construction, alteration, repair, adopting each requirement in the standard are presented in detail. Section maintenance, or renovation of structures, substrates, or portions X of the preamble should also be thereof that contain asbestos; referred to for explanation of the installation of asbestos-containing provisons of the standard. products; asbestos spill/emergency The revised standard contains a cleanup operations; and the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.2 transportation, disposal, storage, or fiber asbestos per cubic centimeter of containment of asbestos or asbestos- air (0.2 f/cc) measured as an 8-hour .. containing products on the site or time-weighted average (TWA). location where construction work is Engineering controls, work practices, being performed. and respiratory protection are required The adoption of a separate standard where necessary to reach the PEL. The for occupational exposure to asbestos in standard becomes effective 30 days the construction industry was from publication in the Federal Register, recommended almost unanimously by and all provisions of the standard are in participants in this rulemaking. For effect 180 days from the effective date. example, the Building and Construction Because OSHA's existing asbestos Trades Department (BCTD) of the AFL- standard will continue in effect until the C10 presented a number of reasons for a revised standard published today separate standard governing asbestos becomes effective, employers are exposure in the construction industry: required to continue to comply with the . . . the variable nature of construction existing standard until that time. For work activities, the lack of a regular example, employers are required to workplace for many construction employees, maintain employee exposures to levels the relatively short tenure or employment on at or below 2 fibers/cc, the existing most prelects or for most employers, the permissible exposure limit, until the new generally high rate of employee turnover, the PEL of 0.2 f/cc becomes effective 180 sequential arrangement of scheduled jnb days from the effective date. In general, this revised standard is consistent both with OSHA's former asbestos standard, adopted in 1972, and with recent OSHA health standards, such as the arsenic standard (43 FR 19584) and the ethylene, oxide standard (49 FR 25734). OSHA believes that a similar style and format should be followed from standard to standard to facilitate uniformity of interpretation for similar provisions. This is in accordance with Section 8(b)(5) of the Act, which states that health standards ". : . shajl activities on construction projects, the outdoor nature of much construction work, the existence of varied weather conditions including wind, rain, cold, heat, and environmental contaminants, frequently small workforces ... the relationships' between and among construction contractors and (between) contractors and owners, and the frequent change in physical arrangements during construction work due to the installation or removal ofpermanent systems which can cause interruption to exposure controls. (Ex. 330) The appropriateness of promulgating also be based on experience gained a separate standard for.the substantially under this arid other health and safety .law's."'.. Paragraph (a)--Scope and Application different exposure and work conditions Inconstruction and general industry was suppbrted.by a wide spectrum of rulemaking participants: BCTD, OSHA's The final standard applies to all Advisory Committee for Construction construction work as defined in 29 CFR Safety and Health (CACOSH) the 1910.12(b), which states: Asbestos Information Association of The standards prescribed In Pari 1926 of this chapter ore adopted as occupational safety and health standards under section 6 North America (AIA/NAj, and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). The standard issued of the Act and shall apply, according to the today responds to the need for a provisions thereof, to every employment and place of employment of every employee engaged in construction work. separate asbestos standard for construction identified by these, commenters and reflects the record/. Section 1910.12 defines construction evidence supporting the Agency's work a's "work for construction, decision to issue a standard, that will be alteration, und/or repair, including codified in Part 1926 of 29 CFR. GLEASON-000953