§1910.8 Entries for §§1910.27 and 1910.28, regarding general safety requirements for ladders and scaffolding, were added to the OMB control numbers table.

§§1904.41 and 1904 Appendix A to Subpart E On May 12, 2016, OSHA published a rule entitled “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” with an effective date of January 1, 2017 for the final rule's electronic reporting requirements. The final rule set an initial deadline of July 1, 2017 as the date by which certain employers are required to submit the information from their completed 2016 Form 300A to OSHA electronically. This action proposes to extend the initial submission deadline for 2016 Form 300A data to December 1, 2017, in order to provide the administration an opportunity to review the new electronic reporting requirements prior to their implementation and allow affected entities sufficient time to familiarize themselves with the electronic reporting system, which will not be available until August 1. The proposed five-month delay would be effective on the date of publication of a final rule in the Federal Register.

Important: OSHA also intends to issue a separate proposal to reconsider, revise, or remove other provisions of this prior final rule which may effect §§1904.35 and 1904.36. Comments on those provisions will be sought in a separate proposal.

§§1904.0, 1904.29, 1904.32, 1904.33, 1904.34, 1904.35, 1904.4, and 1904.40 OSHA's final rule “Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of each Recordable Injury and Illness,” published on December 19^th, 2016 in 81 FR 91792 and effective on January 18^th, 2017, has been removed from the Code of Federal Regulations. Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress has passed, and the President has signed, Public Law 115-21 which invalidates these previously approved regulatory changes.

Note: Public law 115-21 is the result of a joint resolution that determined “Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness" shall have no force or effect. This law was reviewed and passed as follows:

• March 1: considered and passed by the House of Representatives.

• March 22: considered and passed by the Senate.

• Approved on April 3, 2017 and effective May 3, 2017.

§1910.1000 and new §1910.1024 In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, entitled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the effective date of revised §1910.1000 and new §1910.1024, published in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017 (82 FR 2470), was further delayed until May 20, 2017.

§§1910.1000 and 1910.1024 In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, entitled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the effective date of revised §1910.1000 and new §1910.1024, published in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017 (82 FR 2470), was delayed until March 21, 2017.

§1903.15 civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in OSHA regulations are adjusted for inflation, as directed by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, which was subsequently amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act).

§1910.1000 (amended) and §1910.1024 (added) Initially effective March 10, 2017, these sections have Federal Register changes in order to further protect workers from occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds. New permissible exposure limits of 0.2 micrograms of beryllium per cubic meter of air (0.2 μg/m³) as an 8-hour time-weighted average and 2.0 μg/m³ as a short-term exposure limit determined over a sampling period of 15 minutes are set. Other provisions such as requirements for exposure assessment, methods for controlling exposure, respiratory protection, personal protective clothing and equipment, housekeeping, medical surveillance, hazard communication, and recordkeeping are included. The new 8-hour TWA PEL represents a ten-fold decrease from the previous PEL.

§§1904.0, 1904.4, 1904.29, 1904.32, 1904.33, 1904.34, 1904.35, and 1904.40 show changes effective January 19, 2017. OSHA amended its recordkeeping regulations to clarify that the duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an ongoing obligation. These changes do not impose new compliance obligations and do not require employers to make records of any injuries or illnesses for which records are not currently required to be made.

Note: Public law 115-21 subsequently removed these amendments from the CFR.

§§1910.6, 1910.21, 1910.22, 1910.23, 1910.24, 1910.25, 1910.26, 1910.27, 1910.28, 1910.29, 1910.30, 1910.66, 1910.67, 1910.68, 1910.132, 1910.139, 1910.140, 1910.178, 1910.179, 1910.261, 1910.262, 1910.265, 1910.268, 1910.269, and Subpart I Appendices C and D have all been updated effective January 17, 2017. OSHA significantly revised its general industry standards on walking-working surfaces to prevent and reduce workplace slips, trips, and falls, as well as other injuries and fatalities associated with walking-working surface hazards. The final rule includes revised and new provisions addressing fixed ladders, rope descent systems, fall protection systems and criteria (including personal fall protection systems), and training on fall hazards and fall protection systems. Requirements on the design, performance, and use of personal fall protection systems were also added.

§1910.1000 Table Z-3 entries for “Silica: Crystalline Quartz (Respirable),” “Silica: Crystalline Cristobalite,” and “Silica: Crystalline Tridymite” have been corrected due to typographical errors.

§1910.8 was updated to reflect a technical amendment revising OSHA's regulations regarding OMB approval of collections of information regarding occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

§§1903.2, 1903.6, 1903.15, 1903.16, and 1903.18 have been updated to reflect new civil monetary penalties administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plus the corresponding provisions to enforce the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act). These changes were issued to comply with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990.