§1903.15(d) The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is Publishing this final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department and sets forth the Department's 2020 annual adjustments for inflation to its civil monetary penalties.

§§1910.23, 1910.25, 1910.27, 1910.29, 1910.140 and 1910.269 OSHA issued corrections to the Walking-Working Surfaces, Personal Protective Equipment, and Special Industries standards.

§1926.1124 OSHA finalized the proposed rule on occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds in construction and shipyards by delaying the compliance deadlines for nearly all provisions of the standards to September 30, 2020. The one exception to the September 30, 2020 compliance deadline is for the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and the short-term exposure limit (STEL), which OSHA has been enforcing since May 11, 2018. This rule confirmed that the exposure limits remain in effect. OSHA is not adopting the portion of the proposed rule that would have revised OSHA's existing beryllium standards for construction and shipyards to revoke the ancillary provisions. OSHA finds that other OSHA standards do not duplicate the requirements of the ancillary provisions in the beryllium standards for construction and shipyards in their entirety. Thus revoking all of the ancillary provisions and leaving only the PEL and STEL would be inconsistent with OSHA's statutory mandate to protect workers from the demonstrated significant risks of material impairment of health resulting from exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds. OSHA will publish a new proposal for the construction and shipyards beryllium standards, to seek comment on different changes OSHA is considering.

§1910.134 OSHA approved two additional quantitative fit testing protocols for inclusion in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard. These protocols are: The modified ambient aerosol condensation nuclei counter (CNC) quantitative fit testing protocol for full-facepiece and half-mask elastomeric respirators and the modified ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol for filtering facepiece respirators. The protocols apply to employers in general industry, shipyard employment, and the construction industry. Both protocols are abbreviated variations of the original OSHA-approved ambient aerosol CNC quantitative fit testing protocol (often referred to as the PortaCount® protocol), but differ from the test by the exercise sets, exercise duration, and sampling sequence. These protocols will serve as alternatives to the four existing quantitative fit testing protocols already listed in appendix A of the Respiratory Protection Standard and will maintain safety and health protections for workers while providing additional flexibility and reducing compliance burdens.

§1926.5 This rule was a technical amendment announcing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection requirements in the Cranes and Derricks in Construction: Operator Qualification final rule. OSHA sought OMB approval of these requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), and announced the approval for these requirements. OSHA also amended its regulations to display the new OMB control number, which is 1218-0270.

§§1904.10, 1910.6, 1910.120, 1910.1001, 1910.1018, 1910.1025, 1910.1026, 1910.1027, 1910.1028, 1910.1030, 1910.1200, 1926.6, 1926.50, 1926.55, 1926.62, 1926.64, 1926.65, 1926.104, 1926.200, 1926.201, 1926.202, 1926.203, 1926.250, 1926.1000, 1926.1001, 1926.1002, 1926.1003, 1926.1101, 1926.1126, 1926.1127 & 1926.1153 In response to the President's Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulations and Regulatory Review," and consistent with Executive Order 13777, "Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda," OSHA removed or revised outdated, duplicative, unnecessary, and inconsistent requirements in its safety and health standards. The current review, the fourth in this ongoing effort, the Standards Improvement Project-Phase IV (SIP-IV), reduced regulatory burden while maintaining or enhancing worker safety and health, and improving privacy protections.

§§1910.119 and 1910.184 OSHA issued technical amendments for minor corrections to the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals and Slings standards.