OSHA Floats Options For Tightening Lead Standard, Eyeing States As Models

OSHA is floating a wide range of ways to tighten its decades-old lead exposure standards, including stricter medical removal requirements or even strengthening the permissible exposure limit (PEL) that forms the basis for many of the rule’s provisions, and is also asking stakeholders to weigh in on using state-level proposals in California and Washington as models. In an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANRPM) set to appear in the June 28 Federal Register , OSHA seeks comment on a host...