[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22588-22589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11238]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Connecticut State Standards; Approval

1. Background

    Part 1953 of Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, prescribes 
procedures under Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 (hereinafter called the Act) by which the Regional 
Administrator for Occupational Safety and Health (hereinafter called 
Regional Administrator) under a delegation of authority from the 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health 
(hereinafter called the Assistant Secretary), (29 CFR 1953.4), will 
review and approve standards promulgated pursuant to a State Plan, 
which has been approved in accordance with Section 18(c) of the Act and 
29 CFR part 1902. On November 3, 1978, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (43 FR 51390) of the approval of the Connecticut 
Public Sector State Plan and the adoption of subpart E to part 1956 
containing the decision.
    The Connecticut Public Sector only State Plan provides for the 
adoption of Federal standards as State standards after:
    a. Publishing an intent to amend the State Plan by adopting the 
standard(s) in the Connecticut Law Journal.
    b. Approval by the Commissioner of Labor and the Attorney General 
of the State of Connecticut.
    c. Approval by the Legislative Regulation Review Committee, State 
of Connecticut.
    d. Filing in the Office of the Secretary of State, State of 
Connecticut.
    e. Publishing a notice that the State Plan is amended by adopting 
the standard(s) in the Connecticut Law Journal.
    The Connecticut Public Sector State Plan provides for the adoption 
of State standards which are at least as effective as comparable 
Federal standards promulgated under Section 6, of the Act.
    By letter dated November 7, 1994, from Commissioner Ronald F. 
Petronella, Connecticut Department of Labor, to Cindy A. Coe, Acting 
Regional Administrator, and incorporated as part of the plan, the State 
submitted updated State standards identical to 29 CFR parts 1910, 1915, 
1917, 1918, 1926 and 1928, and subsequent amendments thereto, as 
described below:
    (1) Addition to 29 CFR 1910, Personal Protective Equipment for 
General Industry; Final Rule (58 FR 16360, dated 4/6/94).
    This Standard became effective on October 20, 1994 pursuant to 
Section 31-372 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
    (2) Addition to 29 CFR 1910, Electric Power Generation, 
Transmission, and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment; Final 
Rule (59 FR 4435, dated 1/31/94).
    This Standard became effective on August 26, 1994 pursuant to 
Section 31-372 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
    (3) Addition to 29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 
1928, Hazard Communication; Final Rule (59 FR 6169, dated 2/9/94).
    This Standard became effective on August 26, 1994 pursuant to 
Section 31-372 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

2. Decision

    OSHA has determined that the State's standards for Personal 
Protective Equipment for General Industry, Electric Power Generation, 
Transmission, and Distribution; Electric Protective Equipment, and 
Hazard Communication are identical to the comparable Federal standards, 
and therefore approves these standards.

3. Location of Supplement for Inspection and Copying

    A copy of the standards supplement, along with the approved plan, 
may be inspected and copied during normal business hours at the 
following locations: Office of the Regional Administrator, 133 Portland 
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114; Office of the Commissioner, State 
of Connecticut, Department of Labor, 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, 
Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, and the OSHA Office of State Programs, 
Room N-3476, Third Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20210. [[Page 22589]] 

4. Public Participation

    Under 29 CFR 1953.2(c), the Assistant Secretary may prescribe 
alternative procedures to expedite the review process or for other good 
cause which may be consistent with applicable laws. The Assistant 
Secretary finds that good cause exists for not publishing the 
supplement to the Connecticut Public Sector Plan as a proposed change 
and making the Regional Administrator's approval effective upon 
publication for the following reason:
    1. The standards were adopted in accordance with the procedural 
requirements of State law which included public comment, and further 
public participation would be repetitious.
    This decision is effective on May 8, 1995.

    Authority: Sec. 18, Pub. L. 91-596, 84 Stat. 1608 (29 U.S.C. 
667).

    Signed at Boston, Massachusetts, this 10th day of February 1995.
Cindy A. Coe,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-11238 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am]
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