[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31165]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1926 and 1928

[Docket Number H-122A]
RIN 1218-AB37


Indoor Air Quality

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Withdrawal of proposal.

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SUMMARY: OSHA is withdrawing its Indoor Air Quality proposal and 
terminating the rulemaking proceeding. In the years since the proposal 
was issued, a great many state and local governments and private 
employers have taken action to curtail smoking in public areas and in 
workplaces. In addition, the portion of the proposal not related to 
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) received little attention during the 
rulemaking proceedings, and much of that consisted of commenters 
calling into question significant portions of the proposal. As a 
result, record evidence supporting the non-ETS portion of the proposal 
is sparse.
    Withdrawal of this proposal will also allow the Agency to devote 
its resources to other projects. The Agency's current regulatory 
priorities, as set forth in the Regulatory Agenda, include a number of 
important occupational safety and health standards. This document does 
not preclude any agency action that OSHA may find to be appropriate in 
the future.

DATES: The withdrawal is made on December 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Friedman, Director, OSHA Public 
Affairs Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Room N-
3647, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210; Telephone (202) 693-1999; Fax (202) 693-1634.

Authority and Signature

    This document was prepared under the direction of John L. Henshaw, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. 
Department of Labor. It is issued pursuant to section 6(b) of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1594, 29 U.S.C. 
655) and 29 C.F.R. 1911.18.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 12th of December, 2001.
John L. Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 01-31165 Filed 12-14-01; 8:45 am]
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