[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 46375-46376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17851]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1926

[Docket No. S-018]
RIN No. 1218-AB88


Safety Standards for Signs, Signals, and Barricades

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Withdrawal of direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: Due to significant adverse comments, OSHA is withdrawing the 
direct final rule for Signs, Signals, and Barricades that was published 
on April 15, 2002. In the document, OSHA stated that if it received 
significant adverse comments, the agency would ``publish a notice of 
significant adverse comment in the Federal Register withdrawing this 
direct final rule * * *'' Two of the eight comments received will, in 
this instance, be treated as significant adverse comments. OSHA 
published a companion proposed rule identical to the direct final rule 
on the same day. [67 FR 18145]. The agency will address comments on the 
direct final and proposed rules in a new final rule. OSHA will not 
institute a second comment period.

DATES: The direct final rule for Signs, Signals, and Barricades 
published on April 15, 2002 [67 FR 18091] is withdrawn as of July 15, 
2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Ford, Office of Construction 
Standards and Construction Services,

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Room N-3468, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone: (202) 693-2345.

    Authority: This document was prepared under the direction of 
John Henshaw, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

    This action is taken pursuant to sections 4, 6, and 8 of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657), 
section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), Section 
107 of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction 
Safety Act), 40 U.S.C. 333, Secretary of Labor's Order No. 3-2000 (65 
FR 50017), and 29 CFR Part 1911.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of July, 2002.
John Henshaw,
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 02-17851 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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