[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 20, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 40551-40552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15913]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928
[Docket No. OSHA-2020-0004]
RIN 1218-AD36
Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: OSHA is extending the period for submitting comments by 60
days to allow stakeholders interested in the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare
Settings additional time to review the NPRM and collect information and
data necessary for comment.
DATES: The comment period for the NPRM that was published at 90 FR
28336 on July 1, 2025, is extended. Comments on any aspect of the NPRM
must be submitted by November 1, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments: You may submit comments and attachments,
identified by Docket No. OSHA-2025-0004, electronically at
www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Follow
the online instructions for making electronic submissions. The Federal
e-Rulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov is the only way to submit
comments on this NPRM.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency's name and
the docket number for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA-2020-0004). All
comments, including any personal
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information you provide, are placed in the public docket without change
and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov. Therefore,
OSHA cautions commenters about submitting information they do not want
made available to the public or submitting materials that contain
personal information (either about themselves or others), such as
Social Security Numbers and birthdates.
Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the
docket, go to Docket No. OSHA-2020-0004 at www.regulations.gov. All
comments and submissions are listed in the www.regulations.gov index;
however, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly
available to read or download through that website. All comments and
submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for
inspection through the OSHA Docket Office. Documents submitted to the
docket by OSHA or stakeholders are assigned document identification
numbers (Document ID) for easy identification and retrieval. The full
Document ID is the docket number plus a unique four-digit code. OSHA is
identifying supporting information in this NPRM by author name and
publication year, when appropriate. This information can be used to
search for a supporting document in the docket at www.regulations.gov.
Contact the OSHA Docket Office at 202-693-2350 (TTY number: 877-889-
5627) for assistance in locating docket submissions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Press inquiries: Contact Frank Meilinger, Director, Office of
Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone: (202) 693-1999;
email: [email protected].
General and technical information: Andrew Levinson, Director, OSHA
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration; telephone: (202) 693-1950; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2025, OSHA issued an NPRM
proposing to remove OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and
its associated recordkeeping and reporting provisions from the Code of
Federal Regulations. The public comment period for the NPRM was to
close on September 2, 2025, 60 days after publication of the NPRM. In
response to requests from stakeholders, OSHA is extending the public
comment period for 60 days, until November 1, 2025. OSHA believes a 60-
day extension is sufficient and appropriate in order to balance the
agency's need for stakeholder input with the agency's desire to proceed
with the rulemaking in a timely manner.
Authority and Signature
Amanda Laihow, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20210, authorized the preparation of this document
pursuant to the following authorities: Sections 4, 6, and 8 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657);
Secretary of Labor's Order 7-2025 (90 FR 27878 (June 30, 2025)); 29 CFR
part 1911; and 5 U.S.C. 553.
Signed at Washington, DC, on August 13, 2025.
Amanda Laihow,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2025-15913 Filed 8-19-25; 8:45 am]
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