United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2004_register executive 2010-09-23 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c8168149 D09002ee1c816824c United States Department of Labor originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency OSHA is issuing this final rule to amend its Commercial Diving Operations (CDO) standards. This final rule allows employers of recreational diving instructors and diving guides to comply with an alternative set of requirements instead of the decompression-chamber requirements in the current CDO standards. The final rule applies only when these employees engage in recreational diving instruction and diving-guide duties; use an open-circuit, a semi-closed-circuit, or a closed-circuit self-contained underwater-breathing apparatus supplied with a breathing gas that has a high percentage of oxygen mixed with nitrogen; dive to a maximum depth of 130 feet of sea water; and remain within the no-decompression limits specified for the partial pressure of nitrogen in the breathing-gas mixture. These alternate requirements essentially are the same as the terms of a variance granted by OSHA to Dixie Divers, Inc. in 1999. 69 FR 7351 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-02-17/04-3289 04-3289 fr17fe04-5 RIN 1218-AB97 4510-26-P Docket No. S-550 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-02-17/04-3289 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-02-17/html/04-3289.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-02-17/pdf/04-3289.pdf Health Occupational Safety and Health Safety 16 p. 7351 7366 69 FR 7351 Title 29 Part 1910 29 CFR Part 1910 RIN 1218-AB97 Commercial Diving Operations; Federal Register Vol. 69, Issue RULE 04-3289 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Occupational Safety and Health Administration 2004-03-18 Docket No. S-550 4510-26-P 04-3289 Final rule.

OSHA is issuing this final rule to amend its Commercial Diving Operations (CDO) standards. This final rule allows employers of recreational diving instructors and diving guides to comply with an alternative set of requirements instead of the decompression-chamber requirements in the current CDO standards. The final rule applies only when these employees engage in recreational diving instruction and diving-guide duties; use an open-circuit, a semi-closed-circuit, or a closed-circuit self-contained underwater-breathing apparatus supplied with a breathing gas that has a high percentage of oxygen mixed with nitrogen; dive to a maximum depth of 130 feet of sea water; and remain within the no-decompression limits specified for the partial pressure of nitrogen in the breathing-gas mixture. These alternate requirements essentially are the same as the terms of a variance granted by OSHA to Dixie Divers, Inc. in 1999.

This final rule becomes effective on March 18, 2004. For general information and press inquiries, contact Mr. George Shaw, Office of Communications, Room N- 3647, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999. For technical inquiries, contact Mr. Robert Bell, Directorate of Standards and Guidance, Room N-3609, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2053 or fax (202) 693-1663. Health Occupational Safety and Health Safety Safety and health standards, etc.: Commercial driving operations, http://www.osha.gov Vol. 69, no. 31 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2004-02-17 continuing daily deposited born digital 208 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-02-17 P0b002ee180978c00 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr17fe04 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2004-02-17 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-02-17/pdf/FR-2004-02-17.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-02-17/xml/FR-2004-02-17.xml fdlp 7347 7540 DGPO 2010-09-23 2024-06-07 FR-2004-02-17 machine generated eng FR FR-2004-02-17 69 31