Occupational Exposure to Lead

This document embodies a determination by OSHA that it is economically feasible for the brass and bronze ingot manufacturing industry as a whole to achieve an air lead limit of 75 <greek-m>g/m\3\ within six years by means of engineering and work practice controls. It amends Table I of paragraph (e)(1), the compliance Implementation Schedule, of the final rule on occupational exposure to lead, 29 CFR 1910.1025, to reflect that determination. This document also amends that Table based on the lifting of a judicial stay on March 8, 1990 and July 19, 1991, for other, specific industries. The stay had been in effect with respect to compliance requirements set forth in paragraph (e)(1) of the lead standard. Accordingly, lead industries affected by the lifting of the stay must implement engineering and work practice controls in accordance with paragraph (e)(1) of the lead standard by the date specified for the particular industry in Table I of paragraph (e)(1), as amended. In addition, this document makes technical changes and corrections to the standard, amending portions of the standard that are unclear, obsolete or inconsistent with current compliance requirements. It also amends certain information in the Appendices to 29 CFR 1910.1025 that may have been misleading.