OSHA’s adoption of GHS has hit a snag. According to new information on OMB’s website, the changes to the Hazard Communication Standard have been tagged as “Review Extended”. This is the same status that has kept OSHA’s Silica Standard on the sidelines at OMB for over 10 months. OMB was supposed to complete its 90 day review of GHS this week.
Special thank you to Coby Cullins and National Safety Compliance for forwarding the news.
You can see the update here: http://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/EO/eoDashboard.jsp
Based on the OMB’s most recent projections – available on regulations.gov – the agency expects final action sometime in February.
Timetable:
| Action | Date | FR Cite |
|---|---|---|
| ANPRM | 09/12/2006 | 71 FR 53617 |
| ANPRM Comment Period End | 11/13/2006 | |
| Complete Peer Review of Economic Analysis | 11/19/2007 | |
| NPRM | 09/30/2009 | 74 FR 50279 |
| NPRM Comment Period End | 12/29/2009 | |
| Hearing | 03/02/2010 | |
| Hearing | 03/31/2010 | |
| Post Hearing Comment Period End | 06/01/2010 | |
| Final Action | 02/00/2012 |
We’ll keep you up-to-date as more information become available. To learn more about OSHA’s proposed adoption of GHS, attend a Free GHS Webinar by MSDSonline.
The MSDSonline Team
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Thanks for that update, I really appreciate it…gives me more time to read up on it, and get a better idea on the whole realm of changes.
Regards