+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| **[World Trade]{.smallcaps}**                    |                   |
|                                                  |                   |
| **[Organization]{.smallcaps}**                   |                   |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                                                  |                   |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                                                  | *                 |
|                                                  | *G/TBT/N/USA/69** |
|                                                  |                   |
|                                                  | 21 July 2004      |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                                                  | (04-3146)         |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
|                                                  |                   |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
+--------------------------------------------------+-------------------+

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | Occupational Safety and   |   |                                 |
| ** | Health Administration     |   |                                 |
|    | (OSHA) (73)               |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[**X**\], 2.10.1   |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:**     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Steel Erection            |   |                                 |
|    | (HS Chapter 7308) (ICS    |   |                                 |
|    | 13.100).                  |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Steel Erection; Slip      |   |                                 |
|    | Resistance of Skeletal    |   |                                 |
|    | Structural Steel (3       |   |                                 |
|    | pages, in English)        |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** OSHA is        |   |                                 |
| ** | reopening the rulemaking  |   |                                 |
|    | record of Docket S-775,   |   |                                 |
|    | Steel Erection, to obtain |   |                                 |
|    | comments and information  |   |                                 |
|    | on a provision that       |   |                                 |
|    | addresses the slip        |   |                                 |
|    | resistance of walking     |   |                                 |
|    | surfaces of coated        |   |                                 |
|    | structural steel members, |   |                                 |
|    | 29 CFR 1926.754(c)(3),    |   |                                 |
|    | and Appendix B to that    |   |                                 |
|    | standard. This provision  |   |                                 |
|    | is scheduled to take      |   |                                 |
|    | effect on July 18, 2006.  |   |                                 |
|    | OSHA is considering       |   |                                 |
|    | whether to retain, amend, |   |                                 |
|    | or revoke this provision, |   |                                 |
|    | based on whether suitable |   |                                 |
|    | and appropriate test      |   |                                 |
|    | methods for testing       |   |                                 |
|    | structural steel          |   |                                 |
|    | coatings, and whether     |   |                                 |
|    | slip-resistant coatings   |   |                                 |
|    | meeting the slip          |   |                                 |
|    | resistance criteria in    |   |                                 |
|    | the standard, can         |   |                                 |
|    | reasonably be expected to |   |                                 |
|    | be available by the       |   |                                 |
|    | effective date. OSHA      |   |                                 |
|    | invites the public to     |   |                                 |
|    | submit additional         |   |                                 |
|    | comments and information  |   |                                 |
|    | relating to the           |   |                                 |
|    | appropriateness of        |   |                                 |
|    | Sec. 1926.754(c)(3).      |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of Human Life. |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | 69 Federal Register (FR)  |   |                                 |
| ** | 42379 15 July 2004; Title |   |                                 |
|    | 29 Code of Federal        |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations (CFR) Part    |   |                                 |
|    | 1926. Will appear in the  |   |                                 |
|    | Federal Register when     |   |                                 |
|    | adopted.                  |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 13 October    |   |                                 |
| 0. | 2004                      |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+
| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[**X**\] or address,     |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:      **             |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Internet URLs:**        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | <http://a257.g.akamai     |   |                                 |
|    | tech.net/7/257/2422/06jun |   |                                 |
|    | 20041800/edocket.access.g |   |                                 |
|    | po.gov/2004/04-16084.htm> |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | [http://a257.g.akamaitech |   |                                 |
|    | .net/7/257/2422/06jun2004 |   |                                 |
|    | 1800/edocket.access.gpo.g |   |                                 |
|    | ov/2004/pdf/04-16084.pdf] |   |                                 |
|    | (http://a257.g.akamaitech |   |                                 |
|    | .net/7/257/2422/14mar2001 |   |                                 |
|    | 0800/edocket.access.gpo.g |   |                                 |
|    | ov/2004/pdf/04-10931.pdf) |   |                                 |
+----+---------------------------+---+---------------------------------+