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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

20 CFR Chs. I, IV, V, VI, VII, and IX 

29 CFR Subtitle A and Chs. II, IV, V, 

XVII, and XXV 

30 CFR Ch. I 

41 CFR Ch. 60 

48 CFR Ch. 29 

Semiannual Agenda of Regulations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor. 

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda. 

SUMMARY: The internet has become the 

means for disseminating the entirety of 

the Department of Labor’s semiannual 

regulatory agenda. However, the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act requires 

publication of a regulatory flexibility 

agenda in the Federal Register. This 

Federal Register Notice contains the 

regulatory flexibility agenda. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura M. Dawkins, Director, Office of 

Regulatory and Programmatic Policy, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 

Constitution Avenue NW, Room 

S–2312, Washington, DC 20210; (202) 

693–5959. 

Note: Information pertaining to a specific 

regulation can be obtained from the agency 

contact listed for that particular regulation. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 12866 requires the semiannual 

publication of an agenda of regulations 

that contains a listing of all the 

regulations the Department of Labor 

expects to have under active 

consideration for promulgation, 

proposal, or review during the coming 

one-year period. The entirety of the 

Department’s semiannual agenda is 

available online at www.reginfo.gov. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 602) requires DOL to publish in 

the Federal Register a regulatory 

flexibility agenda. The Department’s 

Regulatory Flexibility Agenda, 

published with this notice, includes 

only those rules on its semiannual 

agenda that are likely to have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities; 

and those rules identified for periodic 

review in keeping with the requirements 

of section 610 of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. Thus, the regulatory 

flexibility agenda is a subset of the 

Department’s semiannual regulatory 

agenda. The Department’s Regulatory 

Flexibility Agenda does not include 

section 610 items at this time. 

All interested members of the public 

are invited and encouraged to let 

departmental officials know how our 

regulatory efforts can be improved, and 

are invited to participate in and 

comment on the review or development 

of the regulations listed on the 

Department’s agenda. 

R. Alexander Acosta, 

Secretary of Labor. 

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—FINAL RULE STAGE

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

291 .................... Occupational Exposure to Beryllium (Reg Plan Seq No. 69) ......................................................................... 1218–AB76 

References in boldface appear in The Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register. 

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION—LONG-TERM ACTIONS

Sequence No. Title Regulation 

Identifier No. 

292 .................... Infectious Diseases .......................................................................................................................................... 1218–AC46 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) 

Final Rule Stage 

291. Occupational Exposure to 

Beryllium 

Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. 

No. 69 in part II of this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

RIN: 1218–AB76 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration (OSHA) 

Long-Term Actions 

292. Infectious Diseases 

E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory. 

Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 533; 29 

U.S.C. 657 and 658; 29 U.S.C. 660; 29 

U.S.C. 666; 29 U.S.C. 669; 29 U.S.C. 673 

Abstract: Employees in health care 

and other high-risk environments face 

long-standing infectious disease hazards 

such as tuberculosis (TB), varicella 

disease (chickenpox, shingles), and 

measles (rubeola), as well as new and 

emerging infectious disease threats, 

such as Severe Acute Respiratory 

Syndrome (SARS) and pandemic 

influenza. Health care workers and 

workers in related occupations, or who 

are exposed in other high-risk 

environments, are at increased risk of 

contracting TB, SARS, MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus Aureus 

(MRSA), and other infectious diseases 

that can be transmitted through a variety 

of exposure routes. OSHA is concerned 

about the ability of employees to 

continue to provide health care and 

other critical services without 

unreasonably jeopardizing their health. 

OSHA is developing a standard to 

ensure that employers establish a 

comprehensive infection control 

program and control measures to protect 

employees from infectious disease 

exposures to pathogens that can cause 

significant disease. Workplaces where 

such control measures might be 

necessary include: Health care, 

emergency response, correctional 

facilities, homeless shelters, drug 

treatment programs, and other 

occupational settings where employees 

can be at increased risk of exposure to 

potentially infectious people. A 

standard could also apply to 

laboratories, which handle materials 

that may be a source of pathogens, and 

to pathologists, coroners’ offices, 

medical examiners, and mortuaries. 

Timetable: 


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Action Date FR Cite 

Request for Information (RFI).05/06/10 75 FR 24835 

RFI Comment Period End.08/04/10 

Analyze Comments.12/30/10 

Stakeholder Meetings.07/05/11 76 FR 39041 

Initiate SBREFA .. 06/04/14 

Action Date FR Cite 

Complete 

SBREFA.

12/22/14 

NPRM .................. To Be Determined 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Required: Yes. 

Agency Contact: William Perry, 

Director, Directorate of Standards and 

Guidance, Department of Labor, 

Occupational Safety and Health 

Administration, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N– 

3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 

202 693–1950, Fax: 202 693–1678, 

Email: perry.bill@dol.gov. 

RIN: 1218–AC46 

[FR Doc. 2017–28225 Filed 1–11–18; 8:45 am] 

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