Document ID: OSHA-2019-0008-0012
Agency: osha
Document Type: Notice
Title: Ballard Marine Construction; Withdrawal of Application for Variance and Revocation of Interim Order
Posted Date: 2021-04-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 18073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07133]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

[Docket No. OSHA-2019-0008]

Ballard Marine Construction; Withdrawal of Application for 
Variance and Revocation of Interim Order

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In this notice, OSHA announces the revocation of the Interim 
Order granted to the applicant, Ballard Marine Construction (Ballard), 
from provisions of OSHA's standard for work in compressed air 
environments, and further announces the applicant's withdrawal of the 
application for a permanent variance.

DATES: The revocation of the interim order specified by this notice 
becomes effective on April 7, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information regarding this notice is 
available from the following sources:
    Press inquiries: Contact Mr. Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office 
of Communications, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone: (202) 693-1999; 
email: meilinger.francis2@dol.gov.
    General and technical information: Contact Mr. Kevin Robinson, 
Director, Office of Technical Programs and Coordination Activities, 
Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone: 
(202) 693-2110; email: robinson.kevin@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Notice of Withdrawal of Application for Permanent Variance and 
Revocation of Interim Order

    On January 19, 2021, OSHA granted Ballard an Interim Order (86 FR 
5253), which permitted the employer to comply with alternative 
conditions instead of complying with the requirements of the OSHA's 
compressed air standard, 29 CFR 1926.803. Further, the Interim Order 
stated that it was to remain in effect through the duration of the 
Suffolk County Outfall Tunnel Project. Ballard notified OSHA by letter 
dated February 17, 2021 (OSHA-2019-0008-0012) that its portion of the 
Suffolk County Outfall Tunnel Project was complete, and that for this 
reason, the applicant was withdrawing their application for a permanent 
variance.
    OSHA hereby revokes the Interim Order granted to Ballard on January 
19, 2021 (86 FR 5253).

II. Authority and Signature

    James S. Frederick, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor 
for Occupational Safety and Health, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20210, authorized the preparation of this notice. 
Accordingly, the agency is issuing this notice pursuant to Section 29 
U.S.C. 655(6)(d), Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-2020 (85 FR 58393; 
Sept. 18, 2020), and 29 CFR 1905.11.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on March 31, 2021.
James S. Frederick,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety 
and Health.
[FR Doc. 2021-07133 Filed 4-6-21; 8:45 am]
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