January 30, 2004
                                
Mr. Robert E. Burt
Small Business Advocacy Chair
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
U. S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210

     Subject: Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium;
     Formal Notification of a Small Business Advocacy Review
     Panel

Dear Mr. Burt:

     Thank you for your letter of January 5, 2004, officially
notifying the Office of Advocacy that the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) will convene a small business
advocacy review panel for the above-captioned rule under section
609(b) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, as amended by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA).
We welcome the opportunity to work with OSHA and the Office of
Management and Budget on this important panel.

     In preparation, the Office of Advocacy will be working with
you to develop the list of small entity representatives (SERs)
who will provide input to the panel.  We concur in the list of
potential sources of SERs which you have provided.  It is my
understanding that OSHA will review the potential SERs to ensure
that only regulated small entities are selected to participate
and address issues of importance to small entities.

     Pursuant to section 609(b)(4) of the RFA, you have provided
supporting materials, a draft regulatory analysis, and draft rule
for review by the panel members.  I understand that several pre-
panel meetings will be held in accordance with the current OSHA
SBREFA guidance to assure the adequacy and timeliness of the
information and data provided to the small entity representatives
and the panel members.

     My office has reviewed the list of small entity
representatives (SERs) and associations and we suggest the
following individuals as possible SERs or sources of additional
SERs:

Roger Valdez, President
Valco Manufacturing
1005 South Second St.
Duncan, OK 73533
PH: 580-255-4300
FAX: 580-255-5512
email: roger@valcomfg.com

Robert Grah, VP
Central Region
LMI Aerospace, Inc.
3600 Mueller Rd.
St. Charles, MO 63301
PH: 636-949-1574
FAX: 636-949-1576
email: bgrah@lmiaerospace.com

Thomas V. (Tom) Harman, M.S., CSP
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
900 Spring St.
Silver Spring, MD  20910
PH: 240-485-1155
Email: tharman@nrmca.org

     Thank you for your continued support and advocacy for small
business issues.  Please contact Charles Maresca of my staff at
(202) 205-6978 if you have any questions.
  
                           Sincerely,



                           Thomas M. Sullivan
                           Chief Counsel for Advocacy


  cc:  Dr. John D. Graham
     Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

     Mr. John Henshaw
     Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and
Health