OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.22 CH-1 June 3, 1985 Office of General Industry Compliance Assistance

SUBJECT: Removal of Obsolete Sections

A. Purpose. This notice transmits page changes which remove sections that contain policies and procedures superseded by guidelines set forth in the Field Operations Manual(FOM), OSHA Instruction CPL 2.45A.

B. Scope. This notice applies OSHA-wide.

C. Action. Replace existing pages with the attached CH-1 pages as listed below:

Attachment 1:

D. Significant Changes. The instruction will be totally revised and reprinted at a later date. In the interim, the following sections are removed.

CPL 2-2.22, January 2, 1979: Paragraph 5.b.(5), Independent contractors and their employees, page 6; paragraph 5.d.(3), Opening Conference, through paragraph 6. Effective Date, pages 16 through 27; and Attachment 1, pages 1 through 18.

E. Background. A decision was made at the time the FOM was revised to incorporate all policies and procedures of a nontechnical nature into that manual. When the FOM was published, numerous changes were made to existing health policy. These changes made the procedural sections of the instruction obsolete. To avoid confusion for directives users, it has become necessary to remove inapplicable sections from the

OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.22 CH-1 June 3 1985 Office of General Industry Compliance Assistance

instruction. The remainder of the instruction is still in effect until the directive has been totally revised and reprinted at a later date.

John B. Miles, Jr., Director Directorate of Field Operations

DISTRIBUTION: National, Regional and Area Offices Compliance Officers State Designees NIOSH Regional Program Directors 7 (c)(1) Project Managers

OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.22 CH-1 June 3, 1985 Office of Health Compliance Assistance

o Subparagraph (p)(2)-- Signs and labels--Signs.

NOTE: Additional portions of the standard, designed to control eye and skin contact and ingestion hazards, may also be inapplicable, but this cannot be established merely on the basis of intensity of exposure to contaminated air.

(b) Portions of the standard, in addition to those listed in 5.b.(4)(a) of this directive, which are inapplicable when initial monitoring reveals that all employee exposures are at or less than the action level are as follows:

o Subparagraph (e)(3)(iii)-- Exposure monitoring-- Frequency.

o Subparagraph (e)(3)(iv)--Exposure monitoring--Frequency.

o Subparagraph (e)(6)(ii)--Exposure monitoring--Accuracy of measurement.

o Subparagraph (q)(2)--Recordkeeping--Medical surveillance.

                      NOTE: 1. Paragraph (n) and subparagraph (q)(2) are
                               applicable if the employer has employees
                               whose past exposures meet the criteria
                               presented in 9 CFR 1910.1018 (n)(1)(i)(B).

2. Additional portions of the standard, designed to control eye and skin contact and ingestion hazards, may also be inapplicable, but this cannot be established merely on the basis of intensity of exposure to contaminated air.

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C. Interpretations and discussions.

The reader is encouraged to first read the pertinent portion of 29 CFR 1910.1018 and then read the following interpretation and/or discussion:

(a) The permissible exposure limit is expressed in terms of the mass of arsenic in a cubic meter of air. The volume unit in expression is

OSHA Instruction CPL 2-2.22 CH-1 June 3, 1985 Office of Health Compliance Assistance

****This page replaces deleted pages 16-27 and Attachment 1 (pages

    1-18).*****
                       16-27 and Attachment 1 (1-18)