ACGIH® announced today that its Board of Directorsratified the 2013 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®). The Board also approved recommendations for additions to the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC).
A listing of the substances that were acted upon is attached. The Annual Reports of the ratifications of the ACGIH® Board will be published in the winter issue of the ACGIH® newsletter,Today! Online, and can be found online at http://www.acgih.org/Store/ProductDetail.cfm?id=2285.ACGIH® members can download the electronic version of the Annual Reports at no cost. Nonmembers may also acquire the Reports through the ACGIH® website for $24.95.
Draft Documentation for the substances on the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC) are currently available for purchase at www.acgih.org/store. Documentation for the adopted substances and agents will be available by March 8, 2013. All Documentation are in PDF format and priced at $60 each. ACGIH® members are entitled to five free Documentation downloads per year.
