Inorganic Arsenic Standard requires employers to:
- Monitor workers’ exposure to inorganic arsenic and notify workers of exposure-monitoring results;
- notify anyone who cleans protective clothing or equipment of inorganic arsenic exposure;
- develop, update and maintain a housekeeping and maintenance plan;
- monitor worker health by providing medical surveillance;
- post warning signs and apply labels to shipping and storage containers of inorganic arsenic;
- develop and maintain worker exposure monitoring and medical records;
- establish and implement written compliance programs; and
- provide workers with information about their exposures and the health effects of exposure to inorganic arsenic.
OSHA Proposed Action is the inclusion of 688 covered coal-fired electric power plants …
The Agency is requesting an adjustment of 14,728 burden hours (from 637 to 15,365 hours) primarily due to the Agency’s identification and inclusion of 688 covered coal-fired electric power plant establishments (including cogenerators) and workers at these establishments. The operation and maintenance cost increased from $54,197 to $1,078,069 due to the increase in establishments and workers, and also in the cost of exposure monitoring samples, medical examinations and chest x-rays. The Agency makes the new assumption that personal breathing zone samples, collected by a contract industrial hygienist and analyzed by a contract laboratory, will be used instead of vapor badges for exposure monitoring under the Standard.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Inorganic Arsenic Standard (29 CFR 1910.1018).
OMB Number: 1218-0104.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profits.
Number of Respondents: 691.
Frequency of Response: On occasion; quarterly; semi-annually; annually.
Total Responses: 24,764.
Average Time per response: Varies from five minutes (.08 hour) for a secretary to develop and maintain records to eight hours for a supervisor to update each compliance plan.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 15,365.
Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $1,078,069.
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