[December 9, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 236)]
[Unified Agenda]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
20 CFR Chs. I, IV, V, VI, VII, and IX
29 CFR Subtitle A and Chs. II, IV, V, XVII, and XXV
30 CFR Ch. I
41 CFR Ch. 60
48 CFR Ch. 29
Semiannual Agenda of Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.
ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.
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SUMMARY: This document sets forth the Department's semiannual agenda of
regulations that have been selected for review or development during
the coming year. The Department's agencies have carefully assessed
their available resources and what they can accomplish in the next
twelve months and have adjusted their agendas accordingly.
The agenda complies with the requirements of both Executive
Order 12866 and the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The agenda lists
all regulations that are expected to be under review or development
between October 2002 and October 2003 as well as those completed
during the past six months.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Bingham, Acting Director for
the Office of Regulatory Economics, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room
S-2312, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-5959.
Note: Information pertaining to a specific regulation can be obtained
from the agency contact listed for that particular regulation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 and the Regulatory
Flexibility Act require the semiannual publication in the Federal
Register of an agenda of regulations. As permitted by law, the
Department of Labor is combining the publication of its agendas under
the Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 12866.
Executive Order 12866 became effective September 30, 1993,
and, in substance, requires the Department of Labor to publish an
agenda listing all the regulations it expects to have under active
consideration for promulgation, proposal, or review during the
coming 1-year period. The focus of all departmental regulatory
activity will be on the development of effective rules that advance
the Department's goals and that are understandable and usable to
the employers and employees in all affected workplaces.
For this edition of the Department of Labor's regulatory
agenda, the most important significant regulatory actions are
included in the Regulatory Plan, which appears in part II of this
issue of the Federal Register. The Regulatory Plan entries are
listed in the table of contents below and are denoted by a
bracketed bold reference, which directs the reader to the
appropriate sequence number in part II.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act became effective on January 1,
1981, and applies only to regulations for which a notice of
proposed rulemaking was issued on or after that date. It requires
the Department of Labor to publish an agenda, listing all the
regulations it expects to propose or promulgate that are likely to
have a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities'' (5 U.S.C. 602).
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (under section 610) also
requires agencies to periodically review rules ``which have or will
have a significant economic impact upon a substantial number of
small entities'' and to annually publish a list of the rules that
will be reviewed during the succeeding 12 months. The purpose of
the review is to determine whether the rule should be continued
without change, amended, or rescinded.
The next 12-month review list for the Department of Labor is
provided below and public comment is invited on the listing. A
brief description of each rule, the legal basis for the rule, and
the agency contact are provided with each agenda item. Note that
the items from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
were on last year's list.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide (RIN 1218-AB60)
Grain Handling Facilities (RIN 1218-AB73)
Excavations (RIN 1218-AC02)
Presence Sense Device Initiation of Mechanical Power Presses
(RIN 1218-AC03)
The following 610 reviews were completed since last year. The
reviews determined that none of these four regulations have a
significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small
entities within the meaning of Section 610(2) of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act
Pension Welfare Benefit Administration
Bonding Rules Under ERISA 21974 (RIN 1210-AA82)
Enforcement Pursuant to Section 502(6)(2) (RIN 1210-AA83)
Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(2) (RIN 1210-AA84)
Assessment of Civil Penalties under ERISA Section 502(c)(2)
(RIN 1210-AA85)
All interested members of the public are invited and
encouraged to let departmental officials know how our regulatory
efforts can be improved, and, of course, to participate in and
comment on the review or development of the regulations listed on
the agenda.
Elaine L. Chao,
Secretary of Labor.
Office of the Secretary--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1773 Production or Disclosure of Information or Materials................................ 1290-AA17
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Employment Standards Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1774 Defining and Delimiting the Term ``Any Employee Employed in a Bona Fide Executive, 1215-AA14
Administrative, or Professional Capacity'' (ESA/W-H) (Reg Plan Seq No. 82)..........
1775 Regulations To Implement the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994........... 1215-AA96
1776 Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination Obligations of Contractors and 1215-AB24
Subcontractors for Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era........
1777 Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, and Bona Fide Employee Stock Purchase 1215-AB31
Programs Under the Fair Labor Standards Act.........................................
1778 Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports......................................... 1215-AB34
1779 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Reg Plan Seq No. 83).......................... 1215-AB35
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Employment Standards Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1780 Child Labor Regulations, Orders, and Statements of Interpretation (ESA/W-H) (Reg 1215-AA09
Plan Seq No. 84)....................................................................
1781 Labor Condition Applications and Requirements for Employers Using Nonimmigrants on H- 1215-AB09
1B Visas in Specialty Occupations and as Fashion Models.............................
1782 Government Contractors: Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Obligations, 1215-AB28
Executive Order 11246 (ESA/OFCCP) (Revised).........................................
1783 Claims for Compensation Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 1215-AB32
Program Act of 2000, as Amended.....................................................
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Employment Standards Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1784 Implementation of the 1996 Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act............... 1215-AB13
1785 Obligation of Federal Contractors and Subcontractors, Notice of Employee Rights 1215-AB33
Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees............................................
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Employment and Training Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1786 Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Confidentiality and Disclosure 1205-AB18
of Information in State UC Records..................................................
1787 Senior Community Service Employment Program (Reg Plan Seq No. 85)................... 1205-AB28
1788 Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers (Reg Plan Seq No. 86)....................... 1205-AB32
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Employment and Training Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1789 Labor Certification Process for the Permanent Employment of Aliens in the United 1205-AA66
States (Reg Plan Seq No. 87)........................................................
1790 Indian and Native American Welfare-to-Work Program.................................. 1205-AB16
1791 Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program Amendment.................................. 1205-AB31
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
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Employment and Training Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1792 Attestations by Facilities Temporarily Employing H-1C Nonimmigrant Aliens as 1205-AB27
Registered Nurses...................................................................
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Employment and Training Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1793 Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Program; Unemployment Insurance Performance 1205-AB10
System..............................................................................
1794 Labor Certification and Petition Process for the Temporary Employment of 1205-AB24
Nonimmigrant Aliens in Agriculture in the United States; Modification of Fee
Structure...........................................................................
1795 Labor Certification and Petition Process for the Temporary Employment of 1205-AB30
Nonimmigrant Aliens in Agriculture in the U.S.: Delegation of Authority to
Adjudication Petitions..............................................................
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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1796 Rulemaking Relating to Notice Requirements for Continuation of Health Care Coverage 1210-AA60
(Reg Plan Seq No. 88)...............................................................
1797 Default Rollover Safe Harbor........................................................ 1210-AA92
1798 Electronic Filing By Investment Advisers............................................ 1210-AA94
1799 Suspension of Benefits Regulation................................................... 1210-AA96
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1800 Definition of Collective Bargaining Agreement (ERISA Section 3(40))................. 1210-AA48
1801 Regulations Implementing the Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability 1210-AA54
Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Reg
Plan Seq No. 89)....................................................................
1802 Mental Health Benefits Parity....................................................... 1210-AA62
1803 Health Care Standards for Mothers and Newborns...................................... 1210-AA63
1804 Reporting Requirements for MEWAs Providing Medical Care Benefits.................... 1210-AA64
1805 Rulemaking Relating to the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998............. 1210-AA75
1806 Prohibiting Discrimination Against Participants and Beneficiaries Based on Health 1210-AA77
Status (Reg Plan Seq No. 90)........................................................
1807 Blackout Notice Regulation (Reg Plan Seq No. 91).................................... 1210-AA90
1808 Blackout Notice Civil Penalty (Reg Plan Seq No. 92)................................. 1210-AA91
1809 Amendment of Procedural Regulations Under ERISA..................................... 1210-AA93
1810 Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustment Regulation........................................ 1210-AA95
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1811 Adequate Consideration.............................................................. 1210-AA15
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Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1812 Regulation Exempting Certain Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers From Bonding 1210-AA80
Requirements........................................................................
1813 Bonding Rules Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Completion 1210-AA82
of a Section 610 Review)............................................................
1814 Requests for Enforcement Pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) (Completion of a Section 610 1210-AA83
Review).............................................................................
1815 Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(2) (Completion of a Section 610 Review).. 1210-AA84
1816 Procedures for the Assessment of Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(2) 1210-AA85
(Completion of a Section 610 Review)................................................
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Mine Safety and Health Administration--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1817 Diesel Particulate Matter Exposure of Underground Metal and Nonmetal Miners (Reg 1219-AB29
Plan Seq No. 93)....................................................................
1818 Focused Inspections................................................................. 1219-AB30
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Mine Safety and Health Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
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1819 Belt Entry Use as Intake Aircourse To Ventilate Working Sections and Areas Where 1219-AA76
Mechanized Mining Equipment Is Being Installed or Removed...........................
1820 Independent Laboratory Testing...................................................... 1219-AA87
1821 Improving and Eliminating Regulations............................................... 1219-AA98
1822 Verification of Underground Coal Mine Operators' Dust Control Plans and Compliance 1219-AB14
Sampling for Respirable Dust (Reg Plan Seq No. 94)..................................
1823 Determination of Concentration of Respirable Coal Mine Dust (Reg Plan Seq No. 95)... 1219-AB18
1824 Asbestos Exposure Limit (Reg Plan Seq No. 96)....................................... 1219-AB24
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Mine Safety and Health Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1825 Criteria and Procedures for Proposed Assessment of Civil Penalties.................. 1219-AB32
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Mine Safety and Health Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1826 Hazard Communication................................................................ 1219-AA47
1827 Air Quality, Chemical Substances, and Respiratory Protection Standards.............. 1219-AA48
1828 Requirements for Approval of Flame-Resistant Conveyor Belts......................... 1219-AA92
1829 Occupational Exposure to Coal Mine Dust (Lowering Concentration Limit).............. 1219-AB08
1830 Mine Rescue Teams................................................................... 1219-AB20
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1831 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs and Activities Receiving Federal 1291-AA21
Financial Assistance From the Department of Labor...................................
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1832 Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations.................... 1291-AA26
1833 Audit Requirements for Grants, Contracts, and Other Agreements...................... 1291-AA27
1834 Implementation of the Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Requirements of the 1291-AA29
Workforce Investment Act of 1998....................................................
1835 Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Implementation of 1291-AA31
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.......................................
1836 Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide 1291-AA33
Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants) 29 CFR 98.............................
1837 Department of Labor Acquisition Regulations......................................... 1291-AA34
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1838 Grants and Agreements............................................................... 1291-AA30
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1839 Confined Spaces in Construction (Part 1926): Preventing Suffocation/Explosions in 1218-AB47
Confined Spaces.....................................................................
1840 Occupational Exposure to Ethylene Oxide (Section 610 Review)........................ 1218-AB60
1841 Grain Handling Facilities (Section 610 Review)...................................... 1218-AB73
1842 Occupational Exposure to Beryllium.................................................. 1218-AB76
1843 Hearing Conservation Program for Construction Workers............................... 1218-AB89
1844 Presence Sensing Device Initiation of Mechanical Power Presses (Section 610 Review). 1218-AC03
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1845 Assigned Protection Factors: Amendments to the Final Rule on Respiratory Protection 1218-AA05
(Reg Plan Seq No. 97)...............................................................
1846 Longshoring and Marine Terminals (Parts 1917 and 1918) -- Reopening of the Record 1218-AA56
(Vertical Tandem Lifts (VTLs))......................................................
1847 Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium (Preventing Occupational Illness: 1218-AB45
Chromium)...........................................................................
1848 General Working Conditions for Shipyard Employment.................................. 1218-AB50
1849 Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment (Part 1915, Subpart P) (Shipyards: Fire 1218-AB51
Safety) (Reg Plan Seq No. 98).......................................................
1850 Electric Power Transmission and Distribution; Electrical Protective Equipment....... 1218-AB67
1851 Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (Reg Plan Seq No. 99)................... 1218-AB70
1852 Walking Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems (1910) (Slips, Trips, 1218-AB80
and Fall Prevention)................................................................
1853 Standards Improvement (Miscellaneous Changes) for General Industry, Marine 1218-AB81
Terminals, and Construction Standards (Phase II) (Reg Plan Seq No. 100).............
1854 Revision and Update of Subpart S--Electrical Standards.............................. 1218-AB95
1855 Commercial Diving Operations: Revision.............................................. 1218-AB97
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1856 Controlled Negative Pressure Fit Testing Protocol: Amendment to the Final Rule on 1218-AC05
Respiratory Protection..............................................................
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1857 Update and Revision of the Exit Routes Standard (Reg Plan Seq No. 101).............. 1218-AB82
1858 Procedures for Handling of Discrimination Complaints Under the Aviation Investment 1218-AB99
and Reform Act......................................................................
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References in boldface appear in the Regulatory Plan in part II of this issue of the Federal Register.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1859 Glycol Ethers: 2-Methoxyethanol, 2-Ethoxyethanol, and Their Acetates: Protecting 1218-AA84
Reproductive Health.................................................................
1860 Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis............................................... 1218-AB46
1861 Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment.................................. 1218-AB77
1862 Cranes and Derricks................................................................. 1218-AC01
1863 Excavations (Section 610 Review).................................................... 1218-AC02
1864 Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements................ 1218-AC06
1865 Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standard........................ 1218-AC08
1866 Explosives.......................................................................... 1218-AC09
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1867 Access and Egress in Shipyards (Part 1915, Subpart E) (Shipyards: Emergency Exits 1218-AA70
and Aisles).........................................................................
1868 Accreditation of Training Programs for Hazardous Waste Operations (Part 1910)....... 1218-AB27
1869 Injury and Illness Prevention....................................................... 1218-AB41
1870 Fall Protection in the Construction Industry........................................ 1218-AB62
1871 Signs, Signals, and Barricades...................................................... 1218-AB88
1872 Changes to State Plans.............................................................. 1218-AB91
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment & Training--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1873 Annual Report for Federal Contractors (2002 Revisions).............................. 1293-AA08
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Office of the Assistant Secretary for Veterans' Employment & Training--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence Title Identification
Number Number
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1874 Annual Report From Federal Contractors.............................................. 1293-AA07
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Department of Labor (DOL) Proposed Rule Stage
Office of the Secretary (OS)
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1773. PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION OR MATERIALS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 5 USC 301; 5 USC 552 as amended; 5 USC Reorganization
Plan No. 6 of 1950; EO 12600, 52 FR 23781 (June 25, 1987)
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 70
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will incorporate the provisions of the 1996
FOIA amendments. These include extending DOL processing time from 10 to
20 days for most FOIA requests and requiring that all reading room
materials created since November 1, 1996, be made available by
electronic means such as the Internet.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Miriam McD. Miller, of Legislation and Legislative
Counsel, Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary, Room N2428, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-5500
Email: miller-miriam@dol.gov
RIN: 1290-AA17
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Department of Labor (DOL) Proposed Rule Stage
Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
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1774. DEFINING AND DELIMITING THE TERM ``ANY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED IN A BONA
FIDE EXECUTIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE, OR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY'' (ESA/W-H)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 82 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1215-AA14
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1775. REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION STREAMLINING ACT
OF 1994
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: PL 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 4; 29 CFR 5; 41 CFR 50-201; 41 CFR 50-206
Legal Deadline: NPRM, Statutory, May 11, 1995.
Final, Statutory, October 1, 1995.
Abstract: The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, signed on
October 13, 1994, amended several acts administered by the Department
of Labor: (1) the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA)
to limit its applicability to contracts in an amount of $100,000 or
greater; (2) the Davis-Bacon Act (DB) to provide waivers from the Act's
prevailing wage requirements under selected laws for volunteers
performing services to a State or local government or agency and for
volunteers performing services to a public or private nonprofit
recipient of Federal assistance; and (3) the Walsh-Healey Public
Contracts Act (PCA) to eliminate the requirements that contractors on
covered contracts be either manufacturers or regular dealers in the
items to be supplied under the contract but retains the Secretary of
Labor's authority to define the terms ``regular dealer'' and
``manufacturer.'' A final rule implementing the CWHSSA and PCA changes
was published on August 5, 1996 (61 FR 40714).
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 09/07/95 60 FR 46553
NPRM Comment Period End 10/10/95
Final Rule 08/05/96 61 FR 40714
Second NPRM 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, FP Building Room S3502, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0051
Fax: 202 693-1432
RIN: 1215-AA96
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1776. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND NONDISCRIMINATION OBLIGATIONS OF
CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS FOR SPECIAL DISABLED VETERANS AND
VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 38 USC 4211; 38 USC 4212; PL 101-237; PL 102-127; PL
102-16; PL 102-484; PL 105-339; PL 93-508, amended; PL 94-502; PL 95-
520; PL 96-466; PL 97-306; PL 98-223
CFR Citation: 41 CFR 60-250
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: OFCCP proposes to amend the regulations implementing the
Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) 38 USC 4212,
to conform with the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (the Act) of
1998 and the Veterans Benefits and Health Care Improvement Act of 2000
(VBHCIA). The Act increases the current threshold for coverage from
$10,000 to $25,000. The Act and VBHCIA of 2000 expand the scope of
protection under VEVRAA to include recently separated veterans and
veterans who served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or
expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized. Recently
separated veterans means any veteran during the one-year period
beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from
active duty.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: James I. Melvin, Program Development, OFCCP, Department
of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Room N3424, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0102
TDD Phone: 202 693-1308
Fax: 202 693-1304
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Email: jimelvin@fenix2.dol-esa.gov
RIN: 1215-AB24
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1777. STOCK OPTIONS, STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS, AND BONA FIDE EMPLOYEE
STOCK PURCHASE PROGRAMS UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 207(e)(8); PL 106-202, sec 2(e)
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 546; 29 CFR 778
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Worker Economic Opportunity Act, Public Law 106-202 (May
18, 2000), amended section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act to
clarify how certain employer-provided stock option programs are to be
treated for purposes of overtime pay. Certain programs meeting
prescribed criteria would not have to be factored into the ``regular
rate'' otherwise required when calculating ``time-and-one-half''
overtime premium pay for overtime hours of work. The legislation calls
for regulations to be promulgated as necessary, which will include
amendments to some of the existing regulations on overtime pay.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 04/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, FP Building Room S3502, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0051
Fax: 202 693-1432
RIN: 1215-AB31
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1778. [bull] LABOR ORGANIZATION ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 431; 29 USC 438; 5 USC 7120(d); 22 USC 4117(d)
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 402; 29 CFR 403; 29 CFR 458
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will revise Form LM-2, which is used by labor
organizations with $200,000 or more in annual receipts to file the
annual financial reports required under title II of the Labor-Managment
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). The proposed revisions
will improve the transparency and accountability of labor organizations
to their members, increase the information available to labor
organization members, and make data disclosed in such reports more
understandable and accessible. Among other things, unions filing the
revised Form LM-2 will be required to report electronically (unless
granted an exemption), to identify ``major'' receipts and
disbursements, to allocate disbursements among categories such as
contract negotiation and administration, organizing, political
activity, lobbying, etc., and to report receipts and disbursements of
organizations that meet the statutory definition of a ``trust in which
a labor organization is interested'' on a new Form T-1.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM 11/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Organizations
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Don Todd, Deputy Asst. Secretary for Labor-Management
Programs, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration,
Room N5605, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC
20210
Phone: 202 693-0122
TDD Phone: 800 877-8339
Fax: 202 693-1340
Email: olms-mail@dol-esa.gov
RIN: 1215-AB34
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1779. [bull] FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 83 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1215-AB35
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Department of Labor (DOL) Final Rule Stage
Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
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1780. CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS, AND STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION
(ESA/W-H)
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 84 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1215-AA09
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1781. LABOR CONDITION APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYERS USING
NONIMMIGRANTS ON H-1B VISAS IN SPECIALTY OCCUPATIONS AND AS FASHION
MODELS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 49 et seq; 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b); 8 USC
1182(n); 8 USC 1184; PL 102-232; PL 105-277
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 655, subparts H and I
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The H-1B visa program of the Immigration and Nationality Act
allows employers to temporarily employ nonimmigrants admitted into the
United States under the H-1B visa category in specialty occupations and
as fashion models, under specified labor conditions. An employer must
file a labor condition application with the Department of Labor before
the Immigration and Naturalization Service may approve a petition to
employ a foreign worker on an H-1B visa. The Department's Employment
and Training Administration administers the labor condition application
process; the Wage and Hour Division of the Department's
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Employment Standards Administration handles complaints and
investigations regarding labor condition applications. The Department
published a proposed rule on January 5, 1999, in response to statutory
changes in the H-1B program made by the American Competitiveness and
Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (Title IV, Pub. L. 105-277; Oct. 21,
1998). Those changes placed additional obligations on ``H-1B-
dependent'' employers (generally, those with work forces comprised of
more than 15 percent H-1B workers) and on willful violators. These
employers must recruit for U.S. workers, hire U.S. workers who are at
least as qualified as H-1B workers, and not displace U.S. workers by
hiring H-1B workers or placing them at another employer's job site. The
1998 amendments also imposed additional obligations on all H-1B
employers, such as offering benefits to H-1B workers on the same basis
and according to the same criteria as offered to U.S. workers, and
payment to H-1B workers during periods they are not working for an
employment-related reason. The 1999 proposed rule also requested
further public comment on earlier proposed provisions published in
October 1995, and on particular interpretations of the statute and of
the existing regulations which the Department proposed to incorporate
into the regulations. Since publishing the proposed rule, Congress
enacted further amendments to the H-1B provisions under the American
Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-
313; Oct. 17, 2000), the Immigration and Nationality Act - Amendments
(Pub. L. 106-311; Oct. 17, 2000), and section 401 of the Visa Waiver
Permanent Program Act (Pub. L. 106-396; Oct. 30, 2000).
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/31/95 60 FR 55339
NPRM Comment Period End 11/30/95
NPRM 01/05/99 64 FR 628
NPRM Comment Period End 02/04/99
Interim Final Rule 12/20/00 65 FR 80110
Interim Final Rule Effective 01/19/01
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 04/23/01 66 FR 10865
Final Action 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Additional Information: On December 20, 2000, the Department published
an interim final rule to implement the recent amendments and clarify
the existing rules, and requested further public comment on those
provisions. The Wage and Hour Division has removed the H-1B final rule
from the Regulatory Plan as a part of the ongoing review of
nonimmigrant employment programs in the light of events of September
11. The H-1B interim final rule currently in effect provides sufficient
guidance to the regulated community until this reanalysis is completed.
The H-1B final rule will remain on the Regulatory Agenda.
Agency Contact: Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, FP Building Room S3502, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0051
Fax: 202 693-1432
RIN: 1215-AB09
_______________________________________________________________________
1782. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS: NONDISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
OBLIGATIONS, EXECUTIVE ORDER 11246 (ESA/OFCCP) (REVISED)
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 793; EO 11758; EO 11246, as amended; 38 USC
4211; PL 94-502; EO 11758; PL 98-223; PL 102-16; PL 102-127; PL 95-520;
PL 105-339; 29 USC 706; PL 97-306; PL 102-484; 38 USC 4212; PL 93-508,
amended; PL 96-466; PL 101-237
CFR Citation: 41 CFR 60-1 (Revision); 41 CFR 60-250 (Revision); 41 CFR
60-741 (Revision)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The final rule would remove the obligation to visit an
establishment during a compliance check, which is currently required by
section 60-1.20(a)(3) in order to enhance efficiency in resource
allocation. OFCCP proposes also to make the same revision in section
60-250.60(a)(3) of the regulations implementing the affirmative action
provisions of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act
(VEVRAA). Lastly, OFCCP proposes to conform regulations implementing
section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, to the
compliance evaluation procedures contained in the regulations
implementing Executive Order 11246, as amended, and the affirmative
action provisions of VEVRAA, both of which expressly authorize OFCCP to
use additional investigative procedures to determine a contractor's
compliance with the regulations.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 10/12/00 65 FR 60815
NPRM Comment Period End 12/11/00
Final Rule 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: James I. Melvin, Program Development, OFCCP, Department
of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Room N3424, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0102
TDD Phone: 202 693-1308
Fax: 202 693-1304
Email: jimelvin@fenix2.dol-esa.gov
RIN: 1215-AB28
_______________________________________________________________________
1783. CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL
ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED
Priority: Economically Significant. Major under 5 USC 801.
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7384 et seq; EO 13179
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 30
Legal Deadline: Other, Statutory, May 31, 2001, Interim Final Rule.
Abstract: The Department of Labor has issued regulations for its
administration of the provisions of the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended. These regulations
address all questions arising under this act which have not been
specifically assigned to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to
the Secretary of Energy, or to the Attorney General.
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Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 05/25/01 66 FR 28948
Interim Final Rule Effective 07/24/01
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period 09/24/01 66 FR 47382
Final Action 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Peter M. Turcic, Occupational Illness Compensation,
OWCP, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0081
Fax: 202 693-1465
Email: eeoicpa-mail@fenix2.dol-esa.gov
RIN: 1215-AB32
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Long-Term Actions
Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1784. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1996 AMENDMENTS TO THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS
ACT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 201 et seq; PL 104-188, sec 2101 to 2105
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 4; 29 CFR 531; 29 CFR 541; 29 CFR 778; 29 CFR 785;
29 CFR 790; 29 CFR 870; 41 CFR 50-202
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (H.R. 3448) was
enacted on August 20, 1996, as Public Law 104-188. Title II of this
enactment amended the Portal-to-Portal Act (PA) and the Fair Labor
Standards Act (FLSA). The PA amendment excludes (under certain
circumstances) from compensable ``hours worked'' the time spent by an
employee in home-to-work travel in an employer-provided vehicle. The
FLSA amendments: (1) increase the $4.25 Federal minimum hourly wage by
$.90 in two steps over two years (i.e., to $4.75 on October 1, 1996,
and to $5.15 on September 1, 1997); (2) provide a $4.25 subminimum wage
for youth under age 20 in their first 90 calendar days of employment
with an employer; (3) set the employer's direct wage payment obligation
for tipped employees at $2.13 per hour (provided such employees receive
the balance of the full minimum wage in tips); and (4) set the hourly
compensation requirements at not less than $27.63 per hour for certain
exempt professional employees in computer-related occupations. Changes
will be required in the regulations to reflect these amendments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Tammy D. McCutchen, Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW, FP Building Room S3502, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0051
Fax: 202 693-1432
RIN: 1215-AB13
_______________________________________________________________________
1785. OBLIGATION OF FEDERAL CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS, NOTICE OF
EMPLOYEE RIGHTS CONCERNING PAYMENT OF UNION DUES OR FEES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: EO 13201
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 470
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: On January 2, 2002, the Federal District Court for the
District of Columbia issued a decision in UAW-Labor Employment &
Training Corp v. Chao, holding the Executive Order 13201 is invalid
because it conflicts with the National Labor Relations Act. The court
permanently enjoined the Department of Labor from implementing and
enforcing Executive Order 13201. The decision has been appealed.
This regulation, if promulgated, would implement E.O. 13201 which
requires Government contractors and subcontractors to post notices
informing their employees that (1) under Federal law they cannot be
required to join a union or maintain membership in a union to retain
their jobs, and (2) employees who choose not to be union members may
object to the use of their compulsory union dues and fees for
activities other than collective bargaining, contract administration,
and grievance adjustment, and may be entitled to a refund and an
appropriate reduction in their future payments. The proposed
regulation, in accordance with E.O. 13201, would also require that,
where applicable, each Government contracting agency include certain
provisions of the Order in its Government contracts, and that
Government contractors and subcontractors include these provisions in
their nonexempt subcontracts and purchase orders.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Procedural Rule 04/18/01 66 FR 19988
NPRM 10/01/01 66 FR 50010
NPRM Comment Period End 11/30/01
Final Rule To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Don Todd, Deputy Asst. Secretary for Labor-Management
Programs, Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration,
Room N5605, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC
20210
Phone: 202 693-0122
TDD Phone: 800 877-8339
Fax: 202 693-1340
Email: olms-mail@dol-esa.gov
RIN: 1215-AB33
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Department of Labor (DOL) Proposed Rule Stage
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1786. FEDERAL-STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION (UC) PROGRAM;
CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN STATE UC RECORDS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 26 USC ch 23; 42 USC 1302 (a); 42 USC 1320b-7; 42 USC
503; Secretary's Orders 4-75 and 14-75
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 603
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Employment and Training Administration of the Department
of Labor is preparing to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
on confidentiality and disclosure of information in State records
collected, created, or maintained for purposes of the Federal-State UC
program. The NPRM would modify and expand the regulations implementing
the Income and Eligibility Verification System (IEVS) to include the
statutory requirements in title III of the Social Security Act, the
Federal Unemployment Tax Act, and the Wagner-Peyser Act concerning
confidentiality and disclosure of information in State UC records. The
use of unemployment compensation wage records under these and other
statutes has increased in recent years while privacy and
confidentiality issues have not yet been addressed.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Additional Information: Formerly RIN 1205-AA74; was taken off
regulatory agenda in 1994 due to inactivity. An earlier NPRM was
published on 03/23/92 at 57 FR 10063 with comment period ending 05/22/
92.
Agency Contact: Gerard Hildebrand, Chief, Division of Legislation,
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Room
C4518, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FB Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-3038
Email: ghildebrand@doleta.gov
RIN: 1205-AB18
_______________________________________________________________________
1787. SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 85 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1205-AB28
_______________________________________________________________________
1788. [bull] TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 86 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1205-AB32
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Final Rule Stage
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1789. LABOR CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS
IN THE UNITED STATES
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 87 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1205-AA66
_______________________________________________________________________
1790. INDIAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 612(a)(3)(c)(iii); PL 106-113, Division B,
section 1000(a)(4)
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 646
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, November 4, 1997, 90 days from
enactment.
Other, Statutory, January 1, 2000, for 1999 amendments.
Abstract: These are program regulations needed to implement the Indian
and Native American set-aside under the Welfare-to-Work program
authorized by section 412(a)(3) of the Social Security Act. New interim
final regulations are being issued to implement changes made by the
Welfare-to-Work and Child Support Amendments of 1999 and other
legislation. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001 authorized the
Department to extend welfare-to-work grants an additional two years.
Therefore, the grants may operate until September 2004.
The Department received 14 comments on the March 1, 1998 interim final
rule, and none would substantively change the regulations. The
Department will provide guidance in response to those comments. The
March 1, 1998 Interim Final Rule will be adopted as the final rule,
subject to the changes made by the new interim final rule implementing
the 1999 amendments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 04/01/98 63 FR 15985
Interim Final Rule Effective 04/01/98
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period 06/01/98
Final Action 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: Tribal
Additional Information: Congress has changed eligibility criteria. A
final rule will be published to conform with the State programs.
Agency Contact: Gregory Gross, Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration, Room N4641, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP
Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-3752
Email: ggross@doleta.gov
RIN: 1205-AB16
_______________________________________________________________________
1791. DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENT
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 42 USC 1302; 42 USC 5177; EO 12673
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 625.5
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This new rule on the Disaster Unemployment Assistance Program
will only address one aspect of part 625; it adds a definition of
``unemployment is a direct result of the major disaster.'' ETA had not
defined this term in its previous rule. The purpose of the new
definition is to
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clarify eligibility for disaster unemployment assistance in the wake of
the major disasters as a result of the terrorist attacks of September
11, 2001.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 11/13/01 66 FR 56959
Interim Final Rule Effective 11/13/01
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 12/13/01
Final Rule 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Federal
Agency Contact: Betty E. Castillo, Operations, Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, Room S4231, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-3032
RIN: 1205-AB31
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Long-Term Actions
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1792. ATTESTATIONS BY FACILITIES TEMPORARILY EMPLOYING H-1C NONIMMIGRANT
ALIENS AS REGISTERED NURSES
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 49 et seq; 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c); 8 USC
1182(m); 8 USC 1184; PL 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 655, subparts L and M
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, February 11, 2000.
Abstract: The Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (P.L.
106-95; November 12, 1999) amended the Immigration and Nationality Act
to create a new temporary visa program for nonimmigrant aliens to work
as registered nurses for up to three years in facilities serving health
professional shortage areas, subject to certain conditions.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 08/22/00 65 FR 51137
Interim Final Rule Effective 09/21/00
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period 09/21/00
Final Action To Be Determined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Federal
Agency Contact: Michael Ginley, Wage and Hour Division, Department of
Labor, Employment Standards Administration, Room S3510, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-0745
RIN: 1205-AB27
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Completed Actions
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1793. FEDERAL-STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM; UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE PERFORMANCE SYSTEM
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 19 USC 2271 to 2322; 26 USC 3301 to 3311; 40 FR 18515;
42 USC 1302(a); 42 USC 501 to 504; 42 USC 5177 to 5189a; 5 USC 8501 to
8508; 5 USC 8521 to 8525
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 602; 20 CFR 609.6(f); 20 CFR 609.7(c); 20 CFR
614.6(f); 20 CFR 614.7(c); 20 CFR 617.51(b); 20 CFR 640; 20 CFR 650
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation will formally establish a comprehensive
system for helping ensure continuous improvement in UI operational
performance. It will enunciate as the system's building blocks
principles for Federal and State cooperation, key nationwide
performance measures, criteria distinguishing satisfactory from
unsatisfactory performance, an annual planning process, and actions
which the Department may take when a State fails to perform
satisfactorily.
The UI PERFORMS Regulation is consistent with the Administration's and
the Secretary's emphasis on improved grants management. It is needed
now to help complete the development and implementation of the UI
PERFORMS system and will replace other regulations, two of which
establish Secretary's Standards for first payment and lower appeals
timeliness. Until those regulations have been replaced the related UI
PERFORMS measures and criteria cannot be put in place. It will also
establish a definitive framework for enforcing, if necessary, the
elements and performance standards established as parts of the UI
PERFORMS system. Until the regulation is in place, UI PERFORMS will
remain incomplete.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 01/16/97 62 FR 2543
ANPRM Comment Period End 03/17/97
Withdrawn 09/16/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: State
Federalism: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Burman Skrable, Team Leader, Division of Performance
Management, Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Room S4522, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FB Building,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-3197
Email: bskrable@doleta.gov
RIN: 1205-AB10
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1794. LABOR CERTIFICATION AND PETITION PROCESS FOR THE TEMPORARY
EMPLOYMENT OF NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS IN AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES;
MODIFICATION OF FEE STRUCTURE
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 49 et seq; 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(h)(ii)(a); 8 USC
1184; 8 USC 1188
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 655
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the U.S.
Department of Labor (hereafter referred to as the Department or DOL)is
withdrawing its proposed rule published at 65 FR 43545 (July 13, 2001),
which would have required employers seeking to temporarily employ
nonimmigrant agricultural workers (H-2A) to submit, at the time of
filing, a new consolidated application form, fees for the labor
certification, and the associated H-2A petition. Agricultural employers
and workers and their representatives strongly opposed DOL's petition
to consolidate into a proposed new Form 9079 the existing two forms
(Form ETA 750 and Form I-129) used by DOL for the certification process
and by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the H-2A visa
petition process.
Based upon the Department's review of the rulemaking record as a whole,
the Department has decided to withdraw the proposed rule and terminate
the rulemaking action.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 07/13/00 65 FR 43545
NPRM 09/18/00 65 FR 50170
NPRM 09/27/01 66 FR 49328
Withdrawn 09/24/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dale Ziegler, Certification, Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room C4318, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2942
Fax: 202 693-2760
Email: dmziegler@doleta.gov
RIN: 1205-AB24
_______________________________________________________________________
1795. LABOR CERTIFICATION AND PETITION PROCESS FOR THE TEMPORARY
EMPLOYMENT OF NONIMMIGRANT ALIENS IN AGRICULTURE IN THE U.S.: DELEGATION
OF AUTHORITY TO ADJUDICATION PETITIONS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 8 CFR 103.1(f)(iii)(w); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5); 8 CFR
214.2(h)(11); 8 CFR 214.2(h)(12); 8 USC 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a); 8 USC
1184; 8 USC 1188; 29 USC 49 et seq; 8 CFR 103.1
CFR Citation: 20 CFR 655, subpart B
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) is withdrawing
the final rule published at 65 FR 45358 (July 13, 2000) pertaining to
the delegation of authority from the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) to DOL to adjudicate petitions for the temporary
employment of nonimmigrant aliens in agriculture in the United States.
Commenters raised a number of issues, and consequently, the Department
at 66 FR 49275 (September 27, 2001) again reopened and extended the
comment period on the July 13, 2000 NPRM. The Department also held two
informal briefings on November 8, 2001 and November 16, 2001, (see 66
FR 49329, September 27, 2001) to give agricultural employers and
workers, their representatives and other interested parties an
opportunity to communicate their views directly to the Department
regarding the proposal to delegate authority from INS to DOL to
adjudicate petitions for the temporary employment of nonimmigrant
aliens in the proposed transfer of authority between the two agencies.
DOL reviewed the concerns of the agricultural employers and workers,
and determined that the concerns expressed by both groups have merit.
The Department has concluded that it is in the best interest of
agricultural employers and workers to withdraw the final rule from the
CFR.
Concurrently, the INS is also withdrawing its final rule at 65 FR 43528
(July 13, 2000) which would have transferred authority from INS to the
Department to adjudicate petitions for the temporary employment of
nonimmigrant workers and the authority to make determinations for
revocation of petition approvals.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 09/27/01 66 FR 49275
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 10/29/01
Withdrawn 09/24/02
Interim Final Rule Effective 09/27/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Dale Ziegler, Certification, Department of Labor,
Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Room C4318, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-2942
Fax: 202 693-2760
Email: dmziegler@doleta.gov
RIN: 1205-AB30
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Department of Labor (DOL) Proposed Rule Stage
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1796. RULEMAKING RELATING TO NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUATION OF
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 88 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1210-AA60
_______________________________________________________________________
1797. [bull] DEFAULT ROLLOVER SAFE HARBOR
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1104(c); 29 USC 1105; PL 107-16, sec 657
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2550
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, June 7, 2004, Deadline prescribed by
Sec. 657(c)(2)(A) of the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of
2001 (Pub. L. 107-16).
Abstract: This regulation would provide safe harbors under which the
designation of an institution and investment of funds is deemed to
satisfy the fiduciary requirements of sec. 404(a) of ERISA. The
Department intends to issue a request for information in order to
obtain additional information from the public to assist it in
developing the required safe harbors.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Request for Information 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Louis J. Campagna, Supervisory Pension Law Specialist,
Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Room
N5669, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA92
_______________________________________________________________________
1798. [bull] ELECTRONIC FILING BY INVESTMENT ADVISERS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1002(38); 29 USC 1002 note
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2510.3-38
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Upon adoption, this proposed regulation will clarify that an
electronic filing with the Investment Advisers Registration Depository
(IARD), a centralized electronic filing system established by the
Securities and Exchange Commission in conjunction with the NASD and
State securities authorities, will satisfy the filing requirement for
investment advisers seeking investment manager status under
section3(38) of ERISA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Rudy Nuissl, Senior Pension Law Specialist, Department
of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA94
_______________________________________________________________________
1799. [bull] SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS REGULATION
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1053(2)(3)(B); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2530.203-3
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This regulation would amend the requirements of 29 CFR
2530.203-3(b)(4) relating to notification of suspension of benefit
payments.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Susan G. Lahne, Department of Labor, Pension and
Welfare Benefits Administration, Room N5669, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA96
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Final Rule Stage
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1800. DEFINITION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (ERISA SECTION
3(40))
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1002(40); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2510.3-40
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The regulation will establish standards for determining
whether an employee benefit plan is established or maintained under or
pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements for purposes
of its exclusion from the Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA)
definition in section 3(40) of ERISA, and thus exempted from State
regulation. The regulation will clarify the scope of the exception from
the MEWA definition for plans established or maintained under or
pursuant to one or more collective bargaining agreements by providing
criteria which will serve to distinguish welfare benefit arrangements
which are maintained by legitimate unions pursuant to bona fide
collective bargaining agreements from insurance arrangements promoted
and marketed under the guise of ERISA-covered plans exempt from State
insurance regulation. The regulation will also serve to limit the
extent to which plans maintained pursuant to bona fide collective
bargaining agreements may extend plan coverage
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to individuals not covered by such agreements.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 08/01/95 60 FR 39208
NPRM Comment Period Extended to 09/29/95 60 FR 50508
Notice Establishing Negotiated 09/22/98 63 FR 50542
Second NPRM 10/27/00 65 FR 64498
Second NPRM Comment Period End 12/26/00
Final Action 02/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Governmental Jurisdictions, Organizations
Government Levels Affected: State
Federalism: This action may have federalism implications as defined in
EO 13132.
Agency Contact: Elizabeth A. Goodman, Pension Law Specialist,
Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Room
N5669, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA48
_______________________________________________________________________
1801. REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE HEALTH CARE ACCESS, PORTABILITY, AND
RENEWABILITY PROVISIONS OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 89 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1210-AA54
_______________________________________________________________________
1802. MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS PARITY
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1182; 29 USC 1194; PL 104-204, 110
Stat. 2944
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2590
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) was enacted on
September 26, 1996 (Pub. L. 104-204). MHPA amended the Public Health
Service Act (PHS Act) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (ERISA), as amended, to provide for parity in the application
of certain mental health benefits with limits on medical and surgical
benefits. These changes were subsequently added to the Internal Revenue
Code (the Code). MHPA provisions are set forth in chapter 100 of
subtitle K of the Code, title XXVII of the PHS Act, and part 7 of
subtitle B of title I of ERISA. On January 10, 2002, President Bush
signed H.R. 3061 (Pub. L. 107-116, 115 Stat. 2177), the 2002
Appropriations Act for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education. This legislation extends MHPA's original
sunset date under ERISA, the Code, and the PHS Act, so that MHPA's
provisions will not apply to benefits for services furnished on or
after December 31, 2002. On March 9, 2002, President Bush signed H.R.
3090, the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
147, 116 Stat. 21), that included an amendment to section 9812 of the
Code (the mental health parity provisions). This legislation further
extends MHPA's original sunset date under the Code to December 31,
2003. As a result of the statutory amendments to MHPA, and to assist
employers, plan sponsors, health insurance issuers, and workers, the
Department of Labor developed a amendment of the interim final
regulations, in consultation with the Departments of the Treasury and
Health and Human Services, conforming the regulatory sunset date to the
new statutory sunset date under ERISA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 12/22/97 62 FR 66932
Interim Final Amendment 09/27/02 67 FR 60859
Interim Final Amendment
Effective 12/31/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: LEGAL AUTHORITIES CONT: Secs. 107, 209, 505,
701-703, 711, 712
Agency Contact: Mark Connor, Supervisory Pension Law Specialist,
Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Room
C5331, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8335
RIN: 1210-AA62
_______________________________________________________________________
1803. HEALTH CARE STANDARDS FOR MOTHERS AND NEWBORNS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1027; 29 USC 1059; 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1185; 29
USC 1191 to 1191c
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2590.711
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996
(NMHPA) was enacted on September 26, 1996 (PL 104-204). NMHPA amended
the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) and the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, (ERISA) to provide protection for
mothers and their newborn children with regard to the length of
hospital stays following the birth of a child. NMHPA provisions are set
forth in title XXVII of the PHSA and part 7 of subtitle B of title I of
ERISA. This rulemaking will provide further guidance with regard to the
provisions of the NMHPA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 10/27/98 63 FR 57546
Final Action 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Amy Turner, Pension Law Specialist, Department of
Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Room N5677, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8335
RIN: 1210-AA63
_______________________________________________________________________
1804. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR MEWAS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE BENEFITS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1021(g); 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1191c
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2520
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: These interim final rules govern certain reporting
requirements
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under title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended (ERISA) for multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs)
that provide benefits consisting of medical care. In part, the rules
implement recent changes made to ERISA by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The rules also set
forth elements that MEWAs would be required to file with the Department
of Labor for the purpose of determining compliance with the
portability, nondiscrimination, renewability and other requirements of
part 7 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA including the requirements of
the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 and the Newborns' and Mothers'
Protection Act of 1996. The rules provide guidance with respect to
section 502(c)(5) of ERISA which authorizes the Secretary of Labor to
assess a civil penalty of up to $1,000 a day for failure to comply with
the new reporting requirements.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 02/11/00 65 FR 7152
Final Action 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Amy Turner, Pension Law Specialist, Department of
Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Room N5677, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8335
RIN: 1210-AA64
_______________________________________________________________________
1805. RULEMAKING RELATING TO THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND CANCER RIGHTS ACT OF
1998
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1185; 29 USC 1191c
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA) was
enacted on October 21, 1998 (P.L. 105-277). WHCRA amended the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health
Service Act (PHS Act) to provide protection for patients who elect
breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. The WHCRA
provisions are set forth in part 7 of subtitle B of title I of ERISA
and in title XXVII of the PHS Act. These interim rules will provide
guidance with respect to the WHCRA provisions.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Request for Information (RFI) 05/28/99 64 FR 29186
RFI Comment Period End 06/28/99
Interim Final Rule 07/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Elena Hornsby, Pension Law Specialist, Department of
Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Room C5331, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, C5331, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8335
RIN: 1210-AA75
_______________________________________________________________________
1806. PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PARTICIPANTS AND BENEFICIARIES
BASED ON HEALTH STATUS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 90 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1210-AA77
_______________________________________________________________________
1807. [bull] BLACKOUT NOTICE REGULATION
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 91 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1210-AA90
_______________________________________________________________________
1808. [bull] BLACKOUT NOTICE CIVIL PENALTY
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 92 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1210-AA91
_______________________________________________________________________
1809. [bull] AMENDMENT OF PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS UNDER ERISA
Priority: Info./Admin./Other. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1132(c); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2570
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking would amend 29 CFR part 2570 to clarify the
time at which a notice of intent to assess a civil penalty, where there
is a failure to file a statement of reasonable cause, constitutes a
final order of the Secretary.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Interim Final Rule 10/21/02 67 FR 64774
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 11/20/02
Interim Final Rule Effective 01/26/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Jeffrey Turner, Pension Law Specialist, Department of
Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N 5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA93
_______________________________________________________________________
1810. [bull] CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY ADJUSTMENT REGULATION
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 2461 note
CFR Citation: Not Yet Determined
Legal Deadline: Final, Statutory, July 29, 2001, PL 104-134 sec 3720C.
Abstract: The Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act
of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996,
requires Federal agencies to adjust civil monetary penalties for
inflation at least once every four years. This rulemaking will satisfy
that requirement with respect to the civil monetary penalties under
title I of ERISA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Final Rule 12/00/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rudy F. Nuissl, Senior Pension Law Specialist,
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Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Rm N5669, FP Building, Washington, DC 20011
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA95
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Long-Term Actions
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1811. ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1002(18); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2510
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: The Department intends to republish for public comment a
proposed regulation originally published in 1988. The proposal sets
standards for determining ``adequate consideration'' under section
3(18) of ERISA for assets other than securities for which there is a
generally recognized market. The proposal is being republished to
obtain, through public comment, updated information to assist the
Department in determining whether, and what, guidance concerning the
definition of ``adequate consideration'' would be helpful to plan
participants, sponsors, fiduciaries, and other professionals providing
services to employee benefit plans.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 05/17/88 53 FR 17632
NPRM Comment Period End 07/17/88
Next Action Undetermined
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Morton Klevan, Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare
Benefits Administration, N5669, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP
Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA15
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Completed Actions
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1812. REGULATION EXEMPTING CERTAIN BROKER-DEALERS AND INVESTMENT
ADVISERS FROM BONDING REQUIREMENTS
Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is
undetermined.
Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1112; 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2580
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This proposed regulation would provide an exemption from the
bonding requirements of section 412(a) of ERISA for certain broker-
dealers and investment advisers who handle plan assets.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Withdrawn 09/12/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: No further action is contemplated by the Agency
on this item at this time.
Agency Contact: Jeffrey Turner, Pension Law Specialist, Department of
Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N 5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA80
_______________________________________________________________________
1813. BONDING RULES UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974 (COMPLETION OF A SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1112; 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2580
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: PWBA has determined that the bonding regulations under
section 412 of ERISA (29 CFR part 2580) do not have a significant
economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities within the
meaning of section 610(2) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
Accordingly a substantive review thereof is not required by section
610(6) of the RFA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Begin Review 12/01/00
End Review 08/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rudy Nuissl, Senior Pension Law Specialist, Department
of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA82
_______________________________________________________________________
1814. REQUESTS FOR ENFORCEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 502(B)(2) (COMPLETION
OF A SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1132(b)(2); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2560.502-1
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: PWBA has determined that the regulations under section
502(b)(1) of ERISA (formerly ERISA section 502(b)(2)) do not have a
significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities
within the meaning of section 610(2) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(RFA). Accordingly, a substantive review
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thereof is not required of section 610(b) of the RFA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Begin Review 12/01/00
End Review 08/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rudy Nuissl, Senior Pension Law Specialist, Department
of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA83
_______________________________________________________________________
1815. CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER ERISA SECTION 502(C)(2) (COMPLETION OF A
SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1132(c)(2); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2560.502(c)(2)
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: PWBA has determined that the regulations under section
502(c)(2) of ERISA (29 CFR 2560(c)(2)) do not have a significant
economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities within the
meaning of section 610(2) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
Accordingly, a substantive review thereof is not required by section
610(b) of the RFA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Begin Review 12/01/00
End Review 08/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rudy Nuissl, Senior Pension Law Specialist, Department
of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA84
_______________________________________________________________________
1816. PROCEDURES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER ERISA
SECTION 502(C)(2) (COMPLETION OF A SECTION 610 REVIEW)
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1132(c)(2); 29 USC 1135
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2570.60 et seq
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: PWBA has determined that the regulation relating to the
procedures for the assessment of civil penalties under section
502(c)(2) of ERISA do not have a significant economic impact upon a
substantial number of small entities within the meaning of section
610(2) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act(RFA). Accordingly, a
substantive review thereof is not required by section 610(b)of the RFA.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
Begin Review 12/01/00
End Review 08/15/02
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: No
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Rudy Nuissl, Senior Pension Law Specialist, Department
of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, N5669, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC 20210
Phone: 202 693-8500
RIN: 1210-AA85
_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Prerule Stage
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1817. [bull] DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER EXPOSURE OF UNDERGROUND METAL AND
NONMETAL MINERS
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 93 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1219-AB29
_______________________________________________________________________
1818. [bull] FOCUSED INSPECTIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 30 USC 957
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 4
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Compliance history and safety and health performance are
factors that provide an objective means for focusing MSHA resources.
MSHA seeks comment on how best to maximize the effectiveness of
resources and to further develop inspection procedures based upon
experience. MSHA will evaluate current guidelines and practices for
conducting inspections and determine how to best balance the
complimentary objectives of protecting miners while focusing inspection
resources on the greatest safety and health needs within each mine.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
ANPRM 06/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: Undetermined
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols, Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209-3939
Phone: 202 693-9457
Fax: 202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@msha.gov
RIN: 1219-AB30
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_______________________________________________________________________
Department of Labor (DOL) Proposed Rule Stage
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
_______________________________________________________________________
1819. BELT ENTRY USE AS INTAKE AIRCOURSE TO VENTILATE WORKING SECTIONS
AND AREAS WHERE MECHANIZED MINING EQUIPMENT IS BEING INSTALLED OR
REMOVED
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811; 30 USC 957; 30 USC 961
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 12; 30 CFR 48; 30 CFR 75
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Currently, mine operators must apply to MSHA for a
modification of the existing regulations if they want to use belt
entries to ventilate active working places. MSHA's current regulations
prohibit belt entries from being used to ventilate areas where coal is
being mined. The intent was to prevent smoke from a conveyor belt fire
from traveling to a miner's workplace. Improved technology, including
sophisticated monitoring devices, such as atmospheric monitoring
systems (AMS), makes it possible to use belt entries safely to
ventilate working sections in mines, provided certain precautions are
met. An AMS is a network consisting of hardware and software capable of
measuring atmospheric parameters, such as carbon monoxide and oxygen
concentrations transmitting these measurements to the surface;
providing local and remote alert and alarms; manipulating and
cataloging atmospheric data; and providing reports.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 01/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Additional Information: In 1985 MSHA published a ``pre-proposal'' that
included a belt air provision as part of the revisions to the
ventilation regulations. In 1988, MSHA published a proposed rule that
included a provision that would have allowed belt air to ventilate the
area where coal is being mined. Also in 1988, MSHA held six hearings to
receive public comment on the proposed rule. Several thousand miners
attended the hearings to voice their opposition to the belt air
provision. As a result, in 1989 MSHA formed the Belt Air Ventilation
Review Committee to review the use of belt air. The Committee concluded
that the use of belt air could be allowed, provided environmental
sensors are used to detect belt fires. Another hearing took place in
1990 to solicit further comment on the use of belt air. In 1991, the
Secretary of Labor formed a Federal Advisory Committee on the use of
belt air. MSHA published final ventilation rules in 1992 that omitted
the use of belt air, deferring further action until the Advisory
Committee recommendations were completed. In December 1992, the
Advisory Committee published a report that concluded that belt air can
be used to safely ventilate areas where coal is being mined, provided
certain conditions are met.
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 202 693-9457
Fax: 202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@msha.gov
RIN: 1219-AA76
_______________________________________________________________________
1820. INDEPENDENT LABORATORY TESTING
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 30 USC 957
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 6; 30 CFR 7; 30 CFR 18; 30 CFR 19; 30 CFR 20; 30
CFR 22; 30 CFR 27; 30 CFR 33; 30 CFR 36; 30 CFR 35; 30 CFR 23
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, and streamline requirements. Our current regulations
set out approval requirements for MSHA testing and evaluation for
approval of certain products used in gassy underground mines. The rule
as proposed would allow us to accept testing and evaluation of certain
mine equipment by independent laboratories; and approve products which
satisfy alternative testing and evaluation requirements if those
requirements are equivalent to ours, or could be enhanced to be
equivalent. We are reproposing the rule based on comments received on
the 1994 proposal.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM 11/30/94 59 FR 61376
NPRM 02/13/95 60 FR 8209
Public Hearing Notice 10/10/95 60 FR 52640
Notice to Reschedule Public
Hearing 02/09/96 61 FR 15743
Comment Period End 05/31/96
Second NPRM 10/17/02 67 FR 64196
Second NPRM Comment Period End 12/31/02
Final Rule 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: Federal
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 202 693-9457
Fax: 202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@msha.gov
RIN: 1219-AA87
_______________________________________________________________________
1821. IMPROVING AND ELIMINATING REGULATIONS
Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811; 30 USC 957
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 1 to 199
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rulemaking will revise text in the CFR to reduce burden
or duplication, and to streamline requirements. We have reviewed our
current regulations and identified provisions that are outdated,
redundant, unnecessary or otherwise require change. We will be making
these changes through notice and comment rulemaking where necessary. We
will also consider new regulations that reflect ``best practices'' in
the mining industry. We view this effort to be evolving and ongoing and
will continue to accept recommendations from the public. We are
considering the following issues for direct final and/or proposed
rulemaking: updating the 1985 SAE seat belt standard to the current
1997 standard; providing alternatives for containers which are used to
store flammable liquids; addressing compliance burdens for small mines;
reducing paperwork approval burden for sanitary toilet
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facilities; and allowing the use of spring-loaded locking devices on
battery-powered machines, rather than padlocks.
Timetable:
________________________________________________________________________
Action Date FR Cite
________________________________________________________________________
NPRM: Phase 5 Miscellaneous
Technology Improvements (Methane
Testing) 09/26/02 67 FR 60611
NPRM: Phase 5 Miscellaneous
Technology Improvements (Methane
Testing) Comment Period End 11/25/02
NPRM: Phase 7-Storage Containers09/00/03
NPRM: Phase 9-Sanitary Toilet
Facilities 09/00/03
NPRM: Phase 8-Small Mine
Compliance 09/00/03
Direct Final Rule: Phase 6-Seat
Belts 09/00/03
Direct Final Rule: Phase 10-
Spring -loaded locks 09/00/03
Direct Final Rule: Phase 9-
Sanitary Toilet Facilities 09/00/03
Direct Final Rule: Phase 8-Small
Mine Compliance 09/00/03
Direct Final Rule: Phase 7-
Storage Containers 09/00/03
Final Action: Phase 5 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 202 693-9457
Fax: 202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@msha.gov
RIN: 1219-AA98
_______________________________________________________________________
1822. VERIFICATION OF UNDERGROUND COAL MINE OPERATORS' DUST CONTROL
PLANS AND COMPLIANCE SAMPLING FOR RESPIRABLE DUST
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 94 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1219-AB14
_______________________________________________________________________
1823. DETERMINATION OF CONCENTRATION OF RESPIRABLE COAL MINE DUST
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 95 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1219-AB18
_______________________________________________________________________
1824. ASBESTOS EXPOSURE LIMIT
Regulatory Plan: This entry is Seq. No. 96 in part II of this issue of
the Federal Register.
RIN: 1219-AB24
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Department of Labor (DOL) Final Rule Stage
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
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1825. [bull] CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL
PENALTIES
Priority: Info./Admin./Other
Legal Authority: 30 USC 957; PL 104-134 Debt Collection Improvement Act
of 1996.
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 100
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: This rule would revise the Mine Safety and Health
Administration's (MSHA) statutory penalties found in sections 110(a),
110(b), 110(c), and 110(g) of the Mine Act and the specific penalty
amounts established in 30 CFR part 100 as mandated by the Debt
Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA). The DCIA required that civil
penalties be increased by up to 10 percent within 6 months of its
enactment. This was accomplished by a final rule published in the
Federal Register, 63 FR 20032, April 22, 1998. It also required
subsequent increases at least once every 4 years using a formula based
on the Consumer Price Index. MSHA is issuing a final rule to satisfy
that requirement.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Final Action 09/00/03
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: None
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols, Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209-3939
Phone: 202 693-9457
Fax: 202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@msha.gov
Related RIN: Related To 1219-AB03
RIN: 1219-AB32
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Department of Labor (DOL) Completed Actions
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)
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1826. HAZARD COMMUNICATION
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811; 30 USC 825
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 47
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Today's complex mining environment exposes miners to many
hazards, such as wastes being burned as fuel supplements at cement
kilns and other chemicals brought onto mine property.
On June 21, 2002, MSHA published a final Hazard Communication (HazCom)
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rule and withdrew the interim final rule.
The purpose of this standard is to reduce chemically related injuries
and illnesses among miners by increasing their knowledge and awareness
of chemical hazards. It ensures that miners have the same protections
that have been available to workers under OSHA's jurisdiction since
1987. MSHA's rule is consistent with OSHA's HazCom rule to the extent
appropriate.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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ANPRM 03/30/88 53 FR 10257
ANPRM Comment Period End 07/31/88
NPRM 11/02/90 55 FR 46400
NPRM Comment Period End 02/01/91
Notice of Public Hearing 09/25/91 56 FR 48720
Close of Record 09/25/91 56 FR 48720
Reopen Record 03/30/99 64 FR 15144
NPRM Comment Period End 06/30/99
Interim Final Rule 10/03/00 65 FR 59048
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period 11/17/00
Public Hearing and Extension of
Comment Period 12/11/00 65 FR 77292
Delay Effective Date of Interim
Final Rule 08/28/01 66 FR 45167
Interim Final Rule Comment
Period End 10/17/01
Final Rule 06/21/02 67 FR 42314
Interim Final Rule Effective 06/30/02
Final Rule Effective 09/23/02
Final Rule Applicable to Small
Entities 03/21/03 67 FR 42314
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes
Small Entities Affected: Businesses
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Additional Information: TIMETABLE CONT: The effective date for mines
employing 6 or more miners is 9/23/02 and for mines employing 5 or more
miners the effective date is 3/21/03.
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: 202 693-9457
Fax: 202 693-9441
Email: nichols-marvin@msha.gov
RIN: 1219-AA47
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1827. AIR QUALITY, CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, AND RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
STANDARDS
Priority: Other Significant
Legal Authority: 30 USC 811; 30 USC 813
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 56; 30 CFR 57; 30 CFR 58; 30 CFR 70; 30 CFR 71; 30
CFR 72; 30 CFR 75; 30 CFR 90
Legal Deadline: None
Abstract: Our current regulations for exposure to hazardous airborne
contaminants are over 25 years old. Examples of these include lead,
cyanide, arsenic benzene, asbestos and other well documented hazards.
MSHA plans to withdraw this item as a result of changes in agency
priorities and the possible adverse effects of unfavorable case law on
the proposed rule.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Notice of Availability 07/06/83 48 FR 31171
ANPRM 11/19/85 50 FR 47702
NPRM 08/29/89 54 FR 35760
NPRM 10/19/89 54 FR 43026
NPRM Comment Period End 08/30/91 56 FR 29201
Final Rule: Abrasive Blasting
and Drill Dust Control 02/18/94 59 FR 8318
Withdrawal Notice 09/26/02 67 FR 60611
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined
Government Levels Affected: State, Local, Tribal, Federal
Federalism: This action may have federalism implications as defined in
EO 13132.
Agency Contact: Marvin W. Nichols Jr., Director, Office of Standards,
Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Room 2352,
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