6/23/10 N.Y. St. Reg. LAB-25-10-00006-P
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed Action:
This is a consensus rule making to amend section 800.3 of Title 12 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Labor Law, section 27-a(4)(a)
Subject:
Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
Purpose:
To incorporate by reference updates to OSHA standards into the State Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
Text of proposed rule:
Regulation 12 NYCRR § 800.3 is amended to add the following subdivision:
(ds) Revising Standards Referenced in the Acetylene Standard; Final Rule-74 FR 40442-40447, August 11, 2009.
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Michael Paglialonga, New York State Department of Labor, State Office Campus, Building 12, Room 509, Albany, NY 12240, (518) 457-1938, email:
michael.paglialonga@labor.ny.govData, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Same as above.
Public comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Consensus Rule Making Determination
This amendment is necessary because Section 27-a(4)(a) of the Labor Law directs the Commissioner to adopt by rule, for the protection of the safety and health of public employees, all safety and health standards promulgated under the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and to promulgate and repeal such rules and regulations as may be necessary to conform to the standards established pursuant to that Act. This insures that public employees will be afforded the same safeguards in their workplaces as are granted to employees in the private sector.
As the proposed action does not affect jobs and employment opportunities but simply affords workplace safety and health guidelines to improve job performance and safety, a job impact statement is not submitted.
