Thursday, August 21, 2025

OSHA Publishes 16 Respirator NPRM Comment Extensions

Yesterday the DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration published 16 notices in the Federal Register for extensions of comment periods for notices of proposed rulemakings related  respirator requirements for various OSHA safety standards, aligning those rules with the OSHA respiratory protection standard (29 CFR 1910.134). The related NPRMs were published on July 1st, 2025. These are substances covered in the comment extension notices (first link is to the individual notice and the second to the standard being revised).

• 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (29 CFR 1910.1044) – OSHA-2025-0019,

• 1,3-Butadiene (29 CFR 1910.1051) – OSHA-2025-0020,

• 13 Carcinogens (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0013,

• Acrylonitrile (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0017,

• Asbestos (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0024,

• Benzene (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0023,

• Cadmium (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0021,

• Coke Oven Emissions (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0014,

• Cotton Dust (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0011,

• Ethylene Oxide (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0018,

• Formaldehyde (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0026,

• Inorganic Arsenic (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0016,

• Lead (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0022,

• Methylene Chloride (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0012,

• Methylenedianiline (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0025, and

• Vinyl Chloride (29 CFR 1910 subpart Z) – OSHA-2025-0015

The revised close of comment date for each of the NPRM’s is now November 1st, 2025. Comments may be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.regulations.gov; docket numbers listed above).

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