29 C.F.R. 29 CFR--PART 1910.1028
Title 29 - Labor
Effective Date(s): November 22, 2006 9. In §1910.1028, remove Table 1 in paragraph (g)(3)(ii) and revise paragraphs (g)(2)(i) and (g)(3)(i) to read as follows: * * * * * (g) * * * (2) * * * (i) Employers must implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 (b) through (d) (except (d)(1)(iii)), and (f) through (m). * * * * * (3) * * * (i) Employers must: (A) Select, and provide to employees, the appropriate respirators specified in paragraph (d)(3)(i)(A) of 29 CFR 1910.134. (B) Provide employees with any organic vapor gas mask or any self-contained breathing apparatus with a full facepiece to use for escape. (C) Use an organic vapor cartridge or canister with powered and non-powered air-purifying respirators, and a chin-style canister with full facepiece gas masks. (D) Ensure that canisters used with non-powered air-purifying respirators have a minimum service life of four hours when tested at 150 ppm benzene at a flow rate of 64 liters per minute (LPM), a temperature of 25 °C, and a relative humidity of 85%; for canisters used with tight-fitting or loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators, the flow rates for testing must be 115 LPM and 170 LPM, respectively. * * * * *
Amendment from August 24, 2006
29 CFR--PART 1910.1028
Amendment(s) published August 24, 2006, in 71 FR 50189
§ 1910.1028 Benzene.
