Michaels Says Announcement Coming Soon On Noise Control Feasibility Plan

OSHA chief David Michaels says the agency will soon announce plans regarding its contentious proposal unveiled last year to re-interpret language in its occupational noise control standards so as to increase reliance on administrative or engineering controls and less on personal protective equipment, telling a public interest group in Washington on Tuesday that the agency plans to move toward a resolution shortly, but without elaborating. Michaels indicated that agency officials have met with Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), both of whom formally lodged concerns with OSHA a