A key industry stakeholder, ORC-Mercer Networks, told OSHA that the organization does not agree with suggestions that the agency abandon efforts to update individual permissible exposure limits (PELs) in favor of generic approaches, such as proposed rulemaking on injury and illness prevention programs or reliance on some kind of “control banding,” though such efforts could also prove useful. But a union official said there is a need for a wide-ranging approach to the issue including a program rule. “I think that we need to set comprehensive standards; we have to look at all of these different
December 30, 2025