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OSHA Eases PSM Chemical Threshold Policy To Settle Industry Suit


August 3, 2016 at 05:52 PM
OSHA has eased a controversial policy issued last year for determining whether a chemical is present in sufficient concentrations to warrant regulating a facility under the agency's process safety management (PSM) rule, after a legal settlement with the chemical industry that excludes hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acid from the policy and postpones enforcement.

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