November 1, 2011 at 08:02 PM
Key stakeholders watching OSHA's longtime effort to bring permissible exposure limits (PELs) in line with current scientific evidence told Inside OSHA Online that they expect little or no progress on updating the limits before the end of this presidential term, though using the general duty clause as a stopgap continues to be discussed. They attribute further delay partly to the intensifying rhetoric as election season kicks in, and paralysis within OSHA and other agencies to pursue tighter rules given the recent laser-focus scrutiny of new federal regulations in the context of the administrat