Trump delays beryllium rule – will recent rules be enforced?
OSHA’sberyllium standard, published 11 days before President Trump’s inauguration, is one of the rules delayed 60 days by the Trump administration’s Jan. 20 regulatory freeze and review instructions. Federal agencies are to send no new rules to the Federal Register, withdraw rules sent but not yet published, and delay the effective date by 60 days of any rule published that has not taken effect. The beryllium rule was to go into effect March 10.
OSHA’s walking-working surfaces standard went into effect Jan. 17. Worker training is to be completed in six months, and fall protection installed in two years. The incoming OSHA regime might not enforce these compliance dates, or modify them.