---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 850.25"
title: "10"
number: "850.25"
heading: "Exposure reduction and minimization."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/850.25"
---

# §850.25. Exposure reduction and minimization.

- (a) The responsible employer must ensure that no worker is exposed above the exposure limit prescribed in [§ 850.22](/cfr/10/850.22.md).
- (b) **The responsible employer must, in addition—**
  - (1) Where exposure levels are at or above the action level, establish a formal exposure reduction and minimization program to reduce exposure levels to below the action level, if practicable. This program must be described in the responsible employer's CBDPP and must include:
    - (i) Annual goals for exposure reduction and minimization;
    - (ii) A rationale for and a strategy for meeting the goals;
    - (iii) Actions that will be taken to achieve the goals; and
    - (iv) A means of tracking progress towards meeting the goals or demonstrating that the goals have been met.
  - (2) Where exposure levels are below the action level, implement actions for reducing and minimizing exposures, if practicable. The responsible employer must include in the CBDPP a description of the steps to be taken for exposure reduction and minimization and a rationale for those steps.
- (c) The responsible employer must implement exposure reduction and minimization actions using the conventional hierarchy of industrial hygiene controls (i.e., engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment in that order).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 29 U.S.C. 668; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., E.O. 12196, 3 CFR 1981 comp., at 145 as amended.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 68905, Dec. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted.