---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1902.16"
title: "29"
number: "1902.16"
heading: "Partial approval of State plans."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1902.16"
---

# §1902.16. Partial approval of State plans.

- (a) The Assistant Secretary may partially approve a plan under this part whenever:
  - (1) The portion to be approved meets the requirements of this part;
  - (2) The plan covers more than one occupational safety and health issue; and
  - (3) **Portions of the plan to be approved are reasonably separable from the remainder of the plan.**
- (b) Whenever the Assistant Secretary approves only a portion of a State plan, he may give notice to the State of an opportunity to show cause why a proceeding should not be commenced for disapproval of the remainder of the plan under subpart C of this part before commencing such a proceeding.

## Notes

### Amendments

[80 FR 49903, Aug. 18, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 18, 84 Stat. 1608 (29 U.S.C. 667); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012).

### Source

Source: 36 FR 20751, Oct. 29, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[80 FR 49903, Aug. 18, 2015]