---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1911.5"
title: "29"
number: "1911.5"
heading: "Minor changes in standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1911.5"
---

# §1911.5. Minor changes in standards.


[Section 6(b)](/cfr/29/6.md?p=b), when construed in light of the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act ([5 U.S.C. 553](/usc/5/553.md)), is read as permitting the making of minor rules or amendments in which the public is not particularly interested without the notice and public procedure which is otherwise required. Whenever such a minor rule or amendment is adopted, it shall incorporate a finding of good cause to this effect for not providing notice and public procedure.


## Notes

### Amendments

[37 FR 8664, Apr. 29, 1972]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); secs. 1, 4, Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act (41 U.S.C. 35, 38); secs. 2, 4, Service Contracts Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 351, 353); sec. 107, Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (Construction Safety Act) (40 U.S.C. 333); sec. 41, Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941); sec. 5(j)(2), National Foundation on Arts and Humanities Act (20 U.S.C. 954(j)(2)); 5 U.S.C. 553; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable. Sections 1911.12 and 1911.18 also issued under 29 CFR part 1911.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 17507, Sept. 1, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[37 FR 8664, Apr. 29, 1972]