---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1990.141"
title: "29"
number: "1990.141"
heading: "Advance notice of proposed rulemaking."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1990.141"
---

# §1990.141. Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

- (a) Within thirty (30) days after OSHA initiates a study concerning the economic and/or technological feasibility of specific standards that might be applied in the regulation of a potential occupational carcinogen, the Secretary will normally publish, in the Federal Register, a notice which includes at least the following:
  - (1) The name of the substance(s),
  - (2) The scope of the study, including where possible,
    - (i) Affected industries,
    - (ii) Levels of exposure being studied,
    - (iii) The anticipated completion date of the study;
  - (3) A brief summary of the available data on health effects;
  - (4) An estimate of when the Secretary anticipates the issuance of a proposal;
  - (5) An invitation to interested parties to provide relevant information;
  - (6) A statement that persons wishing to provide OSHA with their own study should complete it within 30 days after the anticipated proposal date; and
  - (7) A statement of the procedural requirements that must be met before substantial new issues or substantial new evidence will be considered in the proceeding pursuant to [§ 1990.145](/cfr/29/1990.145.md).
- (b) Where the Secretary determines to discontinue a feasibility study, the Secretary should publish, within 30 days, a notice in the Federal Register so indicating.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 4, 6, 8, Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657); Secretary of Labor's Order No. 8-76 (41 FR 25059); and 29 CFR part 1911.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 5282, Jan. 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.