Airborne Contaminants Costs Soft-Pedaled? – Industry Wants More Time to Implement New PELs

SACRAMENTO -- Industry likes the newly revised permissible exposure limits (PELs) for substances pulled from a December 2003 update, but it says Cal/OSHA doesn't fully realize the cost of implementing the new limits and wants an extension of the effective date on the regulation. Comments came at the Sept. 15 public hearing on the proposal.The board also heard a spate of comments about its proposal on ventilation requirements for laboratory fume hoods.Remarks on the proposal revealed broad support