Under a revision to the commercial diving standard proposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, recreational diving instructors and guides would be able to use alternatives to on-site decompression chambers.The proposed revision, published in the Jan. 10 Federal Register, is based on a three-year-old variance. It would allow divers to use nitrox breathing gas under certain circumstances and covers recreational diving operations relying on self-contained breath
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