SACRAMENTO -- When California adopts a federal change to occupational safety and health regulations and the proposal is substantially the same as the federal action, the state is not required to gather public comment.Often, if not most of the time, the Cal/OSH Standards Board asks for public comment anyway, to identify any "clear and compelling reasons" for it to deviate from the federal standard and to identify issues unique to the state.Such was the case with the board's proposal to follow Fed-O
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