PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY
Pursuant to § 2.2-4002.1 of the Code of Virginia, a certified guidance document is subject to a 30-day public comment period after publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations and prior to the guidance document's effective date. During the public comment period, comments may be made through the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall website (http://www.townhall.virginia.gov) or sent to the agency contact. Under subsection C of § 2.2-4002.1, the effective date of the guidance document may be delayed for an additional period. The guidance document may also be withdrawn.
The following guidance documents have been submitted for publication by the listed agencies for a public comment period. Online users of this issue of the Virginia Register of Regulations may click on the name of a guidance document to access it. Guidance documents are also available on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall (http://www.townhall.virginia.gov) or from the agency contact or may be viewed at the Office of the Registrar of Regulations, General Assembly Building, 201 North Ninth Street, Fourth Floor, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES BOARD
Title of Document: Certified Crime Prevention Community Program Certification Guidelines Manual.
Public Comment Deadline: July 31, 2024.
Effective Date: August 1, 2024.
Agency Contact: Kristi Shalton, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Criminal Justice Services, 1100 Bank Street, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 786-7801, or email kristi.shalton@dcjs.virginia.gov.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Title of Document: Children with Special Health Care Needs Pool of Funds Guidelines.
Public Comment Deadline: July 31, 2024.
Effective Date: August 1, 2024.
Agency Contact: Rebecca Edelstein, Policy Analyst, Virginia Department of Health, 109 Governor Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 240-1308, or email rebecca.edelstein@vdh.virginia.gov.
SAFETY AND HEALTH CODES BOARD
Titles of Documents: Appendix A Revision.
VOSH Field Operations Manual; Chapter 11 - Penalties.
Public Comment Deadline: July 31, 2024.
Effective Date: August 1, 2024.
Agency Contact: Cristin Bernhardt, Regulatory Coordinator and Staff Attorney, Department of Labor and Industry, Main Street Centre, 600 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 786-2392, or email cristin.bernhardt@doli.virginia.gov.
STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Title of Document: Child and Family Services Manual, Chapter E, Foster Care.
Public Comment Deadline: July 31, 2024.
Effective Date: August 1, 2024.
Agency Contact: Nikki Clarke Callaghan, Legislation, Regulations, and Guidance Manager, Department of Social Services, 801 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 726-7943, or email nikki.clarke@dss.virginia.gov.
The following guidance documents have been submitted for deletion and the listed agencies have opened up a 30-day public comment period. The listed agencies had previously identified these documents as certified guidance documents, pursuant to § 2.2-4002.1 of the Code of Virginia. Online users of this issue of the Virginia Register of Regulations may click on the name of a guidance document to view the deleted document and comment. This information is also available on the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall (http://www.townhall.virginia.gov) or from the agency contact.
DEPARTMENT FOR THE BLIND AND VISION IMPAIRED
Title of Document: PPD 22-04 Referral.
Public Comment Deadline: July 31, 2024.
Effective Date: August 1, 2024.
Agency Contact: Deborah Collard, Senior Policy Analyst, Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired, 397 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, VA 23227, telephone (804 887-7343, or email deborah.collard@dbvi.virginia.gov.
SAFETY AND HEALTH CODES BOARD
Titles of Documents: 16VAC25-75, Virginia Unique General Industry Standard for Telecommunications, General, Approach Distances.
Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records, § 1910.1020.
Administrative Regulations Manual for the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program.
Air Contaminants in Public Sector Shipyard Employment.
Amendments to the Air Contaminants Standards.
Amendments to the Applicability of Standards in 29 CFR Part 1910, § 1928.21.
Amendment Concerning Presence Sensing Device Initiation of Mechanical Power Presses, §§ 1910.211 and 1910.217.
Amendment Concerning Servicing of Single-Piece and Multi-Piece Rim Wheels.
Amendment Concerning Revision of Construction Industry Test and Inspection Records.
Amendment to the Flammable Liquid Standard for General Industry, § 1910.106.
Amendment to Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard for General Industry, § 1910.146.
Amendment to Vinyl Chloride for General Industry, § 1910.1017; CFR Correction.
Amendment to Virginia Commercial Diving Standard, § 1910.430.
Commercial Diving Operations - Subpart T of Part 1910.
Competent Person, Shipyard Employment, § 1915.7.
Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment, §§ 1915.11 through 1915.16; and Corrections.
Confined Spaces in Construction, Part 1926, Subpart AA, §§ 1926.1200 through 1926.1213; and Other Related Provisions, § 1926.953, Enclosed Spaces; and § 1926.968, Definitions.
Cranes and Derricks in Construction, §§ 1926.1400 through 1926.1442.
Dipping and Coating Operations, General Industry, Revised Final Rule, §§ 1910.122 through 1910.126.
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution and Amendments, Parts 1910 and 1926; Amendment to Electrical Protective Equipment Standard, § 1910.137; Correcting Amendments.
Electrical Standard, Subpart S of Part 1910, §§ 1910.302 through 1910.308.
Employer Duty to Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Each Employee; Clarification of Final Rule; Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, and 1926; and Correction.
Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment; Final Rule.
Ethylene Oxide Standard Construction Industry, § 1926.1147; and Correction.
Excavations Standard, §§ 1926.650 through 1926.652.
Exemption for Religious Reasons for Wearing Hard Hats.
Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans, §§ 1910.33 through 1910.39, Subpart E; Final Rule and Changes to Related Standards.
Explosive Actuated Fastening Tools.
Fall Protection in General Industry - 1910.23c1, c3, 1910.132a.
Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment, §§ 1915.501 through 1915.509, Public Sector Only.
Gases, Vapors, Fumes, Dusts, and Mists, § 1926.55.
General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment; Final Rule and Corrections.
Grain Handling Facilities Standard, § 1910.272; Technical Amendment.
Hazard Communication Standard, § 1910.1200; and Other Related Standards in Parts 1910, 1915, and 1926; Corrections and Technical Amendment.
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, §§ 1910.120 and 1926.65.
Incorporation into Part 1926 those Part 1910 General Industry Safety and Health Standards determined to be Applicable to Construction Work.
Lead Exposure in Construction, § 1926.62.
Lead Standard, General Industry, § 1910.1025; Amendments.
Logging Operations, General Industry, § 1910.266; Corrections.
Longshoring and Marine Terminals, Parts 1910, 1917 and 1918.
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus, §§ 1910.219 and 1926.307; Mechanical Power Presses, § 1910.217; Telecommunications, § 1910.268; and Hydrogen, § 1910.103.
Methylenedianiline in Construction, § 1926.60; Correction.
Occupational Exposure to 1,3--Butadiene, General Industry, § 1910.1051; Final Rule.
Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, General Industry, § 1910.1001, Shipyard Employment, § 1915.1001, and Construction, § 1926.1101; Revised Final Rule.
Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, Construction Industry, § 1926.1124.
Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, General Industry, § 1910.1024.
Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, Public-Sector Shipyard Employment Industry, § 1915.1024.
Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, § 1910.1030.
Occupational Exposure to Cotton Dust, § 1910.1043n4.
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories, § 1910.1450 - Non-Mandatory Appendix A, National Research Council Recommendations concerning Chemical Hygiene in Laboratories; Technical Amendment.
Occupational Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium; Revising Notification Requirements in the Exposure Determination Provisions of Hexavalent Chromium Standards, § 1910.1026 d 4 i - General Industry, § 1915.1026 - Shipyards, § 1926 - Construction.
Occupational Exposure to Methylene Chloride, General Industry, § 1910.1052; Shipyard Employment, § 1915.1052; and Construction, § 1926.1152; Revised Final Rule.
Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica; and Correcting Amendment.
Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements, 1904.0 through 1904.46; and Amendments.
Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Shipyard Employment; Technical Amendments.
Overhead and Gantry Cranes.
Overhead High Voltage Line Safety Act, §§ 59.1-406 through 59.1-414 of the Code of Virginia.
Personal Protective Equipment for Shipyard Employment, Part 1915; Amendment.
Personal Protective Equipment, Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, and 1926.
Powered Industrial Trucks, Parts 1910, 1915, 1917.1, 1918.1, and 1926; Correction.
Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals, § 1910.119, Amendment to Explosives and Blasting Agents, § 1910.109; and Corrections.
Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills.
Respiratory Protection Standard, § 1910.134, and Other Related Standards in Parts 1910 and 1926.
Retention of Department of Transportation Markings, Placards, and Labels - §§ 1910.1201, 1915.100, 1917.29, 1918.100, and 1926.61.
Reverse Signal Operation Safety Requirements for Motor Vehicles, Machinery, and Equipment in General Industry and the Construction Industry, 16VAC25-97.
Revising Standards Referenced in 16VAC25-90-1910.102, Acetylene Standard for General Industry, § 1910.102.
Rigging Equipment for Material Handling Construction Standard, § 1926.251; Correction and Technical Amendment.
Safety Standards for General Industry and Construction; Final Rule; and Technical Amendments.
Safety Standards for Scaffolds Used in the Construction Industry, §§ 1926.450 through 1926.454; Repeal of § 1926.556, Aerial Lifts; Corrections to §§ 1926.451 and 1926.453; and Administrative Stay of § 1926.451b.
Safety Standards for Signs, Signals, and Barricades, Subpart G, §§ 1926.200 through 1926.203.
Safety Standards for Steel Erection, §§ 1926.750 through 1926.759, 1926.760 d and e, and § 1926.761; Revised Final Rule.
Sawmills § 1910.265; Amendments.
Special Provisions for Air Contaminants, § 1910.19; Amendment.
Standard Concerning Safety Testing or Certification of Certain Workplace Equipment and Materials.
Standards Improvement Project - Phase III SIP - III Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1926.
Textiles, § 1910.262; Amendment.
Tree Trimming Operations.
Underground Construction Standard, § 1926.800.
Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms, § 1910.67.
Virginia Confined Space Standard for the Telecommunications Industry, § 1910.268 t.
Virginia Unique Construction Industry for Sanitation; in General, 16VAC25-160-10, and Field Sanitation Standard, 16VAC25-180-10 (Agriculture).
Virginia Unique Safety Standards for Fall Protection in Steel Erection, Construction Industry, 16VAC25-145, in lieu of 29 CFR 1926.760a, 1926.760b, and 1926.760c.
VOSH Voluntary Protection Program.
Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Protective Equipment Fall Protection Systems, Final Rule; and Other Related Provisions.
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing Standard, §§ 1910.252 through 1910.257.
Public Comment Deadline: July 31, 2024.
Effective Date: August 1, 2024.
Agency Contact: Cristin Bernhardt, Regulatory Coordinator and Staff Attorney, Department of Labor and Industry, Main Street Centre, 600 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 786-2392, or email cristin.bernhardt@doli.virginia.gov.