Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 29


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 15 - Notes
    Sec.                                                     
    651.        Congressional statement of findings and declaration of
                 purpose and policy.                                  
    652.        Definitions.                                          
    653.        Geographic applicability; judicial enforcement;
                 applicability to existing standards; report to
                 Congress on duplication and coordination of Federal
                 laws; workmen's compensation law or common law or
                 statutory rights, duties, or liabilities of employers
                 and employees unaffected.                            
    654.        Duties of employers and employees.                    
    655.        Standards.                                            
                  (a)  Promulgation by Secretary of national consensus
                        standards and established Federal standards;
                        time for promulgation; conflicting standards. 
                  (b)  Procedure for promulgation, modification, or
                        revocation of standards.                      
                  (c)  Emergency temporary standards.                 
                  (d)  Variances from standards; procedure.           
                  (e)  Statement of reasons for Secretary's
                        determinations; publication in Federal
                        Register.                                     
                  (f)  Judicial review.                               
                  (g)  Priority for establishment of standards.       
    656.        Administration.                                       
                  (a)  National Advisory Committee on Occupational
                        Safety and Health; establishment; membership;
                        appointment; Chairman; functions; meetings;
                        compensation; secretarial and clerical
                        personnel.                                    
                  (b)  Advisory committees; appointment; duties;
                        membership; compensation; reimbursement to
                        member's employer; meetings; availability of
                        records; conflict of interest.                
                  (c)  Use of services, facilities, and personnel of
                        Federal, State, and local agencies;
                        reimbursement; employment of experts and
                        consultants or organizations; renewal of
                        contracts; compensation; travel expenses.     
    657.        Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping.       
                  (a)  Authority of Secretary to enter, inspect, and
                        investigate places of employment; time and
                        manner.                                       
                  (b)  Attendance and testimony of witnesses and
                        production of evidence; enforcement of
                        subpoena.                                     
                  (c)  Maintenance, preservation, and availability of
                        records; issuance of regulations; scope of
                        records; periodic inspections by employer;
                        posting of notices by employer; notification
                        of employee of corrective action.             
                  (d)  Obtaining of information.                      
                  (e)  Employer and authorized employee
                        representatives to accompany Secretary or his
                        authorized representative on inspection of
                        workplace; consultation with employees where
                        no authorized employee representative is
                        present.                                      
                  (f)  Request for inspection by employees or
                        representative of employees; grounds;
                        procedure; determination of request;
                        notification of Secretary or representative
                        prior to or during any inspection of
                        violations; procedure for review of refusal by
                        representative of Secretary to issue citation
                        for alleged violations.                       
                  (g)  Compilation, analysis, and publication of
                        reports and information; rules and
                        regulations.                                  
                  (h)  Use of results of enforcement activities.      
    658.        Citations.                                            
                  (a)  Authority to issue; grounds; contents; notice
                        in lieu of citation for de minimis violations.
                  (b)  Posting.                                       
                  (c)  Time for issuance.                             
    659.        Enforcement procedures.                               
                  (a)  Notification of employer of proposed assessment
                        of penalty subsequent to issuance of citation;
                        time for notification of Secretary by employer
                        of contest by employer of citation or proposed
                        assessment; citation and proposed assessment
                        as final order upon failure of employer to
                        notify of contest and failure of employees to
                        file notice.                                  
                  (b)  Notification of employer of failure to correct
                        in allotted time period violation for which
                        citation was issued and proposed assessment of
                        penalty for failure to correct; time for
                        notification of Secretary by employer of
                        contest by employer of notification of failure
                        to correct or proposed assessment;
                        notification or proposed assessment as final
                        order upon failure of employer to notify of
                        contest.                                      
                  (c)  Advisement of Commission by Secretary of
                        notification of contest by employer of
                        citation or notification or of filing of
                        notice by any employee or representative of
                        employees; hearing by Commission; orders of
                        Commission and Secretary; rules of procedure. 
    660.        Judicial review.                                      
                  (a)  Filing of petition by persons adversely
                        affected or aggrieved; orders subject to
                        review; jurisdiction; venue; procedure;
                        conclusiveness of record and findings of
                        Commission; appropriate relief; finality of
                        judgment.                                     
                  (b)  Filing of petition by Secretary; orders subject
                        to review; jurisdiction; venue; procedure;
                        conclusiveness of record and findings of
                        Commission; enforcement of orders; contempt
                        proceedings.                                  
                  (c)  Discharge or discrimination against employee
                        for exercise of rights under this chapter;
                        prohibition; procedure for relief.            
    661.        Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.     
                  (a)  Establishment; membership; appointment;
                        Chairman.                                     
                  (b)  Terms of office; removal by President.         
                  (c)  Omitted.                                       
                  (d)  Principal office; hearings or other proceedings
                        at other places.                              
                  (e)  Functions and duties of Chairman; appointment
                        and compensation of administrative law judges
                        and other employees.                          
                  (f)  Quorum; official action.                       
                  (g)  Hearings and records open to public;
                        promulgation of rules; applicability of
                        Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.             
                  (h)  Depositions and production of documentary
                        evidence; fees.                               
                  (i)  Investigatory powers.                          
                  (j)  Administrative law judges; determinations;
                        report as final order of Commission.          
                  (k)  Appointment and compensation of administrative
                        law judges.                                   
    662.        Injunction proceedings.                               
                  (a)  Petition by Secretary to restrain imminent
                        dangers; scope of order.                      
                  (b)  Appropriate injunctive relief or temporary
                        restraining order pending outcome of
                        enforcement proceeding; applicability of Rule
                        65 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.       
                  (c)  Notification of affected employees and
                        employers by inspector of danger and of
                        recommendation to Secretary to seek relief.   
                  (d)  Failure of Secretary to seek relief; writ of
                        mandamus.                                     
    663.        Representation in civil litigation.                   
    664.        Disclosure of trade secrets; protective orders.       
    665.        Variations, tolerances, and exemptions from required
                 provisions; procedure; duration.                     
    666.        Civil and criminal penalties.                         
                  (a)  Willful or repeated violation.                 
                  (b)  Citation for serious violation.                
                  (c)  Citation for violation determined not serious. 
                  (d)  Failure to correct violation.                  
                  (e)  Willful violation causing death to employee.   
                  (f)  Giving advance notice of inspection.           
                  (g)  False statements, representations or
                        certification.                                
                  (h)  Omitted.                                       
                  (i)  Violation of posting requirements.             
                  (j)  Authority of Commission to assess civil
                        penalties.                                    
                  (k)  Determination of serious violation.            
                  (l)  Procedure for payment of civil penalties.      
    667.        State jurisdiction and plans.                         
                  (a)  Assertion of State standards in absence of
                        applicable Federal standards.                 
                  (b)  Submission of State plan for development and
                        enforcement of State standards to preempt
                        applicable Federal standards.                 
                  (c)  Conditions for approval of plan.               
                  (d)  Rejection of plan; notice and opportunity for
                        hearing.                                      
                  (e)  Discretion of Secretary to exercise authority
                        over comparable standards subsequent to
                        approval of State plan; duration; retention of
                        jurisdiction by Secretary upon determination
                        of enforcement of plan by State.              
                  (f)  Continuing evaluation by Secretary of State
                        enforcement of approved plan; withdrawal of
                        approval of plan by Secretary; grounds;
                        procedure; conditions for retention of
                        jurisdiction by State.                        
                  (g)  Judicial review of Secretary's withdrawal of
                        approval or rejection of plan; jurisdiction;
                        venue; procedure; appropriate relief; finality
                        of judgment.                                  
                  (h)  Temporary enforcement of State standards.      
    668.        Programs of Federal agencies.                         
                  (a)  Establishment, development, and maintenance by
                        head of each Federal agency.                  
                  (b)  Report by Secretary to President.              
                  (c)  Omitted.                                       
                  (d)  Access by Secretary to records and reports
                        required of agencies.                         
    669.        Research and related activities.                      
                  (a)  Authority of Secretary of Health and Human
                        Services to conduct research, experiments, and
                        demonstrations, develop plans, establish
                        criteria, promulgate regulations, authorize
                        programs, and publish results and industrywide
                        studies; consultations.                       
                  (b)  Authority of Secretary of Health and Human
                        Services to make inspections and question
                        employers and employees.                      
                  (c)  Contracting authority of Secretary of Labor;
                        cooperation between Secretary of Labor and
                        Secretary of Health and Human Services.       
                  (d)  Dissemination of information to interested
                        parties.                                      
                  (e)  Delegation of functions of Secretary of Health
                        and Human Services to Director of the National
                        Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. 
    669a.       Expanded research on worker health and safety.        
    670.        Training and employee education.                      
                  (a)  Authority of Secretary of Health and Human
                        Services to conduct education and
                        informational programs; consultations.        
                  (b)  Authority of Secretary of Labor to conduct
                        short-term training of personnel.             
                  (c)  Authority of Secretary of Labor to establish
                        and supervise education and training programs
                        and consult and advise interested parties.    
                  (d)  Compliance assistance program.                 
    671.        National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
                  (a)  Statement of purpose.                          
                  (b)  Establishment; Director; appointment; term.    
                  (c)  Development and establishment of standards;
                        performance of functions of Secretary of
                        Health and Human Services.                    
                  (d)  Authority of Director.                         
                  (e)  Additional authority of Director.              
                  (f)  Annual reports.                                
                  (g)  Lead-based paint activities.                   
    671a.       Workers' family protection.                           
                  (a)  Short title.                                   
                  (b)  Findings and purpose.                          
                  (c)  Evaluation of employee transported contaminant
                        releases.                                     
                  (d)  Regulations.                                   
                  (e)  Authorization of appropriations.               
    672.        Grants to States.                                     
                  (a)  Designation of State agency to assist State in
                        identifying State needs and responsibilities
                        and in developing State plans.                
                  (b)  Experimental and demonstration projects.       
                  (c)  Designation by Governor of appropriate State
                        agency for receipt of grant.                  
                  (d)  Submission of application.                     
                  (e)  Approval or rejection of application.          
                  (f)  Federal share.                                 
                  (g)  Administration and enforcement of programs
                        contained in approved State plans; Federal
                        share.                                        
                  (h)  Report to President and Congress.              
    673.        Statistics.                                           
                  (a)  Development and maintenance of program of
                        collection, compilation, and analysis;
                        employments subject to coverage; scope.       
                  (b)  Authority of Secretary to promote, encourage,
                        or engage in programs, make grants, and grant
                        or contract for research and investigations.  
                  (c)  Federal share for grants.                      
                  (d)  Utilization by Secretary of State or local
                        services, facilities, and employees; consent;
                        reimbursement.                                
                  (e)  Reports by employers.                          
                  (f)  Supersedure of agreements between Department of
                        Labor and States for collection of statistics.
    674.        Audit of grant recipient; maintenance of records;
                 contents of records; access to books, etc.           
    675.        Annual reports by Secretary of Labor and Secretary of
                 Health and Human Services; contents.                 
    676.        Omitted.                                              
    677.        Separability.                                         
    678.        Authorization of appropriations.                      
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in section 671a of this title; title
    2 sections 1302, 1341, 1371, 1434; title 3 sections 402, 425; title
    15 sections 2080, 2603; title 25 section 450m; title 30 section
    951; title 31 section 1105; title 39 sections 404, 415, 3622; title
    42 sections 280b-1, 300ee-2, 2297h-13, 4853a, 6971, 7412, 11021,
    11022.
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