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            "what_changed": "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is holding virtual public hearings, starting August 19, 2026, on deregulatory proposed rules it published on July 1, 2025 and April 6, 2026. The notice itself changes no safety standard.",
            "whos_affected": "Employers whose workers wear respirators under the chemical standards or wear filtering facepiece respirators, employers that rely on the safety color code, and employers with fixed ladders over 24 feet may want to follow these proposals.",
            "what_to_do": "This notice creates no new duties for employers. If you want to testify or question witnesses, file a Notice of Intention to Appear (NOITA) by July 6, 2026, and send full testimony by August 5, 2026 if you need more than 10 minutes or will submit documents."
        },
        "summary": "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold virtual public hearings, starting August 19, 2026, on a group of proposed rules. The proposals cover respirator rules for 16 chemicals, respirator medical evaluations, the safety color code and the fixed ladder deadline. This notice changes no standard; anyone who wants to testify must file a notice of intention to appear by July 6, 2026.",
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                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "OSHA is scheduling a series of informal public hearings on the listed proposed rules. The hearings will be held virtually and begin August 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "SUMMARY",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA is scheduling a series of informal public hearings on the above-listed proposed rules."
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "DATES",
                        "excerpt": "The hearings will be held virtually and will begin August 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m."
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                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Sixteen of the proposals deal with respiratory protection requirements for specific chemical substances. OSHA says they aim to reduce compliance burdens, allow newer technology, or better align with the general Respiratory Protection standard.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Changes to Respiratory Protection Requirements for 16 Different Chemical Substances",
                        "excerpt": "Sixteen of the rules that OSHA proposed are related to respiratory protection requirements for different chemical substances"
                    },
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Changes to Respiratory Protection Requirements for 16 Different Chemical Substances",
                        "excerpt": "The intent of each proposal is to reduce compliance burdens, allow for the use of more up-to-date technology, and/or better align the rules with the general Respiratory Protection standard (29 CFR 1910.134)"
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                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Another proposal would remove the medical evaluation requirements of the Respiratory Protection standard for employees required to wear a filtering facepiece respirator or a loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirator.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Respiratory Protection: Medical Evaluations",
                        "excerpt": "by removing the medical evaluation requirements specified in the paragraph (e) for employees required to wear either a filtering facepiece respirator (FFR) or loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) (90 FR 28463)."
                    }
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Another proposal would remove the Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards standard, plus related provisions in the Textiles, Sawmills and Shipyard Employment standards that require compliance with it.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA also published a proposal to remove its Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards standard, 29 CFR 1910.144"
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards",
                        "excerpt": "paragraph (c)(8) of OSHA's Textiles standard, 29 CFR 1910.262; paragraph (c)(11) of OSHA's Sawmills Standard, 29 CFR 1910.265; and OSHA's Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards for Shipyard Employment Standard, 29 CFR 1915.90"
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                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "The April 6, 2026 proposal would remove the November 18, 2036 deadline for installing personal fall arrest or ladder safety systems on fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level.",
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Walking-Working Surfaces--Fixed Ladders",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA proposed to remove a provision that sets a deadline (November 18, 2036) for the installation of personal fall arrest systems or ladder safety systems on all fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level."
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                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "After the hearings, there will be a post-hearing comment period for those who filed a NOITA. OSHA will then review each record and issue final rules.",
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "I. Informal Public Hearing--Purpose, Rules and Procedures",
                        "excerpt": "At the close of the hearings, there will be a post-hearing comment period during which those persons who submitted a NOITA may submit final briefs, arguments, summations, and additional data and information to OSHA."
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "III. Certification of the Hearing Record and Agency Final Determination",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA will review all of the evidence received into each record and will issue final rules based on each record as a whole."
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                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "text": "This notice only schedules hearings. The proposals are still proposals, and the current standards stay in place until OSHA issues final rules.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "III. Certification of the Hearing Record and Agency Final Determination",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA will review all of the evidence received into each record and will issue final rules based on each record as a whole."
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                "kind": "inference",
                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "text": "Employers whose workers use respirators under the chemical standards listed (such as asbestos, benzene, lead and formaldehyde), or who wear filtering facepiece or loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators, would be affected if the respirator proposals are finalized.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Changes to Respiratory Protection Requirements for 16 Different Chemical Substances",
                        "excerpt": "Sixteen of the rules that OSHA proposed are related to respiratory protection requirements for different chemical substances"
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Respiratory Protection: Medical Evaluations",
                        "excerpt": "by removing the medical evaluation requirements specified in the paragraph (e) for employees required to wear either a filtering facepiece respirator (FFR) or loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) (90 FR 28463)."
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "The fixed ladder proposal is aimed at employers subject to the Walking-Working Surfaces standard.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Walking-Working Surfaces--Fixed Ladders",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA published a proposed rule intended to provide greater compliance flexibility for employers subject to the requirements in OSHA's Walking-Working Surfaces standard (29 CFR, Subpart D)."
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                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "The hearings are open to the public, but only people who file a NOITA may testify or question witnesses.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "II. Notice of Intention To Appear at the Hearing",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA emphasizes that the hearings are open to the public; however, only individuals who file a NOITA may testify at any hearing or question witnesses."
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                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "text": "If finalized, the proposals could lower compliance costs, for example by letting employers replace fixed ladders at the end of their service lives instead of by a set deadline.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Walking-Working Surfaces--Fixed Ladders",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA anticipates this change will allow employers to update their ladders when the ladders reach the end of their service lives"
                    }
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                "kind": "inference",
                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "text": "Employers that want to shape the final rules have a short window: the NOITA is due July 6, 2026, and longer testimony is due August 5, 2026. Missing the procedural requirements can limit a presentation to 5 minutes.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "DATES",
                        "excerpt": "interested persons must electronically submit their Notice of Intention to Appear (NOITA) on or before July 6, 2026."
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "II. Notice of Intention To Appear at the Hearing",
                        "excerpt": "Any participant who fails to comply substantially with these procedural requirements may be limited to a 5-minute presentation."
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            {
                "kind": "fact",
                "kind_label": "From the source",
                "text": "Submissions go into a public docket without change, and OSHA cautions against including personal information such as Social Security numbers.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "ADDRESSES",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA cautions commenters about submitting information they do not want made available to the public"
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                "kind": "recommendation",
                "kind_label": "Our suggestion",
                "text": "Consider checking whether your sites use respirators under the listed chemical standards, rely on the safety color code, or have fixed ladders over 24 feet, so you know which proposals matter to you.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Changes to Respiratory Protection Requirements for 16 Different Chemical Substances",
                        "excerpt": "Sixteen of the rules that OSHA proposed are related to respiratory protection requirements for different chemical substances"
                    },
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Walking-Working Surfaces--Fixed Ladders",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA proposed to remove a provision that sets a deadline (November 18, 2036) for the installation of personal fall arrest systems or ladder safety systems on all fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level."
                    }
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                "kind": "recommendation",
                "kind_label": "Our suggestion",
                "text": "If you want to testify, provide documentary evidence or question witnesses, consider filing a NOITA through OSHA's deregulatory rulemaking web page, naming the rulemakings you will address.",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "II. Notice of Intention To Appear at the Hearing",
                        "excerpt": "Interested persons who intend to testify, provide documentary evidence, or question other witnesses at the hearings must electronically submit their NOITA via https://www.osha.gov/deregulatory-rulemaking on or before July 6, 2026"
                    }
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            },
            {
                "kind": "recommendation",
                "kind_label": "Our suggestion",
                "text": "If you plan to request more than 10 minutes or submit documentary evidence, consider preparing the full text of your testimony and documents early.",
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "DATES",
                        "excerpt": "those who request more than 10 minutes for their presentation at the informal hearing and those who intend to submit documentary evidence at the hearing must submit the full text of their testimony"
                    }
                ]
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            {
                "kind": "recommendation",
                "kind_label": "Our suggestion",
                "text": "Consider keeping your current respirator, color code and ladder programs in place, since these are proposals and OSHA will issue final rules only after the hearing record closes.",
                "evidence": [
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "III. Certification of the Hearing Record and Agency Final Determination",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA will review all of the evidence received into each record and will issue final rules based on each record as a whole."
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                ]
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            {
                "kind": "recommendation",
                "kind_label": "Our suggestion",
                "text": "Consider leaving personal information out of anything you submit, since submissions are placed in a public docket.",
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "ADDRESSES",
                        "excerpt": "OSHA cautions commenters about submitting information they do not want made available to the public"
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            "text": "This is a proposed rule and hearing notice. It creates no new requirements for employers. The filing deadlines apply only to those who choose to take part in the hearings."
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                "answer": "United States, nationwide",
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                "criterion": "employer_type",
                "label": "Employers",
                "answer": "Employers subject to the OSHA standards in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 29, Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926 and 1928 that the proposals would amend.",
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Header",
                        "excerpt": "29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1926, and 1928"
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                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "II. Notice of Intention To Appear at the Hearing",
                        "excerpt": "Interested persons who intend to testify, provide documentary evidence, or question other witnesses at the hearings must electronically submit their NOITA"
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                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards",
                        "excerpt": "paragraph (c)(8) of OSHA's Textiles standard, 29 CFR 1910.262; paragraph (c)(11) of OSHA's Sawmills Standard, 29 CFR 1910.265; and OSHA's Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards for Shipyard Employment Standard, 29 CFR 1915.90"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "criterion": "functions",
                "label": "Functions",
                "answer": "Workplace safety teams, with legal and compliance if you decide to testify.",
                "kind": "inference",
                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "Changes to Respiratory Protection Requirements for 16 Different Chemical Substances",
                        "excerpt": "to improve the comprehensibility of the requirements for respiratory protection programs for each chemical"
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "criterion": "applies_if",
                "label": "Applies if",
                "answer": "You are affected by one of the proposals and want to testify, present evidence or question witnesses at the hearings.",
                "kind": "inference",
                "kind_label": "Our analysis",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "DATES",
                        "excerpt": "To testify, provide documentary evidence, or question other witnesses at the hearing, interested persons must electronically submit their Notice of Intention to Appear (NOITA) on or before July 6, 2026."
                    }
                ]
            },
            {
                "criterion": "action",
                "label": "Action",
                "answer": "Optional: file a NOITA by July 6, 2026 if you want to be heard.",
                "kind": "recommendation",
                "kind_label": "Our suggestion",
                "evidence": [
                    {
                        "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                        "locator": "DATES",
                        "excerpt": "interested persons must electronically submit their Notice of Intention to Appear (NOITA) on or before July 6, 2026."
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "open_questions": [
            {
                "question": "How many days will the hearings run, and when will the post-hearing comment period close?",
                "context": "The notice says OSHA will set the number of hearing days later based on how many people want to testify, and it gives no length for the post-hearing comment period."
            },
            {
                "question": "Can employers that do not file a Notice of Intention to Appear still send written comments on these proposals?",
                "context": "The notice limits post-hearing submissions to NOITA filers and does not say whether any written comment period on the proposals is open."
            }
        ],
        "events": [
            {
                "event_type": "originating_action",
                "label": "Issued",
                "occurred_on": "2026-06-03",
                "summary": "1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane; 1, 3-Butadiene; 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.); Acrylonitrile; Asbestos; Benzene; Cadmium; Coke Oven Emissions; Cotton Dust; Ethylene Oxide; Formaldehyde; Inorganic Arsenic; Lead; Methylene Chloride; Methylenedianiline; Vinyl Chloride; Amending the Medical Evaluation Requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard for Certain Types of Respirators; Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards; Textiles; Sawmills; Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards for Shipyard Employment; and Walking-Working Surfaces",
                "source": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos"
            }
        ],
        "corrections": [],
        "sources": [
            {
                "label": "1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane; 1, 3-Butadiene; 13 Carcinogens (4-Nitrobiphenyl, etc.); Acrylonitrile; Asbestos; Benzene; Cadmium; Coke Oven Emissions; Cotton Dust; Ethylene Oxide; Formaldehyde; Inorganic Arsenic; Lead; Methylene Chloride; Methylenedianiline; Vinyl Chloride; Amending the Medical Evaluation Requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard for Certain Types of Respirators; Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards; Textiles; Sawmills; Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards for Shipyard Employment; and Walking-Working Surfaces, 91 FR 33131 (June 3, 2026)",
                "publisher": "Federal Register",
                "role": "primary",
                "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11126/12-dibromo-3-chloropropane-1-3-butadiene-13-carcinogens-4-nitrobiphenyl-etc-acrylonitrile-asbestos",
                "pdf_url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11126.pdf"
            }
        ]
    }
}
