Fact scenario:

Your client, Newton Laboratories, is a chemical manufacturer. It is subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Act and must company with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and regulations. Newton Laboratories received a citation from an OSHA inspector for several violations of the OSH Act. Newton Laboratories is not sure if can abate (i.e. correct) the safety violations with in the time prescribed by the citation. You need to research OSHA penalties to find out your client's potential liability for failing to abate the safety violations within the time prescribed in the citation.

A. Using govinfo.gov, the federal government's official website.

Go to https://www.govinfo.gov. This is the federal government's official website for government information. You will be using the Code of Federal Regulations and the Federal Register's databases as well as the List of Sections Affected - all databases within the govinfo.gov website.

Scenario continued: Because Newton Laboratories may not be able to abate the safety violations by the date specified in the citation, you need to find out how to request an extension of time from the agency. Using the search functions on the https://govinfo.gov website, look up 29 C.F.R. 1903.14a using the current year's version.

1. What are the regulations' reported deadline(s) for filing a petition to modify the abatement date?

1. How would you update this regulation to be sure that there aren't any newer regulations that amend 29 CFR 1903.14a (i.e. what is the process to update a regulation either in print or online?):

The best way to update is to look at the LSA (List of Sections Affected) which has Federal Register entries listed for past activity It gives you the language of the changes and the Federal Register cite in case you want to check it.

Go to the List of Sections Affected. Look at the most recent LSA (List of Sections Affected) using your C.F.R. section from the question above to see if there has been any activity. If there has been, the L.S.A. will give you the Federal Register page numbers. Check these in the Federal Register database for any new material.

What is the change indicated from this search in the LSA?What is the Federal Register citation information for this change?