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Applicability of the Hazard Communication standard to pesticides. - [1910.1200(f)(5)(i); 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii); 1910.1200(f)(6)]
Labeling requirements for containers of polyvinyl chloride. - [1910.1017(l)(4); 1910.1017(b)(6); 1910.1200]
Whether certain fees paid to insurance brokers by insurance companies calculated on the aggregate value of certain classes of insurance policies placed or retained in one year must be reported on Schedule A of the Annual Return/Report Form 5500.
Couplings used in supplied air respirator systems. - [1910.134(i)(8)]
The M-17 gas mask may not be used by workers other than enlisted military personnel. - [1910.134]
Power Press Brakes. - [1910.212; 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)]
The cotton dust standard applies to the elastic fabric industry. - [1910.1043]
The use of disposable respirators where cotton dust concentration is no greater than five times the PEL. - [1910.1043]
Employee exposure to cotton dust. - [1910.1043]
General review of the OSHA noise standard. - [1910.95]
Whether the American Federation of Government Employees Union Leader Support Fund Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA.
Requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard as it applies to the metal chips and other scrap material. - [1910.1200]
Benzo(a)pyrene regulated with coal tar pitch volatiles.; Response to request for information on benzo(a)pyrene. - [1910.1000; 1910.1002]
Labeling and MSDS requirements for product containing trace quantities of ethylene oxide.; Criterion that must be satisfied in order to assert that a product or operation is exempt for the EtO Standar - [1910.1200; 1910.1047(a)(2)]
Whether the Waterman Medical Center Employee Benefit Plan is an employee welfare benefit plan covered by title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Wodelic Electronic Welding Helmet - [1910.252]
Whether the application of the annual reporting requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) require certain types of "fees" be reported in item 12 of the Form 5500.
Whether an employee pension benefit plan which Sea-Land has established for its employees constitutes an eligible individual account plan under section 407(d)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and, therefore, is exempt from the limitations on the acquisition and holding of qualifying employer securities as provided in ERISA section 407(b)(1).
Application of the HCS to flavor extracts - [1910.1200]
Whether certain extensions of credit in connection with securities transactions involving PaineWebber, Inc. and employee benefit plans covered by Title I of ERISA, and H.R. 10 plans and individual retirement accounts which are not covered by Title I or ERISA meet the conditions of the exemption contained in of Part V of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 75-1 (40 FR 50845, October 31, 1975) (PTE 75-1).
Application of the Hazard Communication Standard to lift trucks. - [1910.1200]
Information Letter to John N. Erlenborn.
In your capacity as chairman of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, you have requested an opinion of the Department of Labor regarding the interplay between the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA and pension plan terminations.
Hazard evaluation requirements under the Hazard Communication standard. - [1910.1200]
MSDS and labeling requirements for copper or aluminum wire or metal products. - [1910.1200]
Definitions of "massive release", "equipment failure", and "emergency" under the vinyl chloride standard. - [1910.1017]
Classifying self-elevating lift boats and enforcement responsibility. - [1975.1]
Classification of foundry products such as castings in relation to the HCS. - [1910.1200]
CPL 02-03-001 [DIS .7] - National - Referral of Section 11(c) Discrimination Complaints to "State Plan" States - 02/27/1986
Whether certain real estate transactions by the United Systems Employee Retirement Plan (the “Plan) or the Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”) of NCNB National Bank of North Carolina do not constitute prohibited transactions under section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), whether certain entities are parties-in-interest, as defined in section 3(14) of ERISA, of the Plan or the Fund, and whether and that Mr. Robert L. Jones is a fiduciary within the meaning of section 3(21)(A) of ERISA.
Clarifies the conditions that must be met for patient workers for 3m deductions from the minimum wage for board, lodging, and facilities.
Definition of closed system and release reporting requirements for methyl chloromethyl ether. - [1910.1006; 1910.1008]
Participation of Federal employee representatives in OSHA proceedings at which there are discussions of hazard abatement. - [1960.30]
Whether the City Employees Union Local 237 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Training and Educational Fund is excluded from coverage under title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(1) as a "governmental plan" within the meaning of section 3(32) of title I of ERISA.
Whether the ACE Auto Parts Company, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan may avail itself of the limited exemption for annual reporting by unfunded and certain insured plans pursuant to 29 C.F.R. §2520.104-44.
MSDS should be distributed for welding wire containing hazardous chemicals. - [1910.1200(g)]
Application of the 13(b)(1) exemption to employees engaged in activities directly affecting the safe operation of motor vehicles on public highways in interstate commerce.
Use of silica as an abrasive blaster. - [1910.1000 TABLE Z-3]
Medical protection removal requirements of the lead standard. - [1910.1025(k)]
1910.177 does not apply to truck tires designated "LT". - [1910.177]
Whether a benefit program provided by the Firemen Relief Association of the City of Milwaukee is a governmental plan within the meaning of section 3(32) of title I of ERISA and therefore is exempt from coverage under that title pursuant to section 4(b)(1) of title I of ERISA.
Whether the St. Louis Police Relief Association's program of benefits is excluded from ERISA title I coverage by ERISA section 4(b)(1) as a governmental plan defined in ERISA section 3(32).
Whether the Insurance Trust of the New Jersey Builders Association is an "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA.
Hazard Communication Standard inspections - [1910.1200]
Interpretation of the Hazard Communication standard as it applies to mixtures. - [1910.1200]
At-home transfilling of portable oxygen cylinders by patients. - [1910.104]
Interpretation of 1910.1043(h)(ii)(c) - [1910.1043(h)(3)(ii)(C)]
Whether the Retirement Income Plan for the employees of the Sisters of Mt. St. Joseph Convent, Chestnut Hill, is a church plan within the meaning of section 3(33) of title I of ERISA and, accordingly, whether it is excluded from coverage under title I of ERISA by section 4(b)(2) of title I of ERISA.
Whether a state law relating to state and municipal taxation of "elective deferrals" of income by participants of plans qualified under section 401(K) of the Internal Revenue Code does not "relate to" an employee benefit plan within the meaning of section 514(a) of ERISA and is therefore not preempted by ERISA.
Standard for exposure to tetrahydrofuran; Respirators may be worn only if engineering and administrative controls are not feasible. - [1910.1000; 1910.134]
Application of the Hazard Communication standard to a nuisance particulate. - [1910.1200]
Coverage of steel, aluminum, and other metals under the Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Maintaining MSDSs on a computer data base. - [1910; 1910.1020; 1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)(B); 1910.1020(e); 1910.1200; 1910.1200(f)(1); 1910.1200(g)(8); 1910.1200(g)(9)]
Whether the Merion Mercy Academy Defined Benefit Plan, which is established for the benefit of lay employees of Merion Mercy Academy; the Convent of the Sisters of Mercy at Merion, Pennsylvania; McAuley Convent; and Waldron Academy, is a church plan within the meaning of section 3(33) of title I of ERISA and, accordingly, whether it is excluded from coverage under title I of ERISA.
Whether Shearson/American Express Inc. Retirement Plan’s five individual trustees may retain American Express Asset Management to manage assets held in trust with respect to Shearson/American Express Inc. Retirement Plan and any plans that Shearson may maintain in the future, and that Asset Management may be paid reasonable compensation by Shearson and its participating subsidiaries for performing such services, without engaging in a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA.
Safety and health standards pertaining to the electrical trades. - [1926.400]
Conformation of labeling requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard - [1910.1200; 1910.1200(f)(1)]
Whether the retention by the Plan of an undisclosed company to provide services to the Plan as plan administrator and the payment by the Plan of the direct expenses of the undisclosed company allocable to performing such services (which expenses include the reasonable compensation of employees of the undisclosed company) do not constitute prohibited transactions under section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
DOL provided a reporting format for the outline of agency construction plans set forth at 29 CFR 1.4
Police officers jointly employed by a school board to teach courses on afull time basis in public service occupations and law awareness in a school may satisfy the 13(a)(1) exemption.
DOL announced that as a result of amendments to the CWHSSA, daily OT requirements have been eliminated
Whether the investment of plans assets in the MAS Trust and the provision of services under that collective investment arrangement by MAS would be prohibited under section 406 of ERISA.
Whether the Insurance Plan and Trust of the North Dakota Auto and Implement Dealers (Intrust) constitutes a single "employee welfare benefit plan" within the meaning of section 3(1) of title I of ERISA.
Applicability of Section 1910.106 to Chemicals Plants. - [1910.106]
Preparing a Material Safety Data Sheet under the trade secret provisions of the Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Response to request for variance from 1910.242(b). - [1910.242(b)]
Whether fiduciaries of a plan can lawfully rely upon a plan provision to the extent it would purport to establish a trustee's term of appointment as lifetime under section 404(a)(1)(D) of ERISA which requires fiduciaries to act in accordance with the plan documents and instruments, insofar as they are consistent with titles I and IV of ERISA.
OSHA standards for foot protection. - [1910.136]
Examination of a proposed payment plan for local delivery drivers or helpers section 13(b)(11) and recordkeeping requirements.
Inspection procedures for the Hazard Communication Standard. - [1910.1200]
Whether certain arrangement involving the transfer of funds by the Pension Plan to the Welfare Plan would be prohibited under section 406 of ERISA, and whether the provision of services by the Pension Plan to the Welfare Plan under the arrangement described would be exempt from the prohibitions of ERISA section 406(a) and 406(b)(2) if the conditions of PTE 76-1 and PTE 77-10 are met.
Facial hair in the face sealing area is unacceptable. - [1910.134(g)(1)(i); 1910.134(g)(1)(ii); 1910.134(g)(1)(iii)]
Application of the Hazard Communication standard to gray and ductile iron castings. - [1910.134]
Interpretation of application of 1910.1020 to Federal agencies. - [1910.1020]
Use of Bureau of Mines Approved Gas Mask Canisters - [1910.134]
Use of Chemical Cartridge Respirators for Protection Against Mercury Vapor - [1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(1)]
Deputy Administrator of Wage and Hour Division announces Government Printing Office will publish annual compenduium of DBA wage rates
Whether the Rochester Button Pension Plan for Salaried Employees (the Plan) is required to engage an independent qualified public accountant for purposes of conducting an examination of the financial statements of the Plan for the plan year ending September 30, 1985, pursuant to section 103(a)(3)(A) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. §2520.103-1 and §2520.104-50.
Rustgo Work Platform. - [1926.451; 1926.452(w)]
Hazardous components of diesel engine emissions. - [1910.1000; 1910.1000 TABLE Z-1]
Interpretation on the application of 1910.1020 to material safety data sheets. - [1910.1020]
Marking recognition, regulations and policy of double insulated power tools. - [1926.302(a); 1926.404(b)(1)(i)]
Whether, and to what extent, the Trust constituted an “employee welfare benefit plan” within the meaning of ERISA section 3(1) subject to the fiduciary and other provisions of title I of ERISA.
Procedures for ethylene oxide (EtO) spills and ethylene oxide disposal. - [1910.1047]
Whether the Ettelbrick Shoe Company pension plan constitutes an unfunded plan maintained “primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of title I of ERISA.
Whether a prohibited transaction under section 406 of ERISA would occur if the trustees of the Fund made an investment which was part of an overall agreement obligating an insurance company to invest a specified amount of insurance company assets in construction mortgages within the geographic jurisdiction of the union whose members are participants in the Fund.
Whether the Retirement Plan for Employees of Holy Redeemer Hospital (the Retirement Plan) and the Holy Redeemer Hospital Thrift Plan (the Thrift Plan) would not qualify as church plans within the meaning of ERISA section 3(33), as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, would be exempt from coverage under title I of ERISA pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of ERISA.
The Willson SPECTRA eye protective device complies with ANSI Z87.1- 1968. - [1910.133(b)(2)]
Noise standards applicable to Metra are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Railroad Administration. - [1975.1; 1910.95]
Air compressor systems must be tested for air purity on six month intervals. - [1910.430(b)(4)]
Generic MSDSs to cover different products that contain the same chemicals in different proportions. - [1910.1200]
Whether the Plan established by the Burger King Corporation (the Company) is an unfunded scholarship program within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-1(k) and, therefore, not an "employee welfare benefit plan" subject to the provisions of title I of ERISA.
Whether the receipt of payment by the Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation (FACC) from an unrelated buyer (the Buyer) for the sale by FACC of its leasehold interest, including renewal rights, in certain real property (the Property) are prohibited by ERISA sections 406(a), 406(b) and 414(c) thus FACC would be prohibited from receiving full payment from the Buyer for the assignment of its entire leasehold interest in the Property.
The use of Presense Sensing Device Initiation light curtains in regard to Mechanical Power Presses, Hydraulic Power Presses and Hydraulic Welding Presses. - [1910.212]
There is no requirement for employers to respond to requests for material safety data sheets (MSDS) for old products. - [1910.1200]
Four-wheel All Terrain vehicles which lack roll-over protection structures are not presently covered by our construction standards.
Whether the professional development programs offered by Main Hurdman & Cranstoun are employee benefit plans under section 3(1) of ERISA and covered by the reporting and disclosure requirements of part 1 of title I of ERISA.
MSDS and label requirements for an antiknock compound containing EDB, EDC, and tetraethyl lead. - [1910.1200]
Twenty-four hour coverage for emergency telephone numbers. - [1910.1200]
The Gleneagle spectacle with 2-mm thick polycarbonate plano lenses complies with ANSI Z87.1-1968. - [1910.133(b)(2)]
Citing 29 CFR 1926.20 and 21 for contractors or subcontractors that do not have Federal contributions - [1926.20; 1926.21]
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