[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1960.16]

[Page 173]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR--(CONTINUED)
 
PART 1960--BASIC PROGRAM ELEMENTS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMS AND RELATED MATTERS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Standards
 
Sec. 1960.16  Compliance with OSHA   standards.


    Each agency head shall comply with all occupational safety and 
health standards issued under section 6 of the Act, or with alternate 
standards issued pursuant to this subpart. In complying with section 6 
standards, an agency may, upon prior notification to the Secretary, 
prescribe and enforce more stringent permissible exposure levels or 
threshhold limit values and may require more frequent monitoring of 
exposures without recourse to the approval procedures for alternate 
standards described in Sec. 1960.17. In addition, after consultation 
with employees and safety and health committees and prior notification 
to the Secretary, an agency may utilize the latest edition of a 
reference standard if it is more stringent than the section 6 standard. 
After notification, the Secretary may require the use of the approval 
procedures for alternate standards for any of the situations described 
in this paragraph.