[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1960.30]

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                             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 D_Inspection and Abatement
 
Sec. 1960.30  Abatement of unsafe or unhealthful working conditions.

    (a) The agency shall ensure the prompt abatement of unsafe and 
unhealthful conditions. Where a Notice of an Unsafe or Unhealthful 
Working Condition has been issued, abatement shall be within the time 
set forth in the notice, or in accordance with the established abatement 
plan.
    (b) The procedures for correcting unsafe or unhealthful working 
conditions shall include a follow-up, to the extent

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necessary, to determine whether the correction was made. If, upon the 
follow-up, it appears that the correction was not made, or was not 
carried out in accordance with an abatement plan prepared pursuant to 
paragraph (c) of this section, the official in charge of the 
establishment and the appropriate safety and health committee shall be 
notified of the failure to abate.
    (c) The official in charge of the establishment shall promptly 
prepare an abatement plan with the appropriate participation of the 
establishment's Safety and Health Official or a designee, if in the 
judgment of the establishment official the abatement of an unsafe or 
unhealthful working condition will not be possible within 30 calendar 
days. Such plan shall contain an explanation of the circumstances of the 
delay in abatement, a proposed timetable for the abatement, and a 
summary of steps being taken in the interim to protect employees from 
being injured as a result of the unsafe or unhealthful working 
condition. A copy of the plan shall be sent to the safety and health 
committee, and, if no committee exists, to the representative of the 
employees. Any changes in an abatement plan will require the preparation 
of a new plan in accordance with the provisions of this section.
    (d) When a hazard cannot be abated within the authority and 
resources of the official in charge of the establishment, that official 
shall request assistance from appropriate higher authority. The local 
safety and health official, any established committee and/or employee 
representatives, and all personnel subject to the hazard shall be 
advised of this action and of interim protective measures in effect, and 
shall be kept informed of subsequent progress on the abatement plan.
    (e) When a hazard cannot be abated without assistance of the General 
Services Administration or other Federal lessor agency, the occupant 
agency shall act with the lessor agency to secure abatement. Procedures 
for coordination with the General Services Administration are contained 
in subpart E of this part.