[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1953.2]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1953_CHANGES TO STATE PLANS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1953.2  Definitions.

    (a) OSHA means the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational 
Safety and Health, or any representative authorized to perform any of 
the functions discussed in this part, as set out in implementing 
Instructions.
    (b) State means an authorized representative of the agency 
designated to administer a State plan under Sec. 1902.3(b) of this 
chapter.
    (c) Plan change means any modification made by a State to its 
approved occupational safety and health State plan which has an impact 
on the plan's effectiveness.
    (d) Plan supplement means all documents necessary to accomplish, 
implement, describe and evaluate the effectiveness of a change to a 
State plan which differs from the parallel Federal legislation, 
regulation, policy or procedure. (This would include a copy of the 
complete legislation, regulation, policy or procedure adopted; an 
identification of each of the differences; and an explanation of how 
each provision is at least as effective as the comparable Federal 
provision.)
    (e) Identical plan change means one in which the State adopts the 
same program provisions and documentation as the Federal program with 
the only differences being those modifications necessary to reflect a 
State's unique structure (e.g., organizational responsibility within a 
State and corresponding titles or internal State numbering system). 
Different plan change means one in which the State adopts program 
provisions and documentation that are not identical as defined in this 
paragraph.
    (g) Developmental change is a change made to a State plan which 
documents the completion of a program component which was not fully 
developed at the time of initial plan approval.
    (h) Federal program change is a change made to a State plan when 
OSHA determines that an alteration in the Federal program could render a 
State program less effective than OSHA's if it is not similarly 
modified.
    (i) Evaluation change is a change made to a State plan when 
evaluations of a State program show that some substantive aspect of a 
State plan has an adverse impact on the implementation of the State's 
program and needs revision.
    (j) State-initiated change is a change made to a State plan which is 
undertaken at a State's option and is not necessitated by Federal 
requirements.

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