{"abstract":"OSHA is providing an additional comment period to allow interested persons to comment on OSHA's proposal to remove some medical evaluation requirements from the Respiratory Protection Rule, 29 CFR 1910.134, for certain types of respirators. This proposed change would only impact filtering facepiece respirators and loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators. Following consideration of the rulemaking by OSHA's Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH), OSHA is re-opening the record for this rulemaking to provide an additional 30 days for public comment.","action":"Proposed rule; notice of reopening of the rulemaking record.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/06/03/2026-11093.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"1910","title":29}],"citation":"91 FR 33130","comment_url":"http://www.regulations.gov/commenton/OSHA-2025-0006-0323","comments_close_on":"2026-07-06","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The comment period for the proposed rule published July 1, 2025 at 90 FR 28463 is reopened. 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