BILL REQ. #:  H-0475.1 

Read first time 01/16/13.   Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

     AN ACT Relating to respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects; and adding a new section to chapter 49.17 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 49.17 RCW to read as follows:
     For the purposes of respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects, an employer must comply with the federal standards established in 29 C.F.R. Part 1910, as enacted on the effective date of this section. To the extent rules adopted by the department are inconsistent with the federal standards applicable to respirator requirements for asbestos abatement projects as enacted on the effective date of this section, and until the time rules consistent with the federal standard are adopted, the federal standards govern and control.