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Standards (Section 3)

The hearing conservation program has adopted the following standards:

• Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, "Energy"
  • Part 851, "Worker Safety and Health Program" (10 CFR 851)
    (As of January 2007, 10 CFR 851 has not but published in the Code of Federal Regulations, but the final rule is available from the following site: “Worker Safety and Health Program Final Rule - 10 CFR 851”)

• Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, "Labor", Part 1910 "Occupational Safety and Health Standards"
• Section 95, "Occupational Noise Exposure" (29 CFR 1910.95)

• Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, "Labor", Part 1926 "Safety and Health Regulations for Construction"
• Section 52, "Occupational Noise Exposure" (29 CFR 1926.52)

• DOE Order 440.1A, "Worker Protection Management for DOE Federal and Contractor Employees"
• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), "Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs)", (ACGIH TLVs and BEIs - 2006)
  See the SLAC Library for available standards. A hard copy is available.
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI), S3.6-2004, "Specification for Audiometers" (ANSI S3.6-2004)
  See the SLAC Library for available standards. For a list of ANSI standards, see the American National Standards Institute “Standards Search”.  

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