by Caroline Miller, CIH, CSPOn January 9, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) amended its existing standards for occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds. See our previous blog article entitled “U.S. OSHA Publishes Updated PELs for Beryllium,” which was posted on February 9, 2017, for additional information.On March 2, 2017, OSHA recommended postponing the effective date of the regulation from March 21, 2017 to May 20, 2017. A blog article was posted, “U.S. OSHA Recommends to Postpone Effective Date of the Occupational Exposure to Beryllium Regulation,” on March 2, 2017.OSHA has finalized the effective date of the beryllium regulation as May 20, 2017 by publishing a final rule in the Federal Register on March 21, 2017.Reference:Department of Labor, OSHA, “Occupational Exposure to Beryllium: Further Delay of Effective Date.” Federal Register 82 (March 21, 2017): https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-21/pdf/2017-05569.pdf