The Santa Clara County California Fire Chiefs Association has established a procedure for calculation of a Community
Exposure Limit (CEL) which is the "minimum toxic gas concentration level for a single gas at which protection or evacuation of the community is recommended" (7,8).
(*) In this document, NIOSH recommends occupational
exposure limits for ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE) and its acetate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate (EGBEA).
The standard reduces the
exposure limit from 100 micrograms ([micro]g) per cubic meter of air to 50 [micro]g per cubic meter over an eight-hour period.
Last month, the insurance regulator had allowed companies to raise
exposure limit in one sector from 15% to 20%, after the approval of their respective boards.
During the formal rulemaking process, AFS presented substantial evidence that OSHA's proposed permissible
exposure limit (PEL) was technologically and economically infeasible for U.S.
The best scientific evidence indicates that the current
exposure limit protects workers from silica-related disease when it is universally complied with and universally enforced.
We cannot violate Reserve Bank of India norms,' the unnamed executive said, adding that the government and the central bank had to address the
exposure limit issue.
Bank lending to individual entities are limited by single borrower
exposure limit. This single borrower limit is arrived at based on 15% of the net worth of a bank.
It will eventually replace the existing Directive 86/188/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to noise at work.The draft Directive fixes
exposure limit values and exposure action values.
In May 1989, OSHA proposed a permissible
exposure limit (PEL) of 10 ppm.