Updating the PELs: Generic standard for air contaminants

AFL-CIO v. OSHA, 965 F.2d 962 (11th Cir. 1992) ("The Air Contaminants Case")

AFL-CIO v. OSHA, the case involving the generic Air Contaminants Standard, was decided by the Eleventh Circuit in 1992. Here, OSHA had taken what it apparently believed to be a reasonable step: it issued a generic standard that updated existing (interim) standards based on newer ACGIH consensus standards:

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