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Designation:E256515Standard Guide forConsensus-based Process for an Occupational Safety andHealth Standard that Includes an Occupational ExposureGuideline1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2565;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide presents a framework for a stakeholder-focused consensus-based decision-making process for occupa-tional safety and health standard development activities thatinclude adoption or development of occupational exposureguidelines(OEGs)as a part of Occupational Health and Safetystandards.1.2 This guide applies to safety and health standard devel-opment activities in which an occupational exposure guidelinewill be included as one element of a comprehensive standardthat addresses safety and health management strategies such ascommunication,monitoring and controls.It is not meant to beused to develop an OEG apart from the context of suchmanagement strategies.In cases where other occupationalexposure limit(OEL)establishing bodies have developedOELs,those may be reviewed,assimilated,or adapted ratherthan recreated ab initio.1.3 This guide does not replace existing consensus-based,decision-making,or committee participation processes that areused to develop safety and health standards.It is intended to beused in conjunction with such processes to improve scientificand technical input and stakeholder involvement in occupa-tional safety and health decision-making for such standards.1.4 LimitationsThis guide does not prescribe specificmethods for generating or evaluating scientific and technicaldata related to assessing a particular occupational safety andhealth issue.Occupational safety and health standards apply toa wide variety of substances and occupational exposure cir-cumstances.It is not possible to anticipate all situations wherean OEG may be useful for a standard.This guide will behelpful in promoting appropriate balance and input,but theconsensus process must deal with real world complexities thatindividual standards may involve.2.Terminology2.1 DefinitionsExcept as modified below this guide willutilize the definitions in Regulations Governing ASTM Techni-cal Committees.2.2 Definitions:2.2.1 stakeholder,nany individual,group,company,organization,government,or other entity,which may bedirectly affected by or has a stake in the outcome of the specificconsensus-based standard development process.2.2.2 consensus-based occupational safety and health stan-dard development(CBSD)process,na process to provideappropriate balance,scientific and technical information andstakeholder involvement for occupational safety and healthstandards which include or are proposed to include an occu-pational exposure guideline.2.2.3 informed decision,nagreement reached by affectedstakeholders,which is obtained by a process by which affectedstakeholders(1)are involved in a participative process thatcreates common understanding of the issues,concerns andpriorities held by all affected stakeholders;(2)assess,prioritizeand select actions to improve the problem situation;and(3)achieve consensus on specific initiatives related to the consen-sus based standard development process.2.2.4 occupational exposure guideline(OEG),na guide-line used in an ASTM standard for limiting exposure to achemical,physical,or biological agent to prevent unacceptablerisk of harm to worker populations.OEGs may be establishedfor mixtures.2.2.4.1 DiscussionAn OEG may take one or more ofseveral forms and should include considerations of the aver-aging time(for example,ceiling,short term limits,full shiftlimits,etc.)and the target(individual workers,process oractivity,population,position,etc.).2.2.5 occupational exposure limit(OEL),ngeneric termlimiting exposure to a chemical,physical or biological agent.3.Summary of Guide3.1 The consensus-based occupational safety and healthstandard development(CBSD)process is established to iden-tify affected stakeholders,facilitate relevant scientific and1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E34 on OccupationalHealth and Safety and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E34.01 onTerminology.Current edition approved June 1,2015.Published June 2015.Originallyapproved in 2009.Last previous edition approved in 2009 as E2565 15.DOI:10.1520/E2565-15.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 technical input,and provide appropriate balance with the goalof optimizing decision-making with respect to occupationalsafety and health standards that include an OEG.3.2 The CBSD process facilitates informed decision-makingamong affected committee and subcommittee members withconsensus developed through ASTMs review and ballot pro-cedures.This g