Rule2026-07600

House Falls in Marine Terminals

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Published
April 17, 2026
Effective
April 17, 2026

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Labor DepartmentOccupational Safety and Health Administration

Abstract

OSHA is finalizing the revocation of the agency's House Falls in Marine Terminals Standard.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 20583-20587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07600]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1917

[Docket No. OSHA-2025-0008]
RIN 1218-AD52


House Falls in Marine Terminals

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: OSHA is finalizing the revocation of the agency's House Falls 
in Marine Terminals Standard.

DATES: The final rule is effective April 17, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Docket: The docket for this rulemaking (Docket No. OSHA-
2025-0008) is available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal. Most exhibits are available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>; some exhibits (e.g., copyrighted material) are not 
available to download from that web page. However, all materials in the 
dockets are available for inspection at the OSHA Docket Office. Contact 
the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693-2500 (TDY number 877-889-5627) for 
assistance in locating docket submissions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For press inquiries: Contact Frank Meilinger, Director, OSHA Office 
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Communications, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; 
telephone: (202) 693-1999; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8a5ada1a4a1a6afadbae6aebaa9a6aba1bbfa88aca7a4e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="137e767a7f7a7d7476613d7561727d707a602153777c7f3d747c65">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    General information and technical inquiries: Contact Andrew 
Levinson, Director, OSHA Directorate of Standards and Guidance, 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration; telephone: (202) 693-
1950; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b1408131a551f081c3b1f1417551c140d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9869a8188c78d9a8ea98d8685c78e869f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    Copies of this Federal Register notice: Electronic copies are 
available at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. This Federal Register notice, 
as well as news releases and other relevant information, also are 
available at OSHA's web page at <a href="https://www.osha.gov">https://www.osha.gov</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents

I. Executive Summary
II. Legal Authority
III. Background
IV. Explanation of the Revocation of the House Falls in Marine 
Terminals Standard
V. Final Economic Analysis
VI. Additional Requirements
VII. Authority and Signature

I. Executive Summary

    This final rule revokes OSHA's House Falls in Marine Terminals 
Standard, 29 CFR 1917.41 (``House Falls Standard''). OSHA has 
determined that this standard is no longer necessary to protect 
employees working in marine terminals from occupational safety and 
health hazards. This is a deregulatory action per Executive Order 
14192, ``Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation'' (90 FR 9065 (Feb. 
6, 2025)).

II. Legal Authority

    The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. 
651 et seq.) (``the Act'' or ``the OSH Act'') is ``to assure so far as 
possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful 
working conditions and to preserve our human resources'' (29 U.S.C. 
651(b)). To achieve this goal Congress authorized the Secretary of 
Labor (``the Secretary'') to promulgate standards to protect workers, 
including the authority ``to set mandatory occupational safety and 
health standards applicable to businesses affecting interstate 
commerce'' (29 U.S.C. 651(b)(3); see also 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(2) 
(requiring employers to comply with OSHA standards), 29 U.S.C. 655(a) 
(authorizing summary adoption of existing consensus and established 
federal standards within two years of the Act's enactment), and 29 
U.S.C. 655(b) (authorizing promulgation, modification or revocation of 
standards pursuant to notice and comment)). An occupational safety and 
health standard is ``. . . a standard which requires conditions, or the 
adoption or use of one or more practices, means, methods, operations, 
or processes, reasonably necessary or appropriate to provide safe or 
healthful employment and places of employment'' (29 U.S.C. 652(8)).
    Before OSHA may promulgate a health or safety standard, it must 
find that a standard is reasonably necessary or appropriate within the 
meaning of section 652(8) of the OSH Act. As required by the OSH Act, 
OSHA originally determined that the Standards for Marine Terminals 
would substantially reduce a significant risk of material harm when 
promulgating those standards (see 48 FR 30886, 30887 (July 5, 1983)). 
Once OSHA makes a general significant risk finding in support of a 
standard, the next question is whether a particular requirement is 
reasonably related to the purpose of the standard as a whole. See 
Asbestos Info. Ass'n/N. Am. v. Reich, 117 F.3d 891, 894 (5th Cir. 
1997); Forging Indus. Ass'n v. Sec'y of Labor, 773 F.2d 1436, 1447 (4th 
Cir. 1985); United Steelworkers of Am., AFL-CIO-CLC v. Marshall, 647 
F.2d 1189, 1237-38 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (``Lead I'').\1\
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    \1\ OSHA standards must also be both technologically and 
economically feasible. Lead I, 647 F.2d at 1264 (D.C. Cir. 1980). 
Because this final rule eliminates an existing standard, OSHA finds 
that it raises no feasibility concerns.
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    The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) directs agencies to include 
in each rule adopted ``a concise general statement of [the rule's] 
basis and purpose'' (5 U.S.C. 553(c); cf. 29 U.S.C. 655(e) (requiring 
the Secretary to publish a ``statement of reasons'' for any standard 
promulgated)). This notice satisfies this concise statement 
requirement.
    The effective date of this final rule is its date of publication. 
It is exempt from the APA's requirement for delay in effective date 
because the rule relieves a restriction (5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1)).

III. Background

    OSHA first adopted the House Falls Standard in 1983, as part of its 
Marine Terminals rulemaking, to address serious occupational safety and 
health hazards in the marine terminals industry (see 48 FR 30886 (July 
5, 1983)). The House Falls Standard requires that: span beams be 
secured to prevent accidental dislodgement; a safe means of access be 
provided for employees working with house fall blocks; and designated 
employees inspect chains, links, shackles, swivels, blocks and other 
loose gear used in house fall operations before each day's use. 
Defective gear is not to be used (29 CFR 1917.41). House falls are 
spans and supporting members, winches, blocks, and standing and running 
rigging forming part of a marine terminal and used with a vessel's 
cargo gear to load or unload by means of married falls (29 CFR 1917.2).
    The House Falls standard is one of several intended to protect 
employees working in marine terminals from the occupational safety and 
health hazards to which they are exposed (see 29 CFR Pt. 1917). For 
example, in addition to containing the House Falls Standard, the Marine 
Terminals Standards contain standards protecting employees from 
slippery conditions (29 CFR 1917.12) and hazardous cargo (29 CFR 
1917.22). The Marine Terminals Standards apply to work such as loading, 
unloading, movement or other handling of cargo in marine terminals (29 
CFR 1917.1). Marine terminals are wharves, bulkheads, quays, piers, 
docks and other berthing locations and adjacent storage or adjacent 
areas and structures associated with the primary movement of cargo or 
materials from vessel to shore or shore to vessel including structures 
which are devoted to receiving, handling, holding, consolidating and 
loading or delivery of waterborne shipments or passengers, including 
areas devoted to the maintenance of the terminal or equipment.

IV. Explanation of the Revocation of the House Falls in Marine 
Terminals Standard

    OSHA proposed removing the House Falls Standard from the CFR 
because that standard is no longer necessary to protect employees 
working in marine terminals from occupational safety and health 
hazards. When OSHA first promulgated the Marine Terminals Standards in 
1983, house falls were generally employed by the marine terminals 
industry to load and unload cargo. In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
for this rule, OSHA stated that the agency's understanding is that the 
marine terminals industry does not currently employ house falls because 
most cargo has been containerized and is moved by cranes. Moreover, 
OSHA has no records of any citations for a violation of this standard 
(OSHA's accessible records extend back to 2012, and OSHA did not 
receive any public comment or evidence suggesting earlier citations). 
Therefore, consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14219, ``Ensuring 
Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of 
Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative,'' E.O. 14192, 
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Prosperity Through Deregulation,'' and the goal of significantly 
reducing the private expenditures required to comply with Federal 
regulations to secure America's economic prosperity and national 
security and the highest possible quality of life for each citizen, 
OSHA preliminarily found that removing the House Falls Standard from 
the CFR would reduce the compliance burden on the regulated community 
without compromising worker safety.
    OSHA received two substantive comments in response to the proposal. 
One commenter, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), 
agreed with OSHA's rationale for proposing to revoke the House Falls 
Standard and fully supported the standard's removal (OSHA-2025-0008-
0004). A second commenter, the Occupational Safety and Health State 
Plan Association (``OSHSPA''), conceded that employing house falls is 
no longer a ``typical practice,'' but disagreed with OSHA's proposal to 
eliminate the standard, asserting that house falls are ``still in use'' 
(OSHA-2025-0008-0005).\2\ However, they provided no information to 
support this assertion. Without supporting information, OSHA cannot 
assess the claim or determine how often this atypical practice might be 
used. The absence of any record of citations over the last decade, 
combined with the lack of any other evidence that this practice is 
still actually used or presents the same hazards that it did at the 
time of promulgation, indicate that the standard is no longer 
necessary. The agency notes that if OSHSPA is correct and house falls 
are still used in rare cases, and OSHA revokes its house falls 
standard, employers in marine terminals would be obligated under the 
OSH Act's general duty clause (29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)) to protect 
employees from the known hazards arising from their use. For these 
reasons, OSHA finds that a specific House Falls Standard is no longer 
necessary to protect employees working in marine terminals from 
occupational safety and health hazards.
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    \2\ A third, anonymous commenter stated the following: 
``Enhanced Social Responsibility'' (OSHA-2025-0008-0003). This 
commenter did not provide OSHA with sufficient information to 
provide a response.
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V. Final Economic Analysis

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 
U.S.C. 601-612), and the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 
1532(a)) require that OSHA estimate the benefits, costs, and net 
benefits of regulations, and analyze the impacts of certain rules that 
OSHA promulgates. Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of 
quantifying both costs and benefits, reducing costs, harmonizing rules, 
and promoting flexibility.
    This final rule is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866 or UMRA, or a ``major rule'' under the 
Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). Neither the benefits 
nor the costs of this final rule will exceed $100 million in any given 
year. This final rule will, however, result in a net cost savings for 
employers in marine terminal and longshoring operations, which are the 
only industries throughout OSHA's jurisdiction affected by the 
rescission of 29 CFR 1917.41.
    Furthermore, as discussed below in Review Under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, because the final rule will not impose any costs, OSHA 
certifies that it will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities.
    OSHA estimates that there are currently 2,617 establishments in 
maritime affected by OSHA standards addressing house falls (U.S. Census 
Bureau, 2024). These establishments are found in the following 
industries: Port and Harbor Operations (NAICS 488310), Marine Cargo 
Handling (NAICS 488320), Navigational Services to Shipping (NAICS 
488330), and Other Support Activities for Water Transportation (NAICS 
488390). The revocation of the House Falls Standard will, among other 
things, eliminate the time necessary for new establishments and newly 
hired occupational health and safety specialists at existing 
establishments to familiarize themselves with the requirements found in 
29 CFR 1917.41. Based on an average annual establishment entry rate of 
10 percent (U.S. Census Bureau, 2025), an average hire rate of 43.9 
percent (BLS, 2025), and 10 minutes less time spent on regulatory 
familiarization at a loaded hourly wage rate for an occupational health 
and safety specialist of $65.41, OSHA estimates that this deregulatory 
action will result in $15,377 in cost savings annually.
    OSHA also estimated the impacts under an alternative scenario where 
only new entrants into the industry would be affected by the revocation 
of 29 CFR 1917.41. This scenario assumes that for non-entrant (i.e., 
existing) establishments within an industry, the familiarization time 
saved for newly hired occupational health and safety specialists is 
negligible due to knowledge of the requirements in section 1917.41 
retained institutionally within the business entity by team leaders and 
other senior staff. For this scenario, costs savings that result from 
rescinding section 1917.41 would be $2,853 annually.
    A third impacts scenario, one that is likely closer to the real-
world environment for the retention and communication of safety and 
health information in most workplaces, would be the midpoint of the two 
extreme cases described above. Under this mid-range scenario, 
approximately half of affected establishments would retain staff whose 
complete knowledge of the rescinded standards would substitute for the 
familiarization time needed by the newly hired health and safety 
specialists. Viewed alternatively, under this mid-range scenario, all 
affected establishments retain veteran staff who can briefly inform the 
new safety and health specialist of the status of standards such as 
section 1917.41 in less time (roughly five minutes) than would be 
necessary in the absence of institutional knowledge (ten minutes). OSHA 
estimates that this would result in cost savings of $9,115 annually.
    OSHA's estimate of cost savings may underestimate total cost 
savings if the elimination of the labor burden for regulatory 
familiarization extends to the avoidance of unnecessary safety training 
of employees.
    OSHA presented this analysis in its proposed rule and requested 
public comment on its analysis of the cost savings for employers 
affected by the revocation of the House Falls Standard. One commenter, 
NFIB, fully supported that analysis (OSHA-2025-0008-0004). No commenter 
objected to OSHA's estimates. Therefore, OSHA's estimates of the costs 
and benefits of this final rule remain unchanged from the proposal.

Sources

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). (2025). Occupational Employment 
and Wage Statistics--May 2024 (Released April 2, 2025). Available at 
<a href="https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm">https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm</a> (Accessed April 11, 2025)
U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). County Business Patterns 2022 (Released 
June 27, 2024). Available at <a href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html">https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html</a> (Accessed July 17, 2024)
U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics. Available 
at <a href="https://bds.explorer.ces.census.gov/?xaxis-id=year&xaxis-selected=2018,2019,2020,2021,2022&">https://bds.explorer.ces.census.gov/?xaxis-id=year&xaxis-selected=2018,2019,2020,2021,2022&</a>;group-id=none&measure-
id=estabs_entry_rate&chart-type=bar (Accessed June 6, 2025)

Review Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires 
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analysis (IRFA) and a final regulatory flexibility analysis (FRFA) for 
any rule that by law must be proposed for public comment, unless the 
agency certifies that the rule, if promulgated, will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    OSHA reviewed this rescission under the provisions of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act. This rule eliminates a burdensome 
regulation. Therefore, OSHA certifies that the rescission will not have 
a ``significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities,'' and that the preparation of a FRFA is not warranted. OSHA 
will transmit this certification and supporting statement of factual 
basis to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration for review under 5 U.S.C. 605(b).

VI. Additional Requirements

A. Requirements for States With OSHA-Approved State Plans

    Under section 18 of the OSH Act (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), Congress 
expressly provides that States may adopt, with Federal approval, a plan 
for the development and enforcement of occupational safety and health 
standards that are ``at least as effective'' as the Federal standards 
in providing safe and healthful employment and places of employment (29 
U.S.C. 667). OSHA refers to these OSHA-approved, State-administered 
occupational safety and health programs as ``State Plans.'' \3\
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    \3\ Of the 29 States and U.S. territories with OSHA-approved 
State Plans, 22 cover public and private-sector employees: Alaska, 
Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, 
Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, 
Washington, and Wyoming. The remaining six States and one U.S. 
territory cover only State and local government employees: 
Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, 
and the Virgin Islands.
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    When Federal OSHA promulgates a new standard or a more stringent 
amendment to an existing standard, State Plans must either amend their 
standards to be identical to or ``at least as effective as'' the new 
Federal standard or amendment or show that an existing State Plan 
standard covering this issue is ``at least as effective'' as the new 
Federal standard or amendment (29 CFR 1953.5(a)). However, when OSHA 
promulgates a new standard or amendment that does not impose additional 
or more stringent requirements than an existing standard, State Plans 
do not have to amend their standards, although they may opt to do so.
    In the proposed rule, OSHA preliminarily determined this rule would 
not impose additional or more stringent requirements than the existing 
standard, and therefore State Plans would not be required to amend 
their standards in response. OSHA received one comment related to this 
determination. The comment was from the OSHSPA, which agreed with 
OSHA's determination that State Plans should not be required to amend 
their standards to adopt this rule. OSHA received no other comments 
disputing OSHA's preliminary conclusion that this proposed rule does 
not impose additional or more stringent requirements than the existing 
standard. Therefore, OSHA is finalizing its determination that State 
Plans are not required to amend their standards. OSHA agrees with 
OSHSPA that the OSH Act requires State Plans to have standards that are 
``at least as effective'' as OSHA's but allows State Plans to be more 
stringent than OSHA in protecting the safety and health of workers in 
their respective jurisdictions. This rulemaking does not change that 
authority. Consequently, State Plans are not obligated to make any 
changes to their existing standards in response to this final rule.

B. OMB Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
defines ``collection of information'' to mean ``the obtaining, causing 
to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third 
parties or the public, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, 
regardless of form or format'' (44 U.S.C. 3502(3)(A)). Under the PRA, a 
Federal agency cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless it is approved by OMB under the PRA and the agency displays a 
currently valid OMB control number (44 U.S.C. 3507). Also, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person shall be subject 
to penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if 
the collection of information does not display a currently valid OMB 
control number (44 U.S.C. 3512(a)(1)). The process for OMB approval is 
found in 5 CFR part 1320. This final rule imposes no new information 
collection requirements and does not affect the currently approved 
information collections in Marine Terminals (29 CFR Pt. 1917) and 
Longshoring (29 CFR Pt. 1918) (OMB Control Number 1218-0196). 
Accordingly, OMB approval of information collections is not required 
for this final rule.

C. Review Under Executive Order 12866

    E.O. 12866, ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 
4, 1993), requires agencies, to the extent permitted by law, to (1) 
propose or adopt a regulation only upon a reasoned determination that 
its benefits justify its costs (recognizing that some benefits and 
costs are difficult to quantify); (2) tailor regulations to impose the 
least burden on society, consistent with obtaining regulatory 
objectives, taking into account, among other things, and to the extent 
practicable, the costs of cumulative regulations; (3) select, in 
choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, those approaches that 
maximize net benefits; (4) to the extent feasible, specify performance 
objectives, rather than specifying the behavior or manner of compliance 
that regulated entities must adopt; and (5) identify and assess 
available alternatives to direct regulation, including providing 
economic incentives to encourage the desired behavior, such as user 
fees or marketable permits, or providing information upon which choices 
can be made by the public.
    Section 6(a) of E.O. 12866 also requires agencies to submit 
``significant regulatory actions'' to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. OIRA has determined that this 
final rule does not constitute a ``significant regulatory action'' 
under section 3(f) of E.O. 12866. Accordingly, this final rule was not 
submitted to OIRA for review under E.O. 12866.

D. Environmental Impacts/National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    OSHA has reviewed this final rule according to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), as 
amended by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Pub. L. 118-5, 321, 
137 Stat. 10), and the Department of Labor's NEPA procedures (29 CFR 
part 11).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 11.10, the promulgation, modification, or 
revocation of any OSHA safety standard is categorically excluded from 
the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment under NEPA 
absent extraordinary circumstances indicating the need for such an 
assessment. OSHA finds that this final rule presents no such 
extraordinary circumstances.

E. Other Statutory and Executive Order Considerations

    OSHA has considered its obligations under the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) and the Executive Orders on 
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and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments (E.O. 13175, 65 FR 
67249 (Nov. 6, 2000)), Federalism (E.O. 13132, 64 FR 43255 (Aug. 10, 
1999)), and Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and 
Safety Risks (E.O. 13045, 62 FR 19885 (Apr. 23, 1997)). Given that this 
is a final deregulatory action that involves the removal of 
requirements, that OSHA does not foresee economic impacts of $100 
million or more, and that the action does not constitute a policy that 
has federalism or tribal implications, OSHA has determined that no 
further agency action or analysis is required to comply with these 
statutes and executive orders. Furthermore, OSHA has determined that 
this final rule is consistent with the policies and directives outlined 
in E.O. 14192, ``Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation'' and is an 
Executive Order 14192 deregulatory action.

List of Subjects in 29 CFR 1917

    Health, Longshore and Harbor workers, Occupational safety and 
health.

VII. Authority and Signature

    This document was prepared under the direction of David Keeling, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. It is 
issued under the authority of sections 4, 6, and 8 of the Occupational 
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653, 655, and 657); section 41 
of the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941); 
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 7-2025 (90 FR 27878, June 30, 2025); and 
29 CFR part 1911.

    Dated: April 14, 2026.
David Keeling,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, OSHA amends 29 CFR part 
1917 as follows:

PART 1917--MARINE TERMINALS

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1. The authority for part 1917 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of 
Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 
FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 
50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 
55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), or 7-2025 (90 FR 
27878), as applicable; and 29 CFR part 1911.

    Sections 1917.28 and 1917.31 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. 
Section 1917.29 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 1801-1819 and 5 U.S.C. 
553.

Subpart C--Cargo Handling Gear and Equipment


Sec.  1917.41  [Removed and Reserved]

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2. Remove and reserve Sec.  1917.41.

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