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Committee considers expanding L&I rulemaking authority for asbestos worker certification
Summary
Senate Bill 61 88 would remove a statutory limit that forces the Department of Labor and Industries to adopt only federal-equivalent asbestos certification rules; sponsors and L&I testified the change would let the state require stronger training for worker and supervisor certification to protect workers.
Senate Bill 61 88, an agency-request bill from the Department of Labor and Industries, drew a mix of support and concern at the committee hearing Feb. 20 over whether the state should be able to set asbestos worker and supervisor certification standards more stringent than federal requirements.
Trudy Stango summarized the bill as removing the statutory provision that limits L&I’s rulemaking to only those rules "specifically required" to make state standards as stringent as applicable federal laws. "The Department of Labor and Industry adopts rules for asbestos…
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