{"id":"DUT-ME-006","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Occupational Safety and Health Administration); Maine","state":"ME","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (Assistant Secretary David Michaels)","authority":"Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, sec. 18, 29 U.S.C. sec. 667; 29 C.F.R. parts 1902 and 1956","instrument":"Final rule, Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers; initial approval determination, 80 Fed. Reg. 46487 (Aug. 5, 2015) (29 C.F.R. part 1956, subpart O)","title":"Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers","dateIssued":"2015-08-05","effective":"2015-08-05 (initial approval as a developmental plan); certification of completion of developmental steps 88 Fed. Reg. (Mar. 21, 2023) (post-period)","end":"standing","startDate":"2015-08-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (private-sector employers under federal OSHA; State and local government employers under the Maine plan)"],"clause":"The Maine State and Local Government Only State Plan, a state occupational safety and health plan applicable only to public sector employment (employees of the state and its political subdivisions), is approved as a developmental plan... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) retains full authority for coverage of private sector employees in the State.","enforcement":"federal: 29 U.S.C. sec. 666 civil penalties for general duty clause violations, as OSHA applied them to COVID-19 exposures in 2020 (Exs. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031, -095); State: 26 M.R.S. sec. 46 (Ex. DUT-ME-007)","functions":[],"notes":"Allocated the workplace-safety duty in Maine: every private-sector employer remained under federal OSHA and the general duty clause, 29 U.S.C. sec. 654(a)(1) (Ex. DUT-CT-009), and every federal COVID-19 enforcement instrument (Exs. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020, -024, -025, FED-084, FED-088, ECO-B-012), while every State and local government employer came under the Maine Department of Labor\u0027s plan and 26 M.R.S. sec. 561-A (Ex. DUT-ME-005).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-08-05/pdf/2015-18942.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":194562,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-ME","url":"/library/DUT-ME-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-ME-006","citation":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor (Assistant Secretary David Michaels), Final rule, Maine State Plan for State and Local Government Employers; initial approval determination, 80 Fed. Reg. 46487 (Aug. 5, 2015) (29 C.F.R. part 1956, subpart O) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-006)","stateName":"Maine","related":["DUT-CT-009","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020","FED-084","FED-088","ECO-B-012","DUT-ME-005","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031","DUT-ME-007"]}