Puerto Rico State Plan; Operational Status Agreement; Change in Level of Federal Enforcement: Private Sector Employment on Federal Properties and Marine Construction Conducted by Private Sector Employees

What it does

This document announces a new OSA between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Puerto Rico State Plan, which specifies the areas of State Plan responsibility and delineates continuing federal responsibilities. This document further gives notice of OSHA's approval of a change to the Puerto Rico State Plan reinstating federal OSHA enforcement authority over private-sector employment on federal properties and marine construction conducted by private sector employees.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

29 CFR 1952

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published 4 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 3 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

Effective Date: April 24, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket OSHA-2017-0006 on Regulations.gov
• Title 29 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register