Coast Guard Seeks to Keep Tracking Benzene Risks for Ship Workers
Published Date: 11/28/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Coast Guard is asking to keep collecting info about safety rules for workers exposed to benzene, a harmful chemical, without making any changes. This affects marine workers and companies who follow these safety standards. You’ve got until December 29, 2025, to share your thoughts—no new costs or paperwork increases are planned!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Vessel owners keep paperwork burden
Owners and operators of vessels must continue to provide information used to verify compliance with the Coast Guard's benzene safety standards. The information collection remains unchanged and the Coast Guard estimates the annual paperwork burden at 38,165 hours per year, submitted on occasion.
Benzene standards protect marine workers
The information collection supports enforcement of 46 CFR 197 Subpart C to protect marine workers from exposure to toxic benzene vapor. The Coast Guard states this collection is vital to verifying compliance with those safety standards.
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