American Iron & Steel Institute v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration

ANDERSON, Chief Judge:

These consolidated cases seek judicial review of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) new standard for respiratory protection in the workplace. The separate challenges are brought by the American Iron and Steel Institute (“Industry”) and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (“Doctors”) and relate to different aspects of the new standard. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that OSHA correctly applied the law and that its factual determinations were supported by substantial evidence, and therefore the petitions for…