10 CFR § 850.23 - Action level.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s850.23"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 850.23 - Action level."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "850.23"
section_name: "Action level."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "850"
part_name: "CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 29 U.S.C. 668; 42 U.S.C. 7101 50 U.S.C. 2401 E.O. 12196, 3 CFR 1981 comp., at 145 as amended."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 68905, Dec. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "850"
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# 850.23 Action level.
(a) The responsible employer must include in its CBDPP an action level that is no greater than 0.2 µg/m
<sup>3</sup>, calculated as an 8-hour TWA exposure, as measured in the worker's breathing zone by personal monitoring.
(b) If an airborne concentration of beryllium is at or above the action level, the responsible employer must implement §§ 850.24(c) (periodic monitoring), 850.25 (exposure reduction and minimization), 850.26 (regulated areas), 850.27 (hygiene facilities and practices), 850.28 (respiratory protection), 850.29 (protective clothing and equipment), and 850.38 (warning signs) of this part.