10 CFR § 850.26 - Regulated areas.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s850.26"
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title: "10 CFR § 850.26 - Regulated areas."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "850.26"
section_name: "Regulated areas."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "850"
part_name: "CHRONIC BERYLLIUM DISEASE PREVENTION PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 850.26 Regulated areas.

(a) If airborne concentrations of beryllium in areas in DOE facilities are measured at or above the action level, the responsible employer must establish regulated areas for those areas.

(b) The responsible employer must demarcate regulated areas from the rest of the workplace in a manner that adequately alerts workers to the boundaries of such areas.

(c) The responsible employer must limit access to regulated areas to authorized persons.

(d) The responsible employer must keep records of all individuals who enter regulated areas. These records must include the name, date, time in and time out, and work activity.