§ 1952.256 - Changes to approved plans.

(a) Legislation. (1) On March 29, 1994, the Assistant Secretary approved Virgin Islands’ revised statutory penalty levels which are the same as the revised Federal penalty levels contained in section 17 of the Act as amended on November 5, 1990.

(2)[Reserved]

(b) Temporary labor camps/field sanitation. Effective February 3, 1997, the Assistant Secretary approved the Virgin Island's plan amendment, dated July 31, 1996, relinquishing coverage for the issues of field sanitation (29 CFR 1928.110) and temporary labor camps (29 CFR 1910.142) in agriculture (except for agricultural temporary labor camps associated with egg, poultry or red meat production, or the post-harvest processing of agricultural or horticultural commodities.) The Employment Standards Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, has assumed responsibility for enforcement of these Federal OSHA standards in agriculture in the Virgin Islands pursuant to Secretary of Labor's Order 5-96, dated December 27, 1996.