I would not want to be guilty of wishful thinking but anybody sane would see the writing on the wall that the court will not support the ETS and therefore not support the “Regular Standard”
Of course we we are not dealing with sane people.
BUT ... we are dealing with courts here, and any outcome is possible.
Timeline of final standards is varibale depending on whther OSHA grants hearings and so on. Could drag outuntil June 2020 pretty easily. Time for comments on a final rule runs to January 4, 2022.
All this is waste - waste by OSHA (I wonder how much ot cost to put together that 154 page notice in the FR), waste by compliance officers in companies (although most will comply because they just love to boss people around andnow they have a reason), lawyers and experts all around.
Crazy world.
Feds have other agencies that could overreach to similar effect. Jerk the country around. Satan's minions, hard at work.