Government Affairs
ASSE Government Affairs Updates
The following information is drawn from the ASSE Government Affairs website.
- ASSE Opposes Sanitarian Licensure Bill in Michigan
- ASSE Urges Better Use of Consensus Standards in OSHA Slips and Falls/PPE Rulemaking
- ASSE Nominates Roberta Nelson Shea to NACOSH
- Michaels Praises VPP but Warns of Its Possible End
- Join VPPPA in Supporting VPP
- BLS Cites Economy for Preliminary BLS Data Showing Decline in 2009 Fatalities
- OSHA Comments on Record Number of Egregious Cases
- More than 200 Stakeholders Participate OSHA I2P2 Meetings
- Tales from the Front: MSHA/OSHA Reform Hearing
- Report Shows Works Rank Workplace Safety Highest
- NIOSH Seeks Comments on Draft Oil and Gas NORA Agenda
- OSHA Publishes Interim Final Rules on Whistleblower Procedures
- Environmental Mapping Tool Available from EPA
- EPA Proposes Improvements to Chemical Reporting
- EPA Targeting Dyes, Flame Retardants and Industrial Detergents
- CSB Commends NFPA for Prohibiting Indoor Gas Pipe Purging
- OSHA Warns Grain Elevator Operators
- PHMSA Links Pipeline Work to DoT’s Distracted Work Effort
- House Approves Bill to Give Whistleblower Protection to Offshore Workers
- PHMSA Proposed Rule on Storing Explosives During Transportation
- OSHA Finalizes New Cranes and Derricks Rule
- OSHA Enhances On-site Consultation Web Page
- Obama Announces New Initiative to Protect Federal Workers
- NIOSH Guidelines on Protecting Fire Fighters Using Risk Management Principles
- EPA Rule on Mercury in Flow Meters, Natural Gas Manometers, Pyrometers
- PHMSA Revises Emergency Response Guidebook
- DOT Proposes National Tunnel Inspection Standards
- EPA Publishes Latest Data on Industrial and Toxics Releases in the U.S.
- House Democrats Introduce Toxic Chemicals Safety Act
- Fed Agencies Collaborate to Improve Chemical Screening
- GAO Stuff -- Bridges, DOE Cleanup, FAA, Electronic Waste, Formaldehyde in Textiles, Superfund, Cyber Protection and Pipelines
Proposed Federal Legislative Changes
- Clarification of Employer Duty To Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Each Employee - 1/9/09
- Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories; Satellite Notification and Acceptance Program - 1/9/09
- Revisions to the Voluntary Protection Programs To Provide Safe and Healthful Working Conditions - 1/9/09
- Addenda to the Memorandum of Understanding: To Formalize the Working Relationship Between the Department of Energy and the Department of Labor - 1/2/09
- Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 12/18/08
- Longshoring and Marine Terminal Operations; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 12/18/08
- Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) - 12/18/08
- AmerenUE; American Airlines, Inc.; CBS Outdoor, Inc.; Dixie Divers, Inc.; Graver Tank and Mfg. Co.; Hamon Custodis, Inc.; International Paper Co.; Metalplate Galvanizing, Inc.; Fisher Mills, Inc.; Pullman Power, LLC; U.S. Ecology Idaho, Inc.; West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.; Zurn Industries, Inc.; and 3M Co: Technical Amendments to, and Revocation of, Permanent Variances - 12/9/08
- Cranes and Derricks in Construction - 12/2/08
- Permit-Required Confined Spaces; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 11/10/08
- Electrical Standard; Clarifications; Corrections - 10/29/08
- The 13 Carcinogens Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 9/26/08
- Inorganic Arsenic Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 9/26/08
- Clarification of Remedy for Violation of Requirements To Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Employees - 9/18/08
- Tree Care Operations - 9/18/08
- Clarification of Remedy For Violation of Requirements To Provide Personal Protective Equipment and Train Employees - 8/19/08
- Servicing Multi-Piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 8/4/08
- Cotton Dust Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 7/31/08
- Shipyard Employment Standards; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 7/31/08
- Acrylonitrile Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 7/2/08
- General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment - 6/30/08
- Safety Panel Urges OSHA Rescind Interim Fall Protection Procedures - 6/23/08
- Slings; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 6/23/08
- Forging Machines; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 6/23/08
- Electrical Reliability Services, Inc. (Formerly Electro-Test, Inc.); Denial of Renewal of Recognition - 6/23/08
- National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Announcement of Meeting - 5/16/08
- Request for Comments on Proposed Guidance on Workplace Stockpiling of Respirators and Facemasks for Pandemic Influenza - 5/9/08
- Announcement of a Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) and ACCSH Work Groups - 4/29/08
- Methylene Chloride Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 4/24/08
- Confined Space in Construction - 04/21/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Announcement of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act - 4/14/08
- Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 4/14/08
- Respiratory Protection Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 3/24/08
- Updating OSHA Standards Based on National Consensus Standards - 3/14/08
- Powered Industrial Trucks Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 3/7/08
- Voluntary Protection Program Application Information; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 2/21/08
- Subpart A (‘‘General Provisions’’) and Subpart B (‘‘Confined and Enclosed Spaces and Other Dangerous Atmospheres in Shipyard Employment’’) (29 CFR part 1915); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 2/14/08
- Subpart R (‘‘Steel Erection’’); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 2/14/08
- Confined Spaces in Construction - 1/23/08
- Regulatory Flexibility Act Review of the Methylene Chloride Standard - 1/8/08
- MET Laboratories, Inc.; Expansion of Recognition - 1/4/08
- Abbreviated Bitrex Qualitative Fit- Testing Protocol - 12/26/07
- General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment - 12/20/07
- Meeting Notice, Work Group Meetings and Appointment of Committee Members for the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) - 12/17/07
- Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health - 12/10/07
- National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH); Announcement of Meeting - 11/26/07
- Standard on Fire Brigades; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 11/21/07
- Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment - 11/15/07
- Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) - 11/15/07
- Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health; Notice of Meeting - 11/7/07
- OSHA–7 Form (‘‘Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards’’); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 10/30/07
- Standard on the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 10/30/07
- Proposed Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations; Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses - 10/23/07
- Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and Food Flavorings Containing Diacetyl: Announcement of Stakeholder Meeting - 9/26/07
- Standard on Manlifts; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements - 9/6/07
Proposed State Legislative Changes
- Proposed Changes to Agriculture Labor Housing Rules in Division 4/J - 11/12/08
- Proposed Changes To Division 1, General Administrative Rules - 9/15/08
- Combustible Dust Hazard Alert - 8/29/08
- Personal Protective Equipment - Who Pays? - 8/29/08
- Proposed Changes To Adopt Current Attorney General’s Model Rules, and Corrections of Oregon Revised Statutes in Division 1, General Administrative Rules - 5/14/08
- Adopted Changes To Silica and Corrections to Air Contaminants in General Industry and Construction - 5/9/08
- Adopted Changes To the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standard in General Industry, Construction, Agriculture, and Maritime Activities - 5/1/08
- Proposed Changes To Various Rules in General Industry To Remove Several References to Consensus Standards - 4/3/08
- Proposed Changes To the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standard in General Industry, Construction, Agriculture, and Maritime Activities - 3/18/08
- Adopted Permanent Changes Division 1, General Administrative Rules/Definitions - 2/29/08
- Proposed Changes to Division 7, Forest Activities - 12/28/07
- Proposed Changes to Agricultural Labor Housing (ALH) - 12/28/07
- Adopted Changes, Division 1, General Administrative Rules - With House Bill 2259 - Retaliation Complaint - 12/28/07
- Adopted Changes, Division 1, General Administrative Rules - With Senate Bill 556 - Appeals/Civil Penalty Recording/Extension of Correction Action - 12/28/07
- Adopted Changes, Dipping and Coating Rules in General Industry - 12/28/07
- OR-OSHA Proposed Changes to Division 1 - 12/19/07
- Extended Comment Period for Silica - 11/30/07
- Adopted Changes to Portable Fire Extinguishers in General Industry - 11/9/07
- Proposed Changes To Silica and Corrections to Air Contaminants In General Industry and Construction - 10/23/07
- Proposed Changes to Division 1, General Administrative Rules - With House Bill 2022 - 10/17/07
- Proposed Changes in Division 1 Rules to Extend Time Periods and Granting Extensions - 9/17/07
- Proposed Changes to Fire Fighter/Confined Space Rules in General Industry - 9/17/07
- Proposed Changes in Division 1 to Discrimination Complaint Rule - 9/17/07
- Proposed Changes to the Dipping and Coating Rules in General Industry - 9/14/07
- Proposed Changes to the Fire Extinguisher Rules in General Industry - 8/16/07
- Proposed Changes To Vehicle Rules in Division 2, General Industry and Division 3, Construction Administrative Rules - 7/31/07