Category Archives: Environmental/Safety

OSHA Finalizes Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Rule

Environmental/Safety, Government Relations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued its final rule on electronic tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. The rule will revise OSHA requirements for recording and submitting records of workplace injuries and illnesses. Some of this recorded information will now be posted on the OSHA website. In addition, the final rule includes … Continue reading OSHA Finalizes Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Rule →

ACA Memorandum to EPA Regarding LCCPs and MCCPs now Available on AWPA website

Environmental/Safety, Government Relations

The American Chemistry Council has submitted a memorandum to the EPA on the impact of TSCA Reform on the EPA’s review of MCCPs and LCCPs. The memorandum discusses changes the EPA should make to the process it will use to evaluate mid- and long-chain paraffins (MCCPs and LCCPs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), … Continue reading ACA Memorandum to EPA Regarding LCCPs and MCCPs now Available on AWPA website →

Updated 2016 Regulatory Agenda

Environmental/Safety

Twice a year, federal agencies publish their Regulatory Agendas and Regulatory Plans. The activities included in the Agenda are, in general, those that will have regulatory action within the next 12 months, including combustible dust, hazardous air pollutant reporting, lockout-tagout, and HAZMAT emergency preparedness grants. Click here for a summary of the regulations that could impact wire … Continue reading Updated 2016 Regulatory Agenda →

EPA Issues Final HAZCOM Rule

Environmental/Safety

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule on “Hazardous Chemical Reporting: Community Right-to-Know” to better conform with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). Facilities are required to comply with reporting the new physical and health hazards on their Tier II inventory form for reporting year 2017 by March … Continue reading EPA Issues Final HAZCOM Rule →

OSHA Delays Effective Date of the Injury and Illness Rule

Environmental/Safety

On Wednesday, July 13, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced it is delaying the effective date of the injury and illness recordkeeping regulation by three months.  The rule was supposed to take effect August 10, but will be delayed until November 1.  The agency’s announcement is likely in direct response to a lawsuit filed by … Continue reading OSHA Delays Effective Date of the Injury and Illness Rule →

OSHA Finalizes Crystalline Silica Rule

Environmental/Safety, Government Relations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized its workplace exposures standard for crystalline silica for general industry that would sharply reduce the existing permissible exposure limit (PEL). The rule lowers the PEL from the current standard of 100 micrograms per cubic meter to 50 micrograms of silica per cubic meter. It gives industries two … Continue reading OSHA Finalizes Crystalline Silica Rule →

AWPA Submits Final Comments to EPA on Chlorinated Paraffins

Environmental/Safety, Government Relations

The AWPA has submitted final comments the Environmental Protection Agency on their risk assessment of  chlorinated paraffins. The comments are posted to the Environmental, Health & Safety page in the Government Affairs section of the website, here. Public comments from other organizations, along with the EPA’s response to Rep. Bob Gibbs’ (OH-7) inquiry regarding the review, … Continue reading AWPA Submits Final Comments to EPA on Chlorinated Paraffins →

2015 Operations Managers Meeting: Registration Now Open!

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Registration is now open for the 2015 Operations Managers Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee! This year’s program has great information on managing Family and Medical Leave, and other human resource challenges, along with an important update on new regulations affecting the industry – from OSHA and EPA regulations to the new overtime rules. With two great … Continue reading 2015 Operations Managers Meeting: Registration Now Open! →

GAC Program Update: Stainless Committee Meeting to Have Expert Speaker on Proposed EPA Rule on Chlorinated Paraffins

Environmental/Safety, Government Relations, Meetings

All AWPA Member Company Representatives who have an interest in the new EPA regulations on chlorinated paraffins and how they will affect wire drawing lubricants are invited to attend the Stainless Product Committee meeting being held during next month’s Government Affairs Conference. An expert will be discussing the issue and how it will affect the … Continue reading GAC Program Update: Stainless Committee Meeting to Have Expert Speaker on Proposed EPA Rule on Chlorinated Paraffins →

OSHA Proposes Changes to Recordkeeping Requirements

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Janet Kopenhaver has a summary of OSHA’s proposed changes to record-keeping rules. The changes state that employers must make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses as an ongoing obligation. The duty to record an injury or illness continues for as long as the employer must keep records of the recordable injury or illness; … Continue reading OSHA Proposes Changes to Recordkeeping Requirements →