The AWPA Operations Steering Committee and the
Environmental Affairs Subcommittee members
work with AWPA’s Director of Government Affairs,
Janet Kopenhaver, to monitor Environmental, Labor
and Safety regulations and legislation which affect
wire and wire products company plants.
AWPA comments are prepared and submitted within the regulatory or legislative process to highlight members’ concerns with laws and regulations that negatively impact the members’ ability to be competitive in the global market.
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. The current agenda is here:
July 2023 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Following is information on other issues currently being monitored by AWPA:
Combustible Dust:
NFPA 652 2019: Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust
Chlorinated Paraffins
- ACC Comments on Significant New Use Rule for Chlorinated Paraffins Sept 2018
- ILMA Article on MCCPs and LCCPs August 2016
- ACA Letter to EPA re MCCPs and LCCPs August 2016
- AWPA Final Comments re CPs March 2016
- EPA Response to Rep. Gibbs re CPs
- Industry Coalition Comments March 2016
- Vinyl Institute Comments March 2016
- AIA Comments March 2016
- CPIA Comments March 2016 – attachments available upon request
- Bioaccummulation Assessment of MCCPs
- Chlorinated Paraffins: End Use Market Footprint October 2015
- EPA Presentation International Conference on Metal Removal Fluids September 2015
- AWPA Letter to EPA regarding Chlorinated Paraffins August 2015
- CPIA – Releases and Environmental Assessment of MCCP and LCCP 30 May 2015
- American Chemistry Council ltr to Administrator McCarthy 9-22-15
- Congressional Ltr to Admistrator McCarty 7-31-15
Other Issues/Resources
- Conversation with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt, OSHA
- OSHA Issues Final Rule on Electronic Reporting of Illness and Injuries Reports
- Osha Issues Final Clarification on Recordable Injury and Illness Reporting
- OSHA Issues Final Rule on Walking-Working Surfaces December 2016
- OSHA Issues Final Recordkeeping Rule September 2016
- US Wire and Wire Products Manufacturers Support New Regulatory Reform Movement
- Texas Court Halts Labor Department Persuader Rule
- EPA Issues Final Rule on Hazcom Reporting
- OSHA Finalizes Crystalline Silica Rule
- OSHA Proposes Changes to Recordkeeping Rule July 2015
- OSHA’s Recordkeeping Rule: New Reporting Requirements Began January 1, 2015