Winter rolls on as we all recover from “The Big Game” on Sunday. Did your team win? Hey—there’s always next year, and baseball spring training starts later this week. Never give up, right? It was a relatively quiet regulatory week; here’s the latest news:
Semi-Annual Regulatory Agendas
A third tranche of new regulatory agendas has been released by various agencies. These agendas outline the plans these agencies have for activity in the next six-month period. In some cases below, these are revisions of previously published agendas. Find links to all the respective agendas below:
CPSC: 2024-00465.pdf
DHS: 2024-00454.pdf
DOL: 2024-00455.pdf
DOT: 2024-00449.pdf
EPA: 2024-00458.pdf
GSA (2): 2024-00459.pdf
NRC: 2024-00468.pdf
RSIC: 2024-00476.pdf
STB: 2024-00470.pdf
CPSC
The commission is working on a new safety standard for table type saws, which if not properly used can be a real hazard. A listening session is scheduled for February 28; see the link here for details on how to attend or participate:
In August 2023, the commission determined under the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act of 2020 (PFCSA) that ASTM F3429/F3429M–23 is a consumer product safety standard that impedes the propagation of flames into pre-filled portable fuel containers, and therefore incorporated the voluntary standard by reference as a mandatory rule. ASTM has since notified the Commission that it has revised this voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the revision meets the PFCSA’s requirements for adoption in the mandatory rule. Comments must be received by February 23, 2024. See the technical details and how to comment here:
EPA
The agency published a proposed rule that would if adopted amend the definition of hazardous waste applicable to corrective action to address releases from solid waste management units at RCRA-permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facilities. See the NPRM here:
OSHA
The agency published another ICR related to gathering information about the training and activities of fire brigades. See it here:
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