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The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) regularly hosts roundtable discussions with small business stakeholders to understand the experiences, challenges, and recommendations of small businesses and identify alternative approaches for policy…

On November 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of data availability (NODA) requesting comments on new information and data pertaining to a May 18, 2023, proposed rulemaking on “Disposal of Coal…

On November 14, 2023, the Department of the Interior (DOI) published a draft update to its Environmental Justice Strategic Plan. The update outlines DOI’s “environmental justice vision, goals and objectives.” DOI will also be holding…

The Office of Advocacy’s (Advocacy) Consumer Product Safety Roundtable on nursing pillows has been canceled. The virtual roundtable was scheduled for November 15, 2023, at 1 PM ET on the Microsoft Teams platform.   For more…

On November 13, 2023, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on their proposed Worker Walkaround Representative Designation…

On October 25, 2023, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a proposed rule to establish a safety standard for residential gas furnaces and boilers. In the proposed rule, CPSC announces its preliminary determination…

On October 30, 2023, EPA published a proposed rule to amend the procedural framework for conducting risk evaluations under TSCA. The purpose of risk evaluations is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of…

On October 31, 2023, EPA published a proposed rule to ban the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of TCE for all uses, with longer compliance timeframes and workplace controls (including an exposure…

The Office of Advocacy submitted a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requesting an extension of the comment period for the proposed rule on Personal Financial Data Rights. The proposed rulemaking would implement section…