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Archived blog posts announcing selected Regulatory Alerts posted prior to Jan 20, 2017. All archived alerts available on Library of Congress archive.
CPSC Seeks Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Performance Requirements…
On
August 20, 2019, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published
an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to consider establishing
performance requirements for residential gas furnaces and boilers. The agency
is…
DOE Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Procedures for Energy Conservation Standards and Test…
On February 13, 2019 the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the process rule that
applies to the establishment of new or revised…
FMCSA Seeks Comment on its Crash Preventability Determination Program for Commercial Truckers
On July 27, 2017, The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a crash preventability demonstration program to evaluate the preventability of eight categories of crashes via submissions of Requests for Data Review to…
EPA Publishes Draft Risk Evaluation on 1-Bromopropane
On August 9, 2019, EPA published its draft risk evaluation for 1-Bromopropane. Under the Toxic Substance Control Act, EPA is required to conduct risk evaluations to determine whether existing chemicals present an unreasonable risk of…
Forest Service Extends Comment Period on Revisions to NEPA Compliance Regulations
On June 13, 2019 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest
Service (Service) published a proposed rule to revise National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. According to the Service, the revisions would
speed up the pace for…
DOE Seeks Comments on Withdrawal of Test Procedures for Conventional Cooking Tops
On August 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to
withdraw the energy efficiency test procedures for conventional cooking tops.
The Agency states that the…
EPA Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under…
On July 29, 2019, EPA published a proposed rulemaking for five
chemicals that the agency identified as persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
under section 6(h) of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). The chemicals
include…
DOL Proposes Changes to Agricultural Guest Worker Program (H-2A)
On July 26, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a
proposed rule with changes to the H-2A or the agricultural guest worker
program. DOL is changing the Adverse Effect Wage Rate and Prevailing Wage
Methodologies utilized for…
CPSC Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule to Implement Safety Standard for Infant and Toddler Gates and…
On
July 8, 2019, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published a proposed
rule to implement a safety standard for infant and toddler safety gates and
enclosures pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. The…
DOE Extends Deadline for Comments on Modifications to the Test Procedure Waiver Decision-Making…
On May 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) published a proposed rule to streamline
the decision-making process for granting test procedure interim waivers. The
proposed rule…