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SBA Office of Advocacy – Roundtable on the Regulation of Premium Cigars – September 12,…
The U.S. Small Business Administration
Office of Advocacy will hold a roundtable to discuss the regulation of premium
cigars beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2019. The roundtable
will be held in Washington, D.C., at the…
Letter to SBA: Small Business Size Standards; Calculation of Annual Average Receipts
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (Advocacy) submits these comments on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s proposed rule, Small Business Size Standards: Calculation of Annual Average Receipts. …
OSHA Publishes Request for Information on Table 1 of the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for…
On August 15, 2019, OSHA published a Request for Information
seeking comment on possible revisions to Table 1 of the Respirable Crystalline
Silica Standard for Construction. Specifically, OSHA seeks comment and
information, including…
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…
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…
Letter to FTC: Advocacy Submits Comments to FTC on Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information…
The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (Advocacy) submits these comments on Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information. The…
SBA Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable – August 30, 2019
The next U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of
Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet to discuss the following topics,
beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 30, 2019. The meeting will be
held in Washington, D.C.,…
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…