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DOI Releases Draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan Update
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…
CANCELED – Consumer Product Safety Roundtable – November 15, 2023
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…
Advocacy Files Comments on OSHA’s Proposed Worker Walkaround Rule
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…
CPSC Proposes Rule to Establish Safety Standard for Residential Gas Furnaces and Boilers
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…
EPA Requests Comments on Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control…
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…
EPA Requests Comments on Ban on Trichloroethylene
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…
Advocacy Requests Extension of Comment Period for CFPB’s Personal Data Rights NPRM
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…
Advocacy Recommends that the Labor Department Complete New Small Business Analysis for Overtime…
On November 7, 2023, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments on the United States Department of Labor’s proposed rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Publishes a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Implement…
On October 31, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement personal financial data rights under the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. The proposed rule would require…
CMS Proposes to Require Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities
On September 6, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule titled, “Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting.” …