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EPA Seeks Comments on Notice of Availability of Draft Fifth Contaminated Candidate List (CCL 5)
On July 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of availability of its draft Fifth Contaminated Candidate List (CCL 5) to include contaminants that are not currently subject to any proposed or promulgated…
Advocacy Comments on EPA’s Proposed 2022 Construction General Permit
On May 12, 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of proposed 2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit Program of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This…
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable – July 16, 2021
Small Business Labor Safety (OSHA/MSHA) Roundtable
Friday, July 16, 2021, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon (Eastern Time)
Via Teams Webinar
Dear Small Business Representatives:
We have scheduled the next Small Business Labor Safety…
Advocacy comments on EPA’s proposed phasedown of HFCs required by the American Innovation and…
On May 19, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule titled “Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act.”…
Advocacy Submits Letter to NIST on Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and…
In April 2021, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a draft revision to its publication Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations. The updates were designed to provide…
Small Business Labor Safety Roundtable on OSHA’s New ETS and General Industry Guidance on COVID-19…
Thursday, June 24, 2021, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Via Teams Webinar
Dear Small Business Representatives:
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an Emergency…
Updated Data Available for Regulatory Flexibility Analyses
The Census Bureau recently published new Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) data. Agencies often use this data to estimate the number of small entities affected by a rule and the revenue of small entities.
The updated SUSB data…
Advocacy Submits Letter to FDA on PMTA Review Process
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final Deeming Rule requires manufacturers of deemed tobacco products to submit their products to the agency for approval before those products can be introduced into the market. On September 25,…
SBA Environmental Roundtable Meeting -June 4, 2021
FRIDAY, June 4, 2021, 10 a.m. –11:30 a.m.
Via Microsoft Teams Meeting
The next U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to discuss the following topic, beginning at 10 a.m.…
Advocacy Submits Letter to DOE on Proposal to Update Process for Test Procedures and Energy…
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration respectfully submits the following comments on the U.S. Department of the Energy (DOE)’s proposed rule to update policies for consideration in new or revised…