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Listed below are documents published in the Federal Register and open for comment that may significantly affect small businesses. Advocacy encourages affected small businesses to provide the Federal agency issuing the notice with comments on the proposed action and the agency’s analysis of its potential impacts on small business. Please share with the Office of Advocacy your comments on these and other regulatory proposals of importance to small businesses.

The Regulatory Alerts Archive can be found here: https://advocacy.sba.gov/category/alerts-archive/.

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OSHA Publishes Request for Information on Table 1 of the Respirable Crystalline Silica Standard for…

Office of Advocacy Aug 21, 2019

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…

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CPSC Seeks Comments on Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Performance Requirements…

Office of Advocacy Aug 21, 2019

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…

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DOE Reopens Comment Period on Proposed Procedures for Energy Conservation Standards and Test…

Office of Advocacy Aug 20, 2019

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…

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FMCSA Seeks Comment on its Crash Preventability Determination Program for Commercial Truckers

Office of Advocacy Aug 20, 2019

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…

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EPA Publishes Draft Risk Evaluation on 1-Bromopropane

Office of Advocacy Aug 15, 2019

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…

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Forest Service Extends Comment Period on Revisions to NEPA Compliance Regulations

Office of Advocacy Aug 14, 2019

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…

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DOE Seeks Comments on Withdrawal of Test Procedures for Conventional Cooking Tops

Office of Advocacy Aug 14, 2019

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…

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EPA Seeks Comments on Proposed Regulation of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals Under…

Office of Advocacy Aug 8, 2019

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…

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DOL Proposes Changes to Agricultural Guest Worker Program (H-2A)

Office of Advocacy Aug 8, 2019

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…

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CPSC Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule to Implement Safety Standard for Infant and Toddler Gates and…

Office of Advocacy Aug 1, 2019

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…

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