Public hearings on
OSHA’s proposed silica rule are scheduled to begin March 18, 2014, at the
Department of Labor’s Frances Perkins Building in Washington, D.C. The deadline
for requests to participate was Dec. 12, 2013. However, members of the public
are welcome to attend and listen to testimony from OSHA, its expert witnesses
and other interested parties. Those members of the public who filed a timely
written notice of intention to appear can also ask questions of agency
officials and other witnesses during the hearing. For additional information on
the proposed rule, visit www.osha.gov/silica.
In addition, the
comment period on OSHA’s proposed rule to improve workplace safety and health
through improved tracking of occupational injuries and illness will be closing
March 10, 2014. The proposed rule would amend OSHA’s recordkeeping regulations
to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness
information that employers are already required to keep. It was originally
scheduled to close March 8. However, this date falls on a Saturday. The agency
will accept comments submitted March 10 as timely. Comments may be submitted
electronically at www.regulations.gov,
the Federal eRulemaking Portal or by mail or facsimile. See the Federal Register notice
for more details.
Finally, OSHA also
has a request for information seeking public comment on
potential revisions to its Process Safety Management standard and related
standards, as well as other policy options to prevent major chemical incidents.
The public will have until March 10, 2014 to submit written comments. The RFI
is in response to Executive Order 13650, which seeks to improve chemical
facility safety and security, issued in the wake of the April 2013 West, Texas,
tragedy that killed 15 in an ammonium nitrate explosion. For more information,
visit the Improving Chemical Facility Safety
and Security Web page.
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