Stephanie Salmon, AFS Washington Office; Jeff Hannapel & Christian Richter, The Policy Group, Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON ALERT OSHA Releases 2015 Regulatory Plans
THE AGENDA INFORMS THE PUBLIC OF THE CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK OF PROPOSED FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
In November, the U.S. Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administra- tion (OSHA) published its “Unified Regulatory Agenda for Fall 2014.” Te regulatory agenda is designed to inform the public of the current status and future outlook of proposed federal regulations for all federal agencies. It includes 3,415 regulations—more than the last regulatory agenda released in May 2014—and contains 189 rules that cost more than $100 million. Te current agenda for labor and
employment regulations reveals the federal agencies’ progress on more than 75 separate rules, including sev- eral significant regulatory proposals from the U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA, as well as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.
OSHA plans to move forward ON THE HILL
House Approves One-Year Tax Extenders Package
On December 3, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a one-year renewal of more than 50 individual and business tax breaks that expired at the end of 2013. Passed by a bipartisan vote of 378-46, the measure would extend nearly all of the tax breaks until just the end of 2014, at a cost of almost $42 billion. The list of incentives extended
by the House included the R&D tax credit, Sec. 179 and bonus depreciation. Other incentives in the package are more con- troversial, particularly a tax credit prized by the wind industry.
House Republicans moved to the one-year extension package after talks between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R- Mich.) over the broader deal broke
down before Thanksgiving following a veto threat from President Obama. The White House and other Democrats objected to the broader proposal be- cause it wouldn’t permanently extend two tax credits for the working poor: the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.
For additional information, contact Stephanie Salmon, AFS Washington Off ice,
202/842-4864,
ssalmon@afsinc.org.
with the following ambitious plan on a range of issues important to the metalcasting industry: • Clarification of Employer’s Con- tinuing Obligation to Make and Maintain Accurate Records of Each Recordable Injury and Illness—Pro- posed Rule November 2014 (not released).
• Updating OSHA standards based on national consensus standards eye and face protection—Pro- posed Rule December 2014.
• Occupational Exposure to Beryl- lium—Proposed Rule January 2015.
• Quantitative Fit Testing Protocol: Amendment to the Final Rule on Respiratory Protection—Proposed Rule March 2015.
• Request for Information (RFI) for Chemical Management and Per- missible Exposure Limits (PELs).
Comments due April 8, 2015.
• Crystalline Silica Exposure—Analyze Comments June 2015. No other infor- mation about a final rule is indicated; however, in October, OSHA’s admin- istrator stated the agency will issue a final rule for silica before President Barack Obama leaves office.
• Walking Working Surfaces and Per- sonal Fall Protection Systems (slips, trips and fall prevention)—Final Rule June 2015.
• Modernizing Reporting System for Occupational Injuries and Ill- nesses—Final rule August 2015 (requiring electronic submission of injury and illness survey data, which would be made publicly available in a searchable database).
• Combustible Dust—Small Business Panel February 2016.
To review the regulatory agenda, go to
www.reginfo.gov.
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