Stephanie Salmon, AFS Washington Offi ce; Jeff Hannapel & Christian Richter, The Policy Group, Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON ALERT ON THE HILL


OSHA Seeks Comments on Workplace Exposure to Chemicals


In October, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) pub- lished a request for information seeking information to revamping its process for evaluating and regulating chemical exposure and permissible exposure limits (PELs) in workplaces across the country. OSHA has revised or added only a hand- ful of PELs since the 1970s. Subsequent attempts to update the PELs have been largely unsuccessful. In 1989, OSHA proposed a comprehensive revision of the PELs. Objections came from both industry and labor, and the proposed revisions were struck down in 1992 by the U.S. Court of Appeals. The number of chemicals used daily in workplaces around the world far exceeds the current number of PELs. OSHA is looking at establishing a tiered approach to risk assessment in support of updating PELs for chemical substances:


• Using one or more chemical group- ing approaches to expedite the risk assessment process.


• Using systems biology and other emerging test data in calculating risk.


• Finding alternative approaches to formulating health standards to better judge their economic and technical feasibility.


• Seeking opportunities to incor- porate non-regulatory “informed substitution”—i.e., replacing the use of hazardous chemicals with safer substances or non-chemical alternatives—as part of workplace chemical management.


Comments on this proposal are due by April 8, 2015.


Manufacturing Hubs Bill Clears House of Representatives


On September 15, the House approved legislation which would provide $300


million over 10 years to establish a net- work of advanced manufacturing loca- tions focused on developing commer- cial applications for new technology. The Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI), H.R. 2996, would bring together industry, universi- ties, community colleges, federal agen- cies and all levels of government to accelerate manufacturing innovation in technologies with commercial applica- tions. These public-private institutes would leverage resources to bridge the gap between basic research and product development.


The companion measure, sponsored by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is expected to be taken up in the Senate after the Novem- ber mid-term elections.


For additional information, contact Stephanie Salmon, AFS Washington Off ice,


202/842-4864, ssalmon@afsinc.org.


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