📉Proposed Rule to Remove COVID-19 Recordkeeping in Healthcare
OSHA is proposing to remove OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and its associated recordkeeping and reporting provisions from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Learn More⚗️DEA Notice on Exempt Chemical Preparations
The applications for exempt chemical preparations received by the Drug Enforcement Administration between March 1, 2023, and March 31, 2025, as listed below, were accepted for filing and have been approved or denied as indicated.
Learn More🚂Update on the Definition of "Person" in Railroad Regulations
This final rule updates the definition of "person" in FRA's regulations to provide for regulatory consistency. FRA is making these clarifying changes to better align with FRA's safety jurisdiction and to conform definitions in FRA's older regulations with the definition of "person" that FRA has used in its most recent rulemakings. In one section where "person" is defined, FRA is also replacing references to specific penalty amounts with general references to FRA's minimum civil monetary penalty, ordinary maximum civil monetary penalty, and aggravated maximum civil monetary penalty amounts, consistent with FRA's current practice.
Learn More📦Proposed Rule to Reduce Costs for Hazardous Materials Shipments
This NPRM proposes to remove undue regulatory burdens by allowing for a reduced sized marking for limited quantity shipments of hazardous materials.
Learn More🔋Proposed Rule to Ease Transportation of Lithium Batteries for Businesses
This NPRM proposes to amend the Materials of Trade (MOTs) exceptions to allow for the transportation of increased quantities of lithium batteries. The current MOT exceptions unnecessarily limit the number and size of lithium batteries that can be safely transported by domestic construction, landscaping, mowing, tree service, food service, and entertainment companies in support of performing a trade.
Learn More⚙️Analysis of OSHA Safety Color Code Regulatory Removal
This proposed rule removes from the Code of Federal Regulations: OSHA's Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards Standard, 29 CFR 1910.144; paragraph (c)(8) of OSHA's Textiles Standard, 29 CFR 1910.262; paragraph (c)(11) of OSHA's Sawmills Standard, 29 CFR 1910.265; and OSHA's Safety Color Code for Marking Physical Hazards for Shipyard Employment Standard, 29 CFR 1915.90.
Learn More🚆FRA Final Rule on Bridge Safety Standards
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's bridge safety standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚛FMCSA Notice on Inspector Qualifications and Exemption Renewal
FMCSA requests public comment on an application from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) to renew its exemption from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) that allows individuals who complete a training program consistent with IANA's Intermodal Recommended Practices (IRPs) to be considered qualified inspectors for purposes of the periodic inspection rule, or qualified brake inspectors for purposes of the brake system inspection, repair and maintenance requirements. The exemption was initially granted on August 18, 2020, and expires on August 18, 2025.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to Federal Railroad Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's safety integration plans regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🦺OSHA Proposes Revisions to Methylenedianiline Respirator Standards
This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Methylenedianiline standards and better aligns these standards with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.
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