Proposed Rule 20 Aug 2025 compliance, osha, labor regulations, workplace safety, respiratory protection

🛡️OSHA Proposes Amendments to Respiratory Protection Standards

OSHA is extending the period for submitting comments on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the medical evaluation requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard. The agency is extending the comment period by 60 days to allow interested stakeholders additional time to review the NPRM and collect information and data necessary for comment.

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Proposed Rule 20 Aug 2025 compliance, regulation, osha, workplace safety, methylene chloride

⚖️OSHA Proposes Extension for Methylene Chloride Rule Comments

OSHA is extending the period for submitting comments by 60 days to allow stakeholders interested in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Methylene Chloride additional time to review the NPRM and collect information and data necessary for comment.

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Notice 30 Jul 2025 compliance, environmental regulation, epa, tsca, chemical safety, workplace safety, pce

🧪EPA Seeks Public Comment on PCE Regulations Under TSCA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is seeking public comment to inform its reconsideration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulation for perchloroethylene (PCE). As promulgated in December 2024, the PCE risk management action addressed the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by PCE under its conditions of use by requiring various workplace exposure controls, prohibiting certain industrial and commercial uses, and preventing consumer access to the chemical, among other provisions. This request for public comment follows the filing of several legal challenges to the rule in 2025, and EPA's subsequent determination that the PCE regulation under TSCA should be reconsidered through further rulemaking. EPA intends to consider information received in response to this public comment solicitation, and other reasonably available information, to inform the development of any proposed rule to amend the PCE regulation as appropriate.

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Notice 25 Jul 2025 information collection, osha, labor regulations, workplace safety, occupational safety, asbestos

🏭OSHA Extension of Asbestos Information Collection Requirements

OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Asbestos in General Industry Standard.

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Notice 24 Jul 2025 regulation, japan, osha, workplace safety, testing laboratory

⚡OSHA Grants NRTL Recognition to Japan Electrical Safety Laboratory

In this notice, OSHA announces the final decision to grant recognition to Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories (JET), for recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, health and safety, workplace safety, cdc, personal protective equipment, respirator testing

🦺CDC Notice on Respirator and PPE Data Collection for Public Comment

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed extension to a previously approved information collection project titled Formative Respirator and Personal Protective Clothing Laboratory Testing. NIOSH proposes using questionnaires, physiological monitoring/measurements, anthropometric measurements, respirator fit measurements, self-perception data, and biomechanical measurements to assess gaps in respirator and personal protective clothing use among the Unites States working population.

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, health, workplace safety, data collection, cdc, respirators

🦺Proposed CDC Data Collection on Respirator Use and Maintenance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed three-year extension to a generic information collection project titled Assessing Respirator Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance. NIOSH proposes using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and physiological monitoring to assess current perceptions in respirator use as well as gaps in respirator use, maintenance, and programs.

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Notice 15 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, safety regulations, osha, workplace safety, illinois

⚒️Petition for Modification of Mining Safety Standards by Patton Mining

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Patton Mining, LLC.

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Notice 15 Jul 2025 regulation, workplace safety, mine safety, msha, health standards, respirable dust protection, patton mining

⛏️Modification Petition for Mine Safety Standards by Patton Mining

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Patton Mining, LLC.

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Notice 11 Jul 2025 compliance, information collection, osha, workplace safety, employer obligations

🦺OSHA Requests Comments on Alliance Program Information Requirements

OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the OSHA's Alliance Program.

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