In a speech given to anti-impaired driving advocacy groups Monday, NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman said that
addressing the problem of impaired driving-related traffic
accidents is an important safety concern that she will seek
to advance as head of the nation's transportation accident
investigation agency, according to an agency press release.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is releasing its annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), according to an EPA press release. The TRI database contains information on chemical releases into the air, land and water, as well as waste management and pollution prevention activities. The analysis of the 2008 data, the most recent data set available, shows that 3.86 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released into the environment, a 6 percent decrease from 2007.
We’re not even out of 2009, so no one is in the mood to start thinking about another long, drawn-out, media-saturated presidential election battle in 2012. At least outside of Washington. Campaign consultants, party leaders and Potomac Fever gossipers are always on to the next race. It’s the habitual pastime in the nation’s capital.
Acting OSHA boss Jordan Barab said yesterday the focus on the agency’s updated regulatory agenda, released yesterday, is on taking care of rulemaking initiatives that are old and in the way, causing gridlock and preventing OSHA from beginning to track bigger and more controversial regulatory game.
OSHA announced yesterday it plans to publish a proposed rule on adding column on its 300 log for recording musculoskeletal disorders. The move naturally raised this question: Is this a prelude to a broader ergonomics regulation?
Elvis Presley’s trademark motto, “Taking Care of Business,” is an apt theme for OSHA’s most recent regulatory agenda update, announced yesterday by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
Acting OSHA boss Jordan Barab said yesterday the focus on the agency’s updated regulatory agenda, released yesterday, is on taking care of rulemaking initiatives that are old and in the way, causing gridlock and preventing OSHA from beginning to track bigger and more controversial regulatory game.
OSHA announced yesterday it plans to publish a proposed rule on adding column on its 300 log for recording musculoskeletal disorders. The move naturally raised this question: Is this a prelude to a broader ergonomics regulation?
Elvis Presley’s trademark motto, “Taking Care of Business,” is an apt theme for OSHA’s most recent regulatory agenda update, announced yesterday by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.
After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, EPA announced yesterday that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat, according to an agency press statement.
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