Industry Groups Urge Lawmakers To Block OSHA Program Rule, Noise Proposal

Industry groups are eagerly responding to a new GOP inquiry into the Obama regulatory agenda by urging a House oversight panel to either slow or block several controversial OSHA efforts – chiefly the agency's plans to institute an injury and illness prevention program rule, revise long-standing noise control policy, and drop blanket inspection exemptions from on-site consultation programs. Union officials decried the move but indicated the onslaught was expected. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the new chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, recently sent a letter to industr