May 19, 2011 at 07:38 PM
California business interests oppose a proposal by California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to eliminate the Cal/OSHA Standards Board and change the agency's rulemaking process to make it similar to the federal model, as part of an extensive budget revision plan. Industry suggests that getting rid of the standards board would transfer too much rulemaking authority to the state plan's administrative arm and potentially open the process to litigation, depending on how it's handled. Meanwhile, sources say the change would likely have little or no impact on federal OSHA's evaluation of the state plan's eff