OMB Clears Final OSHA Hazcom Rule, Details On Controversial Provisions Still Unclear

White House officials have cleared the way for OSHA to publish its long-anticipated rule to align U.S. hazard communication requirements with the United Nations-developed Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classifying and labeling chemicals, while making changes to the proposed rule that have not been released to the public. The regulations could come out within days if OSHA sticks to earlier projections about when it hoped to publish the standard, also known as the hazcom rule. But it remained unclear Thursday, after the Office of Management and Budget disclosed that the rule had been cleare