OSHA Plans Start Of Small Business Panel On I2P2 Rule By Early March, Sources Say

OSHA plans to convene a small business review panel on its closely watched injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) rulemaking by early March, Washington sources say. The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy (SBA) sent to small business representatives a notice, obtained by Inside OSHA Online, that OSHA on Jan. 6 provided notice to SBA and the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) that the agency intends to convene the panel within 60 days. The panel is the next step in OSHA moving forward with a program rule, often pegged as its