Grover Norquist, the influential leader of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), is urging House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to quickly advance a pending Congressional Review Act (CRA) disapproval resolution to repeal the Obama EPA's overhaul of its industrial facility accident prevention program.
September 17, 2026
A broad coalition of petrochemical, power and other industry groups is petitioning EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to “reconsider and rescind” the Obama administration's final rule overhauling the agency's industrial facility accident prevention program even as the groups prepare to file litigation that they hope will lead to the rule's elimination.
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Chemical, agricultural, and other industry officials plan to press Scott Pruitt -- President Donald Trump's nominee for next EPA administrator -- to pursue a rulemaking repealing controversial Obama-era revisions to the agency's facility safety program if a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to undo the changes fails to advance in Congress.
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Labor officials are arguing President Donald Trump's recent executive order (EO) requiring OSHA and other agencies to eliminate two existing rules for every new one, and the prospect he will back lawmakers' push to eliminate an Obama policy seeking to prevent federal contractors from violating labor laws, shows the new president failing workers.
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Worker safety advocates are decrying Republican lawmakers' push to repeal the Obama administration policy requiring federal agencies to consider worker safety and other labor law violations in procurement, saying it is likely the start of “a sustained assault” by the GOP and the Trump administration on worker protections.
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A worker advocacy group is urging the Senate to vigorously investigate the health and safety record of Andrew Puzder, the fast-food magnate President Donald Trump has nominated to head the Labor Department, arguing that Puzder fails to acknowledge the role of regulation in protecting workers, and hailing the Obama OSHA's record of strong enforcement.
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Environmental justice advocates are pushing back against expectations that the incoming Trump administration will seek to roll back EPA's recently-announced final rule overhauling the agency's facility safety program with new hazard analysis and auditing requirements, but acknowledge that the rule's industry opponents have various tools to undercut it.
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EPA's final rule strengthening its facility safety program includes new requirements for hazard analysis, auditing and information sharing, though the agency eased some proposed provisions to address concerns from industry and state officials, including those raised by President-elect Donald Trump's intended nominee to run the agency, though it is not clear if the changes will satisfy critics' calls to block or kill the measure.
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Industry attorneys are highlighting challenges companies face under an Obama administration policy of targeting worker safety violations with environmental laws, including increased penalties, vague standards and more complex dealings with federal safety investigators -- areas the incoming Trump administration may target in scaling back enforcement.
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Industry attorneys, including a former George W. Bush OSHA chief, expect that President-elect Donald Trump will significantly reduce OSHA enforcement efforts, by limiting future penalty increases, tightening the window for repeat violations, and putting the agency's severe violator enforcement program (SVEP) on the “chopping block.”
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