California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) is preparing to implement its first-time indoor heat worker-protection standards -- which generally require employers to implement new employee-safety measures when indoor temperatures reach 82 degrees -- after they formally took effect July 23, following an expedited review by the state’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) is preparing to implement its first-time indoor heat worker-protection standards -- which generally require employers to implement new employee-safety measures when indoor temperatures reach 82 degrees -- after they formally took effect July 23, following an expedited review by the state’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL).

South Carolina is preparing to resume its challenge to OSHA’s mandate for state plans to match federal OSH Act penalty levels, after the Supreme Court eased the Administrative Procedure Act’s (APA) six-year deadline for suits against the federal government that the agency previously touted in a bid to dismiss the case.

South Carolina is preparing to resume its challenge to OSHA’s mandate for state plans to match federal OSH Act penalty levels, after the Supreme Court eased the Administrative Procedure Act’s (APA) six-year deadline for suits against the federal government that the agency previously touted in a bid to dismiss the case.

Two Democratic committee chairs are floating an amendment to the chamber’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to reauthorize the lapsed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) program for two years, after a parallel measure in the House failed to reach a floor vote.

Two Democratic committee chairs are floating an amendment to the chamber’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to reauthorize the lapsed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS) program for two years, after a parallel measure in the House failed to reach a floor vote.

House lawmakers are planning a hearing next week to evaluate their options in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overruling the longstanding Chevron deference doctrine, with some seeking to bolster Congress’ resources and oversight to provide more-detailed legislation though many conservatives are pushing deregulatory measures to limit ISHA and other agencies’ authorities.

House lawmakers are planning a hearing next week to evaluate their options in the wake of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overruling the longstanding Chevron deference doctrine, with some seeking to bolster Congress’ resources and oversight to provide more-detailed legislation though many conservatives are pushing deregulatory measures to limit ISHA and other agencies’ authorities.

OSHA’s updated hazard communication standard (HCS) appears set to reach a July 19 deadline for legal challenges with no known industry suits that might seek to reverse its newly tightened chemical-labeling mandates -- a move that one industry attorney says appears to be driven by manufacturers’ focus on litigating EPA’s TSCA rules instead.

OSHA’s updated hazard communication standard (HCS) appears set to reach a July 19 deadline for legal challenges with no known industry suits that might seek to reverse its newly tightened chemical-labeling mandates -- a move that one industry attorney says appears to be driven by manufacturers’ focus on litigating EPA’s TSCA rules instead.