The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is reiterating longstanding calls for EPA to revise its risk management program (RMP) requirements and for OSHA to update its Process Safety Management Standards (PSM) to limit adverse effects from industrial incidents involving certain reactive chemicals.
September 16, 2026
Small business representatives are preparing to offer the Trump administration advice on easing regulatory burdens under pending chemical safety rules on formaldehyde and legacy asbestos, measures that industry groups have worried will be too burdensome but workplace safety experts say are needed to protect workers.
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Chemical and other industry groups are stepping up their calls for a “single, consistent” set of workplace safety rules regarding toxic chemicals, pressing OSHA, EPA and the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise the two agencies’ memorandum of understanding (MOU) to better align competing measures.
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OSHA is reopening the administrative record for numerous deregulatory proposals related to chemical-specific respirator standards to allow an additional 30 days of public comment following recommendations from a federal advisory panel and as the agency prepares to begin informal public hearings on the rules next month.
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EPA’s draft TSCA risk evaluation for the siloxane known as D4 has several shortcomings, including a significant lack of data about workers exposure to the chemical even though chemical manufacturers requested EPA evaluate D4, agency science advisors say in a final report outlining several concerns with the draft document.
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OSHA is announcing two virtual public meetings to gather comments and information ahead of United Nations meetings on chemical classification and labeling, in order to help shape the U.S. government’s position going into the international sessions.
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EPA and petroleum refiners are urging a federal court to dismiss litigation seeking to force the agency to regulate hydrogen fluoride (HF) under TSCA, arguing that even with an amended complaint, environmental groups lack standing and that TSCA cannot regulate accidental chemical releases that could harm workers or residents.
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Occupational medicine experts are decrying the Trump EPA’s proposed revisions to the calculation of risks from formaldehyde, saying the change in the way cancer risks are assessed will increase the number of preventable cancer cases for both workers and some residents.
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OSHA is extending by four months compliance deadlines in its revised hazardous communications standard (HCS) because officials are still crafting guidance for both the regulated community and agency personnel, a move that is drawing praise from chemical distributors that have been pressing for the pending guidance.
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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has amended regulations governing its operations, organization and management in order to improve their function, better reflect CSB’s mission and clarify procedures involving public meetings, according to a recent Federal Register notice.
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