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
The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is commending the American Petroleum Institute (API) for quickly updating its safety standards beyond what the board recommended to address flammable gas even as OSHA and EPA have yet to act on repeated CSB advice to expand federal standards in a similar manner.
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EPA is finalizing a rule to align its hazardous chemical inventory reporting rules under an environmental right-to-know law with OSHA’s hazard categories, which EPA says will improve first responder and community safety.
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The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is renewing its calls for OSHA to amend its process safety management (PSM) standard to address reactive hazards, saying that implementing such requirements could have prevented a fatal accident at a caramel coloring manufacturing plant in Kentucky.
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The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is agreeing with most of the recommendations from the Labor Department Office of Inspector General (OIG) aimed at improving the agency’s preparedness for mine emergencies, though it disputes it violated budgeting law and remains at odds over underground communication systems.
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OSHA has finalized its revocation of the “house falls” in marine terminals standard after it determined the standard is no longer necessary to protect employees working in marine terminals from occupational safety and health hazards -- the first finalization of a score of deregulatory actions the agency proposed last year.
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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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EPA is proposing to align its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulation with OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) rules to avoid duplicative requirements and eliminate “unnecessary burdens” on facilities where there is no data to show the Biden-era approach would reduce accidental releases.
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EPA is poised to release its proposal scaling back the Biden administration’s Risk Management Program (RMP) rule, a measure that will spark heated debate as environmentalists charge the measure guts crucial protections from industrial incidents while industry groups say it is needed to end the “regulatory whiplash” that characterizes the policy.
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EPA has withdrawn a direct final rule (DFR) meant to conform hazardous chemical inventory reporting regulations under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) with OSHA Hazard Communication System (HCS) standards that were updated in 2024.
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