Policy

Legislative and regulatory insight from ACMA’s Government Affairs experts

EPA Plans Styrene Risk Assessment By 2015, As Congress Considers Major Changes To Chemical Safety Program

Acting under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA plans to conduct a risk assessment and establish appropriate risk management actions for styrene and more than 80 other work plan chemicals by September 2015,...

“Improved” Occupational Carcinogen Policy Likely To Further Workplace Confusion

A proposed update to the NIOSH policy for identifying occupational carcinogens and recommending exposure limits will extend the use of outdated hazard assessment practices. As ACMA will argue in its comments...

Dec. 4 at the Labor Department — OSHA’s David O’Connor (left) and William Perry with ACMA GAC Chair Matt Chambers (right).

ACMA’s Proposed Silica Control Approach Offers Improved Protection, Feasibility

OSHA’s proposed rule to control workplace exposure to respirable crystalline silica makes excessive demands on small companies. This was the message delivered to OSHA by the leadership of ACMA’s Government...

Final Phase for Styrene Cancer Research

The scientific effort to describe the potential for styrene exposure to cause cancer in humans may be entering its last phase. Some scientists think it’s already over. Enough already The styrene...

OSHA inspection initiative will target styrene users in KS, NE, MO

Users of styrene and certain other chemicals will be targeted for special OSHA inspections under a local emphasis program in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. According to a November 12 OSHA release, the...

New NFPA and OSHA standards will regulate composites dust

OSHA has recently cited composites manufacturers for failing to employ rigorous housekeeping practices, for the use of unapproved electrical equipment and for failing to locate outdoors dust handing equipment...