Policy

Legislative and regulatory insight from ACMA’s Government Affairs experts

OSHA Proposes Electronic Submission And Public Accessibility Of Illness And Injury Records

OSHA has proposed to require companies to report workplace illness and injury data to the agency electronically, and to make establishment-specific data available on a publicly accessible website. The...

Is Silica a Hazard in Your Workplace? OSHA Thinks So!

ACMA recently called on industry members to contact OSHA regarding the proposed silica standard that will increase costs for many composites companies without providing workers any health benefits. Information...

Chemical Manufacturers Unhappy With New Green Building Code

A new version of the widely used code promulgated by the U.S. Green Building Council – LEED v.4 – is drawing fire from the American Chemistry Council. The new version of the code “has strayed from its...

OSHA Stalls on Combustible Dust, but NFPA Prepares New Standards

OSHA’s combustible dust rulemaking has been delayed, while the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is adding a new standard to address hazard identification and control. These were key messages...

What You Need to Know About Conflict Minerals

“Conflict minerals” mined in conditions of armed conflict and human rights abuses, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in central Africa, are likely to become very important for many...

Composites manufacturers will use EPA’s electronic forms to report releases of styrene and other toxic chemicals

EPA will require composites manufacturers and other reporters to submit annual Toxics Release Inventory forms using electronic software provided by EPA, according to a notice in the August 27 Federal...