[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
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[FR Doc No: 2020-16759]
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Vol. 85
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Department of Labor
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 26, 2020 /
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
20 CFR Chs. I, IV, V, VI, VII, and IX
29 CFR Subtitle A and Chs. II, IV, V, XVII, and XXV
30 CFR Ch. I
41 CFR Ch. 60
48 CFR Ch. 29
Semiannual Agenda of Regulations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Labor.
ACTION: Semiannual Regulatory Agenda.
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SUMMARY: The internet has become the means for disseminating the
entirety of the Department of Labor's semiannual regulatory agenda.
However, the Regulatory Flexibility Act requires publication of a
regulatory flexibility agenda in the Federal Register. This Federal
Register Notice contains the regulatory flexibility agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura M. Dawkins, Director, Office of
Regulatory and Programmatic Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room
S-2312, Washington, DC 20210; (202) 693-5959.
Note: Information pertaining to a specific regulation can be
obtained from the agency contact listed for that particular
regulation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 requires the
semiannual publication of an agenda of regulations that contains a
listing of all the regulations the Department of Labor expects to have
under active consideration for promulgation, proposal, or review during
the coming one-year period. The entirety of the Department's semiannual
agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov.
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602) requires DOL to
publish in the Federal Register a regulatory flexibility agenda. The
Department's Regulatory Flexibility Agenda, published with this notice,
includes only those rules on its semiannual agenda that are likely to
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities; and those rules identified for periodic review in keeping
with the requirements of section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Thus, the regulatory flexibility agenda is a subset of the Department's
semiannual regulatory agenda. The Department's Regulatory Flexibility
Agenda does not include section 610 items at this time.
All interested members of the public are invited and encouraged to
let departmental officials know how our regulatory efforts can be
improved and are invited to participate in and comment on the review or
development of the regulations listed on the Department's agenda.
Eugene Scalia,
Secretary of Labor.
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs--Final Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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147....................... Implementing Legal 1250-AA09
Requirements Regarding
the Equal Opportunity
Clause's Religious
Exemption.
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Office of Labor-Management Standards--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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148....................... Trust Annual Reports...... 1245-AA09
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Wage and Hour Division--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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149....................... Independent Contractor 1235-AA34
Status Under the Fair
Labor Standards Act.
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Employment and Training Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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150....................... Temporary Employment of H- 1205-AB93
2B Foreign Workers in
Certain Itinerant
Occupations in the United
States.
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Employment and Training Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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151....................... Apprenticeship Programs, 1205-AB85
Labor Standards for
Registration, Amendment
of Regulations.
152....................... Modernizing Recruitment 1205-AB91
Requirements Under the H-
2B Program.
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Employee Benefits Security Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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153....................... Pooled Employer Plans 1210-AB94
Under the SECURE Act.
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Employee Benefits Security Administration--Completed Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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154....................... Default Electronic 1210-AB90
Disclosures by Employee
Pension Benefit Plans
Under ERISA.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Prerule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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155....................... Emergency Response........ 1218-AC91
156....................... Tree Care Standard........ 1218-AD04
157....................... Prevention of Workplace 1218-AD08
Violence in Health Care
and Social Assistance.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Proposed Rule Stage
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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158....................... Communication Tower Safety 1218-AC90
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration--Long-Term Actions
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Regulation
Sequence No. Title Identifier No.
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159....................... Infectious Diseases....... 1218-AC46
160....................... Process Safety Management 1218-AC82
and Prevention of Major
Chemical Accidents.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
Final Rule Stage
147. Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity
Clause's Religious Exemption
E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined.
Abstract: OFCCP plans to update its regulations to comply with
current law regarding protections for religion-exercising
organizations.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 08/15/19 84 FR 41677
NPRM Comment Period End............. 09/16/19
Final Rule.......................... 08/00/20
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Tina Williams, Director, Division of Policy and
Program Development, Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210,
Phone: 202 693-0104.
RIN: 1250-AA09
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
Completed Actions
148. Trust Annual Reports
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 438
Abstract: The Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management
Standards re-established a Form T-1 to capture financial information
pertinent to trusts in which a labor organization is ``interested''
(section 3(l) ``trusts''), as defined by section 3(l) of the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA or Act), 29
U.S.C. 402(l); information that has largely gone unreported. See 84 FR
25130. The information in this regulatory plan entry is derived from
the proposed rule. The LMRDA's various reporting provisions were
designed to empower labor organization members by providing them the
means to maintain democratic control over their labor organizations and
ensure a proper accounting of labor organization funds. The final rule
brings the reporting requirements for labor organizations and section
3(l) trusts in line with contemporary expectations for the disclosure
of financial information.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 05/30/19 84 FR 25130
NPRM Comment Period End............. 07/29/19
Final Rule.......................... 03/06/20 85 FR 13414
Final Rule; Correction.............. 03/30/20 85 FR 17500
Final Rule Effective................ 04/06/20
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Andrew R. Davis, Chief, Division of Interpretations
and Standards, Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of
Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, FP Building, Room N-5609, Washington, DC 20210,
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Phone: 202 693-0123, Fax: 202 693-1340, Email: olms-public@dol.gov.
RIN: 1245-AA09
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Proposed Rule Stage
149. Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor
Standards Act
E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
Legal Authority: Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.
Abstract: The Department of Labor is proposing a regulation for
determining independent contractor status under the Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/00/20
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Amy DeBisschop, Director of the Division of
Regulations, Legislation and Interpretation, Department of Labor, Wage
and Hour Division, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room S-
3502, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-0406.
RIN: 1235-AA34
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Proposed Rule Stage
150. Temporary Employment of H-2B Foreign Workers in Certain Itinerant
Occupations in the United States
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1184; 8 U.S.C. 1103
Abstract: The United States Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment
and Training Administration and Wage and Hour Division, and the United
States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, are jointly amending regulations regarding the H-
2B non-immigrant visa program at 20 CFR part 655, subpart A. The Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) will establish standards and procedures
for employers seeking to hire foreign temporary nonagricultural workers
for certain itinerant job opportunities, including entertainers and
carnivals and utility vegetation management.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 03/00/21
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brian Pasternak, Administrator, Office of Foreign
Labor Certification, Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC
20210, Phone: 202 513-7350.
RIN: 1205-AB93
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Completed Actions
151. Apprenticeship Programs, Labor Standards for Registration,
Amendment of Regulations
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: The National Apprenticeship Act, as amended (50
Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C. 50)
Abstract: This final rule revised title 29 CFR part 29, Labor
Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Programs to establish
a process for recognizing Standards Recognition Entities which in turn
will recognize high-quality, industry-recognized apprenticeship
programs.
Timetable:
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NPRM................................ 06/25/19 84 FR 29970
NPRM Comment Period End............. 08/26/19
Final Rule.......................... 03/11/20 85 FR 14294
Final Rule Effective................ 05/11/20
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: John V. Ladd, Administrator, Office of
Apprenticeship, Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room C-5311,
Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-2796, Fax: 202 693-3799, Email:
ladd.john@dol.gov.
RIN: 1205-AB85
152. Modernizing Recruitment Requirements Under the H-2B Program
E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
Legal Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1184; 8 U.S.C. 1103
Abstract: The United States Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment
and Training Administration and the United States Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
jointly amended regulations regarding the H-2B non-immigrant visa
program at 20 CFR part 655, subpart A. This final rule modernizes and
improves the labor market test that DOL uses to assess whether
qualified U.S. workers are available by: Rescinding the requirement
that an employer advertise its job opportunity in a print newspaper of
general circulation in the area of intended employment, and expanding
and enhancing DOL's electronic job registry to disseminate available
job opportunities to the widest audience possible.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 11/09/18 83 FR 55977
NPRM Comment Period End............. 12/10/18
NPRM Comment Period End Extension to 12/10/18 83 FR 63430
12/28/2018.
Final Rule.......................... 11/15/19 84 FR 62431
Final Rule Effective................ 12/16/19
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Brian Pasternak, Administrator, Office of Foreign
Labor Certification, Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Washington, DC
20210, Phone: 202 513-7350.
RIN: 1205-AB91
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Proposed Rule Stage
153. Pooled Employer Plans Under the Secure Act
E.O. 13771 Designation: Fully or Partially Exempt.
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 116-94, sec. 101, Setting Every Community
Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019
Abstract: Section 101 of the Setting Every Community Up for
Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019 (SECURE Act) amended the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to include a pooled
employer plan as a type of single employer pension benefit plan, and
granted the Secretary authority to issue such guidance as the Secretary
determines appropriate to carry out the purposes of the new
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provisions. This rulemaking action will implement the ERISA amendments
in section 101 of the SECURE Act.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 06/00/20
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeffrey J. Turner, Deputy Director, Office of
Regulations and Interpretations, Department of Labor, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room
N-5655, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-8500.
RIN: 1210-AB94
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
Completed Actions
154. Default Electronic Disclosures by Employee Pension Benefit Plans
Under ERISA
E.O. 13771 Designation: Deregulatory.
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1024 (ERISA sec. 104); 29 U.S.C. 1029(c)
(ERISA sec. 109(c)); 29 U.S.C. 1030 (ERISA sec. 110); 29 U.S.C. 1135
(ERISA sec. 505); E.O. 13847, 83 FR 45321 (August 21, 2018)
Abstract: This regulatory action is being finalized in response to
Executive Order 13847, Strengthening Retirement Security in America,
and will reduce the costs and burdens imposed on employers and other
plan fiduciaries responsible for the production and distribution of
retirement plan disclosures required under title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act, as well as ways to make these
disclosures more understandable and useful for participants and
beneficiaries, by allowing disclosure via internet posting or by email,
as a default.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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NPRM................................ 10/23/19 84 FR 56894
NPRM Comment Period End............. 11/22/19 .......................
Final Rule.......................... 05/27/20 85 FR 31884
Final Action Effective.............. 05/27/20 .......................
Final Rule Applicability Date....... 05/27/20 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Jeffrey J. Turner, Deputy Director, Office of
Regulations and Interpretations, Department of Labor, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room
N-5655, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-8500.
RIN: 1210-AB90
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Prerule Stage
155. Emergency Response
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 29 U.S.C. 657; 5 U.S.C. 609
Abstract: OSHA currently regulates aspects of emergency response
and preparedness; some of these standards were promulgated decades ago,
and none were designed as comprehensive emergency response standards.
Consequently, they do not address the full range of hazards or concerns
currently facing emergency responders, and other workers providing
skilled support, nor do they reflect major changes in performance
specifications for protective clothing and equipment. The agency
acknowledged that current OSHA standards also do not reflect all the
major developments in safety and health practices that have already
been accepted by the emergency response community and incorporated into
industry consensus standards. OSHA is considering updating these
standards with information gathered through an RFI and public meetings.
Timetable:
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Stakeholder Meetings................ 07/30/14 .......................
Convene NACOSH Workgroup............ 09/09/15 .......................
NACOSH Review of Workgroup Report... 12/14/16 .......................
Initiate SBREFA..................... 10/00/20 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Andrew Levinson, Deputy Director, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-
3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Email:
levinson.andrew@dol.gov.
RIN: 1218-AC91
156. Tree Care Standard
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined
Abstract: There is no OSHA standard for tree care operations; the
agency currently applies a patchwork of standards to address the
serious hazards in this industry. The tree care industry previously
petitioned the agency for rulemaking and OSHA issued an ANPRM
(September 2008). OSHA initiated and completed a Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panel in April 2020,
collecting information from affected small entities on a potential
standard, including the scope of the standard, effective work
practices, and arboricultural specific uses of equipment to guide OSHA
in developing a rule that would best address industry safety and health
concerns. Tree care continues to be a high-hazard industry.
Timetable:
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Stakeholder Meeting................. 07/13/16 .......................
Initiate SBREFA..................... 01/10/20 .......................
Complete SBREFA..................... 05/22/20 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Andrew Levinson, Deputy Director, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-
3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Email:
levinson.andrew@dol.gov.
RIN: 1218-AD04
157. Prevention of Workplace Violence in Health Care and Social
Assistance
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 5 U.S.C. 609
Abstract: The Request for Information (RFI) (published on December
7, 2016 81 FR 88147)) provides OSHA's history with the issue of
workplace violence in health care and social assistance, including a
discussion of the Guidelines that were initially published in 1996, a
2014 update to the Guidelines, the agency's use of 5(a)(1) in
enforcement cases in health care. The RFI solicited information
primarily from health care employers, workers and other subject matter
experts on impacts of violence, prevention strategies, and other
information that will be useful to the agency. OSHA was petitioned for
a standard preventing workplace violence
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in health care by a broad coalition of labor unions, and in a separate
petition by the National Nurses United. On January 10, 2017, OSHA
granted the petitions.
Timetable:
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 12/07/16 81 FR 88147
RFI Comment Period End.............. 04/06/17 .......................
Initiate SBREFA..................... 12/00/20 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Andrew Levinson, Deputy Director, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-
3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Email:
levinson.andrew@dol.gov.
RIN: 1218-AD08
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Proposed Rule Stage
158. Communication Tower Safety
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655(b); 5 U.S.C. 609
Abstract: While the number of employees engaged in the
communication tower industry remains small, the fatality rate is very
high. Over the past 20 years, this industry has experienced an average
fatality rate that greatly exceeds that of the construction industry.
Due to recent FCC spectrum auctions and innovations in cellular
technology, there will be a very high level of construction activity
taking place on communication towers over the next few years. A similar
increase in the number of construction projects needed to support
cellular phone coverage triggered a spike in fatality and injury rates
years ago. Based on information collected from an April 2016 Request
for Information (RFI), OSHA concluded that current OSHA requirements
such as those for fall protection and personnel hoisting, may not
adequately cover all hazards of communication tower construction and
maintenance activities. OSHA will use information collected from a
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panel to
identify effective work practices and advances in engineering
technology that would best address industry safety and health concerns.
The Panel carefully considered the issue of the expansion of the rule
beyond just communication towers. OSHA will continue to consider also
covering structures that have telecommunications equipment on or
attached to them (e.g., buildings, rooftops, water towers, billboards).
Timetable:
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 04/15/15 80 FR 20185
RFI Comment Period End.............. 06/15/15 .......................
Initiate SBREFA..................... 01/04/17 .......................
Initiate SBREFA..................... 05/31/18 .......................
Complete SBREFA..................... 10/11/18 .......................
NPRM................................ 12/00/20 .......................
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Scott Ketcham, Director, Directorate of
Construction, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-3468, FP Building,
Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-2020, Fax: 202 693-1689, Email:
ketcham.scott@dol.gov.
RIN: 1218-AC90
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Long-Term Actions
159. Infectious Diseases
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 533; 29 U.S.C. 657 and 658; 29 U.S.C.
660; 29 U.S.C. 666; 29 U.S.C. 669; 29 U.S.C. 673
Abstract: Employees in health care and other high-risk environments
face long-standing infectious disease hazards such as tuberculosis
(TB), varicella disease (chickenpox, shingles), and measles (rubella),
as well as new and emerging infectious disease threats, such as Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and pandemic influenza. Health care
workers and workers in related occupations, or who are exposed in other
high-risk environments, are at increased risk of contracting TB, SARS,
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), and other
infectious diseases that can be transmitted through a variety of
exposure routes. OSHA is examining regulatory alternatives for control
measures to protect employees from infectious disease exposures to
pathogens that can cause significant disease. Workplaces where such
control measures might be necessary include: Health care, emergency
response, correctional facilities, homeless shelters, drug treatment
programs, and other occupational settings where employees can be at
increased risk of exposure to potentially infectious people. A standard
could also apply to laboratories, which handle materials that may be a
source of pathogens, and to pathologists, coroners' offices, medical
examiners, and mortuaries.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 05/06/10 75 FR 24835
RFI Comment Period End.............. 08/04/10 .......................
Analyze Comments.................... 12/30/10 .......................
Stakeholder Meetings................ 07/05/11 76 FR 39041
Initiate SBREFA..................... 06/04/14 .......................
Complete SBREFA..................... 12/22/14 .......................
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NPRM................................ To Be Determined
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Andrew Levinson, Deputy Director, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-
3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Email:
levinson.andrew@dol.gov.
RIN: 1218-AC46
160. Process Safety Management and Prevention of Major Chemical
Accidents
E.O. 13771 Designation: Regulatory.
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 655; 29 U.S.C. 657
Abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
issued a Request for Information (RFI) on December 9, 2013 (78 FR
73756). The RFI identified issues related to modernization of the
Process Safety Management standard and related standards necessary to
meet the goal of preventing major chemical accidents.
Timetable:
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Action Date FR Cite
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Request for Information (RFI)....... 12/09/13 78 FR 73756
RFI Comment Period Extended......... 03/07/14 79 FR 13006
RFI Comment Period Extended End..... 03/31/14 .......................
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Initiate SBREFA..................... 06/08/15 .......................
SBREFA Report Completed............. 08/01/16 .......................
Next Action Undetermined............
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
Agency Contact: Andrew Levinson, Deputy Director, Directorate of
Standards and Guidance, Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-
3718, Washington, DC 20210, Phone: 202 693-1950, Email:
levinson.andrew@dol.gov.
RIN: 1218-AC82
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