[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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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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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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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: [email protected].
    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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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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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: 
[email protected].
    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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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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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: 
[email protected].
    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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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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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: 
[email protected].
    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 
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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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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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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: 
[email protected].
    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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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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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: 
[email protected].
    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: 
[email protected].
    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: 
[email protected].
    RIN: 1218-AC82

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