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The temporary enforcement policy will be in effect from July 26 to Nov. 8, 2013.
The two-year federal highway funding bill grants authority to the Federal Transit Administration to set nationwide standards –- something Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood asked for in 2009.
Timothy E. Hogan now oversees emergency and safety operations, complaint inspections, and construction accident investigations.
A subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider the FY2013 funding bill July 18. Rep. Hal Rogers, who chairs the committee, represents the heart of Kentucky's coal region.
The industry group's pipeline director, Peter Lidiak, said initiatives are under way to improve recognition of large pipeline ruptures and responses to them.
OSHA said its investigation was triggered by a whistleblower's complaint.
On Oct. 1, the Health and Safety Executive will start its cost recovery scheme, with violators paying its costs, pending Parliamentary approval.
A July 19 National Academy of Sciences committee meeting in Washington, D.C., will be the forum for the agency to discuss its actions on issues raised by the Japanese disaster.
Its notice in the Federal Register affects companies that manufacture and distribute unapproved single-ingredient, immediate-release oxycodone drug products in oral dosage forms, including tablets, capsules, and oral solutions.
The board will release its preliminary findings during the July 23-24 hearing in Houston, and experts will discuss using leading and lagging indicators to improve process safety performance.
The agency posted an update June 26 on its progress toward fulfilling the Internal Review Report's recommendations.
The fine announced July 2 is a civil penalty for the July 25, 2010, spill of 20,000 barrels of crude oil from a pipeline into the Kalamazoo River near Marshall, Mich.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security said the 72 iPad kiosks installed at driver service centers statewide allow motorists to pay for new licenses and receive them within minutes.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Allison Macfarlane as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new chair, replacing the embattled Gregory Jaczko.
Photoluminescent technology provides a new level of safety, as well as egress lighting.
The required compliance deadline will now go into effect Sept. 15, 2012.
From its inception in the Great Depression to today's recession, this publication has been a continual resource for worker protection.
It is one of two Shell Exploration & Production Co. drilling rigs en route from Seattle to the Arctic waters off Alaska to drill exploratory wells in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
The amendments it proposes for its testing policy would clarify that any approved test method is acceptable, and a weight of evidence analysis suffices for eye irritants or corrosives.