The association's new executive director is expected to be introduced when leaders of the incentive industry convene in Denver July 28-30.
It runs through the end of 2013 and is open to North American entrants.
The vote on July 18 was 54-46 along party lines after Senate Republicans agreed to let his nomination go forward.
The agency is sharing information about injury prevention with 2,500 employers, unions, and associations in the health care industry in Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Sales of $2.4 billion in the quarter were 6 percent higher than a year ago, and earnings rose 14 percent to $218 million, the company announced July 17.
The July 26 event is scheduled to take place at the agency’s headquarters in Frankfort.
That was the consensus during a July 17 meeting of the Emergency Committee. The committee will reconvene in September, if not earlier.
The notice of proposed rulemaking would align its regulations with the 2010 Coast Guard Authorization Act.
The foundry was investigated after OSHA received a complaint.
NTSB's online aviation database shows 143 fatal aviation accidents in the state since the beginning of 2000. Board Member Earl F. Weener, investigating the latest crash, highlighted the challenges in a blog post.
One recommendation that will be implemented is creation of an Interagency Refinery Task Force housed within California Environmental Protection Agency.
If the U.S. Chemical Safety Board's members agree in a July 25 public meeting to that designation, it will be the first "Most Wanted Chemical Safety Improvement" selected in CSB's history.
Shell Oil Co. also would pay a civil penalty of $2.6 million. The Justice Department is publishing the proposed decree July 16 and seeking comments in the next 30 days.
It's a project of the association's Fire Analysis and Research Division.
Sunrise Airways, based in Port-au-Prince, announced it is the first Haitian airline ever to gain membership in the foundation.
The agency reported the breakthrough July 8 and said "Team Tomato" has published two studies recently in scientific journals.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is developing new regulations during the next two years to implement the Safe Food for Canadians Act, which passed in November 2012.