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 tests earlier this month took place in 20 wood-frame, brick-exterior townhouses built in the 1980s that were scheduled to be demolished.
The Department of Energy is providing $30 million to them for projects such as an at-home natural gas refueling system.
Only 55 percent of the surveyed agencies did a federal background check, and only one-third of them conduct drug testing of their employees, a Northwestern Medicine study found.
The new advisory cites "unusually high, and prolonged, record-breaking temperatures" and highlights a recent series of derailments thought to have been caused by buckling.
The plan includes a Most Wanted Program, similar to NTSB's list.
The industry group's pipeline director, Peter Lidiak, said initiatives are under way to improve recognition of large pipeline ruptures and responses to them.
A July 18 symposium at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will launch The Lancet's series examining the global impact of physical inactivity on non-communicable diseases.
FDA, CDC, Agilent Technologies, and the University of California, Davis are collaborating on the 100K Genome Project to build a free, public database of 100,000 foodborne pathogen genomes, enabling faster pinpointing of illness outbreaks.
OSHA said its investigation was triggered by a whistleblower's complaint.
Through July 20, those who Like the conference's page have a chance to win free registration for the Sept. 11-15 event.
Gov. Bill Haslam has issued an executive order allowing them to move heavier and larger loads for the next 60 days, because of the drought situation.
The $13 million settlement involves 409 of 439 willful violations of the process safety management standard OSHA filed against BP Products North America Inc. in October 2009.
Leaders of HHS should bring national attention to the need for building a workforce of sufficient size, the committee that wrote the new Institute of Medicine report recommended.
When temperatures climb into the 90s or higher, workers can be at risk, and employers should recognize the symptoms to prevent serious problems, the agency says.
The Workers Compensation Research Institute released its "Return to Work after a Lump-Sum Settlement" study July 11.
On Oct. 1, the Health and Safety Executive will start its cost recovery scheme, with violators paying its costs, pending Parliamentary approval.