Informal rulemaking

As they apply to the promulgation of safety standards and bems, the rulemaking procedures authorized by Section 9(d)(2) incorporate and slightly enlarge upon the Administrative Procedure Act s provisions for informal rulemaking rules must be published in the form of a proposal, comments (both oral and written) must be permitted and, after the comment period, final rules must be adopted or the proposal withdrawn. 

Carbamate production i denti fi cati on and listing of hazardous waste oral and inhalation toxicity information for waste constituents (Notice of proposed rulemaking)... 

The Department of Defense Appropriation Act of 2002 required the DOD to establish a program and protocol for the prioritization of sites containing munitions and explosives of concern (MEC), releases of hazardous substances, and CWM. Each of these aspects has a distinct scoring module within the Munitions Response Site Prioritization Protocol (MRSPP). These are titled the Explosives Hazard Evaluation (EHE), the Human Health Evaluation (HHE), and the Chemical Hazard Evaluation (CHE), respectively. The MRSPP was finalized through federal rulemaking on October 5,2005, under 32 CFR Part 179. Additional information on the prioritization protocol can be found onUne at http //www.denix.osd.mil. 

The high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, has motivated the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to focus on standardization efforts. Recently, OSHA announced the initiation of rulemaking under Section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 655, to amend Part 1910 of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations and requested information relevant to preventing, eliminating, and reducing occupational exposure to ergonomic hazards. 

EPA does not know the exact number and chemical composition of commercially available nanomaterials. It has the authority to gather this information through the reporting requirements of TSCA 8(a) and has announced its intent to provide a notice of proposed rulemaking for this purpose in 2010. ... 

Documents filed with the EPA, and documents relevant to rulemaking, are collected at the EPA Docket Center. Most TSCA information should be available through http //www.regulations.gov, discussed below, but some, such as... 

A) Promptly upon receipt by the agency, all written comments and documentary information on the proposed rule received from any person for inclusion in the docket during the comment period shall be placed in the docket. The transcript of public hearings, if any, on the proposed rule shall also be included in the docket promptly upon receipt from the person who transcribed such hearings. AH documents which become available after the proposed rule has been published and which the Administrator determines are of central relevance to the rulemaking shall be placed in the docket as soon as possible after their availabihty. 

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) OPPT has the Non-confidential Information Center with public dockets for TSCA and Toxie Release Inventory (TRI) rulemaking actirms, TSCA administrative record, and non-c[Pg.1304]

This statement appears to outline that the EPA intends to use the data collection information to make decisions about rulemaking going forward. Today maps of US emissions, glass industry totals and individual fadhty emissions information are all available on the EPA web site. 

Diesel exhaust is a dangerous airborne contaminant. Currently available control technology could significantly limit many diesel exhaust exposures, although additional information and research is needed on the methods to monitor diesel particulates, and determine the level of risk such particulates cause. OSHA is developing an action plan to reduce worker exposures to this hazard but is not initiating rulemaking at this time. 

Once OSHA has developed plans to propose, amend, or delete a standard, it publishes its intentions in the Federal Register as a notice of proposed rulemaking, or often as an earlier advance notice of proposed rulemaking (U.S. DOT, 1991). The advance notice is to solicit information for use in drafting a proposal. A notice of proposed rulemaking will include the terms of the new rule and provide a specific time (at least 30 days from the date of publication, usually 60 days or more) for the public to respond. 

SECY-99-256 NRC Rulemaking Plan for Risk-Informing Special Treatment Requirements 1999... 

Reacting to a recent decision by the Office of Management and Budget s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to extend the Executive Order review of the standard, the AIHA called upon OIRA to finish its review without additional delay so OSHA can begin the public rulemaking process on a comprehensive standard and issue the rule as quickly as possible. 

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