{"id":724,"date":"2017-04-18T12:35:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=724"},"modified":"2017-04-18T12:35:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:35:22","slug":"osha-regulations-next-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/04\/18\/osha-regulations-next-target\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA Regulations: The Next Target"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Scott Schneider<\/p>\n

After last fall\u2019s election, with Republicans in charge of both the White House and Congress, it was clear that Business would have their ear.\u00a0 Job growth has been steady but slow.\u00a0 The economy was moving in the right direction but faster growth was needed.\u00a0 What was going to spur growth?\u00a0 What was holding back businesses?\u00a0 The answer had to be regulation.<\/p>\n

Too many regulations were preventing businesses from thriving, particularly small businesses.\u00a0 Regulations, all of them, are seen as the culprit with no distinctions.\u00a0 Regulations were just bad.\u00a0 The President asked business leaders to tell him which regulations to target<\/a> and got 168 suggestions including a 51-page list<\/a> from the Associated General Contractors (AGC), a major construction association.<\/p>\n

EPA regulations were, as expected, at the top of the list because, well, cleaning up the environment was just too costly.\u00a0 But also high on the list were OSHA rules.\u00a0 Under the Congressional Review Act (CRA), passed in 1996, Congress can just throw out rules it doesn\u2019t like but only if published in the last 60 legislative days, e.g. any rules published since last June.\u00a0 Other rules can be targeted for repeal over a longer process.\u00a0 And guidance documents can just be withdrawn.\u00a0\u00a0 Below are some of the items AGC\u2019s OSHA Wish List:<\/p>\n