In the March 4 2022 edition of the Arizona Administrative Register, the Industrial Commission of Arizona (the Commission) proposed to amend rules that incorporate by reference federal Occupational Safety and…
On March 2, 2022 in the Washington State Register, the Department of Ecology adopted rules to expand the number and type of entities subject to report greenhouse gas emissions and…
Egypt has issued Law No. 147 of 2021 that promulgates the Law of Water Resources and Irrigation, repealing Law No. 12 of 1984, which issues the Irrigation and Drainage Law,…
UAE has issued the Federal Decree-Law No.33 of 2021 on the regulation of labour relations in the private sector that will take effect from February 2, 2022. The decree-law seeks…
In the January 2022 Oregon Bulletin, Oregon OSHA published notice of its adoption of some of the temporary COVID-19 rules. As the emergency temporary rule could only be effective for…
In an interpretation letter dated December 16, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to the following questions concerning OSHA’s respiratory protection standard: Can loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators…
In the November 8, 2021 issue of the Federal Register, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) proposed to suspend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR), 49 CFR §§ 171-180,…
In the November 5, 2021 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 vaccination and testing at large employers (100 or more…
In the October 18, 2021 issue of the Federal Register, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave notice that it has responded to and denied a petition for reconsideration and…
In the October 22, 2021 Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed alternative options for extraction and determinative methods used to characterize and verify the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls…