Civil Penalties Increase Hot off the heels of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Final Rule increasing penalty amounts, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has followed suit with their own final rule increasing civil penalty amounts for 2025 …
New Year, New Penalty Amounts The Department of Transportation (DOT) and it many agencies have increased the maximum civil penalty amounts for various hazardous materials shipping and transportation regulation violations for fiscal year 2025. To view the new penalty amounts …
Significant Changes and Amendments For 2025 With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years just around the corner, it’s easy to get caught up in the holiday season and forget about upcoming changes to the regulations. That’s why we wanted to remind …
Positive Train Control System The Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is planning on adjusting several regulations which govern positive train control systems. On October 28, 2024, the FRA published its notice of proposed rulemaking in the federal …
Removal of Affirmative Defense Provisions From NESHAP In case you missed it, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final rule on October 22, 2024, which amends the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the oil and …
Electronics Signature The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register on October 15, 2024, which would allow, but not require DOT-regulated employers and their contractors …
Corrections and Technical Amendment On October 9, 2024, The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule in the Federal Register correcting several errors contained within the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) published on May 20, 2024. OSHA found …
Accident/Incident Investigation Policy Recently the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a direct final rule to amend its accident/Incident regulations governing reporting, classification, and investigations by codifying the FRA’s policy form which was created as a joint …
2024 Most Cited Violations I know we say it every year, but can you believe it’s already that time of year? The time of year where we discuss the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) top ten most cited violations …
Phase-down of Hydrofluorocarbons In a recent final rule published to the federal register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as it relates to the prohibition of disposable cylinders and tracking of …