Powder River Basin Coal User’s Group (PRBCUG) to answer ANPRM and provide anonymity and thus encourage participation and input from members. The PRB Coal User’s Group President, Greg Krieser, announced the PRBCUG Board of Directors intent to provide anonymous input, encourage up-front involvement, submit Best Practices, and otherwise commit and contribute better ideas and life-saving input from members without identifying the source of that input.
In the ANPRM for Combustible Dust, questions are posed under the following headings:
- Industry Background
- Definition of Combustible Dust
- Hazard Recognition
- Hazard Assessment
- Hazard Communication and Training
- Consensus, Industry, and Insurance Standards (including Best Practices)
- State and Local Codes
- Engineering Controls
- Administrative Controls
- Emergency Response
- Investigation of Incidents
- Regulatory Approach
- Economic Impacts and Benefits
- Impacts on Small Entities
- Compliance Assistance
Administration Note. November 11, 2009, at the APHA’s “Talking Heads” session, “Jordan Barab rattled off a list of things OSHA has already done: fined BP a record $87 million, issued several egregious violations (five will be issued by the end of the month, compared to four during all of last year), and ended the quotas for alliances and voluntary protection programs, to allow the agency to focus on enforcement. He said OSHA will be hiring more staff to deal with inspections, standards, and whistleblowing… “(written by Liz Borkowski – The Pump Handle).