A July 7 hearing on the economic impact of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s proposed workplace safety rules for railroads, state and local governments and the U.S. Postal Service originally set for Washington, D.C., has been moved to Atlanta on the same date.
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An OSHA spokesman said the relocation was made after a congressional request to Labor Secretary Alexis Hermann to hold a public hearing in the South.
The agency has conducted public hearings in Chicago and Portland, Ore., and twice in Washington, D.C.
OSHA’s plans to implement a final rule by year’s end have been interrupted by the House Appropriations Committee. The committee on June 8 passed an amendment prohibiting any Labor Department money in the 2001 budget from being used in the implementation of an ergonomics standard.
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