OSHA Extends Hearing, Comment Timelines For Potential PSM Revisions

OSHA has postponed its public hearing on potential changes to the process safety management (PSM) standard and extended the deadline for written comments, giving stakeholders more time to weigh in on a range of possible changes that include expanding the rule to cover oil and gas facilities, and updating its list of “highly hazardous” chemicals. In a Sept. 20 Federal Register notice , OSHA pushed back a previously announced stakeholder meeting from Sept. 28 to Oct. 12, and the...