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As part of President Trump’s pledge to reduce the regulatory burden on manufacturers, the U.S. Commerce Department has issued a public request for information on regulations that adversely impact domestic manufacturing.  The memo requests specific information on manufacturing permitting processes and regulatory compliance burdens. VI...

The EPA has issued a 90-day stay of the Risk Management Program rule under the Clean Air Act.  RMP provides new guidance for chemical accident prevention at facilities that use certain hazardous substances and requires facility managers to publicly disclose potentially sensitive information.  VI supported...

The US Chamber of Commerce is requesting industry leaders in Missouri and North Dakota contact Senators McCaskill and Heitkamp, urging them to cosponsor the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) in the Senate.  RAA has already passed the US House with bipartisan support.  The legislation would target...

Vinyl manufacturers need to understand cleaning protocols, adverse effects, and more to work successfully in the healthcare design environment.

President Trump has released his federal budget blueprint for 2018 calling for major cuts to non-defense spending at agencies like EPA.  Also on the chopping block is the Rural Utilities Service at the US Department of Agriculture that provides nearly half a billion dollars in...

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee, has issued S.J. Res. 28 to prevent EPA from making changes to the Risk Management Plan (RMP) that would create new security concerns for manufacturers.  Published just days before...

A group of chemical industry organizations including the American Chemistry Council, the Chemical Industry Association of Canada and the Mexican Chemical Industry National Association issued a statement on Wednesday praising the economic benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement. “Over the past two decades,...