In December, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a revised Interim Enforcement Policy addressing enforcement of Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements for agricultural retailers. Many facilities handling fertilizer became newly subject to the PSM standards pursuant to a prior OSHA enforcement memorandum, dated July 22, 2015.

 

The revised policy is the result of language included in the Joint Explanatory Statement, which accompanied the FY2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.

 

The language specifically prohibits OSHA from enforcing or implementing its July 22, 2015, memorandum until:

 

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