"Industry groups are challenging President Obama’s rule to protect workers from exposure to harmful silica dust.
National construction organizations such as the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) are backing their local state chapter organizations in petitioning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to review the rule the Department of Labor finalized last month.
In a news release, the ABC said the construction industry raised numerous concerns when the rule was first proposed, but the Labor Department failed to address a number of those issues when promulgating the final rule."
Lydia Wheeler reports for The Hill April 4, 2016.
Source: The Hill, 04/05/2016
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