Federal Agency Must Follow Proper Process Before Removing Exemption Which Would Impact Large Number
This post is not legal advice. In July of 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum revising the retail exemption for facilities that would be exempt from safety guidelines established for handling hazardous chemicals. The revision of the retail exemption was in response to the catastrophic chemical explosion at a fertilizer plant in 2013 in West, Texas. On review, the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit held that OSHA had not follow