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100 1 _aSHAPIRO, Stuart
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245 1 0 _aThe Role of procedural controls in OSHA´s ergonomics rulemaking
260 _aMalden, MA :
_bBlackwell Publishers,
_cJuly / Aug. 2007
520 3 _aFew, if any, regulations over the past decade have received as much publicity or engendered such controversy as the ergonomics regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). Some may see the ergonomics rule as the paradigmatic instance of procedural hurdles holding up and eventually destroying a regulation. This article examines the role that procedure played in the ergonomics rulemaking. Lessons are drawn from an analysis of the four publicly available versions of the regulation and interviews with seven high-ranking officials at OSHA and the Small Business Administration. Of the procedural hurdles faced by OSHA, the notice-and-comment requirement had the largest impact on the final rule. OMB review and requirements to conduct a cost-benefit analysis served largely as a fire alarm to political overseers, and the required small business panel had largely symbolic effects. The more traditional control of congressional budgetary oversight had the greatest effect by delaying the rule for three years, and thus eventually doomed OSHA’s attempts to regulate
590 _aPublic administration review PAR
773 0 8 _tPublic Administration Review: PAR
_g67, 4, p. 688-701
_dMalden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, July / Aug. 2007
_xISSN 00333352
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