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Question: How can I find OSHA specific Regulatory Agenda items?
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Question: What is the Regulatory Agenda?
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The Regulatory Agenda provides information about regulations that each agency plans to issue or has recently completed, including those for OSHA.
Question: What are supporting and related materials?
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Supporting and related materials are documents and exhibits related to OSHA rulemaking and non-rulemaking activities. Examples of supporting and related materials include:
Question: What can I find on Regulations.gov?
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On Regulations.gov, you can find and submit comments on federal registers open for comment.
You can also find:
Question: What is Regulations.gov?
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Regulations.gov serves as OSHA's and some other federal agencies' electronic public docket and on-line comment system. It provides one-stop, web-based access to every open rule published by different federal agencies, including OSHA. Regulations.gov allows the public to view a description of these rules, read the full text of these documents (unless they are restricted), and submit comments to the appropriate federal agency.
Question: How are my search results retrieved on Regulations.gov?
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Search results display documents posted on Regulations.gov. These documents include Federal Register publications, scientific and technical findings, comments and other regulatory documents. Once you enter a keyword(s), Docket ID or Document ID, the search engine looks for matches in specific document data, such as the Document ID, title, associated RINs, and other identifiers, in addition to document text. Documents which include a keyword or Document ID that is found more than once will be displayed first in the Search Results.
Most users visit Regulations.gov to submit comments on proposed regulations and other regulatory documents open for comment. Therefore, by default, those documents are placed at the top of the results.
To refine your search results use one or more filters displayed to the left, sort by the options available in the drop-down menu, and/or enter another keyword to search within your existing results.
Question: How can I search Regulations.gov using the Browse tab?
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Click on the Browse tab from the Home page to begin browsing Federal Register documents (e.g., Proposed Rules, Rules, and Notices) and other documents that have been categorized under 10 top-level Industry Category headings (e.g., Banking and Financial, Technology and Telecommunications, etc.). These recently published documents are open for comment and grouped under these categories based on their referenced CFR Citation Number(s). Public Submissions and Supporting and Related Materials are excluded from these categories.
By clicking the title of any document listed on the Browse tab, you will open its Document Detail page to view the regulatory text and other important information. Click the heading of any Category to see other related Federal Register documents listed on the Search Results page. To narrow or expand results, use additional search filters, and even enter a keyword to search within results.
Question: How do I find a Docket on Regulations.gov?
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You can find a Docket on Regulations.gov by entering a keyword, title, or Document ID in the search area on the Home page and click the Search button. On the Search Results page, you can narrow your results with the filters on the screen. Once you find the Docket of interest, click its title to view the Document Details page. To learn more about finding regulations, visit the Help section.
Question: Where can I find the due dates for comments?
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The due date for comments is located below the Comment Now! button on the Search Results page.
To access documents with comment periods closing within 90 days, return to the Home page and click one of the links under the title, Comments Due Soon.
NOTE: The comment due date on Regulations.gov is based on Eastern Time. For example, if the comment due date is 05/05/2014, then you have until 11:59PM ET on 05/05/2014 to submit your comment on Regulations.gov.
Question: How does OSHA handle the processing of mass emails?
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Currently, the Agency posts all mass mail comments received for a docket, provided that OSHA Docket Office staff has determined that the comment should not be restricted. Organizations that are sponsoring a mass mail campaign are encouraged to coordinate with OSHA's Docket Office in advance for assistance in transmitting its submissions.
Also, organizations seeking to build an Application Programming Interface (API) with Regulations.gov are encouraged to review Regulation.gov API Terms of Service.
