Blog: The Fine Print

OIRA Meetings with Industry, Senate

by Guest Blogger, 8/23/2005

Safeguarding Public Health and the Environment, White House Influence and Interference
  • On Tuesday August 9, Microsoft lobbyists met with OIRA, Department of Labor and Department of Homeland Security administrators to discuss labor certification for permanent employment of aliens in the U.S.
  • Also on August 9, pesticide manufacturers Bayer CropScience and Crop Life America met with EPA and OIRA to discuss protections for test subjects in human research.
  • On Tuesday August 16, representatives from the Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition (CKRC) met with OIRA and EPA representatives over the "maximum achievable control technology" (MACT) standards for hazardous waste combustion.
  • On Thursday Aug. 18, representatives from OIRA and EPA met with Michele Nellenbach of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee over EPA's Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) proposed rule.
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