LETTERS

ALL PUBLISHED LETTERS

ARA Signs a Letter to Senate Urging for Finalization of STMS Act and Vetting Reforms

Nov 15, 2016

ARA signed a letter to Chairmen Thune and Fischer and Ranking Members Nelson and Booker of the U.S. Senate thanking for the sponsorship of S. 3379, the Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act (STMS Act), and urging them to report this legislation from the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee before the end of the year.

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ARA Sends Letter to Representative Schrader Supporting H.R. 5813

Oct 11, 2016

ARA sends a letter to Representative Schrader in support of the Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act (H.R. 5813).

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ARA Signs Enforcement Extension Request of PSM Retail Exemption Memo

Sep 02, 2016

ARA signs a letter to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health requesting an extension of the PSM enforcement delay through July 2018.

ARA Signs Letter to EPA on Chlorpyrifos

Apr 13, 2016

ARA signs a letter to Administrator McCarthy of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with concerns about EPA’s planned Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting to change the long-accepted, science-based regulatory endpoint for the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

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ARA Signs Letter to PHMSA Requesting Withdrawal of Interpretation Letter

Apr 04, 2016

ARA signs a letter to Dr. El-Sibaie, associated administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHSMA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation. This letter requests the withdrawal of a letter of interpretation issued by PHMSA to Andrew N. Romach of AECOM on December 11, 2015.

ARA Signs Letter to Congress to Resolve OSHA’s “Retail Facility” Interpretation

Mar 23, 2016

ARA signs a letter to Congress requesting for support to resolve the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) arbitrary and abrupt change in its Process Safety Management (PSM) “retail facility” interpretation.

ARA Sends Letter to EPA Disapproval of Flubendiamide Cancellation

Mar 04, 2016

ARA sends a letter to assistant administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) disagreeing with the intent to cancel all remaining Flubendiamide products manufactured by Bayer CropScience LP ad Nichino America, Inc.

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ARA Signed a Letter in Support of $10 Million for Upper Mississippi River Infrastructure

Mar 02, 2016

ARA signed a letter in support of the fiscal 2017 appropriation of Pre-Construction Engineering Design (PED) funding ($10 million) for the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP).

ARA Signed a Letter to Congress in Support of FAST Act

Dec 03, 2015

ARA signed a letter to Congress in support of FAST Act, the multi-year surface transportation legislation.

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ARA Signs Letter to Congress Regarding Omnibus Appropriations Bill

Nov 19, 2015

ARA signs a letter to the Senate’s and House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations regarding inclusions of certain provisions in the FY 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to prevent OSHA from enforcing an unlawful PSM retail exemption memorandum issued this summer.