| Description |
ii, 66 p. : digital, PDF file |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 4/30/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08265.pdf; current access available via PURL. |
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Title from title screen (viewed on April 30, 2008). |
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"March 2008." |
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Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. |
| Summary |
Agencies address their missions not only through regulations but also by issuing communication products--such as guidance, fact sheets, and brochures--that can provide crucial information to regulated parties and the public. Since 2000, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) developed new versions of such products to address the potential hazards of exposure to asbestos in automotive brakes. GAO was asked to describe (1) how OSHA and OPPTS prepared their products on asbestos in automotive brakes, (2) the general processes that OSHA and OPPTS use to prepare their communication products, and (3) how these processes compare to those for rulemaking and how recent administration initiatives might affect them. GAO reviewed and analyzed available documents and interviewed officials at OSHA, OPPTS, and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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"GAO-08-265." |
| Subject |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency -- Rules and practice.
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United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Rules and practice.
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Chemicals -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Hazardous substances -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Health risk assessment -- United States.
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Environmental risk assessment -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Health and safety information : Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration could improve their processes for preparing communication products |
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EPA and OSHA could improve their processes for preparing communication products |
| Gpo Item No. |
0546-D (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
GA 1.13:GAO-08-265 |
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