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Hazard Communication Standard; Corrections

Distribution date: 09 January 2026

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is correcting several inadvertent errors in its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). Most errors relate to the HCS final rule published in the Federal Register on 20 May 2024 (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1697/Add.4). On 9 October 2024, the agency issued a corrections notification and technical amendment (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/1697/Add.4/Corr.1) to correct errors in that final rule which the agency believed could lead to confusion during the classification process or errors on labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) if not expeditiously corrected. Following publication of the 9 October 2024 corrections notification and technical amendment, OSHA continued its review of the regulatory text and identified additional minor and typographical errors in the regulatory text and appendices to the HCS. OSHA is issuing this correction document to address these additional minor errors. OSHA is also making one technical amendment to an appendix of the HCS unrelated to the 20 May 2024 final rule. The corrections in this document are effective 8 January 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 19 July 2024. 91 Federal Register (FR) 562, 8 January 2026; Title 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1910:https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-08/html/2026-00147.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-08/pdf/2026-00147.pdf This and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1697 are identified by Docket Number OSHA-2019-0001. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/search?filter=OSHA-2019-0001 and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.

Products Covered: Chemicals

Regulation Type: Corrigendum to Regular Notification

Draft Circular Regulations on the management of aquatic animal breeds, aquatic animal feed, and products for treating the aquaculture environment

Distribution date: 08 January 2026 | Final date for Comment: 09 March 2026

The draft Circular was developed to complete the legal framework for the management of aquatic breeds, aquatic feed, and environmental treatment products in aquaculture, while simultaneously implementing decentralization of power and levels and administrative procedure reform in line with the orientation of draft laws amending legislation in the agricultural and environmental sectors, decrees guiding the Law on Fisheries, and Prime Ministerial decisions on cutting and simplifying administrative procedures.Accordingly, the draft focuses on shortening the processing time for several key administrative procedures; specifically: the time for granting aquatic breed export licenses is reduced from ten days to seven days, while removing the requirement for Prime Ministerial approval and decentralizing authority to the Minister; the time for granting aquatic breed import licenses is reduced from five days to four days, with no requirement to resubmit certain digitized documents, and authority is decentralized to the Chairmen of Provincial People's Committees. Similarly, the procedure for aquatic feed import licenses is also shortened from five days to four days and decentralized to the Chairmen of Provincial People's Committees.In addition, the draft reviews and amends regulations to align with the two-level local government model, unifying terminology and authority as per National Assembly resolutions and Government decrees on state apparatus reorganization. The draft also supplements and updates specialized management lists, including the List of aquatic species allowed for trading in Viet Nam, the List of aquatic species banned from export, and the List of aquatic species for conditional export; it adds regulations on naming aquatic breeds and specifies cases for the re-issuance of licenses for certain procedures.Furthermore, the draft addresses practical obstacles arising from management practice, such as adding information on aquatic breeds, updating the list of endangered, precious, and rare aquatic species of legal origin, and the list of chemicals, biological products, microorganisms, and raw materials for aquatic feed production allowed for use, thereby creating favorable conditions for fishery production and business while ensuring strict management and sustainable fishery development.

Products Covered: Aquatic animal breeds, aquatic animal feed, and products for treating the aquaculture environment