Regulations & Technology:

A necessary, progressive or forced marriage?

Maryland Materials & Construction Conference

Friday, June 19, 2015

Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina

Cambridge, MD

Who am I…?

Kevin Walgenbach

Vice President, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs

National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

B30.27 – Concrete Pump Standard

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

• Liquid structural material supplier driver’s

responsibilities

• New standard as of March 2015

• Mixer driver responsibilities

• Ready mixed concrete company liabilities

• NRMCA actions & guidance

• Section 27-3.1.3.4.2(a) through (d)

27-3.1.3.4.2(a) – “delivering material into the hopper at a rate sufficient to prevent air from

being introduced into the material placement system”

27-3.1.3.4.2(b) – “notifying the material placement system operator when their truck is empty

or if air has entered the material placement system”

27-3.1.3.4.2(c) – “notifying the material placement system operator if foreign material is

discharged with the mix into the hopper”

27-3.1.3.4.2(d) – “activating the material placement system emergency stop if unable to

communicate with the operator and air or foreign material has entered the hopper”

B30.27 – Concrete Pump Standard

Questions?

Where do new regs come from?

• Federal Register ����

• Reporting Services

• Roll Call, Politico, CQ, BNA, The Hill

• Trade Associations

• News

• Regulatory Agency Contacts – email/phone

How to research new/old regs?

• Regulatory Agency Websites

• www.Regulations.gov

• Legislative Text – online

• White House Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) www.reginfo.gov

• Trade Publications - online

• Google

• Regulatory Agency Contacts – email/phone

• CFR

Regulations w/ Technological Aspect

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Multi-Sector General Permit

� Electronic Filing

� SWPPP Publications

• TRI Reporting

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• Injury and Illness Recordkeeping/Reporting

• Whistleblower Complaints

• Backing Safety

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

• Quickie/Ambush Elections

Continued…

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)

• Hours of Service

� ELDs

• CSA

• Speed Limiters

• Alcohol/Drug Clearinghouse

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

• Collision-Avoidance Systems

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

• Electronic Stability Control

EPA: SWPPP Publication

• Proposed Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP)

• Proposed fall 2013, finalization 6/15/2105

• Electronic filing of permit

• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program

(SWPPP) online publication

EPA: Waters of the US

• Navigable Waters of the US vs. Waters of the US

• Ditches

• Ground water

• Settling basins

• Water reclamation ponds

• Final rule issued on May 27, 2015

• RMC operations excluded

• NPDES Permit

• New construction?

• Legislation pending

EPA: TRI Reporting

• Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)

• “…tracks the management of certain toxic chemicals that

may pose a threat to human health and environment. U.S.

facilities in different industry sectors must report annually

how much of each chemical is released to the environment

and/or managed through recycling, energy recovery and

treatment.”

• Lead, Nitrates, Mercury, etc.

• TRI-MEweb

• http://www2.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program

EPA: Fly Ash

• Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals Rule (fly ash):

• Subtitle D, NOT a hazardous waste

• Direct Impact to RMC Industry:

• Encapsulated fly ash in concrete “beneficial use” protected

• Transportation of and silo storage of fly ash protected

• Uncertainties:

• Flowable Fill

• Open-air stockpiles at cement plants (24,500 tons)

• Rule will likely be contested by coal burning electric utilities

• Rule finalized 4/17/2015, effective 10/14/2015

• Legislation pending

OSHA: Injury/Illness Reporting

• Proposed rule

• Finalization this summer/fall ???

• 300 & 300A logs submitted electronically

to EPA annually, quarterly

• Double check definitions – lost work days*

OSHA: Whistleblowers

• www.OSHA.gov

• Employee/Employer Rights

• Complaints now just a click away

• OSHA required to follow up on all

complaints (by phone or on-site visit)

OSHA: Backing Safety

• Possible new backing safety rule proposal

• Backup alarms, proximity sensors,

cameras, spotters, etc.

• NRMCA meeting w/ OSHA

• Backing Accident Prevention Program

• 10 accidents for every 100 trucks annually

• NRMCA Position

FMCSA: Hours of Service/ELDs

• Industry-wide 30-min Break Exemption*

• Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) in all CMVs?

• Short-Haul Operators Exempt - if an operator can meet the criteria

of the 100 air-mile logging exemption [49 CFR 395.1(e)(1)]

• New proposed rule published March 28, 2014

• 8 days in any 30 day period

• NRMCA submitted comments in opposition to the unfavorable

language

• Final rule expected 9/30/2015

FMCSA: CSA

• Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)

• https://csa.fmcsa.dot.gov/ ���

• Intervention

• QCMobile App ���

• “Instant access to carrier safety data at your

fingertips.”

• Crash Fault Data

FMCSA: Speed Limiters

• Proposal possible this summer/fall

• Installation on CMVs

• New trucks

• Retrofits

• Maximum speed of ???

• NRMCA Position

FMCSA: Drug/Alcohol Clearinghouse

• Proposed rule

• Possible finalization this summer/fall

• One stop shop for driver info

• Compiled and accessed electronically (online)

NTSB: Collision-Avoidance Systems

• Recommendation – June 8

• Forward-collision-avoidance systems

• Passenger cars & large trucks

• Retrofits?

• New vehicles?

• Regulatory proposal – 2017 or 2018

NHTSA: ESC

• Electronic Stability Control (ESC)

• New final rule, effective 2017

• Tractor Trucks

• Retrofits?

• Single-unit trucks?

NLRB: Quickie/Ambush Elections

• National Labor Relations Board: Ambush Elections

• Finalized, effective as of 4/14/2015

• Shortened union organizing election time frame from an

average of between 45 to 60 days, down to roughly 13 days

• Turn over employee emails �������

• Already over 100 known instances

• Preparation

• NRMCA Webinar: June 30, 2015 @ 1pm EST

Questions?

Kevin Walgenbach

Vice President, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs

(240) 485-1157

kwalgenbach@nrmca.org