These comments are submitted on behalf of the Coalition for Workplace Safety (“CWS”) and the 74 undersigned organizations (“the Commenters”), pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process under the OSH Act, 88 Fed. Reg. 59825 (Aug. 30, 2023) (“Proposed Rule”). For the reasons outlined below, the Commenters urge OSHA to withdraw the proposed rule entirely.

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) submits these comments in response to the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB or the Board) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in “Reciprocal Switching for Inadequate Service,” which focuses on providing rail customers with access to reciprocal switching as a remedy for poor service, based around three measures of carrier success or failure, namely: (1) service reliability; (2) service consistency; and, (3) adequacy of local service. NSSGA is the leading voice and advocate for the aggregates industry. NSSGA members use freigh

The National Stone, Stand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) submits these comments on the Department of Labor’s (DOL or the Department) proposal to raise the salary threshold for the executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employee exemptions from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). NSSGA represents the aggregates and industrial sand industry, with over 9,000 facilities and more than 100,000 employees in high-paying jobs. As a signatory, NSSGA strongly supports the comments filed by the Partnership to Protect Workplace Oppo

On behalf of the American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA), Copper Development Association Inc. (CDA), Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA), National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA), and the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA), we are concerned about continued efforts in Washington to pass legislation that prefers specific materials at the expense of proven materials.

The undersigned associations urge you to ensure the Environmental Protection Agency maintains existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). A proposed discretionary revision to this standard, which is under review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, could put nearly 40% of the U.S. population in areas of nonattainment. Doing so would risk jobs and livelihoods by making it even more difficult to obtain permits for new factories, facilities and infrastructure to power economic growth.

On October 24, 2023 PPWO and 87 organizations representing private, public, nonprofit, and educational entities sent letters to House and Senate lawmakers requesting that they urge the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division to withdraw its proposed overtime pay regulations.

The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) would like to take this opportunity to provide comments in response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Exposure Draft, Proposed Accounting Standards Update: Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) – Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. NSSGA members consist of stone, sand and gravel producers; industrial sand suppliers; and the equipment manufacturers and service providers who support them. 

Thank you for today’s hearing examining the financial solvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and potential solutions, including the creation and implementation of a national vehicle miles traveled (VMT) program, titled “Running Empty: The Highway Trust Fund”. The undersigned organizations represent a diverse set of transportation stakeholders, all of whom support augmenting the current HTF user-fee system to ensure financial solvency ahead of the next multi-year surface transportation reauthorization law.

I am writing on behalf of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) to express our sincere gratitude to you and your committee for holding the upcoming hearing, “Running on Empty: The Highway Trust Fund.” On behalf of our 450 member companies, we applaud your work to examine the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) and solutions to address the shortfalls of funding infrastructure projects along with future financing options.

On behalf of the members of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) and the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA), we strongly urge you to exclude Section 2815 of the Senate-passed NDAA from the conference report for FY24 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This provision makes a controversial modification to an existing, ongoing pilot at DoD and does not have a similar provision in the House passed bill. Sec. 2815 of the Senate FY24 NDAA (S. 2226, pp. 1375-1376) amends a pilot program that was included in the FY22 NDAA (PL 117-81, Sec.