Source: https://preview.osha.gov/memo/clarification-investigative-standard-osha-whistleblower-investigations
Timestamp: 2018-02-23 12:48:53
Document Index: 538194146

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 42121', '§ 1514', '§ 60129', '§ 20109', '§ 1142', '§ 2087', '§ 218', '§ 5567', '§ 399', '§ 30171', '§ 1979', '§ 5851', '§ 7622', '§ 9610', '§ 1367', '§ 300', '§ 6971', '§ 2622']

Clarification of the Investigative Standard for OSHA Whistleblower Investigations | Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Deputy Assistant SecretaryJORDAN BARAB
2 See The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR21), 49 U.S.C. § 42121(b)(2)(A); Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A; Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA), 49 U.S.C. § 60129; Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA), 49 U.S.C. § 20109; National Transit Systems Security Act (NTSSA), 6 U.S.C. § 1142; Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), 15 U.S.C. § 2087; Affordable Care Act (ACA), 29 U.S.C. § 218C; Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA), Section 1057 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, 12 U.S.C. § 5567; FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), 21 U.S.C. § 399d; and Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), 49 U.S.C. § 30171. OSHA's regulations under these whistleblower statutes incorporate the same language. See, e.g., 29 C.F.R. § 1979.105.
4 See ERA, 42 U.S.C. § 5851, Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. § 7622, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9610; Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. § 1367; Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. § 300j- 9(i); Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), 42 U.S.C. § 6971; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 U.S.C. § 2622.
5 See Brock v. Roadway Express, Inc., 481 U.S. 252, 266 (1987) (plurality opinion) (noting that OSHA's responsibility to find reasonable cause is different from an ALJ's responsibility to conduct a final evaluation of the evidence and witness credibility following a hearing).