Dynamic Lists - COMPLIANCE & REGULATIONS

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is modernizing how product safety compliance information is collected at the border by implementing a new electronic filing, or eFiling, system for certificates of compliance. This initiative significantly affects importers and manufacturers of children’s products, who must issue Children’s Product Certificates (CPCs) or a General Conformance Certificate (GCC) demonstrating compliance with all applicable safety rules.

Immigration enforcement for people that are past a point of entry into the United States is handled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The well-publicized ICE activity in several regions of the United States have emphasized the importance for employers to be prepared for immigration enforcement actions. These actions will most likely be audits of the I-9 forms, which are designed for employers to confirm a person’s authorization to work legally in the United States.

Just like clockwork, the start of a new year brings two important Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping requirements that printing operations must be aware of and comply with if they qualify. These involve the completion, posting and submission of certain separate, but related, recordkeeping forms. The two key dates are February 1 and March 2.

The European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law has undergone yet another round of delays and simplifications. Initially passed in 2023, the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is part of the EU’s broader effort to sever links between European consumption and global deforestation. Under the latest round of changes, the date of applicability was pushed back by one year and large companies will now have until December 30, 2026 to comply and an additional 6-month extension was granted for micro and small operators who will now have until June 30, 2027.

Every year, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) drops a list highlighting where industries are not meeting OSHA’s regulations. The list, the Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Workplace Violations, identifies the combined violations for all the industries regulated by OSHA for fiscal year 2025 (October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025).

Under the 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires all Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) of hazardous waste to re-notify EPA or their state environmental agency of their generator status every four years. This requirement helps maintain accurate data for compliance assistance, oversight, and outreach activities. Because many printing operations are classified as SQGs, this is a new and relevant requirement that needs to be met.

Even though there has been a change in administration with President Donald Trump being elected, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agency sent a clear signal that it is not going to back down from enforcement in 2025. After not being revised since 2023, in May 2025 OSHA revamped its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program.

On February 27, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it is ceasing enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) while it crafts a new set of regulations that will ultimately narrow the scope of the reporting regime. It’s a huge win for Main Street, particularly as the CTA’s reporting requirements were scheduled to take effect once again beginning March 21.

In what has become an annual event, OSHA has increased its penalties for 2025. OSHA annually increases its penalty amounts to adjust for inflation as mandated by the law. The penalty amounts are an important factor that gets combined with enforcement policies that are factored into how a total penalty is determined for violations of OSHA’s regulations.

On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay on the injunction granted by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, et al., commonly referred to as the Texas Top Cop Case. It is important to note that the Supreme Court’s stay does not constitute a decision on the underlying merits of the case, which remains under review in the Fifth Circuit.

Just like clockwork, the start of a new year brings two important Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping requirements that printing operations must be aware of and comply with if they qualify. These involve the completion, posting and submission of certain separate, but related, recordkeeping forms. The two key dates are February 1 and March 2.

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is a new federal law that took effect on January 1, 2024. The law aims to curtail money laundering and other financial crimes, including bad actors concealing illicit activities through anonymous shell companies. But the CTA places a heavy burden on small business owners.

Every year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces the Top 10 most frequently cited workplace violations. The newest Top 10 list for the 2023 fiscal year, in this case from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023, was recently released.   OSHA’s annual list includes violations from several industry segments including construction and general industry, with printing falling under the latter category.

The 2024 PRINTING United Alliance Federal Legislative Priorities Survey gathered information from members to determine which federal policy issues have the most impact on print service providers (PSPs) and the printing industry. More than 200 Alliance members contributed to this effort, including commercial printers, wide-format printers, apparel decorators, and package printers/converters, among others.

At the beginning of 2023, the Biden Administration made additional changes to its enforcement policies with the stated intent to increase overall penalties for violations of its regulations. In essence, the instance-by-instance changes are designed to have each alleged violation itemized in a citation so that the maximum penalty for each one can be applied.

Just like clockwork, the start of a new year brings two important Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordkeeping requirements that printing operations must be aware of and comply with if they qualify. They involve the completion, posting and submission of certain separate, but related, recordkeeping forms. The two dates that are key are February 1 and March 2.

As part of a new package of regulations, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has adopted several new rules requiring more rigorous monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in certain situations and one of them impacts printing operations.

On March 22, 2022, U.S. EPA released a new notification service, ECHO Notify. This new service allows the public to receive weekly e-mails alerting them of EPA and state environmental enforcement actions and violations occurring in their community or at a specific facility.