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Oct 5, 2026NewsTrade press

Confined Spaces Create Challenges in Data Center Electrical Rooms

Two regulatory layers now govern confined space work on California data center projects, and neither one substitutes for the other.

Source: Industrial Safety & Hygiene NewsWorkplace safetyCalifornia

Sep 10, 2026NoticeOfficial source

Notice: Hazardous Materials: California's Reusability Mandate for Propane Cylinders

The Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq., preempts California's reusability mandate for propane cylinders in California Public Resources Code, Sections 42395- 42395.2. The reusability mandate imposes localized design and manufacturing requirements on a container that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in the transportation of a hazardous material--specifically, propane--that are not substantively the same as the requirements in the HMR. The reusability mandate is also an obstacle to accomplishing and carrying out the HMTA. B

Source: Federal RegisterTransportation and hazmatWorkplace safetyCalifornia