The AWPA Operations Steering Committee and the Environmental Affairs Subcommittee members work with AWPA’s Director of Government Affairs, Janet Kopenhaver, to monitor Environmental, Labor and Safety regulations and legislation which affect wire and wire products company plants.

AWPA comments are prepared and submitted within the regulatory or legislative process to highlight members’ concerns with laws and regulations that negatively impact the members’ ability to be competitive in the global market.

Twice a year, federal agencies publish their Regulatory Agendas and Regulatory Plans. The activities included in the Agenda are, in general, those that will have regulatory action within the next 12 months. The current agenda is here:
July 2023 Semiannual Regulatory Agenda