How long was the delay in the hexavalent chromium case?
Seminario: It was another one of these hazards that had been under consideration for over a decade. MM: Given an example like that, to what extent is the Bush administration really just continuing the general disregard for workers’ safety and health that extends across both parties? Seminario: It’s quite different, because the Bush administration basically is not moving on anything. There were a number of rules the Clinton administration was trying to move forward on. Part of it was a question of what priorities they set. Some folks thought they should have done hexavalent chromium, others folks thought they should have done other items. But you also have to remember that during the Clinton Administration, unfortunately, as of January 1995 you had a rabid Republican Congress which was challenging the agency on everything it did. You had an assault on the agency by the right wing and by the employers to try to shut down the agency and stop them from doing anything. On regulatory matters
