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    RIPA Submits Comments on EPA Information Request

    RIPA recently submitted extensive comments to EPA’s information request to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, raising concerns about various provisions in a draft questionnaire that will be sent to all U.S. reconditioners when finalized.  RIPA’s comments include a reiteration of our concerns about the quality and accuracy of the “Drum Reconditioner Damage Case […]

    RIPA Board Election 2024    Special Open-Seat Election

    The results of the recent Special Election to fill Mr. Phil Dworsky’s vacated Board seat are in and Mr. Brandon O’Bryan of O’Bryan Barrel Co. has been elected to the Board.  Thank you to the other individuals who put their names in nomination for the open seat, Ed Bash, Ryland Burch, Gabe Fauvelle and Bobby Sandoval.  […]

    FTC Bans Non-Compete Agreements

    In a 3-2 vote along partisan lines, the Federal Trade Commission adopted a final rule to ban new non-compete agreements for all workers as of the effective date of the rule, which will be 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. The rule will also ban enforcement of existing non-compete agreements in effect on […]

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