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According to the USEPA News Release 01 Feb 2012:
Two New England companies that store and distribute hazardous chemicals have agreed in separate settlements to pay a total of more than $179,000 in penalties and to donate about $43,000 worth of equipment and training to local fire departments to settle EPA claims that they violated federal …
Remember to post your OSHA 300-A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses on February 1.
Total the columns on the OSHA 300 Log. If you had no recordable cases, enter zeros for each column total. Enter the calendar year covered, the company’s name, establishment name, establishment address, annual average number of employees covered by the OSHA …
Read MoreHave you ever wondered where all that information you report on your Discharge Monitoring Report goes? Or have you simply wondered, perhaps, about the actual quality of the waterways in your local area?
Well, the USEPA has just released a new tool that will provide the public with just that type of information. The USEPA has dubbed the …
Read MoreAll employers dread getting the news an incident has occured out on the floor… however, what they dread even more is when OSHA decides that the incident is significant enough to warrant more stringent penalties and enforcement action. OSHA reserves three classes of violations for this type of worker safety incident: willful, repeat and serious.
Willful …
Read MoreThe Top 5 Tier II Mistakes
USEPA’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was first established in 1986 and Section 312 of EPCRA establishes regulations pertaining to Tier II reporting. Over the years of Tier II reporting, there are some mistakes that continue to be repeated year after year. The most common of these are the following:
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Read MoreIt’s true: Your risks can be reduced by focusing on managing your chemical inventory.
Risk is real, and its consequences can be very costly. Whether your title states it or not, you are a risk manager. When training a new employee on safety practices, you are doing so to avoid workplace accidents and potential litigation. …
Read More As posted on the USEPA’s website – January 5, 2012:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), providing all Americans with vital information about their communities. The TRI program publishes information on toxic chemical disposals and other releases into the air, land and water, as …
January 3, 2012
Overview:
The Eurpean Union’s European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has added twenty substances to the Candidate List which now contains seventy-three substances. Among these recent additions, twelve have been included in the Candidate List following the unanimous agreement of the Member State Committee while the other eight, which did not receive comments challenging the identification as …
According to EPA scientists, the first report on findings from the agency’s “Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources” will be published in 2012.
What is Hydraulic Fracturing?
Hydraulic fracturing is a process that produces fractures in a rock …
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USEPA Requesting Comments on 2009 NESHAP Standard for Chemical Manufacturing Sector
The American Chemistry Council and Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates has urged the USEPA to amend portions of the October 2009 final national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) affecting nine area source categories in the sector. The USEPA seems to be listening because it is requesting comments on six provisions of the …
Read MoreJanuary 31, 2012 Tags: 2009, HAP emission, NESHAP, public comments, revision
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