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In a final rule (September 25, 2017, FR), the EPA has extended the compliance dates for four requirements under the Agency’s final Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products (December 12, 2016, FR).
EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports that the Agency is years behind in meeting the terms of a 2005 agreement with the animal feeding operation (AFO) industry to develop methods to estimate emissions of hazardous air pollutants from AFOs.
The Trump administration’s plan to wipe major environmental regulations issued by the Obama administration off the books has caused the courts to ponder how it should address petitions to either uphold or vacate these rules. Specifically, even if a rule has been lawfully issued by an agency (under Obama), why should the court bother to […]
Q. I am an SQG of hazardous waste. When should the accumulation date be written on the hazwaste label placed on a 55-gallon drum that would apply to my allowable monthly accumulation amount which is 1,000 kilograms? Is it when the drum becomes full at the satellite area and is sealed and moved to the hazwaste […]
Much has been written and discussed about sustainability and a circular economy. As an environment, health, and safety (EHS) professional, you may think that the concepts are too broad to grapple with and that the responsibility for such policies and programs lies on the C-suite level. However, we will look at ways EHS managers can […]
A report by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) concluded that a November 2016 fire that severely burned four workers at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resulted from a failure to use good safety practices.
The Sierra Club announced that it is suing the EPA and Administrator Scott Pruitt for allegedly failing to respond to requests the group has made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain information about ongoing interactions Pruitt and his staff are having with regulated industries.
At the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress & Expo 2017 in Indianapolis, Patrick Kapust, Deputy Director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs, announced OSHA’s top 10 most cited violated for fiscal year (FY) 2017 in a packed NSC Learning Lab on the expo floor.
Although citizen scientists have always had a place in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) monitoring and surveillance regimen, information from the public now holds a prominent place in EPA’s new agenda. Yesterday we discussed two new projects using citizen scientists that the EPA is undertaking that could have a profound effect on facilities in […]
In a brief notice in the Federal Register (FR), the EPA announced the start-up of a new program to build cooperative relationships with industry, including the major regulated sectors.