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As it committed to doing in a settlement reached with Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) on May 12, 2017, the EPA is formally proposing to withdraw its July 2014 proposed determination on the company’s plan to build a copper and gold ore mine in the headwaters of Bristol Bay, Alaska.
Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of work-related fatalities in the United States. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has partnered with AAA and two industry groups, the American Bus Association and the American Trucking Association, to expand its Our Roads, Our Safety campaign. The campaign, which initially […]
An online survey found that more than a quarter of dental practices did not have a written bloodborne pathogens (BBP) control plan as required by OSHA. The survey was conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention, a dental industry organization. Findings were published […]
By a vote of 229 to 199, the House passed H.R. 806, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, a bill that would double the 5-year time frame under which the EPA reviews the Clean Air Act’s (CAA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and provide the Agency the authority to consider factors other than […]
Interest is growing in a “directive” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt may have issued regarding a new Agency position to the so-called sue-and-settle approach to federal environmental rulemaking. In sue and settle, which gained notoriety with the Obama EPA, the Agency responds to a lawsuit demanding new environmental protections by entering into a consent decree in […]
Yesterday we discussed options for disposing of aerosol cans. However, you may be able to mitigate or even avoid the costs of disposal and safety concerns related to aerosol cans by looking for alternatives and through waste minimization.
After years of drought, parts of California have experienced near-record precipitation in 2017. In the mountains, that means snow—and the Sierra Nevada has had so much snow this year that some ski resorts are planning to stay open until August. In addition, the cool spring delayed the onset of snowmelt, meaning that rivers are higher […]
Yesterday we discussed the management of aerosol cans in order to keep your workers safe. Today we will look at the difficult issue of disposing of aerosol cans.
Job safety risks have given rise to numerous creative solutions over the years. Recently, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recognized innovative approaches to improving job safety.
In a minor victory for the EPA, a panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to recall its July 3, 2017, vacatur (mandate) of the Trump EPA’s 90-day administrative stay of the Obama EPA’s June 2016 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for fugitive emissions (leaks) of methane and other pollutants […]