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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) new beryllium standard recently went into effect. Yesterday we addressed the new standard for general industry and the looming compliance dates. Today we offer general tips for controlling beryllium exposure in your workplace, and tomorrow we will look at exposure control recommendations related to specific activities.
In a 2-to-1 majority ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the Trump EPA’s June 2, 2017, 3-month stay of four Clean Air Act (CAA) provisions to control fugitive emissions (leaks) from oil and natural gas (O&G) facilities.
The EPA recently issued a memo to clarify how the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) applies to waste generated at offshore oil platforms. While the memo summarizes existing regulations and interpretations, it also changes the Agency’s previous interpretation regarding manifesting of hazardous wastes that are inside the 200-mile nautical seaward limit but beyond the […]
The Obama administration’s standard for addressing beryllium exposure in the workplace has taken effect after a short delay by the Trump administration. The new rule contains standards for general industry, construction, and shipyards.
Based on responses to a survey from 66 cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) reports that cities are making progress in responding to climate change, identifying innovative approaches to energy efficiency, and sharing information and results with mayors nationwide. The USCM conducted the survey jointly with the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). […]
The American Heart Association (AHA) has launched a new campaign to promote first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and automatic external defibrillator (AED) training. The association says it was motivated by research that finds most U.S. employees are not prepared to handle a workplace cardiac emergency because they lack training in CPR and first aid. Half […]
Ordinarily the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest serves as both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) tracking form and the shipping paper required under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). This system allows both the EPA and the DOT to enforce their respective regulations. However, there are instances where these regulations conflict.
While receiving less attention in the news than the administration’s proposed 31 percent cut to EPA’s 2018 budget, the proposed cut of $1.8 billion (13 percent) for the Department of Interior (DOI) significantly restructures DOI’s top priorities. In testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made it clear that the […]
EPA’s decision several months ago to deny a petition to revoke all food tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos (April 5, 2017, FR) is back in the news following reports that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with the CEO of Dow Chemical 3 weeks before the order was issued. (Under the Food Quality Protection Act, a […]
Just a month after a worker died while working in an unprotected trench, OSHA inspectors found another employee of the same Missouri plumbing contractor working in an unprotected trench at another jobsite. OSHA inspectors found that, in both cases, the contractor failed to provide basic safeguards to prevent trench collapse and did not train employees […]