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OSHA is out with new policies and procedures for resolving whistleblower disputes. Find out what’s involved, and take steps to make sure your employees don’t blow the whistle on you. Read more.
Bringing oil and natural gas out of the ground and into homes and businesses is a demanding and potentially deadly job. Recent years have seen a number of serious and fatal refinery incidents, but many positive developments relating to worker protection are under way, as well. Read more.
In an opinion filed July 21, 2015, two legal challenges to multiple aspects of EPA’s 2012 revised National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) governing chromium electroplating and anodizing facilities were consolidated and denied in their entirety by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The EPA had revised […]
Under the used oil management rules at 40 CFR 279.22(d), upon detection of a release of used oil to the environment (e.g. soil) that is not subject to the underground storage tank requirements of 40 CFR 280, generators of used oil must (among other requirements) “clean up and manage properly the released used oil and […]
Do you know how to navigate EPA’s new underground storage tank regulations? Watch this video to find out what’s new, what changed, and best practices to comply with this long-anticipated rule. Read more.
In December 2015, representatives of the world’s nations will convene in Paris to negotiate a climate change agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. In contrast to limited U.S. involvement in the development and implementation of the Kyoto agreement, the U.S. is expected to play a pivotal role in the Paris talks. Read more.
The environmental compliance world is constantly changing, but perhaps the most significant compliance modification to date is on the horizon. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled an integrated plan to propel environmental compliance and enforcement into the 21st century. Read more.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and a number of states and organizations are calling on businesses to take part in efforts to develop, buy, and use greener products. Today we will review some of these efforts. EPR Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) calls on those in the product […]
The 2015 Definition of Solid Waste Final Rule (2015 Final Rule) does not significantly affect the recycling exemption from full RCRA Subtitle C regulation found at 40 CFR 266.70 for precious metals being reclaimed in accordance with the 40 CFR 266.70 provisions. When in the process of revising the 2008 DSW rule, however, EPA did […]
At this writing, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is close to issuing a final rule amending the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). Yesterday we recapped some of the changes the EPA has proposed to update this standard, which is meant to protect farm workers and their families from exposure to pesticides. Today we will review […]