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As the EPA continues on its path toward repealing the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Agency is also beginning to build a foundation for issuing a new rule to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from existing coal-fired power plants. As part of that process, the Agency has issued an advanced notice of […]
Compensation for injuries arising out of horseplay. Generally, innocent victims can collect, but many states deny benefits to those who initiate horseplay. Occasionally, however, initiators are able to collect. Here’s a case where that happened. Compensation for injuries arising out of horseplay. Generally, innocent victims can collect, but many states deny benefits to those who […]
Yesterday, we addressed workplace substance abuse statistics and the effects of employees working under the influence. Today, we focus on what you can do to eliminate substance abuse from your workplace. Workplace substance abuse is not only a large and costly problem, it’s also an issue covered by an important federal law, the Drug-Free Workplace […]
Q. How do I know if my site has any post-construction stormwater regulations?
Summertime often means lots of vacations and lots of employee absences—but training still needs to get done. So how can you keep up with training when so many employees aren’t at work? It may seem like the obvious, but begin by setting up a training schedule. Without a reasonable, realistic schedule, training might not get […]
In recent years, many companies have initiated “greening” policies or programs that seek to cut down on waste by replacing products, procedures, energy sources, or office structures with more efficient and sustainable alternatives. While most of these changes require extra expenses up front, almost all of them result in long-term savings while also positively influencing […]
According to OSHA, some 3 million workers face the risk of injury or death from hazardous energy–related accidents. Compliance with lockout/tagout rules keeps about 120 of them alive each year and prevents some 50,000 accidents. Three men were performing maintenance inside an asphalt mixer. One of them was still inside the mixer when the power […]
The five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposal that would have provided financial assistance to coal-fired and nuclear electric power plants. The proposal or recommendation would have identified these facilities as energy “reliability and resilience resources” and enabled them to price their product so that all costs of […]
The issue of judicial efficiency was raised by Chief Justice John Roberts in oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that asks whether U.S. District Courts or U.S. Appeals Courts should hear challenges to the federal Clean Water Rule (CWR, also known as WOTUS for waters of the United States).