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Chemical Safety Board Releases Safety Bulletin Regarding Preparing Process Equipment for Maintenance

In May 2017 the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety bulletin, “Key Lessons for Preventing Incidents When Preparing Process Equipment for Maintenance: Flash Fire at the Delaware City Refinery.”…

  • Chemical Products
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
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OR Occupational Safety & Health Division Proposal to Adopt Federal OSHA Beryllium Rule

In the June 2017 Oregon Bulletin, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) proposed to adopt the recently finalized federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules pertaining…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Risk and Health
  • #beryllium
  • #Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • #Oregon
  • #rule
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Final Federal Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule Becomes Effective

On November 28, 2016 the U.S. EPA finalized the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule. This rule makes multiple significant changes to the federal government’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)…

  • Environment
  • Waste Management
  • #Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator
  • #hazardous waste
  • #Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  • #Very Small Quantity Generator
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KY Emergency Response Commission Updates Text of Hazardous Substance Planning Regulation

The Administrative Register of Kentucky published on March 1, 2017 contained an amendment to 106 KAR 1:081, the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission (KERC) regulation governing the obligations of facilities with…

  • Industrial Facilities
  • Risk and Health
  • #Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
  • #extremely hazardous substances
  • #facilities
  • #hazardous chemicals
  • #Kentucky Emergency Response Commission
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Environmental Protection Agency Initiated Review of Clean Power Plan

On April 4, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would review the Clean Power Plan (CPP) – which was issued with the intent to reduce carbon dioxide…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #carbon dioxide emissions
  • #Clean Power Plan (CPP)
  • #Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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OR Occupational Safety & Health Division Proposal to Adopt Federal OSHA Beryllium Rule

In the June 2017 Oregon Bulletin, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) proposed to adopt the recently finalized federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules pertaining…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #beryllium rule
  • #Oregon
  • #PEL
  • #permissible exposure limit
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Red-on-line at Safety and Health Expo – June 20-22 – London – UK

Do you need a better way to manage EHS compliance and risk globally? FIND YOUR SOLUTION HERE: Booth 352 - Health and Safety Expo - Excel Convention Center - London - UK…

  • Events
  • ROL News
  • #EHS management
  • #HSE compliance
  • #London
  • #Safety and Health expo 2017
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EPA Delays Effective Date of Updated Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule until May 2018

On June 2, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule in the Federal Register that, again, delays the effective date of the rule published on January 4,…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides
  • #Environmental Protection Agency
  • #EPA
  • #RUPs
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OSHA Concludes Marine Terminals’ Reach Stackers are “Powered Industrial Trucks”

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a standard interpretation on March 17, 2017 to inform all OSHA field offices that variable boom reach equipment (known as reach stackers)…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • Unclassified
  • #certification requirement
  • #marine
  • #Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • #Powered Industrial Trucks
  • #reach stackers
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President Trump Announces Intention to Exit the Paris Climate Accord

In a speech delivered in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 1, 2017, President Trump stated that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #onerous emissions restrictions
  • #Paris Agreement
  • #President Trump
  • #White House
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