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Connecticut: DEEP Submits Proposal to Regulate Solvent-Contaminated Wipes as Hazardous Waste to AG (US)

On March 29, 2017, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) posted a notice of its decision to move forward with its proposed rule to regulate solvent-contaminated wipes…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • Waste Management
  • #Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  • #DEEP
  • #Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
  • #hazardous waste
  • #Solvent
  • #Solvent-Contaminated Wipes
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law

President Trump Signs Executive Order Rolling Back Obama Administration’s Climate Change Initiatives

On March 28, 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13,783, "Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth." The Executive Order takes a number of steps to roll back climate change initiatives…

  • Environment
  • US
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fuel boiler

Energy labelling and packaging of solid fuel boilers, heaters, solar devices (EU)

Energy labelling of solid fuel boilers and packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices On 10th of March 2017, on the Official Journal of…

  • Energy
  • Energy Efficiency
  • #fuel boiler
  • #heaters
  • #solar devices
  • #temperature controls devices
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chemicals

OSHA Finalizes Further Delay of the Occupational Exposure to Beryllium Rule’s Effective Date (US)

In the March 21, 2017 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finalized the further delay of the Occupational Exposure to Beryllium rule’s implementation. As a result, the…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #beryllium
  • #beryllium rule
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work restrictions

OSHA interpretation letter clarifies when work restrictions must be recorded (US)

In an interpretation letter dated November 21, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) discussed a specific issue regarding whether a work-related laceration must be recorded as a restricted…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Risk and Health
  • #Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • #OSHA
  • #work restrictions
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n-Propyl Bromide

EPA Extends Comment Period Granting Petitions to Add n-Propyl Bromide to Hazardous Air Pollutants (US)

In the March 6, 2017 Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice extending the public comment period on the draft notice published on January 9, 2017 announcing…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Chemical Products
  • Environment
  • #air pollutants
  • #bromide
  • #Environmental Protection Agency
  • #Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • #EPA
  • #Hazardous Air Pollutants
  • #n-Propyl Bromide
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Risk Management Program Regulations Amendments

US EPA Further Postpones Effective Date of Risk Management Program Regulations Amendments

EPA has further postponed the effective date of the Risk Management Program (RMP) changes scheduled originally to take affect on March 14, 2017 then postponed to March 21, 2017. The…

  • Chemical Products
  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #EPA
  • #Risk Management Program
  • #RMP
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Minimum Approach Distance Requirements Compliance

OSHA Sets Date and Provides Guidance for Minimum Approach Distance Requirements Compliance (US)

On December 22, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum that extends the enforcement date of the minimum approach distance requirements to July 1, 2017 and…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #Minimum Approach Distance Requirements
  • #Minimum Approach Distance Requirements compliance
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Transporting dangerous goods

OSHA Answers Questions Related to Inspection Procedures for the Hazard Communication Standard (US)

On September 21, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a memorandum interpreting the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) by answering specific questions raised following OSHA’s…

  • Chemical Products
  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Risk and Health
  • #Hazard Communication
  • #Hazard Communication Standard
  • #Inspection Procedures
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beryllium

OSHA proposes another delay of the occupational exposure to beryllium rule’s effective date (US)

In the March 2, 2017 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a second delay of the effective date of its recently finalized rule regulating occupational exposure…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #beryllium
  • #beryllium rule
  • #occupational exposure
  • #Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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