On October 20th, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) detailed its interim enforcement policy regarding facilities that are no longer exempted from the Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. OSHA…
The Health and Safety Executive has published a new version of the Assessment of Repetitive Tasks of the Upper Limbs (ART) Tool (INDG438) on its webpage. This tool is designed…
On October 21st 2015, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced that the final new program policy for operator training under the Petroleum Bulk Storage (PBS) regulations…
Below is a list of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2015 (“2015 Regulations”) that came into force on 30th October 2015. Amendment to Regulation 37 The amendment…
On October 26th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its revised national ambient air quality standard for ground-level ozone in the Federal Register. The new standard lowers the permissible threshold for…
On October 22nd, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its finalized electronic reporting rule for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Electronic reporting The new rule requires entities…
The Health and Safety Executive published an article under the FAQs on its website entitled 'are turban-wearing Sikhs exempt from the need to wear head protection in the workplace?' Exemption…
On October 16th, 2015, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) proposed to renew and amend Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, which authorizes the discharge of industrial stormwater and certain…
The HSE recently published guidelines on its website for using emery cloth on metalworking lathes. The guidance states that serious accidents that occur when using emery cloth on lathes can result in injuries such…
On October 23rd, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency published the Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register. The Plan is expected to reduce carbon pollution by 32 percent below 2005 levels by…