On September 30th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized updated limits on toxic metals in steam electric power plant wastewater discharge streams. This rule represents the first amendments to…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published an open consultation on the draft Large Combustion Plants Regulations 2015. The consultation, first issued on 14th September 2015,…
On October 2nd, 2015, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) has proposed to adopt federal OSHA construction standard Section 1926.304(d), which provides specific portable power–driven saw blade…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a treatise on its website entitled ‘Controlling Health Risks from Rosin (Colophony)-Based Solder Flux Fume' (rev1) (INDG249). The document, published on on 22nd…
On September 30th, 2015, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced a series of finalized rules under the petroleum bulk storage (PBS), chemical bulk storage (CBS) and…
New rule for October 2015 On September 24th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that affects reporting regulations under the Clean Water Act. The new rule requires…
The proposed rule On September 24th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new regulations affecting international shipments of hazardous waste. The proposed rule would consolidate hazardous waste regulations and create one set of requirements for all international…
In an interpretation letter dated September 4th, 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) clarified the guarding requirements for 50 volts or more of direct current (DC). The letter's two…
The Contaminated Land Exposure Assessment (CLEA) Tool has been updated and was published on the Environment Agency webpage on 7th September 2015. The CLEA Tool's three main uses It can…
Replacement of the 2003 regulations The new Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”) come into force on 1st October 2015. The Regulations replace and revoke the existing Packaging (Essential Requirements)…