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Green Hydrogen Standard consultation outcome [UK]

The Green Hydrogen Standard call for evidence consultation has now taken place and the consultation response published on the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) website on 19th August 2015. The consultation…

  • Environment
  • Transport
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Young People’s Health and Safety at Work [UK]

A report investigating the attitudes of employers towards the employment and health and safety of young people was published on the HSE website on 17th August 2015.  The report, entitled RR1061 "Employers'…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #Health & Safety
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Controlling priority substances in the Water Environment [UK]

A new rule is to amend the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 and will come into force on 14th September 2015. The so-called Water Environment (Water…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #Water
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California: OEHHA Changes Hearing for Proposed Revisions to Prop 65 [US]

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has changed the date of a public hearing regarding the Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) for lead under Proposition 65, which is currently 5…

  • Environment
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EPA Major Revisions to RCRA Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations [US]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed two new hazardous waste rules under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The new rules were put forward on August 31st 2015…

  • Environment
  • Waste Management
  • #Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Major hazard sites: economic impacts of accidents [UK]

HSE has published a report on the economic impact of accidents at major hazard sites to estimate the potential costs of such accidents occurring in Great Britain. Report RR1055 was classified under regulations…

  • Industrial Facilities
  • Risk and Health
  • #HSE
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Kansas KDHE: a Public Hearing on Air Pollution? [US]

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has expressed an interest to summon a public hearing to revise the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Any member of…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • #Pollution
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Ecocatastrophe: Mine Wastewater released into Colorado Animas River [US]

On August 5th 2015, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers inadvertently damaged a wall in a former mine near Silverton, Colorado, causing several million gallons' worth of toxic wastewater to leak into the Animas River.…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • #Water
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New duty of care for self-employed persons [UK]

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (also known as the General Duties of Self-Employed Persons) is to implement its 2015 regulations in the UK on 1st October 2015,…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Risk and Health
  • #Health & Safety
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Launch of New Tool For Manual Handling Assessment [UK]

A new tool has been launched on the market for manual handling operations where the load weight varies. The V-MAC (Variable Manual Handling Assessment Chart) is to be be used in conjunction with…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #risk
  • #Tool
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