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US EPA Finalizes Procedures for Prioritization of Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under TSCA

On July 20, 2017 the US EPA finalized the procedures for prioritization of chemicals for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as required under the new section…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
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Red-on-line at NAEM Sustainability Management Conference in Chicago

Are you responsible for implementing, tracking and reporting sustainability efforts in your organization? Here is your chance to meet Andrew Bloom – Expert EHS representative from Red-on-line at this year’s…

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EPA Releases Documents Detailing Scope of Risk Evaluations for First Ten Chemical Substances, as Required by TSCA

On July 7, 2017, the EPA published a notice in the Federal Register announcing its release of documents detailing the scope of the risk evaluations that will be conducted for…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
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OSHA Proposes to Amend Beryllium Rule for Construction and Shipyard Sectors

On June 27, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register regarding the application of the recently implemented beryllium rule to the…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Risk and Health
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OSHA Proposes to Delay Deadline for Electronic Submission of 2016 Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Data until December

On June 28, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register in which it proposes to delay the deadline for the first…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
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EPA Delays Effective Date of Risk Management Program (RMP) Amendments Until Feb. 2019

On June 14, 2017, the EPA published a final rule delaying the effective date of the Clean Air Act’s Risk Management Program (RMP) Amendments for twenty months, until February 19,…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
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PHMSA Stays Enforcement of Requirement for Underground Natural Gas Storage Facilities to Comply with API RPs

On June 20, 2017, a notice document issued by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) was published in the Federal Register in response to a petition for reconsideration…

  • Energy
  • Energy Production
  • Industrial Facilities
  • Risk and Health
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Chemical Safety

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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