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EPA Delays Effective Date of Updated Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule until May 2018

On June 2, 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule in the Federal Register that, again, delays the effective date of the rule published on January 4,…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides
  • #Environmental Protection Agency
  • #EPA
  • #RUPs
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OSHA Concludes Marine Terminals’ Reach Stackers are “Powered Industrial Trucks”

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a standard interpretation on March 17, 2017 to inform all OSHA field offices that variable boom reach equipment (known as reach stackers)…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • Unclassified
  • #certification requirement
  • #marine
  • #Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • #Powered Industrial Trucks
  • #reach stackers
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President Trump Announces Intention to Exit the Paris Climate Accord

In a speech delivered in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 1, 2017, President Trump stated that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #onerous emissions restrictions
  • #Paris Agreement
  • #President Trump
  • #White House
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OSHA and DOT to Hold Public Meetings on June 20 to Prepare for July UN Sub-Committee Sessions

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice in the Federal Register on May 31, 2017 to publicize a public meeting it will hold on June 20, 2017…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #Chemicals
  • #Globally Harmonized System
  • #Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • #OSHA
  • #UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
  • #UNSCETDG
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Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Proposes Adopting New Federal Fall Protection and Respirable Crystalline Silica Standards

On May 22, 2017 the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry proposed adopting the new federal fall protection and respirable crystalline silica standards. On May 22, 2017 the Minnesota Department…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #crystalline silica standard
  • #fall protection
  • #Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
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EPA Further Delays Effective Date of Updated Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a rule in the Federal Register on May 22, 2017 further delaying the effective date of the January 4, 2017 rule updating the regulation…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #Certification of Pesticide Applicators Rule
  • #Environmental Protection Agency
  • #pesticides
  • #RUPs
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EPA Publishes Draft Guidance for Reporting New Manufactured or Processed Nanoscale Materials for Comment

On May 16, 2017 the US EPA opened for comment its published draft “Guidance on EPA’s Section 8(a) Information Gathering Rule on Nanomaterials in Commerce.” The purpose of the comment…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #EPA; Information Gathering Rule; Nanomaterials
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Red-on-line is exhibiting at ASSE Safety 2017

Monday, June 19 thru Thursday, June 22 | Colorado Convention Center | Denver, Colorado Why attend ASSE Safety 2017? For more than 50 years, the ASSE’s Professional Development Conference has…

  • Events
  • ROL News
  • #occupational; health; safety; ASSE; exhibition
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Consultation outcome on Implementation of Clean Air Zones in England

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published on 5th of May 2017 the Consultation outcome on Implementation of Clean Air Zones in England. The Department received 204…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #Clean Air zones
  • #Department for Environment
  • #England
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Open consultation on improving air quality: reducing nitrogen dioxide in towns and cities

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published on 5th of May 2017 an Open consultation on Improving Air Quality: reducing nitrogen dioxide in towns and cities.  This…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • #air quality; nitrogen dioxide
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