The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a letter dated October 19th, 2015, clarifying that an employer must record a work-related injury or illness when an employee is supervised by a…
On November 9th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new refrigerant requirements under the Clean Air Act to revise 40 CFR Part 82, which regulates facilities that operate refrigeration and air-conditioning…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published the consultation outcome for Batteries and Packaging Waste: Reducing the Burden for Producers on its website. Features of the…
On November 5th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency announced in the Federal Register that it is extending the public comment period for two major proposed rules involving hazardous waste regulations under…
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have published a report entitled Committee on Climate Change’s 2015 Progress Report:…
On November 6th, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the performance standards for Stationary Ignition Internal Combustion Engines, also known as CI engines. Many new model CI engines from 2014 or 2015 are designed to…
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…