Under EPCRA, reporting of chemical inventory information is required each year on March 1.
"Manufacturers cited controlling labor costs, enacting favorable tax policies, and assisting with the severe shortage of skilled manufacturing workers, including engineers, scientists, and technicians, as the top three areas that policymakers should address to help improve their global competitiveness," said NAM VP Emily DeRocco.
If approved, CBCAG funds would be dedicated to training “First Preventers”--building and fire safety officials who prevent harm by ensuring compliance with safety codes before disasters occur.
"It is particularly disturbing that we found a number of serious violations of a repeated nature. . . . This situation does not indicate an effective program is in place," said Richard S. Terrill, regional administrator for OSHA in Seattle.
The Glastonbury, Conn., inspection begun in December 2007 identified several conditions that had earlier been cited at Monro locations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Valero Refining-Texas L.P. has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from a spill of 3,400 barrels of oil into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.
Two repeat violations with penalties of $27,500 are being proposed for violations similar to those noted during earlier inspections in 2007.
“Improving communication is our goal,” said Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM, now poised to become the society’s 94th president.
On only the second official day of the annual event, the society has announced it has broken records for both turnout and exhibition space sold.
EPA is amending the F019 listing to facilitate the use of aluminum in automobiles, light trucks, and utility vehicles.
Correspondent Scott Pelley's segment on the problem of dust explosions will include interviews of former CSB Chair Carolyn Merritt and OSHA chief Edwin Foulke Jr. This CSB photo shows the damaged Imperial Sugar plant.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with 3M Co. on alleged clean-air violations at the company's Abrasive Systems Division at 10746 Innovation Road, Cottage Grove, Minn.
The department conducted six public hearings on the proposed rule and made changes to the final rule in response to hundreds of comments.
"This case illustrates in the starkest possible terms why effective safeguards are necessary to prevent death and injury on the job," said Christopher Adams, OSHA's area director in Syracuse, N.Y.
Over the next five years, EPA estimates the proposed standards to reduce the combined emissions of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide emissions by more than 42,000 tons per year.
Study findings show that mercury emissions average about 0.2 tons per year per facility.
Any organization can keep the pumps on loan continuously as long as samples are analyzed at the lab.
Tracer gas technologies are shown to be effective for nanoparticle exposure assessment.
The new award is designed to recognize excellence and innovation in hearing loss prevention.
"Together, the new Fire and Building Codes will improve safety while also making it easier for construction professionals, designers, property owners, businesses, and others to work here more efficiently and understand their obligations under the law," NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.