The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will triple the cost for all registrants except small or non-for-profit businesses to $3,000 to ensure it can fund $28.3 million in Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grants.
Large freight railroads have submitted random samples of as little as 1 percent of their carloads on waybills sent to the Surface Transportation Board, but the board proposes that all cargoes designated as Toxic Inhalation Hazard be reported.
Researchers from more than 80 research and government institutions from the United States, Europe, Latin America, and Canada will engage in discussions, share best practices for successfully establishing partnerships, and focus on finding solutions to the 14 "Grand Challenges" facing the planet.
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and a California affiliate have created Web sites to help motorists battle local taxes assessed when emergency vehicles respond to a crash scene.
About 4,500 employees must not engage in distracting activities on the job or risk termination by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, which operates one of the nation’s busiest subway systems.
So says a new study done by The Milken Institute with funding from the National Association of Manufacturers. The report looks both at infrastructure work and promoting exports, which the president addressed in his State of the Union speech.
"An unprotected excavation can become a grave in seconds. A cave-in can crush and bury workers beneath tons of rock and soil before they have a chance to react or escape," said Kang Yi, OSHA's acting area director in Bridgeport, Conn.
DOT Secretary Ray LaHood said the new restriction isn't the end of what his agency will do to prevent distracted driving. This measure subjects truckers or bus drivers who text while driving to a possible $2,750 penalty.
Though the revision does not change the long-standing requirements for compliant garments with respect to classification and color, it does address their usable life and issues for the wearer related to flame-resistance and use during rainfall.
As part of the consent decree, the company will discontinue use of approximately 70 miles of a pipeline that travels through the Tehachapi Mountains, portions of which are geologically unstable. The agreement does allow for the reuse of the pipeline.
The airline and its sister company, DAL Global Services, are the only air transportation operators in the state to receive VPP's highest level of recognition.
The waste was part of a shipment of approximately 31,993 pounds of cathode ray tubes that had been rejected in Hong Kong and returned to the Port of Long Beach.
The National Transportation Safety Board found the 2008 rail collision in Chatsworth, Calif., was caused by the Metrolink engineer's prohibited use of a wireless device while he was operating the train. The engineer, who died in the crash, did not respond appropriately to a red signal at Control Point Topanga because he was engaged in text messaging at the time.
FRA has proposed that the 10 states with the highest average number of collisions in the past three years at highway-rail grade crossings, such as California and Texas, develop action plans. A Feb. 22 public hearing in Washington, D.C., will give stakeholders more input.
The society cited growth and interest in these sectors' safety for launching them. The Utilities Branch will address EHS issues in solar and wind power generation, water and wastewater, and telecommunications, among other areas.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host a "listening session" Jan. 28 in Davenport, Iowa, to find out what the industry wants in a new rule.
Railroads and other stakeholders have until Feb. 14 to submit comments about the Federal Railroad Administration's rule, which would require significant additional safety investments by the rail industry.
FocusDriven is a nonprofit organization created by the National Safety Council and supported by both DOT and Vernon F. Betkey Jr., chairman of the Governors Highway Safety Association.
The number of falsified emissions reports varied by defendant, with some defendants having falsified approximately 250 records, while others falsified more than double that number, for anywhere from $10 to $100 over and above the usual emissions testing fee, DOJ said.
The Department of Agriculture requires the heat treatment of wood pallets imported into the United States. The requirement is designed to prevent plant pests that can destroy domestic agriculture and livestock from entering the United States in wood packaging materials.