Reports that the Environmental Protection Agency would change its rules for reporting releases of toxic pollutants to ease the regulatory burden on companies. Information on the agency's plan to adopt a short form; Current release limit of the agency; Purpose of the new plan....
California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) requires all businesses that handle hazardous materials in quantities equal to or greater than 55 gallons of liquids, 500 pounds of solids,or200 cubic feet of gas at standard temperature and pressure or quantities of extremely hazardous substances above ...
On several occasions, a ship's trainee was alone and unsupervised while on ship's watch, including during one incident when a fuel and oil spill occurred that took the crew two days to clean, and could have created an environmental spill. Crew members possessing and possibly consuming alcohol ...
To avoid the problems faced by response officials involved in this incident, U.S. officials develop a coordinated approach to cope with potential spills in U.S. waters. The 1968 plan provides the first comprehensive system of accident reporting, spill containment, and cleanup. It also establishes...
EPA has fined Martin Operating Partnership, LP, of Beaumont, Texas, $48,700 for violating federal Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure () regulations outlined under the Clean Water Act. A federal inspection of oil storage and distribution terminals located at 10 Sulphur Plant Road and 1 ...
ensure that staff check on ‘‘bad air day’’ status prior to testing the emergency generators; (4) conducting the 2020 tune-up using an outside contractor, with EPA staff attending for training purposes; and (5) submitting the 2020 tune-up reports via a New Jersey online reporting system...