The article focuses on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's reminders for industries regarding hurricane preparedness amid the Gulf Coast hurricane season including the necessity to review shutdown procedures the importance of familiarizing employees with spill reporting requirements.Professional Safety...
A California facility that manufactures asphalt emulsions is urging a federal appeals court to overturn EPA administrative rulings finding the facility violated provisions of the agency’s oil spill control regulations, arguing officials are seeking to use the enforcement action to unlawfully adopt a no...
State officials are urging EPA to expand its proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) rule that would require facilities with above-ground chemical tanks to develop response plans for worst-case spills, with drinking water officials calling for provisions that would capture more facilities and emergency ...
Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP & Oil Information Center- The Information Center can also answer questions related to Clean Air Act section 112(r) and RMP reporting requirements. RMP Reporting Center- The Reporting Center can answer questions about software or installation problems. ...
New regulations require California Haz Waste generators to report critical waste related information to regulatory agencies including first responders. The requirements are:Add Quick Reference Guide to annual CERS:CSI will complete on your behalf.Label hazards on hazardous waste containers:Your haz waste ...
and testing requirements; a centralized computational pipeline monitoring system; spill response planning and countermeasures; an environmental management system; and data management and training measures. Independent third-party audits are required to ensure that certain injunctive measures are properly develope...
The new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Water Act (CWA) Hazardous Substance (HS) Facility Response Plan regulation expands requirements for facilities storing hazardous substances to prepare and submit a Facility Response Plan (FRP). The purpose of this regulation is to maintain an actiona...
Assure all employees are familiar with requirements and procedures to contact the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802 in case a spill or release occurs. Review local response contacts, including Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs). A ...
“worst case discharges” of those materials, maintaining many of the facility mandates initially proposed, but clarifying certain definitions and providing some carve outs for “duplicative” requirements opposed by industry. EPA issued a prepublication version of its final rule March 21, which ...
EPA has finalized the monitoring portion of long-awaited updates to its rule governing the use of oil-spill dispersants on the eve of a court hearing that will consider environmentalists’ request to expedite the rule though the plaintiffs charge that the agency is sequencing the rule backwards...