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In June 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finalized its Small Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Rule at 14 CFR Part 107 regulating the operation of small UA that do not meet the definition of remote-control model aircraft. These aircraft, colloquially called “drones,” are used for both business and recreational purposes.
In an amendment issued as a direct final rule, the EPA is providing a temporary alternative compliance demonstration method to sources subject to the Agency’s National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the portland cement manufacturing industry. The rule was originally promulgated in 1999 and has since been reworked with multiple, significant amendments.
Q. What is the definitive procedure/test for whether a waste contains a liquid when determining D001 waste code? Must generators use the Pressure Filtration Test to determine if the waste produces a Liquid that might have a flashpoint < 140°F?
Conspicuous by its absence in the 2016 Democratic platform (platform) is any mention of EPA’s Clean Water Rule (CWR). Currently being challenged in federal courts, the Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS) has thoroughly alienated the nation’s farmers, and apparently the Democratic National Committee does not view […]
Since August 2005, manufacturers of electronic goods sold in Europe have had to conform to the European Union’s (EU) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU, which EU member states were required to adopt by February 14, 2014, replaced the earlier, and now repealed, WEEE Directive 2002/96/EU.
Party platforms tend to attract much attention when they are released in advance of national conventions and then diminish in value and sometimes drop out of the picture entirely as the candidates for the White House and other offices express their personal visions of how government should be operated. The writing of platforms is conducted […]
In September 2015, a New York City high school science teacher was standing outside Louis Armstrong Stadium while two female tennis players battled it out on the U.S. Open court. He was piloting a drone—a small remote-controlled quadcopter—over the stadium, attempting to get video footage of the Unisphere, when the drone crashed into an empty […]
Nanoscale applications are rapidly moving from the research lab to industrial and commercial settings. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), examples of workplaces that may use nanomaterials include chemical or pharmaceutical laboratories or plants, manufacturing facilities, medical offices or hospitals, and construction sites. In past Advisors, we explored nanomaterials hazards and ways […]
The 2012 Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (e-Manifest Act) directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a hazardous waste e-manifesting system. The EPA recently proposed a system of user fees for e-manifests. Yesterday we looked at how these fees are intended to work and who will actually end up paying for the […]
An Illinois ambulance business has been cited by OSHA for failure to protect healthcare workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other hazards while caring for patients. Why did an employer that should have known the rules flaunt them instead?