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In its latest action to implement the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the EPA has proposed regulations under which it will review claims by businesses that information about chemical substances on the confidential portion of the TSCA Inventory must be protected from disclosure to the public.
The Road to Zero Coalition, managed by the National Safety Council (NSC), is pleased to announce the recipients of the second annual Safe System Innovation Grants through the Road to Zero initiative. The grants are awarded to organizations with innovative approaches to make roadways safer and eliminate preventable roadway deaths—the mission of the Road to […]
When you can’t prevent an accident, you have to investigate so that you can prevent the next accident. Most workplace safety and health programs follow the same basic route for preventing job accidents: Inspections Hazard analysis Correction of known hazards Establishment of safety rules and procedures Employee training and education There is, of course, another […]
The EPA announced proposed federal baseline water quality standards (WQSs) for water bodies on Indian reservations that don’t have Clean Water Act (CWA) standards, ensuring protections for over half a million people living on Indian reservations, as well as critical aquatic ecosystems. Congress’s established goal in passing the CWA 50 years ago was that waters […]
Recently revised hours of service rules for truckers are stirring some controversy. But FMCSA stands behind the changes, saying they’ll improve transportation safety. Last December, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) published revised hours of service (HOS) rules that apply to motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The […]
The two primary hazards associated with flammable and combustible liquids are fires and explosions, either of which could injure or kill scores of employees and do major damage to your facility. But flammable and combustible liquids can be hazardous in other ways, as well. Some vapors are toxic, and splashes on the skin or in […]
The state of Nevada is bringing attention to the issue of Hispanic worker safety by designating April as Hispanic Safety Month. Find out more about the risks and remedies to help protect this vulnerable worker population.
TEMPO, which stands for Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution, is the first-ever space-based instrument to monitor air pollutants hourly across the North American continent during daytime. Recognized by TIME magazine as one of the best inventions of 2023, this National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) instrument tracks pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, aerosols, sulfur dioxide, […]
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) defense of “demonstrated” as an element of imposing best available control technology (BACT) in prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permitting. CAA regulations The federal Clean Air Act (CAA) authorizes the EPA to establish nationwide air pollution standards, including standards for emissions […]
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has seen in promulgating its Climate Disclosure Rule, you can’t please everyone. The latest twist in the legal challenges the regulation has faced came from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which offered to defend the SEC against claims from environmental groups that say the final rule doesn’t […]