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What are the regulatory requirements for making changes on hazardous waste manifests? Your question doesn’t specify whether you are the generator who is preparing the hazardous waste manifest or the designated facility (TSDF) that is receiving the hazardous waste shipment. Assuming you’re the generator, it is the generator’s responsibility to ensure that the shipment is […]
OSHA has clarified its interpretation regarding the exemption of retail facilities from compliance with its standard on Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM). Keep reading to find out what’s involved and if your business might be affected.
In the final stages of a very busy summer, the EPA released its newly proposed regulations for hazardous waste generators. These rules are designed to address generator-specific requirements, correct technical errors, and reorganize the generator rules at 40 CFR 261.5 to make them easier to read.
By: Charles B. Palmer and Miguel A. Manriquez You send workers up on the flat roof to fix an HVAC unit. Is the work considered “maintenance,” covered under OSHA’s general industry fall protection rules, or “repair,” subject to OSHA’s construction rules? You send workers in to a tank to clean and paint it. Is the […]
Training is an essential part of any employer’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) compliance program, and some Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards have extensive training requirements. Employers spend a lot of money and a lot of worker hours fulfilling those requirements—but how can you know you’re getting […]
Recently, we received a question regarding whether safety data sheets (SDSs) are required under OSHA’s hazard communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) for items such as drill bits. See what we had to say.
Are direct supervisors of hazmat employees also hazmat employees for purposes of training? Continue reading to find out.
EPA’s standards for pesticide containers and filling and refilling those containers are among the most unwieldy set of federal regulations under any statute. These regulations can be complex and lengthy. In this article, we’ve outlined some important points to help you better understand the regulations surrounding repackaging requirements.
Are sediments from wastewater treatment and storage tanks required to follow land disposal restrictions (LDR) if they are nonhazardous but ignitable? Continue reading to find out.
For employers that handle small quantities of highly hazardous chemicals or large quantities of flammable liquids or gases, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) process safety management (PSM) standard (29 CFR 1910.119) imposes extensive requirements on the handling of those substances. Until July 2015, many employers were avoiding the need to comply with those […]