Tag: United States
Supreme Court taking up water cases
Obama’s ‘All of the Above’ Not Coal-Friendly
Emerging Global Regs All US Companies Should Be Worried About
Paperless Payoff: How Much Paper Is Costing You
How to Obtain the No Exposure Exclusion from Stormwater Permitting
Do You Need an Industrial Stormwater Permit? Find Out In 3 Simple Steps
The Hazmat Employee and Training—Most Misunderstood Regs
The issue of responsibility for training comes up frequently because third parties frequently enter the picture. For example, the hazmat employer may contract an outside firm to provide training to employees. Or the hazmat employer may retain subcontracted employees. Would the training company or the subcontracting company be liable if the training was found to […]
Want More US Jobs? Recycle.
Recycling = US Jobs More than 56,000 recycling and reuse establishments in the United States employ approximately 1.1 million people, and generate an annual payroll of $37 billion, and gross $236 billion in annual revenues. The number of workers in the recycling industry is comparable to the automobile and truck manufacturing industry and is significantly […]
The Cost of Clean Water
EPA estimates that there are 156,000 water systems in the United States, with more than 94 percent serving fewer than 3,300 persons. Obtaining a representative financial picture for such a large universe of regulated entities is a complex undertaking. However, the Agency periodically attempts to do so in its Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and […]