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Environmental Crisis Communication: The 10 Most Common Mistakes
This report will help you avoid the 10 most common mistakes made by environmental managers in communicating with the public in the event of an environmental incident.
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Biennial Reports Due March 3
March 3, 2008, is the reporting deadline for EPA's next biennial report on hazardous waste activities that occurred in 2007.
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EPA's FY 2009 Budget to Focus on Enforcement, Energy, and Security
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson has released the Agency's $7.14 billion fiscal year 2009 budget.
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This Week's Poll
What area should EPA focus most of its budget for 2009?
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Last Week's Poll
Last week we asked if your facility experienced employee complaints from the use of compact fluorescent lamps.
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Late Call Costly
A mining company recently agreed to pay a $177,000 civil penalty for allegedly failing to immediately notify emergency response agencies of a hazardous chemical release at its mine in Arthurdale, West Virginia.
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Readers Say Feds Should Regulate Pollution from Cars
EPA recently denied a request from California to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from cars in favor of a federal energy bill controlling emissions. California quickly shot back and sued with the support of several states for states' rights to regulate emissions. We asked our readers who they thought should be regulating pollution from cars.
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Tool of the Week
2007 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms
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7 Steps to Assess Chemical Security Requirements
DHS recently published a final rule establishing risk-based antiterrorism performance standards, known as the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, for chemical facilities. This new report will outline seven steps to follow to help you understand these new requirements.
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ISO's Data Security Standard
Today, guarding corporate electronic information means more than having a suite of security programs and the staff to run them. While those two elements are certainly essential, they must fit into something larger--an information security management system.
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Ask the Experts: Financial Responsibility
What is the cost of demonstrating financial responsibility?
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[The Ask the Experts question is available to everyone for 1 week.]
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OSHA Challenge: Bloodborne Pathogens
Employers must record all work-related needlestick injuries and cuts from sharp objects that are contaminated with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material (as defined by 29 CFR 1910.1030). What does "other potentially infectious material" mean?
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Commercial/Industrial Waste Incinerators
With the courts vacating the CISWI NSPS, this thread seeks advice on what to do for states that used the federal guidelines as the basis for state regulations for existing CISWIs? Think you can help?
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Featured Environmental Resources
RegUpdate.BLR.com
This twice-weekly e-mail notification service from BLR's environmental compliance experts keeps you updated on all state and federal regulatory activity.
Easy EHS Plan--Stormwater Pollution Prevention
A simple, yet complete solution that delivers all the tools you need to develop a fully prepared, customizable, site-specific EHS plan for your organization.
2007 Most Misunderstood Environmental Regs Special Report
This report is a sampling of what the environmental editors at BLR think are some of the more perplexing regulations that EHS managers had to deal with in 2007.
Computer-Based Training: MSDS
Help your employees minimize serious MSDS risks by providing them with this interactive CBT course that allows them to train at their own pace--whenever they need it.
Environmental Compliance in [Your State]
The tried-and-true solution for federal and state environmental compliance.
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