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HazCom: How to Strategize, Stay in Compliance, and Improve Your Safety Record
OSHA's hazard communication (HazCom) standard has been around since the mid-1980s, but it always hovers near the top of the list of the most frequently violated safety rules. Join us on June 24 for an in-depth audio conference. Our speaker--an experienced safety consultant--will discuss positive, effective HazCom strategies you can put into use at your workplace.
You and your colleagues will learn:
-Steps to effectively train your employees in HazCom for compliance and best practices
-Examples of effectively using components of the standard during employee training sessions
-How to ensure your HazCom written program stays current/up to date
-Takeaway tips that you can begin using immediately
-And much more...
Going beyond compliance requirements, this audio conference will offer real-world solutions to help you and your managers recognize the value of HazCom in a different way.
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Tips to Save Energy in the Summertime
With summer and the high costs of cooling right around the corner, EPA is offering advice to help businesses and citizens reduce both energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions by one-third through Energy Star.
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Is Your Lawn Too Green?
It just might be. Fertilizer use and its negative effects on ground and surface waters was the topic of interest at this year’s New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference in Portland, Maine.
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This Week's Poll
Do you use phosphorous-free fertilizers?
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Last Week's Poll
Last week we asked if the benefits of an EMS outweigh the costs. Find out what most people said.
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Why Isn't LID the Norm? Challenges to LID Implementation
If low impact development (LID) strategies to control pollution related to stormwater are so great, then why don't we see more of them? That was the question posed by Steve J. Miller of the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve at this year's New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission's Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference in Portland, Maine.
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Alaska Paid Large Fine for Spill
IMC Shipping Co. (IMC) of Singapore and Ayu Navigation of Malaysia paid the state of Alaska $844,707 to settle civil claims resulting from the grounding of the Selendang Ayu. With the exception of penalties resulting from the Exxon Valdez disaster, the amount is the largest oil spill penalty ever recovered by the state.
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Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan
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Environmental Disclosure in the Era of Climate Change: Pressure on SEC to Give Guidance
In compliance with SEC regulations, many companies are now endeavoring to disclose the material effects on investment decisions from existing and potential requirements to reduce or mitigate the effects of their greenhouse gas emissions. Other companies may be less certain about what they are legally required to disclose regarding climate to their shareholders as a federal law and/or regulations creep closer.
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Fertilizer Ban/Restriction Ordinance
This thread seeks advice on municipal ordinances for the restriction or ban on the sale or use of phosphorous fertilizers. Think you can help?
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OSHA Challenge: Safety Training
In an effort to eliminate fraudulent trainers, OSHA is strengthening the integrity of its 36-year-old Outreach Training Program. Which of the following is true?
a) Trainers become authorized by completing a week-long course through an OSHA Training Institute Education Center.
b) Trainers become authorized by having 10 years' experience as a trainer.
c) Authorized trainers are elegible to provide 10-hour course completion cards to trained employees.
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