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Free eBook: What Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS 18001) and Should I Care?
Many organizations are implementing an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) as part of their risk management strategy to address changing legislation and protect their workforces.
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Obama Announces Plan to Reform Mountaintop Mining
The Obama administration has announced that it is taking steps to reduce the environmental impacts of mountaintop coal mining in the six Appalachian states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia through a coordinated approach between EPA, DOI, and the Army Corps of Engineers.
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EPA Finalizes SPCC Compliance Date
EPA has amended the date by which facilities and farms must prepare or amend their Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, and implement such plans, to November 10, 2010.
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This Week's Poll
Is Obama's reform on mountaintop mining too harsh?
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Last Week's Poll
Last week, we asked about implementing green banks. Find out if our readers think it's a good idea.
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White House Releases Climate Change Impact Report
Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to a new federal report assessing the current and anticipated domestic impacts of climate change.
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Oil Company Fined for Violating SPCC
EPA has fined an Oklahoma oil company $3,300 for violating federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations outlined under the Clean Water Act.
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State Environmental Compliance Doesn't Have to Be Difficult
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OSHA Retooling Offender Program
Enforcement under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is chronically criticized as inadequate, mismanaged, and underfunded. While these charges are generally directed at all OSHA enforcement, a recent report from the Department of Labor's OIG got more specific by claiming that across-the-board deficiencies were found in OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement Program, one of the agency's attempts at specialized enforcement.
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SPCC Compliance Dates
Confused by EPA's constant shifting of the effective dates for the SPCC amendments? Discuss your frustrations on this thread in the EHS Forum.
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OSHA Challenge: Occupational Health and Safety
Employers can use several types of occupational health and safety controls to protect their employees from pandemic influenza.
Developing procedures to minimize contacts between workers and between workers and clients or customers would be an example of which type of control?
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June 18, 2009
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In the news this week, President Obama has charged EPA, DOI, and the Army Corps of Engineers to work together to take immediate steps under the CWA to minimize environmental harm from mountaintop mining. Find out what the agencies are going to do.
Also, to provide owners and operators of regulated facilities an opportunity to fully understand the recent regulatory amendments made to the SPCC rule, EPA has announced the new effective date for the rule to be November 10, 2010. Read more. |
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