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TRI Reporting: Lead and the “Qualified Alloys”

Background The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a national, publicly available database that summarizes toxic chemical releases reported annually by

DOT Hazardous Materials – Understanding the Core Requirements

The transportation of hazardous materials (HazMat) within the United States is governed by the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, with its

Parametric Monitoring: What It Is and How to Manage Abnormal Readings

The Clean Air Act (CAA) was established to protect public health and the environment from hazardous and harmful emission releases

Environmental Reporting and Covid-19

The upcoming environmental reporting season includes major obligations for most programs. With business as usual disrupted for the past couple

Ergonomics: Keys to Injury Reduction

Whether we spend our day sitting in an office chair or working on a production floor, we are all affected

Am I Required to Prepare and Implement a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan?

The purpose of an SPCC Plan is to establish a comprehensive program that mitigates oil spills from reaching navigable waters

Reducing Zinc and Total Suspended Solids in Stormwater Runoff

Many states require facilities covered under a general industrial stormwater permit to collect stormwater samples and have them analyzed for

Refrigerant Management: The Scientific Basis to the Current Regulation

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) have historically been used in a variety of refrigeration applications in manufacturing, from large process

SPCC Transformers: Am I Responsible?

It is becoming increasingly common to find electric transformers at large commercial, institutional and industrial facilities. Although the transformer is

Ozone Nonattainment: Impact to Air Permitting

Under the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for pollutants

Hearing Conservation in the Workplace

The goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) hearing conservation standard (29 CFR 1910.95) is to protect the

Interim Guidelines – Safe Mask Usage During COVID-19

Companies With a Pre-Existing Mandatory N95 FFR Respiratory Protection Program: Because of the increased demand for N95 filtering facepiece respirators