"CARE,PROTECT,GROW": THE U.S.COMPLIANCE BLOG
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Contingency Plans & Quick Reference Guides
In order to facilitate the response to a potential emergency, all Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) are required to submit a Contingency Plan. According to Title
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 industrial and federal facilities. It
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 into the atmosphere. As part
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 of months, it is important
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 by ergonomic factors. Poor management
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 and describes the necessary equipment,
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 common pollutants. Stormwater pollutants vary
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 chillers to small office air
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 located on the facility’s property,
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 considered harmful to public health
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 approximate 22 million workers that
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 (FFRs) during the COVID-19 outbreak,