Environment - Hazardous Waste
Smart Absorbent Usage Is Key to Good Housekeeping
Minor changes in absorbent usage can make a big difference in cost savings and compliance as well as keep your facility clean....
EPA Places Former Mine CEO on Its "Most Wanted" List
Peter Martin Kuhn, former president and CEO of French Gulch Nevada Mining Corp. and Bullion River Gold Corp., has earned a spot on EPA’s fugitive list. The agency claims that Kuhn engaged in a conspiracy to illegally dispose of mining wastes and then failed to surrender to authorities following his July 2010 indictment...
Contamination from Coal Ash at Some Sites High Enough to Trigger ‘Open Dumping’ RCRA Provisions
A new report from the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) claims 33 coal ash dump sites in 19 states are contaminating groundwater with arsenic, lead and other toxins. According to EIP, these sites may be violating a federal ban on open dumping...
Managing Compliance: Hazardous Waste Management: Understanding EPA and State-Level Categories, Numbers and Reports
Many companies often are surprised to discover exactly how much hazardous waste they generate. A company can be considered a hazardous waste generator if it uses, produces or stores anything from oil-based paint to hydrofluoric acid...
OSHA Fines WRR Environmental Services Co. $787,000 Following June Explosion
OSHA has cited the hazardous waste management processor, WRR Environmental Services Co., for failing to implement measures to prevent potentially catastrophic chemical fires and explosions at its facility in Eau Claire, Wisc...
EPA Fines Western Refining Southwest Inc. for Illegally Disposing of Hazardous Waste and Improper Sampling
EPA fined Western Refining Southwest Inc. for failing to adequately monitor benzene discharges and illegally disposing hazardous waste. The company is in noncompliance of a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) filed in August 2009...
EPA Proposes to Add Nine Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List
EPA is proposing to add nine hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the general Superfund section of the National Priorities List (NPL). Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country...
EPA’s Jackson Unveils Framework for Chemical Management Reform
In a recent speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced core principles that outline the Obama administration’s goals for legislative reform of this country’s chemical management law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...
Delta TechOps Commits to Eliminating Lead from Machine Shop Operations
EPA has recognized Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, as the newest environmental steward to join the National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP)...
EPA, DOJ and Mining Companies Reach $3 Million Settlement for Lava Cap Mine Cleanup
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California approved a $3 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of EPA, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and settling defendants Newmont Capital Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd. to resolve liability at the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site in Nevada County, Calif....
EPA, General Latex Sign Dow Legacy Site Corrective Action Agreement
EPA Region 5 has signed a voluntary agreement with General Latex Chemical Co. to investigate and clean up if necessary a 7-acre vacant property at 1526 Cleveland Ave. in Ashland, Ohio. General Latex is a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., and this location is one of three "legacy sites" in the region where Dow has agreed to investigate and clean up possible contamination. ...
Your Guide To The Safe Handling Of Flammable Liquids
Last March, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released some startling statistics for the 3-year period ending in 2005. According to NFPA,...
Report Outlines Obama’s Options in Addressing Bush’s Last-Minute Rules
The Center for American Progress released a new report detailing the last-minute rules rushed out by the Bush administration, including regulations that impact worker health and safety. The report claims these “midnight rules” actually represent deregulatory actions that weaken or eliminate safeguards protecting health, safety, the environment and the public’s general welfare....
Sweden Bans Mercury to Protect Environment
The Swedish government recently introduced a blanket ban on mercury that will eliminate the use of dental amalgam fillings and prohibit products containing mercury in the Swedish market....
CSB To Investigate Allied Terminals Tank Collapse, Issues Safety Recommendations
On Dec. 8, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued urgent safety recommendations following the Nov. 12 collapse of a 2-million-gallon liquid fertilizer storage tank at the Allied Terminals distribution facility in Chesapeake, Va., urging the company to take immediate steps to safeguard three other nearby fertilizer storage tanks from possible failure....
PVC Manufacturers Agree to Reduce Air Pollutants, Strengthen Control of Hazardous Wastes
The Justice Department and EPA announced that Shintech Inc. and its subsidiary, K-Bin Inc., agreed in a settlement to spend $4.8 million to comply with the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at their manufacturing facilities in Freeport, Texas. These actions will reduce harmful chlorofluorocarbon emissions and improve hazardous waste management at these facilities beyond the requirements imposed by environmental laws....
National Demolition Association Hosting Landmark Construction and Demolition Recycling Symposium in 2009
The National Demolition Association, the trade organization for the global demolition industry, is planning for an inaugural International Symposium on the State of C&D (Construction & Demolition) Recycling, to be held in Chicago in the fall of 2009....
Quick Action by EPA and Partners Removes Hazardous Waste Threat
EPA, in partnership with the city of Syracuse, N.Y., removed flammable, corrosive, toxic and shock sensitive materials abandoned at the former Otisca Fuels building site, located on the corner of McBride and Butternut streets....
Former CSB Chairman Dies
Carolyn Merritt, who served as chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) from August 2002 through August 2007, died in St. Louis Aug. 29 after a long battle with metastatic breast cancer. She was 61. ...
Environmental Protection Takes Flight at Sikorsky
The company that builds Black Hawk helicopters is on the flight path to reducing its environmental impact while keeping employees safe today, tomorrow and beyond...
