The Bullet: The US Environmental Protection Agency has created a guidebook for the creation of an Area Contingency Plan.  It is available for download as a PDF file from EPA’s Office of Emergency Management web site, or you may download the

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The Bullet: FMCSA announcement:  By May 21, 2014 drivers of Commercial Motor Vehicles must have their medical examinations performed by a Certified Medical Examiner listed on the FMCSA's National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. Read this article for more information

The transportation in commerce of a hazardous material will require a description of the HazMat on a shipping paper unless an exception is identified in 49 CFR 172.200(b).  Pursuant to 49 CFR 172.204, the HazMat shipping paper must include a

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Everybody makes mistakes, right?  But what if those mistakes are made by a generator of hazardous waste on the uniform hazardous waste manifest?  In this article I will explain the regulatory requirements of both the USEPA and the USDOT/PHMSA for

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The Bullet: Federal Cartridge Company has been fined and required to take corrective actions as a result of hazardous waste violations at its ammunition manufacturing facility in Anoka, MN. Read the press release:  Federal Cartridge Company in Anoka penalized for

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The Bullet: Dlubak Glass, based in Blairsville, PA will pay a fine of $120,000 to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations. Read the ADEQ press release:  Arizona DEQ fines

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The Bullet: A county landfill has paid a civil penalty of $12k for its illegal acceptance of liquid hazardous waste.  View the release from the MPCA:  Crow Wing County Landfill penalized for hazardous and solid waste violations Who: Crow Wing

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This article is the sixth in a series that takes a close look at the requirements of 40 CFR 265, Subpart D - Contingency Plan and Emergency Procedures.  This Subpart, along with the remainder for Part 265 is applicable to

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Way back in July 23, 2013 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an impending - and long awaited - modification of the nation's hazardous waste regulations to conditionally exclude certain solvent-contaminated wipes from specific hazardous waste requirements.  This long-awaited final

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• solvent wipe rule

A generator of any waste in Texas must take care to ensure compliance with the regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).  The first step is to determine if the waste generated is an industrial solid waste or

• industrial solid waste
• non-industrial solid waste
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