Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 27, 2013 Tennie White, the owner and operator of an environmental laboratory located in Jackson, Miss., was sentenced in federal court late yesterday to 40 months in prison…
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Train Derailment of July 6, 2013
According to Rail Safety Advisory Letters issued by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on July 19, 2013, the incident is summarized as follows. At approximately 10:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on July 5, 2013, MMA train 2 was proceeding eastward from Montreal,…
Transport Canada Issues Rail Safety Advisory Letter 09/13 – The Securement of Equipment and Trains Left Unattended
View the letter as a pdf Securement of Equipment and Trains Left Unattended Place du Centre 4th Floor 200 Promenade du Portage Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1K8 617-09/13 18 July 2013 Mr. Luc Bourdon (ASR) Director General, Rail Safety Transport Canada…
Transport Canada Announces Emergency Directive to Increase Rail Safety
No. H096/13 For release – July 23, 2013 OTTAWA — Today, Transport Canada announced an emergency directive pursuant to section 33 of the Railway Safety Act to increase rail safety. Although the cause of the accident in Lac-Mégantic remains unknown at this time, Transport…
Appendix A to Transport Canada’s Rail Safety Advisory Letter-09/13
Over the years, the TSB has investigated a number of similar runaway accidents. A summary of several of the more significant accidents is appended below: R96C0172 (Edson) – On 12 August 1996, all 3 three occupants in the operating cab of…
Companies in Illinois, Nebraska to Pay Settlements Totaling $84,387 for Distribution of Misbranded or Mislabeled Pesticides
Contact Information: Ben Washburn, 913-551-7364, washburn.ben@epa.gov (Lenexa, Kan., Aug. 19, 2013) – An Illinois pesticide manufacturer and a Nebraska company that sold some of its fly control products have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $84,387 to EPA to settle allegations related…
Hazardous Waste Settlement Leads to School Cleanups in 60 Schools in R.I. and Mass.
News Release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Office August 23, 2013 Contact: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017 (Boston, Mass. – August 23, 2013) – A commercial waste handler in Rhode Island has agreed to pay a fine of $58,278…
What is the Biennial Report?
The Biennial Report is a requirement of the USEPA at 40 CFR 262.41 for certain hazardous waste generators and RCRA-permitted Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) that engage in regulated activity in the reporting year. It is required to be…
What are the Requirements of 40 CFR 265.17 – General Requirements for Ignitable, Reactive, or Incompatible Wastes?
The regulations of 40 CFR 265.17, like all of those in Part 265, apply primarily to hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs). However, there are several places in the hazardous waste regulations (USEPA & authorized states) where the…
The Identification Number Marking on Transport Vehicles and Freight Containers
When required on transport vehicles or freight containers (defined below), identification numbers for hazardous materials (found in Column 4 of the Hazardous Materials Table) must be displayed in one of three ways as detailed in 49 CFR 172.336. The allowable…