News Release: 06/05/2013 For Immediate Release: June 5, 2013 Contact: Rusty Harris-Bishop, 415-972-3140, harris-bishop.rusty@epa.gov …
The Michigan Environmental Audit Privilege & Immunity Law
If you have doubts about your compliance with environmental regulations (Federal or State) then you may live in fear of an inspection by an inspector of those agencies. In Michigan, however, a business has the option to take part in…
Guidance Information From PHMSA/USDOT for the Transportation of Recalled Lithium Batteries
Whether you are a consumer forced to return a lithium battery to the manufacturer due to a recall announcement or you are the manufacturer/distributor who is arranging for the recall, you should be aware of the regulations affecting the transportation…
Shipment of Empty HazMat Packagings and the Need for HazMat Labels, Placards, Markings, & etc.
49 CFR 173.29 contains the PHMSA/USDOT regulations for the transportation of empty packagings that last contained hazardous materials. As a shipper of hazardous materials you must be aware of §173.29(a) which states that an empty packaging with the residue of…
40 CFR 261.4(a)(8) – The RCRA Closed Loop Recycling Exclusion
Wal-Mart Pleads Guilty to Federal Environmental Crimes and Civil Violations. Will Pay More Than $81 Million for improper handling of hazardous wastes and pesticides
WASHINGTON – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. pleaded guilty today in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act by illegally handling and disposing of hazardous materials at its retail stores…
Emergency Response Information Requirements and the Emergency Response Guidebook
49 CFR 172.600 mandates the shipper of a hazardous material to provide emergency response information specific to each hazardous material that appears on the shipping paper. Emergency response information is not required in only two situations: If the shipment does…
The Required Emergency Response Information
Pursuant to 49 CFR 172.600 a shipper of a hazardous material is required to provide emergency response information to the carrier prior to the HazMat’s transportation. The only exception to this regulation is for shipments of HazMat that do not…
Disposal of Lighting Ballast: Consideration of PCBs or DEHP
In addition to conducting a hazardous waste determination on your lamps which may exhibit the hazardous characteristic of Toxicity for either Lead (D008) or Mercury (D009), you must also determine the hazardous waste status of the lamp ballasts. There are…
Options Under RCRA for Crushing Spent or Used Lamps
It can be safely assumed that every residential, commercial, and residential structure in the US generates some kind of spent lamp or bulb during its operation. Disposal of these lamps or bulbs is regulated by both Federal USEPA and state…