From the USEPA Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics, and Training Environmental Crimes Case Bulletin for March 2013 On March 28, 2013, TONAWANDA COKE CORPORATION (TCC) was convicted by a federal jury in federal district court for the Western District of New…
The Four Hazard Communication Methods of the Hazardous Material Regulations
The Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR) of the PHMSA/USDOT require the use of the four (4) hazard communication methods whenever a hazardous material is transported in commerce. Its purpose: to communicate the potential hazards of a material to anyone who may…
Happy Mother’s Day!
One of the great joys and challenges of having my own business has been working closely with my wife to make it work. We discussed me quitting my job to start this business extensively, but in the end it was…
Who or What is a HazMat Employee? And What Training is Required?
The Identification and Management of Universal Waste in Iowa and Illinois
The Household Waste Exclusion from Definition as a Hazardous Waste [40 CFR 261.4(b)(1)]
Determining the Effective Date for the Retention of Records for Hazardous Waste Generators per the Requirements of RCRA
The hazardous waste regulations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) require Large Quantity Generators (LQG) and Small Quantity Generators (SQG) of hazardous waste to retain a copy of certain documents as a record of compliance. While there are…
“Emptying” a Hazardous Material Packaging
In the Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR) at 49 CFR 173.29(a) you learn that as far as the PHMSA/USDOT is concerned, the transportation in commerce of an “empty” packaging that still contains the residue of a hazardous material is subject to…
The Requirements of 40 CFR 265.33 Testing and Maintenance of Equipment for Generators of Hazardous Waste
In the previous article of this series I described the requirements of 40 CFR 265.32 – Required equipment. That section identified the equipment (communication, spill response, and fire suppression) required of applicable facilities (LQGs and SQGs). This article is the fourth…
2nd Half of April 2013 – Announcements of Proposed Rules, Changes to the Rules, and Final Rules for RCRA & the HMR
On its website the US Government Printing Office makes a wealth of Federal publications available for review and download; one of these is the Federal Register. Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the…