The Bullet: The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) provides free, confidential, environmental assistance to small businesses. Who: The Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) is a service provided by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).  The MPCA is the

Any business in Ohio, especially one involved in manufacturing, likely find itself subject to the regulations of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.  As a state with an authorized environmental program, the Ohio EPA is allowed to make its state regulations

If you have ever handled a fluorescent lamp you know how fragile they are and how easy it is to break one.  I myself have a - rather embarrassing - memory of dropping a box of approximately thirty 4' long

Readers of my blog and subscribers to my monthly newsletter will know that the EPA published a NODA (Notice of Data Availability) in the Federal Register on February 14, 2014.  Its purpose:  to  present information assembled by the EPA during previous listening

We all make mistakes.  But when it impacts compliance with the Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR) of the USDOT/PHMSA, a mistake can be costly and dangerous.  And since hazardous materials in transportation are so frequently in public view, violations of the HMR

As a state authorized to create and enforce its own regulations, Texas has taken distinctive measures to protect its air, land, and water resources from the impacts of the regulated industry within its borders.  From my limited scope of the

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

Both Large Quantity Generators and Small Quantity Generators of hazardous waste are responsible for the cradle-to-grave management of the hazardous waste they generate.  One of their responsibilities is to properly identify containers of hazardous waste when it is accumulated on-site and

When thinking of those subject to state and Federal regulations for the management of hazardous waste, it's natural to think manufacturing and industry.  However, when the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was drafted the intent was to regulate the generation,

The Bullet: Lowe's stores throughout California were busted by the California DTSC for gross violations of state and Federal hazardous waste regulations.  Lowe's agreed to pay a settlement of $18.1 million. Who: The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), DTSC’s