Pesticide Law and Policy, 11 July 2016
On July 5, 2016, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a brief opinion denying a petition for review of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order in which EPA declined to ‘immediately adopt interim prohibitions on the use …
DOL, 30 June 2016
Last year, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 to advance the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to strengthen their deterrent effect. Many of the penalties that Congress has entrusted the Department of Labor to assess had not been adjusted for years.
For …
Source: epa.gov, June 23, 2016
The following provides a brief overview of the key provisions in the amended TSCA, including: existing chemicals; new chemicals; confidential business information; source of sustained funding; federal-state partnership; and mercury export and disposal.
Existing Chemicals
President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that both countries will look to formally enter the Paris climate deal this year, a major step toward the pact taking effect in 2016. The United States had previously announced its intention to formally enter the climate deal, which …
CDC, 7 June 2016
More effective water management might have prevented most of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks CDC investigated from 2000 through 2014, according to today’s CDC Vital Signs report. Problems identified in these building-associated outbreaks included inadequate disinfectant levels, human error, and equipment breakdowns that led to growth of Legionella bacteria in water …
Source: cdc.gov
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed a PPE-Info Database that serves as a compendium of Federal regulations and consensus standards. The purpose of the database is to provide standards developers, manufacturers, purchasers, and end users of PPE with a comprehensive tool which allows general or advanced criteria searches …
Source: epa.gov
On 3 June 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued three final rules that together will curb emissions of methane, smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, reconstructed and modified oil and gas sources, while providing greater certainty about Clean Air Act permitting requirements for …
OSHA has kicked off its summer campaign to inform employers and employees about the dangers of working in the heat. The campaign will continue its annual outreach to highlight how heat-related worker fatalities are entirely preventable. In 2014 alone, 2,630 workers suffered from heat illness and 18 died from heat stroke and related causes on …
National Law Review, 1 June 2016
Employers are not exempt from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s reporting rule for on-the-job injuries linked to alcohol intoxication even though the injured employee’s consumption of alcoholic beverages took place off the job.
The interpretation was outlined in a letter from Amanda Edens, head of OSHA’s Technical …
The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2016
“Purple bolts of electricity crackle inside the as technician Bruce Redford runs a batch of rubber gloves through a routine test for holes. The gloves, standard equipment for about 2,200 SRP employees who work on the electrical system, must be tested every six months to ensure they …
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