The Alcon Research, Ltd. facility in Huntington, W.Va., has joined the growing ranks of companies enrolling in EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP). The program encourages public and private organizations to form partnerships with EPA and to commit to either reuse, or reduce the use or release of any of 31 priority chemicals.
OSHA is citing McLendon Enterprises Inc. of Vidalia, Ga., with six workplace safety violations and proposing $124,250 in penalties, according to an agency press statement.
American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CHMM was one of the featured speakers at the UK-based Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) two-day conference held last week at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool, according to an ASSE press release.
Presented by ROC-NFPA, LLC, the 2009 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Conference & Expo begins Monday, June 8 and concludes Thursday, June 11, at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. More than 5,000 fire and life safety professionals are expected to attend, says the NFPA.
The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) partnered with TSI to distribute the remaining production stock of PortaCount® Plus Respirator Fit Tester Model 8020’s that had recently been retired, according to a press release from the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).
A statewide legislative threat that would have eliminated the ability of local communities to adopt or enforce requirements for home fire sprinklers was defeated recently in Illinois, according to a press release from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). But sprinkler opponents continue to push similar anti-sprinkler legislation in several other states, says the NFPA.
A federal judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, has sentenced General Maritime Management (Portugal), the operator of a fleet of tanker vessels, and two crewmembers of the motor tanker Genmar Defiancefor making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard and failing to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book designed to prevent pollution of the world’s oceans as required by United States and international law, the Justice Department announced.
EPA has released a new online database that collects information on more than 500,000 man-made chemicals from over 200 public sources. The Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR) database allows access to hundreds of data sources in one place, providing a new level of transparency and easy access for environmental researchers, scientific journalists and the public, according to an agency news statement.
EPA yesterday made available the most recent reporting on the amount of toxic chemicals released into the U.S. environment. According to the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory, the latest data, from the calendar year 2007, show an overall decrease of five percent in releases since 2006. Releases to air decreased seven percent and releases to water decreased five percent.
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