PSARA NEWSLETTER | September 28, 2015                                                   
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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing enhancements to the oversight of hazardous waste shipments to help ensure safe management of imported and exported hazardous wastes.

"When hazardous waste is shipped across multiple countries there can be a higher risk of mismanagement from unsafe transport, recycling and disposal practices," said Mathy Stanislaus, assistant administrator of EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. "This proposal will provide greater protection to communities and the environment through increased transparency, better data sharing and more efficient compliance monitoring."

The rule proposes consolidation of the regulations so that one set of protective requirements will apply to transboundary movements of hazardous waste. The proposal, when finalized, will affect the approximately 3,000 hazardous waste import shipments and 49,000 hazardous waste export shipments that largely occur within North America.

 
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EPA Announces $13.2 Million in Supplemental Brownfield Clean U p Funds    
 
 WASHINGTON - On September 23rd the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (E PA ) a nnounced approximately $13.2 million in supplem ental fu nding to help transform communities by cleanin g up contaminated Brownfields properties. Supplemental funding of the Revolving Loan Funding (RLF) will be given to 31 successful RLF grantees helping 44 communities carry out cleanup and redevelopment projects. These projects will help communities create jobs while protect ing people's health and the environment. Many of the RLF cleanups are in under-served and economically disadvantages neighborhoods - pl aces where environmental cleanup and new jobs are most needed.
     
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  The New ISO 14001 Revision is Here
One of the world's most popular standards for environmental management has just been revised, with key improvements that make it fit for the future.
 ISO 14001:2015, which sets out the requirements for an environmental management standard, is one of the world's most widely used standards and a key business tool for many organizations. With more than 300 000 certificates currently issued around the world, it ranks high on the agenda of many organizations worldwide who place importance on their environmental impact.

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SP CC and The Water Resources Reform and Development Act
     
This fact sheet explains impacts of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014, as signed by the President on June 10, 2014, on the SPCC rule and farms. In addition, EPA anticipates revising the SPCC rule consistent with the WRRDA amendments through a future rulemaking.
  
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OSHA Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire    
      
 Respirators must be used in workplaces in which employees are exposed to hazardous airborne contaminants. When respiratory protect ion is re quired employers must have a respirator protection program as specified in OSHA' s Respiratory Protection standard (29 CFR 1910.134). Before wearing a respirator, workers must first be medically evaluated using the mand atory medical questionnaire or an equiva lent method . To facilitate these medical evaluations, this INFOSHEET includes the mandatory medical questionnaire to be used for these evaluations.
 
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DOT Truck Size and Weight Limits Study
Provisions in MAP-21, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-141), require the USDOT to conduct a Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (MAP-21 §32801) addressing differences in safety risks, infrastructure impacts, and the effect on levels of enforcement between trucks operating at or within federal truck size and weight (TSW) limits and trucks legally operating in excess of federal limits; comparing and contrasting the potential safety and infrastructure impacts of alternative configurations (including configurations that exceed current federal TSW limits) to the current Federal TSW law and regulations; and, estimating the effects of freight diversion due to these alternative configurations.
 
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EPA Proposed Rule to Revise Hazardous Waste Generator Regulations 
 

EPA is proposing to revise the hazardous waste generator regulations under RCRA to improve compliance by the regulated community and support the efficient implementation of the hazardous waste generator regulations by EPA and the states and, thereby enhance protection of human health and the environment. 
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