PSARA
NEWSLETTER | December 29,
2017
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A monthly newsletter containing regulation updates, proposed rules, guidance documents, and current topics in Environmental, Health, & Safety Compliance.
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Happy Holidays from PSARA Technologies
PSARA Technologies would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season, and wonderful New Year!
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Regardless of whether you've been naughty or nice, some people can't seem to avoid Christmas-related injuries - from hanging lights and defective decorations, to cuts from wrapping gifts and falls from ladders. Who knew Christmas could be so painful?.
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What is PSARA Up to?
PSARA Technologies takes pride in being a family of fun individuals. So we'd like to share that with you in the form of pictures and updates of what we do both inside and outside of work. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram to see what we're up to!
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Previous Acronym:
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
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Questions &
Suggestions!
We compose this newsletter to provide you with updates, insights, and solve common Environmental Health and Safety related issues you may be facing. We want to address the issues and events that are most important to you.
In an attempt to continually improve our newsletter, we are always looking for questions and suggestions for our newsletter! We want to know what you want to see.
If you have a question or suggestion for an article addressing a specific topic, regulation, industry etc. please let us know. Email [email protected] and we will do our best to address or include it in a following
newsletter!
Sincerely,
Dylan DeZeeuw
Director of Marketing
PSARA Technologies, Inc.
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EHS Compliance is Complicated. Managing it Doesn't Have to Be.
Online EHS management was supposed to make things simpler and less expensive. So, when did it all become so costly and complicated?
If you'd like something that is straight-forward and affordable, with more than 10 years in development and evolution, call us.
We'll show you a better way
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5 Methods for Identifying Environmental Aspects and Impacts
EHS SolutionsBlog
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Environmental aspects and impacts are a key part of any environmental management system (EMS). You need to identify, prioritize and include them in your EHS system. From there, it's all about maintenance and continuous improvement. The challenge is there's no one-size-fits-all approach for identifying your aspects and impacts. Luckily, we've rounded up five proven methods to help you find the right approach for your organization.
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Federal Appeals Court Orders EPA to Update Lead Paint Rules in 90 Days
The federal appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to revise its rule regulating dangerous levels of lead in paint and dust, which has not been revised since 2001. The
court ruling mandated the EPA propose a new rule within 90 days and make a final rule within...
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EPA Asks Stakeholders How They Would Change the Clean Power Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a formal proposal on Monday asking stakeholders how they would change the Clean Power Plan that would require industry to reduce CO2 emissions by 32% by 2030. This is the Trump administration's first official act to find an alternative to that rule that is now held up in the courts.
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Court of Appeals Rejects Industry Challenges to Silica Rule
On December 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld OSHA's 2016 silica rule, rejecting industry challenges."
The Court of Appeals decision came after several industry petitioners argued...
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OSHA Electronic Reporting Deadline December 31st
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Updated regulatory agenda shows fewer changes to OSHA, unveils '3-for-1' deregulation plan
The Department of Labor's updated regulatory agenda for fall 2017, released Dec. 14, contains fewer changes for OSHA than the previous agenda, published in July. The Mine Safety and Health Administration, meanwhile, is seeking input on potential alterations to a rule intended to reduce worker exposure to coal dust.
In addition, the introduction to the fall agenda touts a "3-for-1" plan, in which "agencies plan to finalize three deregulatory actions for every new regulatory action in 2018." The agenda, typically issued twice a year, details the status and projected dates for all regulations.
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RCRA Flash Point Proposal Planned
In its Fall 2017 Regulatory Agenda, the EPA included upcoming actions it plans to take to update and amend several Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) contaminant-testing procedures, each involving flash point levels used to make hazardous waste determinations.
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Wastewater Definitions: A Cheat Sheet for Common Terms and Acronyms
What does that wastewater acronym stand for? And actually mean? We've rounded up wastewater definitions for 30+ of the industry's most common terms.
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Environmental Management in 2017 - Can You Guess the Top 5 Trends?
EnvironmentalLeader: Although any number of trends surface in every industry every year, we've seen some obvious winners in 2017 that are driving environmental improvements across industries. Here are our top five:
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Jenner&Block: U.S. EPA's Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation ("OSRTI") recently indicated that it may be looking to the Great Lakes National Program Office's ("GLNPO") sediment cleanup program for best practices that might be applicable to Superfund cleanups.
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