A monthly newsletter containing regulation updates, proposed rules, guidance documents, and current topics in Environmental, Health, & Safety Compliance.
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 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 newsletter@psara.com and we will do our best to address or include it in a following newsletter!
Sincerely,
Dylan DeZeeuw Marketing Coordinator PSARA Technologies, Inc.
EHS Compliance is Complicated. Managing it Doesn't Have to Be.
Finally! An online EHS management tool that isn't overpriced or absurdly difficult to use.
Trump Signs Executive Order: For Every New Regulation, Eliminate Two Existing Regulations
Photo: Michael Vadon
On January 30th, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. The Executive Order is intended to cut regulations and fees to assist small and large businesses alike.
Read more
White House Regulatory Freeze: Delayed Effective Dates and Regulations in Jeopardy
On January 20th, a memorandum was issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary prohibiting executive departments and federal agencies from sending regulations to the Office of the Federal Register until a department or agency head, appointed by President Trump, reviews and approves the regulations. Meanwhile, regulations that have been sent but not yet published in the Federal Register must be withdrawn for review and approval.
OSHA: Final Rule Updating Beryllium Exposure Limits
Photo: JacobH_iStockphoto
Safety & Health Magazine: OSHA has issued a long-awaited final rule lowering occupational exposure limits for beryllium, a regulation that advocates say blossomed from an innovative collaboration between labor and industry.
Read More
Guidance
Tier 2 Report Friendly Reminder
Tier 2 Chemical Inventory Reports must be submitted by March 1. Submittals must be sent to the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), the Local Emergency Planning Commission (LEPC), and the local fire department.
If you have any questions or would like to know more, contact Cory Sander, Director of EHS Compliance, by phone (614-917-3074), email (cmsander@psara.com), or through LinkedIn.
Podcast - EHS On Tap: What you Need to Know About OSHA's Walking Working Surfaces Rule
Emily Remmel speaks with attorney Adele Abrams on OSHA's recent rulemaking for walking working surfaces that went into effect January 17, 2017.
NIOSH recently released a new mobile app,
The NIOSH Sound Level Meter, designed to measure sound levels in the workplace. The app, available for
iOS devices, provides noise exposure metrics that are of "importance for proper occupational noise measurements," NIOSH stated in a Jan. 17 NIOSH Science Blog post.
Read More
EPA Report Shows Air Emissions of Toxic Chemicals from Industrial Facilities Down More Than Half Since 2005
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released its annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows releases of toxic chemicals into the air fell 56% from 2005-2015 at industrial facilities submitting data to the TRI program.
Read News Release
