EPA & OSHA News
OSHA News Release
OSHA Cites New York Paperboard Mill for 61 Safety, Health Hazards
Aug. 16, 2017 OSHA Cites New York Paperboard Mill for 61 Safety, Health Hazards...
OSHA to Hold Second Public Meeting to Solicit Suggestions for Growing, Strengthening Voluntary Protection Programs
August 14, 2017 OSHA to Hold Second Public Meeting to Solicit Suggestions for Growing, Strengthening Voluntary Protection Programs...
OSHA Investigation Finds Psychiatric Hospital Workers Remain Exposed to Serious Workplace Hazards
Aug. 11, 2017 BOS-2017-57 ...
EPA News Releases
EPA Works with Rhode Island Company to Reduce Risks from Hazardous Materials
(Boston) - A Lincoln, RI, metals etching company has made changes in its manufacturing equipment and process to ensure that it is complying with federal clean air and hazardous waste laws and to settle claims of violations by the US Environmental Protection Agency....
Waterbury, Conn., Incinerator to Control Mercury Emissions
(Boston) - Emission control equipment to limit the discharge of mercury pollution to the atmosphere will be installed at an incinerator owned by the City of Waterbury, Conn., according to a proposed agreement between the city and federal government....
Man who illegally disposed of radioactive waste added to EPA’s list of Criminal Fugitives
DENVER — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added James Kenneth Ward to its list of criminal fugitives. Ward, 55, was indicted on April 5, 2017, in federal district court in Montana and escaped custody of local officials during a prison transport in Wyoming in March 2013....
Important EH&S Dates
| 1 March, Yearly | Emergency & Harzardous Chemical Inventory (Tier II) Biennial hazardous waste report Annual hazardous waste export report Pesticide report for pesticide and device producing establishments |
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| 31 MAR 2017 | Annual greenhouse gas report for reporting year 2016 | |
| 1 JUL 2017 | TRI reporting of Form R or alternate Form A Consumer confidence report: Publick drinking water systems |
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| 15 JUL 2017 | Annual report for PCBs/PCB items handled as waste in 2015 | |
| 1 JUN - 30 SEP 2016 | TSCA chemical data reporting (CDR) |