Today listen to an array of environmental leaders and advocates live on Earthday.org The stage was set for change in 1962 with the publication of Rachel Carson’s NYTs bestseller Silent Spring. Groups that had been fighting individually against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness …
TTI presents Storage Tank Owner Inspection Requirements Webinar to members of the American Coatings Association
On October 5, 2017, TTI will be presenting to the American Coatings Association a Webinar Training on Routine/Periodic Storage Tank Inspections. This webinar will address Storage Tank Owner Inspection Requirements as required by the EPA Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulation, as well as industry standards including the Steel Tank Institute’s (STI SP001) and the …
Asbestos products in 2016 – by Kristin Heimburger and Jim Guilardi
I attended Access Training’s Asbestos Building Inspector refresher course on May 18, 2016. Asbestos inspectors are required to attend refresher courses annually to maintain their certificates. The course highlights the source of asbestos, types of asbestos, health concerns related to asbestos exposure, requirements of the building survey, as well as any updates or news in …
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EPA Forms Chemical Safety Advisory Committee
Jun 16, 2015 – EPA announced June 15 that, as required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, it has established the Chemical Safety Advisory Committee (CSAC). Its purpose is to provide expert scientific advice, information, and recommendations to the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, which manages programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act and …
Notice of UST Regulations updated by EPA
EPA’s updated underground storage tank (UST) regulations are final and will be published soon in the Federal Register. Access to these regulations can be optained via EPA’s website at www.epa.gov/oust/fedlaws/revregs.html, where you will find: links to a pre-publication version of the signed regulations, regulatory impact analysis, and response to comments document; a summary-level comparison of …