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Probe Finds Scant Oversight of Chemical Plants
The government has no way of fully knowing which U.S. chemical facilities stock ammonium nitrate, the substance that exploded last year at a Texas fertilizer plant and killed 14 people, congressional investigators say. Outdated federal policies, poor information sharing with states and a raft of industry exemptions point to scant federal oversight, says a new report obtained by The Associated ...
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GAO Finds EPA Could Improve Its Assessment and Control of Chemicals
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By Acta Group
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House Subcommittee Holds TSCA Oversight Hearing
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, held a June 13, 2013, hearing on "Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act: Understanding its History and Reviewing its Impact." The oversight hearing was intended to improve the Subcommittee's understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and its implementation. The ...
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House Subcommittee Holds TSCA Oversight Hearing
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, held a June 13, 2013, hearing on "Title I of the Toxic Substances Control Act: Understanding its History and Reviewing its Impact." The oversight hearing was intended to improve the Subcommittee's understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and its implementation. The ...
By Acta Group
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VelocityEHS Simplifies Complex Chemical Hazard Communication Compliance with its Expanded Regulatory Consulting Services
VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, today announced it is expanding its MSDSonline Regulatory Consulting Services to help EHS professionals better understand, and more effectively meet, their global hazard communication and chemical safety regulatory requirements. Intended for businesses that lack sufficient resources or ...
By VelocityEHS
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Germany publishes report on nanomaterials in the environment
On June 1, 2016, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published a report entitled Nanomaterials in the environment: Current state of knowledge and regulations on chemical safety. The aim of the report is to outline the necessary further development of chemicals regulations for nanomaterials with regard to the environment from UBA’s perspective. The report is addressed “particularly ...
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Two New England companies fined for violating hazardous waste management requirements
Two New England companies that store and distribute hazardous chemicals have agreed in separate settlements to pay a total of more than $179,000 in penalties and to donate about $43,000 worth of equipment and training to local fire departments to settle EPA claims that they violated federal laws regulating companies that handle hazardous chemicals. Settlement agreements with EPA’s New ...
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