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Beefing Up Your Emergency Response Training
Replicating your current safety training programs won't do for emergency responder training. More organizations are investing in emergency response programs, whether they are intended to protect employees and the facilities from a terrorist attack, accident, or natural disaster. The annual 'Compliance Magazine Reader Operations Survey' found that almost two-thirds of respondents work for ...
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Hazardous Journey
Every day, an average of 800,000 hazardous-material shipments take place in the U.S., providing a potentially tempting target for terrorists bent on disrupting America's supply chain. That's why the Department of Transportation since last september has required nearly all haulers of hazardous materials to create a secrurity plan, assesses thier risks, evaluates thier transportation routes, and ...
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DOT Eases Requirements for Security Plans
On March 9, 2010, the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) narrowed its list of hazardous materials, or hazmats, that require security plans when transported in commerce. The new rule is effective on October 1, ...
By Acta Group
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DOT eases requirements for security plans
On March 9, 2010, the Department of Transportation"s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) narrowed its list of hazardous materials, or hazmats, that require security plans when transported in commerce. The new rule is effective on Oct. 1, 2010. Currently, persons offering certain hazmats for transport in commerce must develop and implement security plans. PHMSA revised ...
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Compliance Corner - Develop and implement
On March 25, 2003, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an emergency revision to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) relating to security training and security planning for transporters and offerors (shippers) of hazardous materials (hazmat). DOT recognised a need to address growing concerns over the significant threat that hazmat can pose when it is used for malicious or ...
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Customizing Steel Structure Warehouses to Meet Specific Requirements
Steel structure warehouses have gained immense popularity in the industrial and commercial sectors due to their durability, cost-effectiveness, and versatility. One of the key advantages of steel structures is their ability to be customized to meet specific requirements, offering a tailor-made solution for businesses with unique needs. In this article, we will explore the customization options ...
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Pesticides Manufacturing Industry - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
Introduction Pollution Prevention Guidelines to provide technical advice and guidance to staff and consultants involved in pollution-related projects. The guidelines represent state-of-the-art thinking on how to reduce pollution emissions from the production process. In many cases, the guidelines provide numerical targets for reducing pollution, as well as maximum emissions ...
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Significant Changes in DOT Regulations On The Horizon
Since 9/11, 2001 the Department of Transportation has dramatically increased enforcement and monitoring of hazardous materials shipments and hazmat compliance. Each day, thousands of pounds of hazardous materials are transported on America’s highways, railways, airways and waterways. Everything from Sparklers (the little “toys” our kids waive on Independence Day) to explosive weapons used in ...
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Turning HazMat Headaches into Retail Relief! - The Business Case for Retailers to Outsource EH&S Services
Untitled Document The Hazardous Material Situation Think about a grocery store that stocks its shelves with an abundance of products. What does the store do when a bottle of Clorox Bleach spills on an employee and all over the aisle? How does the store retrieve information on the chemical to properly treat the employee's exposure? What documents does the employee ...
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Printing Industry - Pollution Prevention Guidelines
Introduction Pollution Prevention Guidelines to provide technical advice and guidance to staff and consultants involved in pollution-related projects. The guidelines represent state-of-the-art thinking on how to reduce pollution emissions from the production process. In many cases, the guidelines provide numerical targets for reducing pollution, as well as maximum emissions ...
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Environmental Insurance for Lenders: What is It, and Can It Substitute for Due Diligence?
This article addresses two aspects of the new environmental insurance policies for lenders (usually referred to as Secured Creditor, or SC, policies): that of the sometimes significant differences among the policies now on the market, and the controversial due diligence issue - whether the policies can be a 'substitute' for environmental due diligence or a Phase I. The four major environmental ...
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An evolving paradigm for managing hazardous materials transportation risk
The advent of terrorist activity has taught us that managing hazardous materials transportation risk must be performed with a different lens to accommodate terrorism scenarios that may not have previously warranted such formal attention. Given these circumstances, a new paradigm must emerge for managing the risks associated with transport of Hazardous Materials (HM), one that explicitly considers ...
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SeNsiM-SEC: secure sensor networks integration to monitor rail freight transport
In recent years, the interest in monitoring infrastructures has spread in many application domains, even because of the number of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. This important activity can be seen in the general context of critical infrastructure protection, such as the freight trains meant for hazardous materials transportation. The design of these systems must answer to several ...
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Hazardous Materials Spill Response Procedures
Hazardous Material spills including biological, chemical and radiological materials pose a serious risk if not promptly and properly responded to by the individuals who initially identify the spill and the appropriate emergency response team. When a Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) response team arrives at the scene of any incident or accident involving hazardous materials there are many unknown ...
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Compliance Corner - Record retention
In the course of a dangerous good shipment, a shipper’s declaration is created and needs to be stored as it contains information used to protect the safety of individuals, businesses and the environment. This shipping paper must be maintained for a given period of time depending on the method of shipment. There are also similar record retention requirements for dangerous good training ...
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