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Successful EOSA Safety Training Webinar Highlights Value of Chemical Consortia Activities
The benefits of forming or joining a chemical industry consortium go well beyond responding to test rules or other regulatory programs forcing coordination and cooperation among market competitors. The Acta Group's affiliate, B&C® Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), assists a number of companies that are working together within formal trade groups to achieve industry-wide goals that ...
By Acta Group
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St. Charles County, Mo., public water supply district to pay $5,696 civil penalty for risk management program violations
The Public Water Supply District (PWSD) No. 2, of St. Charles County, Mo., has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $5,696 to the United States for Risk Management Program violations related to its use of chlorine gas as a disinfectant at its drinking water treatment facility in Defiance, Mo. As part of an administrative civil settlement with EPA Region 7, PWSD No. 2 has also agreed to spend at ...
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Groton and Norwich, Conn., Water Treatment Plant Upgrades Will Make Communities Safer under EPA Settlements
The cities of Groton and Norwich, Conn. will make significant upgrades to their drinking water treatment plants by eliminating the use of chlorine gas at these facilities. These actions settle claims by the US Environmental Protection Agency that the cities violated federal clean air laws meant to prevent chemical accidents. Groton and Norwich will pay penalties of $7,000 and $8,330, ...
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EPA settles with Jerome Cheese for chemical risk management violations at Jerome, Idaho plant
Jerome Cheese, a division of Minnesota-based Davisco Foods International, Inc., has reached a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to comply of federal Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan regulations aimed at preventing chemical accidents. The violations occurred at the Jerome Cheese (“The Company”) manufacturing facility in Jerome, Idaho. The settlement ...
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EPA Requires Five New England Companies to Better Manage Hazardous Chemicals to Protect Community
Five companies in New England that store or use extremely hazardous chemicals are taking action to improve the safety of their operations, following settlements with EPA for violating federal regulations meant to prevent chemical accidents from occurring. All five companies – two in Connecticut, two in Massachusetts and one in New Hampshire – were charged with violating Clean Air Act ...
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EPA Proposed Consent Decree To Assess $133K Civil Penalty Against Kayem Foods for Alleged Clean Air Act Risk Management Program Violations
EPA and DOJ recently issued a notice in the Federal Register at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-05-22/pdf/2019-10673.pdf seeking comment on the proposed settlement with Kayem Foods for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulatory requirements set forth at 40 CFR Part 68 at Defendant’s food ...
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Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group Issues Report Summarizing Progress on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
In April 2013, an explosion destroyed a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killing 15. In response to this and other recent catastrophic and fatal incidents at chemical facilities, President Obama on August 1, 2013, issued Executive Order (EO) 13650 -- Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. The purpose of the EO is to enhance the safety and security of chemical facilities and reduce risks ...
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Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group Issues Report Summarizing Progress on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security
In April 2013, an explosion destroyed a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, killing 15. In response to this and other recent catastrophic and fatal incidents at chemical facilities, President Obama on August 1, 2013, issued Executive Order (EO) 13650 -- Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security. The purpose of the EO is to enhance the safety and security of chemical facilities and reduce risks ...
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