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The Benefits of Outsourcing your Conflict Minerals Compliance Process
Companies are under increasing pressure to expand their supplier survey efforts in order to ensure an ethical supply chain. New regulations and formal compliance reporting requirements will place additional burden on companies whose resources will spend even more time away from their core duties in order to manage increasingly complex compliance requirements. Join our conflict minerals expert ...
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NIA Will Hold Workshop on the EU Definition of Nanomaterials
The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) will hold a workshop on November 30, 2011, entitled "Defining Nano!? Compliance Requirements & Market Impact of the EU Definition of 'Nanomaterials.'" The workshop, which will be held in Brussels, Belgium, is intended to answer questions such as which market sectors will be affected by additional regulatory compliance, the economic impact on ...
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NIA will hold workshop on the EU definition of nanomaterials
The Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA) will hold a workshop on November 30, 2011, entitled "Defining Nano!? Compliance Requirements & Market Impact of the EU Definition of 'Nanomaterials.'" The workshop, which will be held in Brussels, Belgium, is intended to answer questions such as which market sectors will be affected by additional regulatory compliance, the economic impact on ...
By Acta Group
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6th Annual overview of Environmental Legislation
Tavares Group Consulting presents one of the most requested and cost-effective overview and update courses on environmental regulation, compliance and due diligence. Our annual session has been the local region’s resource to gain timely insight to stay ahead of compliance requirements. By attending you can: Update your understanding of new acts, regulations and bylaws; Fulfill ...
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EPA Requires Bad River Band to Upgrade Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a compliance plan requiring the Bad River Band of Lake Superior and Chippewa Indians to correct Clean Water Act violations at the wastewater treatment facilities located on the Tribe’s northern Wisconsin reservation. The Bad River Band must upgrade plant operations to correct the violations by January 31, 2014. Violations include ...
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Sydney University & Vestech develop TGA cleared emergency ventilators
At the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic Sydney University was engaged by the NSW Department of Health to develop an emergency ventilator. At the early stages it was not clear how severely Australia would suffer with the pandemic and NSW Health had determined it was better to be prepared. Under the supervision of Bio-enginnering Professor Gregg Suaning more than 500 bioengineering students at ...
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Proseal Expands its End of Line Offering
Proseal’s recently launched CP3™ case packing machine has the capability to handle a wide variety of pack formats, including but not limited to, trays, pots, sandwich packs, bags, bottles and cans. Coupled with Proseal’s advanced control systems and range of conveyors, this provides a fast and efficient packing operation. Equally important, the availability of ACS’s ...
By Comexposium
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Increasing standards for Healthcare Waste Management
The healthcare sector is heavily governed by industry regulations and clinical waste management has become an area that requires specialist expertise from trusted and knowledgeable suppliers to enable them to meet stringent compliance requirements. In July this year, the government published regulations that outlined changes to the way health and care services are inspected by the Care Quality ...
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EPA revisions to method 301 validations
On May 10, 2011 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revised its field validation procedure known as Method 301. Method 301 is used when a source owner or operator proposes to use a new or alternative test method to meet an EPA compliance requirement. The method specifies procedures for determining and documenting the precision and bias of measured concentrations from various media (e.g., ...
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Conflict Minerals Compliance: SEC vs. NAM Timeline [Infographic]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) legal battle to preserve its final conflict mineral rule has been ongoing since 2012, when the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) first issued its challenge. Since then, the case has undergone many twists, turns, decisions and appeals. Companies and stakeholders have watched closely, waiting to see how the case would affect their ...
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VelocityEHS Releases Template to Help EHS Professionals Create OSHA HazCom Written Plan
VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, today announced the availability of its new MSDSonline Written HazCom Plan Template aimed at helping EHS professionals save time and money in researching and compiling their OSHA-required written plans. The fully customizable template – available to EHS professionals at no cost – ...
By VelocityEHS
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NEW TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL
NEW TRENDS IN INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL If you have both air and water pollution control needs, how do you know that your treatment approach is optimizing performance and operating costs? As you undertake pollution abatement projects, how can you really be sure that you’re protected against creeping project costs, missing compliance requirements, and project management headaches? An ...
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CDM Regulations - what next for construction health and safety?
A major overhaul of the CDM regulations is anticipated in 2014, but it is unlikely that it will come into force before April 2015. The HSE are planning to hold a three month industry consultation period in 2014, with the following changes expected to be included. Removal of the CDM Co-ordinator role and bringing the functions into the designer’s remit through a Principal Designer. ...
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Understanding China and Korea’s regulatory environment
Richard Davey, NCEC Account Manager, presented at REACH24H Consulting Group’s seminar series ‘Understanding China and Korea’s regulatory environment’, which were held in London, Frankfurt and Barcelona. There has been significant growth in the number of companies expanding their chemical manufacturing and distribution operations into China and Korea. This has required an ...
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EPA updates SPCC regulation to exclude milk and milk products / updated rule in keeping with president’s executive order on regulatory reform
As part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to make regulations more effective and eliminate unnecessary burdens, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today exempted milk and milk product containers from the Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule, potentially saving the milk and dairy industries more than $140 million per year. This regulation has been in ...
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Cautious welcome for ISO 14001 revised standard draft agreement
News that the revision to the ISO 14001 international standard has been approved for final draft status has been given a cautious welcome by Cedrec. However, the online legislation specialist is also voicing concerns over its implementation and is urging businesses to start preparing now for its likely impact. Strong support from ISO member bodies for the draft standard has seen the revision ...
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COMPLIANCEXL TO PROVIDE COMPLIANCE CONSULTING SUPPORT FOR A GLOBAL LEADER IN HIGH-QUALITY PACKAGING
ComplianceXL has been engaged by a large producer of packaging materials, to provide advisory and guidance support for WHMIS-2015 (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) and GHS (Globally Harmonized System) to classify and label the hazardous chemicals.The client is a global leader in developing and producing high-quality, responsible packaging for a variety of food, beverage, ...
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EPA Delays Emissions Rules as Energy Companies Prepare for a Tumultuous Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that it will delay releasing the final rules for new power plants’ carbon dioxide emissions. The rules are now scheduled to be released sometime this summer. The EPA’s 2015 Plan for the Carbon Emissions Rules The rules for new power plants were expected to be released on January 8, 2015, but the EPA held a press ...
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Environmental Claims - Caught between sustainability and regulatory compliance
In 2018, 18.9 million tons of packaging waste was generated in Germany, of which approx. 47% originated from private households (source: Federal Environment Agency). Hence, not only for products but also for packaging, the topics of sustainability and environmental impact are more and more coming into focus for consumers. Especially for product packaging, labels such as ...
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Hydro-Logic appointed by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) to service and maintain its hydrometric network
National consultancy Hydro-Logic has been appointed by Dwr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW) to service and maintain its hydrometric network. It is a six-year contract worth over £1 million and is the second time that Hydro-Logic has successfully tendered for it. The network of recording stations supplied to DCWW provides information on compensation flows and river flow as well as reservoir and ...
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