On November 14, 2018, US EPA proposed a deregulatory action to exempt air emissions from animal waste from the EPCRA chemical release reporting requirements.
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US EPA is working to complete an Interim Final Rule that would exempt defective airbags and airbag inflators collected from auto dealers and scrap yards from the RCRA hazardous waste management requirements.
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As proposed, EPA’s new pharmaceutical hazardous waste regulations will revise the rules for accumulating, counting, labeling, shipping, and disposing of these hazardous wastes. In other words, healthcare facilities should expect major changes to the way they manage pharmaceutical hazardous waste on site.
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In response to petitions from hazmat shippers, industry groups, and stakeholders, US DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a Final Rule on November 7, 2018 to update, clarify, streamline, and provide new relief from certain hazmat rules.
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FedEx recently posted a note to customers regarding its revised operator variations published in the 60th Edition IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR). Important updates include FedEx dropping the V-rated packaging requirement for Division 6.1 materials, and the correction of an error related to lithium batteries in the printed version of the 60th Edition iATA DGR.
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OSHA plans to update two often used safety Standards in 2019: The Powered Industrial Trucks (Forklifts) Standard at 29 CFR 1910.178 and the Lockout/Tagout Standard at 29 CFR 1910.147.
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How do we know when DOT will allow us to reuse a package, e.g., a drum? What are the requirements for reusing packaging, and where can shippers find them?
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In late 2017, the state of Ohio added three new types of Universal waste to its existing universal waste requirements. Read on to find out which common waste items may now be managed as universal waste in the Buckeye State.
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The US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) Emergency Waivers last month to streamline hurricane recovery in Georgia and Florida.
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While it would be nice if US DOT's Hazardous Materials Regulations and OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard lined up perfectly with respect to classifying hazards, the truth is that these two sets of rules do not regulate the exact same “things.”
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