Adora Andy, press secretary for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has issued the following statement regarding mining permit applications, following reports that the agency says mischaracterize actions taken by the EPA:
M. Patricia Smith is currently the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor and co-chair of New York State’s Economic Security sub-cabinet. She oversees the New York State Department of Labor with an annual budget of $4 billion, with 3,700 employees in 80 offices throughout the state and serves as advisor to Governor David Paterson on workforce and labor policy.
The Alcon Research, Ltd. facility in Huntington, W.Va., has joined the growing ranks of companies enrolling in EPA’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities (NPEP). The program encourages public and private organizations to form partnerships with EPA and to commit to either reuse, or reduce the use or release of any of 31 priority chemicals.
OSHA is citing McLendon Enterprises Inc. of Vidalia, Ga., with six workplace safety violations and proposing $124,250 in penalties, according to an agency press statement.
American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CHMM was one of the featured speakers at the UK-based Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) two-day conference held last week at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool, according to an ASSE press release.
Presented by ROC-NFPA, LLC, the 2009 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Conference & Expo begins Monday, June 8 and concludes Thursday, June 11, at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. More than 5,000 fire and life safety professionals are expected to attend, says the NFPA.
The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) partnered with TSI to distribute the remaining production stock of PortaCount® Plus Respirator Fit Tester Model 8020’s that had recently been retired, according to a press release from the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).
A statewide legislative threat that would have eliminated the ability of local communities to adopt or enforce requirements for home fire sprinklers was defeated recently in Illinois, according to a press release from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). But sprinkler opponents continue to push similar anti-sprinkler legislation in several other states, says the NFPA.
A federal judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, has sentenced General Maritime Management (Portugal), the operator of a fleet of tanker vessels, and two crewmembers of the motor tanker Genmar Defiancefor making false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard and failing to maintain an accurate Oil Record Book designed to prevent pollution of the world’s oceans as required by United States and international law, the Justice Department announced.