People are ready to prevent any driver from starting a vehicle after drinking too much alcohol, even though the technology to do it isn't available yet.
OSHA announced in the September 14 Federal Register that it is opening the record on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on electric power generation, transmission, and distribution and for electrical protective equipment. This limited opening seeks to obtain comments related to safe proximity between a worker and exposed electrical parts.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced that four communities will receive technical assistance on growth and development-related issues through the agency’s Smart Growth Implementation Program. The agency also announced that the four communities, chosen from among more than 100 applicants, will also receive help from the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, thanks to the administration’s new Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities.
The massive December 2007 explosion and fire at T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville was caused by a runaway chemical reaction that likely resulted from an inadequate reactor cooling system, investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said in a final draft report.
“Controlling Silica Exposures in Construction,” a guidance document recently published by OSHA addresses the control of worker exposure to dust containing crystalline silica, known to cause the lung disease silicosis.
EPA is recognizing 11 small businesses and congregations for their efforts to fight climate change. Through the use of effective energy management practices and innovative efficiency solutions in their buildings, these award-winning organizations reduced annual greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from the average electricity use of more than 1,000 homes, while saving nearly $900,000 annually on their energy bills.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has announced the agency will reconsider the 2008 national smog standards to ensure they are scientifically sound and protective of human health. Smog, which is also known as ground level ozone, has been linked to asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
EPA is setting new limits that will affect most existing hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerators. This final action will reduce about 390,000 pounds of several pollutants each year including acid gases, nitrogen oxides, and metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury.
As part of EPA’s ongoing national effort to assess the management of coal combustion residuals, EPA is releasing the final contractor reports assessing the structural integrity of 17 impoundments and similar management units containing coal combustion residuals, commonly referred to as coal ash, at nine facilities. These 17 impoundments have a “high” or “significant” hazard potential rating. A high hazard potential rating is not related to the stability of those impoundments but to the potential for harm should the impoundment fail. A significant hazard potential rating means impoundment failure can cause economic loss, environmental damage, or damage to infrastructure.
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