The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for its Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) program. The accreditation was awarded under the
Jon Cannon, a former top EPA lawyer and a professor at the University of Virginia, yesterday withdrew his name as nominee for Deputy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, the second-highest job at the agency.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced plans to mark 100th anniversary with a celebration in 2011. The organization was founded in 1911 in the aftermath of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took 146 lives in New York City, ASSE says.
OSHA has announced that it will offer free safety and health training to employers during the 4th Annual Central Alabama Construction Safety Conference and Expo from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. CDT on March 26 at the Hyundai Training Center on Hyundai Boulevard in Montgomery.
EPA is awarding approximately $800,000 in grants to organizations working with communities facing environmental justice challenges throughout the country, according to an agency press release. Forty grants, up to $20,000 each, are going to community-based organizations and local and tribal governments in 28 states for community projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues.
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.
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