As a result of the largest environmental bankruptcy in U.S. history, $1.79 billion has been paid to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under a bankruptcy reorganization of American Smelting and Refining Company LLC (ASARCO), the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture announced last week.
Crespac Inc. in Tucker, Ga., has been cited with 34 safety and health violations by the OSHA, according to an agency press release. Proposed penalties total $266,400.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler reported yesterday that it looked as though the Senate was nearing approval of the 2010 omnibus appropriations bill, possibly during the Sunday session. Trippler says, “While they are still debating health care, they have removed the final obstacle to approving the omnibus appropriations bill so I expect the vote to take place with no further debate. This bill combines all remaining appropriations bills yet to be passed by Congress.”
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued urgent safety recommendations calling on CITGO to immediately improve its emergency water mitigation system in the event of another release of potentially deadly hydrogen fluoride (HF) vapor, as occurred following an explosion and fire July 19, 2009, at CITGO’s Corpus Christi refinery. The Board also called on CITGO to perform third-party audits to ensure the safety of its hydrogen fluoride units at its Corpus Christi, Texas, and Lemont, Illinois, refineries.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler offers in his latest Washington insider’s newsletter, “Happenings From The Hill,” this assessment of hot or emerging issues that did not find their way on to OSHA’s regulatory agenda released earlier this week.
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced OSHA has begun to publish the names of employers with reported fatalities on a weekly basis, according to a DOL press release.
American Industrial Hygiene Association Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler offers in his latest Washington insider’s newsletter, “Happenings From The Hill,” this assessment of hot or emerging issues that did not find their way on to OSHA’s regulatory agenda released earlier this week.
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced OSHA has begun to publish the names of employers with reported fatalities on a weekly basis, according to a DOL press release.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), in a recent press statement, offered the following tips to improve roadway safety during winter weather travel:
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