2017年和2019年联邦危险废物法规根据资源保护和恢复法案（RCRA）（RCRA）增加了监管监督和审查了医院等“非工业”商业部门的监督和审查;与药房和实验室等医疗保健的业务;零售商;和学术机构。这些部门及其环境影响在讨论RCRA遵从性时，历史上忽略了，但随着监管人口的增加，这些商业部门面临的环境风险增加。这转化为许多企业的陌生领域的新挑战。由于这些行业内的几乎每个设施都是危险的废物发生器，商业和设施领导者必须了解......
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这张照片由哈里斯县火灾Marshal的办公室拍摄于2019年4月在德克萨斯克罗斯比4月的KMCO化学厂火灾。哈里斯县的化学风险尤其严重，休斯顿主要的工业口袋以及一些国家最大的石化植物和炼油厂。哈里斯县在去年至少经历了至少五种主要的化学事件，成本筹集了与关闭成本和财产损失相关的大笔资金，并引发了周围社区的人类健康影响。哈里斯县通过建立了对可能包含的设施的更大监督来回应这些活动。
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如果你的商店超过1320加仑的设施oil, fuel, or oil-like products, then you probably need to have a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan per federal rules. Perhaps you were recently appointed to be the facility SPCC coordinator and are wondering, “Where do I start?” The development of the SPCC Plan is just the first step to maintaining compliance with these regulations. There are four main activities that your facility will need to do to maintain compliance, and they should be spelled out in the SPCC Plan. They are: Train relevant facility staff on the SPCC PlanConduct inspectionsKeep records of...
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即使您的设施是空气排放的一个小来源，您也可能需要空中允许或授权，具体取决于您的州或本地空气允许权限。在处理允许时，您通常需要考虑您的运营产生的空气排放量，但您的运营金额可能会产生。每个州或本地空气允许权限有不同的法规或规则，规定了规则，管理小型空气排放来源。另外更改标准，这些法规和规则通常会发生变化。例如，由于最近对明尼苏达州的允许规则的更改，以前监管的一些小来源......
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注意：这篇帖子于2020年7月2日更新。目前，关于Covid-19案件，社会疏散，检疫措施等的传播和处理的信息丰富。了解Covid-19非常重要，并知道在哪里找到最可靠的信息，以保证您，您的员工和您的业务安全，富有成效，并告知最近的信息。疾病控制和预防的中心（CDC）被广泛地认为美国和世界卫生组织（WHO）的最重要权威是所有疾病和爆发的国际领导者。从工作场所安全视角，职业......
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德克萨斯州的环境质量委员会（TCEQ）重新发售静水试验水一般许可证于2020年3月10日的TXG670000。许可证授权在水液压试验中授权在天然气中加工中涉及的设备，管道和血管的静水压试验引起的状态。液体提取和加工厂，炼油厂，石化制造工厂和气体压缩机站。这包括：新船只;含有或以前含有或翻转原料或饮用水的现有血管，其中用于静水压试验的水不含腐蚀抑制剂，防冻化合物，杀生物剂或其他化学添加剂（氯或示踪剂染料除外）;现有船只......
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Remediating sites with oil and gas contamination is typically an extensive process which must be tailored to the specific contamination, property, past or ongoing operations, and intended future use of the property. Depending on these factors, different programs will need to be followed and a determination must be made for which program is appropriate to seek regulatory approvals and closure. In Texas, the Railroad Commission offers the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) as an incentive to any commercial lenders, developers, prospective purchasers, owners and operators who did not cause or contribute to contamination of a site; and the Operator Cleanup Program...
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In April 2020, the USACE and EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register entitled “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” (NWPR) that refined the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS) and jurisdictional wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA). When the CWA was passed in the early 1970s with the objective to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity” of the nation’s waters, Congress explained how to define those waters. Recognizing WOTUS has been left to executive branch agencies, in particular the EPA and USACE, and to federal courts. As a result, the definition of WOTUS...
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Economic shockwaves caused by the coronavirus have affected borrowers and lenders alike. While many small businesses are unfortunately facing economic injury during this time of uncertainty, borrowers with more flexibility have a unique opportunity to refinance due to historically low interest rates. Although some aspects of lending markets have slowed, many lending entities are continuing to lend with refinancing deals pushing forward to rate lock. If you have good credit, solid payment history and meet lending guidelines, you have likely considered taking advantage of this option at this point in the pandemic. Environmental Due Diligence - Another Phase I? Most...
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上个月，我们解决了蒸气侵入的可能性以及蒸汽侵扰的调查和减轻;有机蒸汽的可能性，进入居民，商业或工业空间，具有不良人体健康影响。通过控制室内空间内部或下方的环境条件来修复这些有机蒸汽的来源或减轻曝光潜力可以是工程挑战。进入最佳解决方案的因素包括但不限于：新的与现有建设的污染物介质的实际来源和质量，其中一个人试图影响（例如土壤，地下水，简单的土壤蒸汽）......
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