Everyone knows that the permissible exposure limits or PELs set forth in various OSHA standards are pretty old (most have not been updated since 1971), and that we’ve learned a lot about chemical exposure and human health in the years since those PELs were originally published. OSHA knows it, too. Furthermore, of the thousands of
hazardous chemicals
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act – Do you know your obligations? Part 1 – Storage Reporting Requirements
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Industry Group on
Posted in Environmental Compliance & Permitting
Pop quiz:
- What’s a hazardous chemical?
- What’s an extremely hazardous substance (EHS)? And what’s a threshold planning quantity (TPQ)?
- In 2012, did you store at your facility more than 10,000 pounds of a hazardous chemical, or more than 500 pounds of an EHS? Or an EHS in exceedance of the TPQ?
- Have you provided copies
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