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

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