There are over half a million active underground storage tanks (USTs) currently regulated by the EPA’s UST program (as of March 2021), with a technical compliance rate (TCR) of 59.3% between April 2020 and March 2021. That means just over 40% of UST systems were out of compliance in one or more of the four […]
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Hazmat Training Requirements Part 2: Responding To Emergency Releases
(This article is Part 2 of HazMat Training Requirements. To avoid letting confusion about OSHA’s HAZWOPER standard cause non-compliance, we recommend starting with Part 1 for a complete understanding. We’ve found that most of the confusion surrounding training under the HAZWOPER standard is related to emergency response operations (paragraph q), so we’re diving into those […]
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Don’t Let Confusion about OSHA’s Hazwoper Standard Cause Non-Compliance
HazMat Training Requirements Part 1: HAZWOPER Structure and Applicability The training requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (aka the HAZWOPER) Standard found in 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120 are often misunderstood. To test your understanding, let’s start with a simple question: True or False: The […]
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Does the NESHAP 6X Rule Apply to Your Facility?
EPA’s June 2020 guidance suggests that the agency is now casting a broader net in terms of which facilities are potentially subject to the rule. Even if your facility has previously been determined to NOT be subject to NESHAP 6X, it’s possible the rule may actually apply. How? We’ll explain. First off, what’s NESHAP 6X, […]
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Our PFAS Experts Deliver Answers
With the increased focus on PFAS brought by several high profile lawsuits, national and state regulatory changes (both pending and passed into law), and a major motion picture (Dark Waters), EnSafe’s PFAS technical leads, Tiffany Thomas and Lori Goetz, have a full schedule of technical outreach to municipal and multi-sector industrial clients (airports, oil and […]
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