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Aug 25
DPCC Plans
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Discharge Prevention Program works to forestall the release of hazardous substances and petroleum products to the environment, thereby protecting natural resources and public health before problems occur. The program is centered on sound management practices that are considered essential when working with hazardous substances: Training employees who handle …
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Jul 20
Inspection Reports – Think of Them as “To Do” Lists
Conducting Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) audits of your operations and onsite laboratories demonstrates the company’s efforts to help keep employees safe and the facility compliant with governmental regulations. Inspection reports are essential in helping us improve and maintain safe and sound practices. An inspection report containing Negative Findings and Corrective Actions to address doesn’t …
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Jun 15
Emergency Response Planning
The actions taken in the initial minutes of an emergency are critical. A prompt warning to employees to evacuate, shelter or lockdown can save lives. A call for help to public emergency services that provides full and accurate information will help the dispatcher send the right responders and equipment. An employee trained to administer first …
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Feb 21
The Right-To-Know
In order to make the products on which we depend, like pharmaceuticals, clothing, and other manufactured goods, companies across the U.S. use thousands of chemicals in their normal operations. Many of the chemicals necessary to these economic activities are toxic. While most are managed so that they will not harm the environment, some releases of …
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Dec 15
Recycling of Hazardous Secondary Materials
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new safeguards that promote responsible recycling of hazardous secondary materials and demonstrate a significant step forward in promoting recycling innovation. The Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) final rule modifies the existing rule to protect human health and the environment from the mismanagement of hazardous secondary material, while …
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Oct 08
Emergency Generator Permitting in New Jersey
Earlier this year the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) developed and implemented a new General Permit (GP-005A) for emergency generators burning distillate fuels. The new permit replaces GP-005 that covered distillate-burning generators AND those utilizing natural gas and propane. Natural gas and propane-burning units must now be permitted by submitting an application using …
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Aug 25
Industrial Hygiene
Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting the health and safety of people at work. Health and safety hazards cover a wide range of chemical, physical, biological, and ergonomic stressors. This article will focus on recognizing and controlling hazards at industrial facilities. The environment and its relation to worker health was recognized as early as …
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Jul 01
Plastics Recycling for Healthcare Facilities
It is estimated that healthcare facilities in the US generate approximately 1,500 tons per day of waste that is plastic packaging and plastic products. A large percentage of this plastic waste is non-infectious, so the potential for plastics recycling is large. The process of activating a plastics recycling program from initial planning and business considerations …
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Apr 01
Emission Statements
The Federal Clean Air Act and New Jersey’s Emission Statement rule (N.J.A.C. 7:27-21 et seq.) detail the requirements for the annual reporting of air contaminant emissions from stationary sources. Facilities that are required to report must complete, certify, and submit an Emission Statement to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection by May 15 of each …
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Mar 01
Hazard Communication Standard Final Rule
New changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard are bringing the United States into alignment with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The Hazard Communication Standard in 1983 gave the workers the ‘right to know,’ but the new Globally Harmonized System gives workers the ‘right …
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