This week, the Environmental Daily Advisor discussed pesticides, oil tank inspections, and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.
Here's the Environmental Daily Advisor week in review.
Do You Need to Pay Attention to Pesticide Regulations?--How does EPA define pesticides? Do your activities fall under these regualtions?
Do you Store Pesticides?-- Here’s what you need to know about storing pesticide safely.
Inspecting Tanks for SPCC--Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan inspection requirements are designed to detect oil leaks, spills, or other potential integrity or structural issues before they can result in a discharge of oil to navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines.
Train Your Workers to Properly Inspect an Oil Tank--Regularly scheduled inspections, evaluations, and testing of bulk oil storage containers and loading and unloading areas by qualified personnel are critical parts of discharge prevention.
Cross State Air Pollution and Federalism-- When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) in August 2012, the issue of federalism was put under the spotlight. (CSAPR).
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