Last week, the Environmental Daily Advisor discussed unregulated contaminants in drinking water, EPA's proposed WPS for agricultural workers, and pesticide labeling violations.
Here's the Environmental Daily Advisor week in review.
Monitoring Unregulated ContaminantsEvery 5 years the EPA issues new lists of yet unregulated contaminants in our drinking water that must be monitored, screened, and assessed to determine future regulatory action. This article looks at the requirements of the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR).
UCMR 3 Approval and Reporting Requirements--Here is a review of UCMR requirements for approval and reporting for laboratories and water systems.
A Big Picture Look at Proposed New Standards for Ag Workers--It took 22 years for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its Worker Protection Standards (WPS) for agricultural workers but change is in the wind with the recent WPS proposed rule. Today, we will look at the major regulatory changes and tomorrow, we will zero in on the proposed new requirements for training agricultural workers.
Worker Pesticide Training Changes to Come--The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule for Worker Protection Standards (WPS) covering agricultural workers includes many new training requirements as well as other changes. Yesterday, we reviewed most of the major changes and today, we will look at new proposed training requirements for agricultural employers.
Pesticide Labeling Violations Earn Record Penalty--Pesticide labeling continues to be one of the most violated aspects of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not hesitate to investigate facilities and impose penalties when public health and the environment are at risk. Take a look at what one company did to warrant one of the biggest FIFRA penalties ever.
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