Wastewater Pretreatment Standards: How Do I Avoid $100,000 Fines?
Posted: July 12th, 2023
This past May, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) levied a fine of $100,000 against Newburg Egg Processing Corp. for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act. The company, an egg processor based in Woodridge, New York, […]
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Revisions to Proposed California Hazardous Waste Generator Rules
Posted: July 11th, 2023
Changes proposed to California’s hazardous waste program earlier this year are now undergoing a proposed modification and the revisions are open to public comment until July 20, 2023. The United States Environmental Protection Agency implemented the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements […]
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U.S. EPA Issues Memorandum on How Hazardous Waste Regulations Apply to Lithium-Ion Batteries
Posted: June 6th, 2023
After many years of anticipating the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) guidance on the management of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries, the wait is finally over for the battery industry. On May 24, 2023, the U.S. EPA released a guidance […]
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TCEQ Sunset Bill
Posted: May 31st, 2023
This year, the representatives of the Texas Legislature met in Austin for the 88th Regular Session. In this Legislative Session, which ran from January 10th and adjourned May 29th, there were over 11,000 bills introduced. This article addresses Senate Bill […]
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California – Are you Prepared for New Hazardous Waste Generator Rules?
Posted: April 12th, 2023
If you are in California, you may not have noticed changes in federal hazardous waste regulations because the California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) has not yet adopted the provisions of the 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule (GIR). However, […]
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2023 Look Ahead
Posted: January 11th, 2023
Part 1 EHS&S Look Ahead // Colin McCall Greetings from ALL4 in 2023. I’d like to start the year once again by thanking our employees, clients, and partners for the support and for enjoying the journey with us. We never […]
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Universal Waste Series – Common Mistakes Managing Waste Batteries
Posted: October 11th, 2022
This article is the second in a series of 4 the Record articles providing common mistakes and best practices to maintain compliance with universal waste regulations. Universal waste regulations allow a universal waste generator to not count the designated waste […]
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Collecting and Storing Waste Batteries: Best Practices
Posted: September 28th, 2022
Batteries are an essential part of many businesses; in the mid and late 1990’s the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Universal Waste standards, which provided an avenue to recycle many types of these batteries to divert from […]
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West Virginia v EPA – What Does It Mean?
Posted: September 1st, 2022
On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States released their decision on West Virginia v Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a 6-3 ruling in favor of the petitioners. The majority opinion agreed with the petitioners who argued that […]
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IDEM Nonrule Policy Document Updates for Waste Management Programs and Plans
Posted: August 24th, 2022
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has published a series of Nonrule Policy Document (NPD) updates over the period of June 30, 2022, to July 18, 2022. An NPD is intended to clarify for the public IDEM’s interpretation of […]
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