http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 1:22:21 EDT The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) flawed and unwarranted ruling that styrene poses a health hazard continues to stir opposition from respected scientists, manufacturing leaders, the hundreds of thousands of American workers whose jobs depend on a viable styrene industry, and a broad-based bipartisan coalition on Capitol Hill. Fifty members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week — including a dozen Democrats — sent a strongly worded letter to the Obama White House urging the Administration to commission a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) review of HHS’s action. Only an independent and rigorous NAS review can resolve the confusion caused by HHS’s 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC). Moreover, only an NAS review — the gold standard of scientific assessments — can help the federal government make informed regulatory decisions and provide responsible guidance about hazard identification.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/8752.html Thu, 1 Dec 2011 0:00:00 EST Intelligent Authoring’s (IA) Service Pack 2 (SP2) is now available, with support for the EU’s new Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures. This solution now provides Managed... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/7113.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 0:00:00 EDT In response to federal court orders requiring the issuance of final standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA: Washingtom, D.C.; www.epa.gov) is issuing final Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators that achieve significant public health protections through reductions in... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/6413.html Wed, 23 Feb 2011 0:00:00 EST This is an important year for any company that makes, uses, buys or sells chemicals or products containing chemicals. On June 1, 2007, the European Union’s (EU) Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH) came into force. Implementation of REACH begins in earnest in 2008. Widely viewed as one of the most important pieces of EU legislation in 20 years, REACH will bring about sweeping changes in the way products are regulated in the EU and its impact will extend throughout the global supply chain. This article, together with Part 2, gives the reader an introduction to REACH and its implications for business.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3727.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT On Dec. 18, 2006, the European Union (EU) passed a new law creating a single integrated system for the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals, which is known as REACH. Described as the most important EU regulation in the last 20 years, REACH places the burden of proof for demonstrating the safe use of chemicals on industry, to ensure that the risks to human health and environment are avoided or adequately controlled. An understanding of this law, effective as of June 2007, is prudent for all who work in the chemical process industries (CPI) as the effects of REACH are not bound to within the EU. This article, together with Part 1, gives the reader an introduction to REACH and its implications for business.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3728.html Sat, 15 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EDT To ensure the health and safety of workers, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) adopted the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in 1983. Initially designed to protect workers in the manufacturing sector, the HCS was expanded in 1987 to cover all industries where workers could be exposed to hazardous chemicals. This article gives an overview of the OSHA requirements for material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and describes ways to meet these requirements with automated software tools.... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3499.html Thu, 15 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST The appendix contains a list of approximately 300 chemicals that, if possessed by a facility in a specified quantity, trigger a requirement to complete and submit an online consequence assessment tool called a Top-Screen... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3463.html Wed, 7 Nov 2007 0:00:00 EST The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (Washington, D.C.) has launched a new Internet resource to help smaller... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3374.html Mon, 1 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT Click here for full pdf version of this article - includes all graphs, charts, tables, and author information   As evidenced in the headlines, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and infrastructure failures can occur without warning, creating catastrophic results for an unprepared facility. For this... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3392.html Mon, 1 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT   After nearly a decade of preparation and debate, the European Commission's REACH legislation - a system for the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals - was adopted by the Parliament last December, and enters into force on June 1, 2007. Chemical producers, rather than... http://www.che.com/environmental_health_and_safety/plant_and_personnel_safety/regulatory/3320.html Thu, 1 Mar 2007 0:00:00 EST