EPA will conduct EPCRA/TRI Training workshops across the country during the spring of 2002. These workshops are intended to assist persons preparing their annual reports on release and other waste management activities as required under sections 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) and section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention…
March 2002
Accident Reporting Revisions – Effective Date Correction
The Research and Special Programs Administration published a final rule in the Federal Register on January 8, 2002, regarding changes to the reporting requirements for hazardous liquid pipeline accidents (reference our January, 2002 newsletter). The effective date of this rule was inadvertently published as January 1, 2002. The correct effective date of this final rule…
Revisions to Louisiana State Pipeline Safety Regulations
The State of Louisiana has revised their pipeline safety regulations to align them with current Federal pipeline safety standards. The revisions can be downloaded from RCP’s website here.
Clean Slate Planned at Office of Pipeline Safety
On February 19, 2002, OPS administrator Ellen Engleman told the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit that she is working diligently to better enforce regulatory mandates that government officials and consumer groups say have been neglected for far too long. “I am determined to wipe the slate clean within 12 months,” she said. “At the…
Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facilities NESHAP Correction to a Correction
Editor’s note: we don’t make this stuff up! On June 17, 1999, EPA issued the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) from Oil and Natural Gas Production Facilities and the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facilities (Oil and Gas NESHAP). The NESHAP requires new and…
Advisory Notice; Enhancing the Security of Hazardous Materials in Transportation
The DOT has issued a notice that advises shippers and carriers of voluntary measures to enhance the security of hazardous materials shipments during transportation. The notice addresses personnel, facility, and en route security issues and includes contact points for obtaining additional, more detailed information. In the wrong hands, hazardous materials pose a significant security threat,…