Highlights
- Revisions to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication Standards (HCS)
- NCP Product Schedule and Technical Notebook (August 2012)
- Changes to TI/TII Chemical Inventory Reporting Forms
- Threshold Planning Quantities for EHS revised
- SPCC Guidance for Regional Inspectors — the SPCC Inspection Checklists in Appendix G have been updated
- SPCC Compliance Date Extension for Farms
- EPA Commemorates 25 Years of EPCRA
- Voluntary Guidelines for Methamphetamine Laboratory Cleanup
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