Corporate Environmental Forum

The attached update provides a comprehensive summary of non-US regulations, legislative actions, and policy developments that have been reported during the past three months.  To assist you in making the best use of this information, a list of top stories, where they may be found in the report, and their significance, is provided below.  

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On July 27, OSHA published Directive CPL 02-09-06 “PSM Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program” covering its new program for inspecting facilities to verify employers’ compliance with 29 CFR 1910.119, OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard.  Under the NEP, programmed inspections (defined as “inspections of worksites which have been scheduled based upon objective or neutral selection criteria”) will take place in Regions I, VII, and X in facilities that are known by OSHA as having a risk of catastrophic releases.

In a Federal Register notice published April 24, EPA Administrator, Lisa Jackson proposes to make the finding that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations. An endangerment finding would require EPA to issue emissions limits on six greenhouse gases—carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride—from new and modified stationary sources, as well as mobile sources, such as cars and light trucks.