Sentences with phrase «federal hazardous substances»

Both the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act dictate which products require choking - hazard warnings.

Protective federal legislation included the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act of 1960 and the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1972, both of which were intended to reduce the incidence of poisoning among children by common household products.

As written, the CPSIA defines all children's products that do not meet a 600 parts per million (ppm) lead limit as «banned hazardous substances» under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA).

Not exact matches

At 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation, the Assembly Legislative Commission on Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes, and the Assembly Long Island Task Force will meet jointly at the William H. Rogers Building in Smithtown, Suffolk County for a public hearing to discuss the «impacts of the proposed federal offshore drilling authorization on New York.»

Although PFOS remains unregulated at the federal level, the state added it to its own list of hazardous substances on April 25, which triggered its ability to employ the Superfund program.

There's also been confusion between federal and state agencies over safe thresholds for the chemicals, which until recently, were not listed as hazardous substances or required for testing.

In 2009 alone, chlorine was involved in 181 reported accidents with 56 resulting in injuries, based on the latest report from a federal database called Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance (HSEES).

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, directs the President, at section 311 (j)(1)(C)(33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(1)(C)-RRB- and section 311 (j)(5)(33 U.S.C. 1321 (j)(5)-RRB-, respectively, to issue regulations «establishing procedures, methods, and equipment and other requirements for equipment to prevent discharges of oil and hazardous substances from vessels and from onshore facilities and offshore facilities, and to contain such discharges.»

«Weavertown Transport leasing, Inc., Weavertown Environmental Group must maintain compliance with multiple entities; The Department of Transportation for Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA), Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA -RCB-, and various client qualifications for substance abuse testing and reporting.

In 2011, he reported to Sector New Orleans as Chief of the Incident Management Division, where he led a team of 14 personnel that successfully managed 31 Federal oil, hazardous substance and disaster projects totaling $ 26.5 million.

«On average, one in five of these chemicals were hazardous substances highlighted in federal and some state pollution standards,» notes EWG.

He has successfully represented clients in matters involving hazardous substances, air and water quality, land use, toxic torts and other environmental matters, including state and federal Superfund liability, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting and compliance issues, California's Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65) and hazardous waste regulatory issues.

Our environmental litigation practice covers every aspect of federal and state environmental law including rulemaking, permits, enforcement, hazardous substances and toxic wastes, insecticides and fungicides, superfund and natural resources damages liability, land use and contaminated property, citizen suits, and air and water issues.

The federal UST regulations apply only to UST systems storing either petroleum or certain hazardous substances.»