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Interview with DOJ’s Doug Parker Now Available

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ISHN announces a new three-part video series, EHS Priorities: an interview with Doug Parker, the former EPA “top cop,” head of EPA’s criminal investigation division. Doug explains how the Dept. of Justice is getting more aggressive in pursuing criminal charges referred by OSHA and EPA inspections and violations. Doug is interviewed by Mark Katchen, CIH, …

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New Rules Tighten Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Heavy Duty Vehicles

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STP, 15 September 2016

The Clean Air Act (CAA) includes extensive regulatory requirements on ‘mobile sources,’ which cover efficiency and emissions standards for a broad range of vehicles with internal combustion engines (automobiles, buses, aircraft), ‘nonroad engines and vehicles’ (including lawnmowers, bulldozers and marine vessels), as well as motor fuel standards intended to promote …

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Upcoming Ergo Webinar Series; Southern Oregon OSH Conference Coming Up

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Announcing the New Line-Up of Topics for 2017 Ergo Online Monthly Webinar Series– The successful application of ergonomic principles lies in understanding the broad scope of ergonomics: specifically, the importance of recognizing physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and organizational elements of work and the capabilities and limitations of workers.  In the Monthly Ergonomic Webinar Series we …

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Final Regulations and Guidance Implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order Released

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From U.S. Department of Labor News Release and Fact Sheet, August 24, 2016

[On August 24, 2016] the DOL and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council announced final regulations and guidance implementing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.  Signed by President Obama in July 2014, the order requires prospective federal contractors to…
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