Stormwater runoff from land and impervious areas such as roads, parking lots, and building rooftops during rainfall and snow events often contain pollutants that could adversely affect water quality. State, local and possibly Federal permits are required depending on the

The newest version of Tier2Submit, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier II software developed to help facilities prepare electronic chemical inventory reports, is now available for download. This version, designed for Reporting Year (RY) 2012, can be used to report Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Tier II chemical inventory data.

In Vermont, there are around 8,000 structures in the Special Flood Hazard Area. Banks are required to assure that any mortgage or loan to a structure in a mapped hazard area is insured for at least the value of that mortgage, the value of the structure, or amount of insurance available through the NFIP – whichever is less.

December 1st, 2013 Training Requirements for the Revised Hazard Communication Standard. OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and published it in the Federal Register in March 2012 (77 FR 17574).

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources drafts new Underground Injection Control (UIC) Regulations. Injection wells are classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into six classes according to the type of fluid they inject and where the fluid is injected.