EPA Web site posts effluent guidelines

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has its effluent limitation guidelines posted...

Emergency Response Guidebook on PHMSA Web site

The Emergency Response Guidebook can be downloaded from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)...

Hagen Transfer upgrades two foodgrade bays

Hagen Transfer Inc has upgraded two bays at its Elkhorn WI foodgrade tank cleaning facility with a new Gamajet 88 system and LKH 25 100 psi pumps...

Port Wilmington Tank Wash opens new facility

Port Wilmington Tank Wash Inc of New Castle DE has completed its new four-bay chemical expansion and began operation in mid-July on the 2.5-acre site at 500 Lambson Lane...

ASSE, ASTM offer combined safety publication

To help employers reduce and ultimately eliminate slips, trips and falls in workplaces, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) are making available a combined publication that includes slip, trip, and fall prevention standards, as well as technical reports from their catalogues, according to information posed on the ASSE Web site...

OSHA posts information for confined space entry

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration posts confined space entry topics on its Web site at osha.gov...

Cleaning, security guides on FDA Web site

Bulk Over-the-Road Food Tanker Transport Safety and Security Guidelines posted on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Web site include information for minimum tank cleaning requirements, as well as facility security...

NIOSH offers hazmat pocket guide

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has a pocket guide to chemical hazards available on its Web site that contains general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals...

Hurricane season good time to make disaster plans

Now that hurricane season has arrived, it is a good time for tank cleaning facilities to plan for the eventuality of all disasters. The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides disaster assistance through its disaster loan program and has posted a Disaster Recovery Plan on its Web site at sba.gov...

DPC meeting features tank cleaning issues

With the dairy industry continuing to improve methods for maintaining milk sanitation, the Dairy Practices Council is addressing the issue at its annual conference November 5-7 in East Lansing MI...

Tracking wash data part of university study

An update on research being conducted at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture for electronically tracking and documenting milk transportation, including tank wash data, was presented at the International Milk Haulers Association (IMHA) Convention April 20-22 in Mesa, Arizona...

Landa has MHC hot water pressure washer

Landa Cleaning Systems has launched the new Landa MHC series, a gasoline-powered, on-site hot water pressure washer...

Natural gas prices forecast to rise

High oil prices, low liquefied gas (LNG) imports, consumption growth, and a year-over-year decline in working inventories of 326 billion cubic feet have all contributed to the recent strength in spot prices, according to the monthly report from the Department of Energy...

Hispanic work-related deaths outnumber other workers

During 1992-2006, a total of 11,303 Hispanic workers died from work-related injuries, a rate that was consistently higher than the rate for all US workers, according to information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP)...

Small business status could change

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is reviewing the way it determines the definition of a small business and a decision is expected by the end of the year...