May 25, 2009
We have listed below some of the Department of Transportation’s proposed rules that will have an impact on the transportation of hazardous materials. Notable among the proposals are an increase in civil penalties, adoption of special permits into the hazardous materials regulations, a proposed requirement to develop and implement operating procedures for bulk loading and unloading, adoption of more stringent requirements for packages shipped by air, and revisions to the requirements for hazardous material security plans.
For details on the proposed rules, click on the regulation identification (RIN) number associated with each title.
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Certification of Safety Auditors, Safety Investigators, and Safety Inspectors
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Minimum Training Requirements for Entry Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operations
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Limitations on the Issuance of Commercial Driver Licenses With a Hazardous Materials Endorsement
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Hazardous Materials; Combination Packages Containing Liquids Intended for Transport by Aircraft
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Hazardous Materials: Compatibility With the Regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Incorporation of Special Permits Into Regulations
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Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Packaging Amendments
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Hazardous Materials: Revision of Requirements for Emergency Response Telephone Numbers
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Hazardous Materials: Revision of Requirements for Security Plans
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Pipeline Safety: Incorporation by Reference of American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards 5L and 1104
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Hazardous Materials: Requirements for Storage of Explosives During Transportation
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Pipeline Safety: Completing Regulation of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Operating at Low Stress
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President Obama Announces National Fuel Efficiency Policy
President Obama has set in motion a new national policy aimed at both increasing fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. The new standards, covering model years 2012-2016, and ultimately requiring an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016, are projected to save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program with a fuel economy gain averaging more than 5 percent per year and a reduction of approximately 900 million metric tons in greenhouse gas emissions. This would surpass the CAFE law passed by Congress in 2007 required an average fuel economy of 35 mpg in 2020.
“In the past, an agreement such as this would have been considered impossible,” said President Obama. “That is why this announcement is so important, for it represents not only a change in policy in Washington, but the harbinger of a change in the way business is done in Washington. As a result of this agreement, we will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the vehicles sold in the next five years. And at a time of historic crisis in our auto industry, this rule provides the clear certainty that will allow these companies to plan for a future in which they are building the cars of the 21st century.”
“In the past, an agreement such as this would have been considered impossible,” said President Obama. “That is why this announcement is so important, for it represents not only a change in policy in Washington, but the harbinger of a change in the way business is done in Washington. As a result of this agreement, we will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the vehicles sold in the next five years. And at a time of historic crisis in our auto industry, this rule provides the clear certainty that will allow these companies to plan for a future in which they are building the cars of the 21st century.”
This groundbreaking policy delivers on the President’s commitment to enact more stringent fuel economy standards and represents an unprecedented collaboration between the DOT, EPA, the world’s largest auto manufacturers, the United Auto Workers, leaders in the environmental community, the State of California, and other state governments.
The President brought all stakeholders to the table and came up with a plan to help the auto industry, safeguard consumers, and protect human health and the environment for all Americans,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “A supposedly ‘unsolvable’ problem was solved by unprecedented partnerships. As a result, we will keep Americans healthier, cut tons of pollution from the air we breathe, and make a lasting down payment on cutting our greenhouse gas emissions.”
“A clear and uniform national policy is not only good news for consumers who will save money at the pump, but this policy is also good news for the auto industry which will no longer be subject to a costly patchwork of differing rules and regulations,” said Carol M. Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change. “This an incredible step forward for our country and another way for Americans to become more energy independent and reduce air pollution.”
A national policy on fuel economy standards and greenhouse gas emissions is welcomed by the auto manufacturers because it provides regulatory certainty and predictability and includes flexibilities that will significantly reduce the cost of compliance. The collaboration of federal agencies also allows for clearer rules for all automakers, as opposed to complying with three standards (i.e., DOT, EPA, and a state standard).
“President Obama is uniting federal and state governments, the auto industry, labor unions and the environmental community behind a program that will provide for the biggest leap in history to make automobiles more fuel efficient,” said Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “This program lessens our dependence on oil and is good for America and the planet.”
New IRIS Assessment Development Process
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has announced reforms to the agency’s Integrated Risk Information System () that will revitalize the program and ensure its scientific quality, integrity, transparency and timeliness.
The IRIS database provides crucial information on ways human health is impacted by exposure to chemical substances in air, water, and land both from contaminated sites and from products. Combined with specific exposure information, government and private entities use IRIS to help characterize public health risks of chemical substances in a site-specific situation and thereby support risk management decisions designed to protect public health.
“We’re improving efficiency, scientific integrity, and transparency in a program that plays a vital role in our mission to protect human health and the environment,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “A more effective IRIS program gives EPA and the American people better information—and better information leads to safer, healthier communities.”
Other highlights of the new IRIS development process include a streamlined review schedule, ensuring that the majority of assessments are posted on IRIS within two years of the start date. This will result in more human health assessments being available to EPA’s programs and regions and to other users of the IRIS database. The new process will no longer provide other federal agencies the opportunity to request suspension of an assessment process to conduct research on “mission critical” chemicals.
While opportunities remain for input from other federal agencies and White House offices, the input will be from health scientists and will focus on scientific and technical comments. Further, all written comments from other federal agencies and White House offices will be made public, which will greatly improve the transparency of the process.
EPA plays a critical role in disseminating timely, high quality, and accessible human health risk information on environmental contaminants that may endanger the health of the American public. IRIS is also a critical resource for risk assessors and environmental and health professionals in state and local governments and other countries.
For far too long the success of EPA’s IRIS program has been hampered by an assessment development process that took too long, was redundant, and was not transparent to the public. The new IRIS process will be entirely managed by EPA. EPA will have final authority over the contents of all IRIS assessments after considering the scientific input of experts at other agencies and White House offices. The well established processes of rigorous independent external peer review and public review and comment will remain key components of the new IRIS process.
Energy Star Label for Computer Servers
EPA has announced Energy Star requirements for computer servers that will protect the environment and result in significant energy savings. On average, computer servers that earn the Energy Star label will be 30 percent more energy efficient than standard servers.
If all servers sold in the United States meet this new specification, energy cost savings would grow to $800 million per year and prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from more 1 million vehicles.
Computer servers that earn the Energy Star label will include:
- Efficient power supplies that generate less waste heat, reducing the need for excess air conditioning in the facilities where they are housed;
- Improved power quality, which provides building-wide efficiency benefits;
- Capabilities to measure real time power use, processor utilization, and air temperature, which improves manageability and lowers total cost of ownership;
- Advanced power management features to save energy across various operating states; and
- A power and performance data sheet for purchasers that standardizes key information on energy performance, features and other capabilities.
Awarding the Energy Star label to computer servers is part of a broader EPA initiative to address growing national data center energy consumption.
California Waste Solutions and American Metal and Iron, Inc Fined over $300,000 for Storm Water Violations
Two large providers of waste management services in the San Francisco Bay Area have settled with the EPA for numerous violations of the Clean Water Act. California Waste Solutions, a company that provides waste management services for large portions of Oakland and San Jose will pay a $261,400 penalty. San Jose based scrap metal recycler, American Metal and Iron, Inc., will pay a $45,000 penalty.
“Controlling storm water pollution is key to improving Bay Area water quality,” said Alexis Strauss, Water Division Director for EPA’s Pacific Southwest region. “Many tools to control storm water pollution are simply good housekeeping and continued maintenance.”
In September 2007, the EPA filed complaints alleging that California Waste Solutions had violated its permit, discharging waste and other pollutants into nearby waterways at three facilities during the previous five years.
In September 2008, the EPA had also filed a complaint alleging violations at two American Metal and Iron, Inc facilities in San Jose. Violations at AMI include discharges of storm water without a NPDES permit and failure to comply with permit terms after obtaining coverage. Violations of the permit’s terms include failure to monitor storm water discharges and failure to implement adequate controls to prevent the discharge of pollutants into nearby Coyote Creek.
Storm water runoff from urban areas can include a variety of pollutants, such as sediment, bacteria, organic nutrients, hydrocarbons, metals, oil and grease. Discharges of these pollutants can harm the environment and public health.
The Clean Water Act requires waste management companies to have controls in place to prevent pollutants from being discharged with storm water into nearby waterways.
Ohio Fresh Eggs Pleads Guilty to Waste Water Violations
EPA has announced that on May 18, 2009, Ohio Fresh Eggs, LLC (OFE) pled guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, to illegally discharging egg wash water into Kreisel Ditch, a tributary of Tymochtee Creek. In addition to OFE’s guilty plea, a plea agreement recommending that OFE serve a three-year term of probation was filed with the Court. During the term of probation, the parties recommended to the Court, that OFE will pay a fine of $150,000 and pay a total of $150,000 to three charitable environmental organizations, as part of community service. Also during the term of probation, OFE has agreed to make a number of improvements to its facility, including the addition of another field to which the egg wash water will be applied.
OFE, a concentrated animal feeding operation, is the largest egg producer in the State of Ohio with 12 production facilities located in Northwest and Central Ohio. In Northwest Ohio, OFE operates a commercial egg farm located in Marseilles. Approximately three million egg laying chickens are housed at this facility. Kreisel Ditch is located near the facility.
Eggs produced at the Marseilles OFE facility are washed prior to shipment. The water from the egg washing process is collected in a lagoon at the farm. This wastewater contains broken eggs, soap, and a minor amount of manure. To dispose of the wastewater in the lagoon, OFE has a permit to apply it to a nearby field.
A contractor for OFE, Myron P. Lawler, directed a crew which applied the wastewater to the field. At Mr. Lawler’s direction, the wastewater was negligently over-applied onto the field through the night of March 6, 2007, and into next morning, March 7. As a result of the over-application, on March 7, 2007 the wastewater flowed off of the field, through a series of drainage tiles, into Kreisel Ditch and subsequently into Tymochtee Creek. Both OFE and Mr. Lawler were charged with negligently violating the Clean Water Act. The charge against Mr. Lawler is still pending.
“Violations by concentrated animal feeding operations are an EPA national enforcement priority because of their potential to pollute the waters of the United States,” said Randall Ashe, Special Agent in Charge for EPA Criminal Investigation Division in Chicago. “Companies like Ohio Fresh Eggs, that risk harming our environment by deciding to ‘cut corners’ and break the law, will be prosecuted.”
This case was prosecuted by United States Department of Justice, United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio, following an investigation by the EPA Criminal Investigation Division; the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation; and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, all members of the Northwest Ohio Environmental Crimes Task Force.
World’s Largest Equipment Rental Company Fined $166,800 for Emissions Violations
The California Air Resources Board fined United Rental Inc. $166,800 this month for diesel emissions violations that occurred throughout the state in 2007 and 2008.
An ARB investigation found emissions violations occurred throughout United Rental’s California facilities including Sacramento, San Jose, San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach, Riverside, Oakland, and San Francisco. United Rental is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with nearly 625 locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
“Everyone should do their part to keep California’s air clean,” said ARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols. “Meeting clean air standards is a requirement for businesses throughout the state.”
United Rental is required to:
- Guarantee employees responsible for conducting the inspections attend a California Community College training class on diesel emissions compliance testing and provide certificates of completion within one year;
- Provide documentation to ARB that the inspections are being carried out for the next four years;
- Ensure all of the company’s on-road heavy-duty diesel vehicles have their software updated with the latest Low-NOx (oxides of nitrogen emissions) programming;
- Instruct vehicle operators to comply with the state’s idling regulations for on and off road diesel powered vehicles;
- Comply with all other applicable ARB regulations; and,
- Ensure that all diesel trucks are up to federal emissions standards for the vehicle model year and are properly labeled with the manufacturer’s emissions control engine certification label.
Diesel particulate emissions are associated with causing a variety of health effects including premature death and a number of heart and lung diseases.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Fined $162,000 for Emissions Violations
The California Air Resources Board fined the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority $162,000 in April for diesel vehicle emissions violations during 2006 and 2007 at its Los Angeles terminals. An ARB investigation showed that the MTA failed to meet the transit fleet vehicle requirements, and did not inspect their heavy-duty diesel vehicle fleet.
“Diesel exhaust is the most common air toxic in California and poses a serious threat to public health,” said ARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols. “Transit fleets must meet clean air standards to protect passengers and surrounding communities.”
The law requires owners of California-registered truck and bus fleets to regularly inspect their vehicles to ensure that their engine emissions meet state air quality standards.
As part of the settlement, MTA is required to:
- Guarantee employees responsible for conducting the inspections attend a California community college training class on diesel emissions compliance testing and provide certificates of completion within one year;
- Provide documentation to ARB that the inspections are being carried out for the next four years;
- Ensure all of the company’s on-road heavy-duty diesel engines have their software updated with the latest low-NOx (oxides of nitrogen emissions) programming;
- Instruct vehicle operators to comply with the state’s idling regulations;
- Comply with requirements of the fleet rule for transit agencies; and,
- Ensure that all on-road diesel engines are up to federal emissions standards for the vehicle model year and are properly labeled with an emissions control certification label.
EPA Fines Double Eagle Steel Coating Co. More than $90,000 for Chemical
Inventory Reporting Violations
EPA Region 5 recently settled with Double Eagle Steel Coating Co. on hazardous chemical and toxic release inventory reporting violations at its Dearborn, Michigan, facility. Federal law requires local and state authorities be notified of hazardous chemical storage. In the event of a fire or emergency, responders need to know what they are dealing with so they can take steps to protect people living or working in the area.
Double Eagle paid a civil penalty of $93,392 to resolve the EPA complaint. The facility failed to report many hazardous chemicals stored at the site including sulfuric acid, lead, zinc and hydrochloric acid.
The company has since submitted its required emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms to Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Michigan Citizen-Community Emergency Response Coordinating Council, Wayne County Local Emergency Planning Committee and Dearborn Fire Department.
BRC Rubber and Plastics Fined for Air Permit Violations
EPA Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with BRC Rubber and Plastics Inc. on alleged clean-air violations at the company’s automotive parts manufacturing and coating plant in Montpelier, Indiana. The agreement, which includes an $18,017 penalty and an environmental project costing $82,450, resolves EPA allegations that the BRC plant emitted excessive amounts of organic hazardous air pollutants in violation of federal regulations and its state operating permit.
BRC has agreed to complete an environmental project designed to protect public health and the environment by reducing volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutant emissions. The company will retrofit two of its coating lines to improve adhesive transfer efficiency and operate the equipment for at least five years.
EPA Cites Tunstall Fuel Company for Not Taking Oil Spill Prevention Safeguards
EPA is seeking a $39,930 penalty from the Tunstall Fuel Company for violating oil spill prevention and response requirements at the company’s oil storage facility in Boswell, Pennsylvania.
Under the Clean Water Act, all owners and operators of fuel facilities (including storage tanks, pipelines, and transfer stations) are required to develop and implement a spill prevention, control and countermeasure plan (SPCC) to minimize the risk of spills. According to an EPA complaint, the company failed to prepare such a plan. The complaint involves violations of precautionary safeguards. EPA does not allege a spill or other hazardous discharge.
The Boswell facility, located at 8700 Somerset Pike, has a total capacity of 50,000 gallons, and is located about one-tenth of a mile from North Branch Creek.
The alleged violation was discovered during EPA inspections. The company has the right to a hearing to contest the alleged violation and proposed penalty.
Pennsylvania DEP Assesses $34,000 Penalty for October 2008 Chemical Spill
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has assessed a $34,187 civil penalty against Indspec Chemical Corp., in Petrolia, Pennsylvania, where a chemical leak last fall caused local residents to be evacuated.
On October 11, 2008, sulfuric acid fumes leaked from a storage tank at the Indspec Chemical Corp. plant in Petrolia. The resulting sulfuric acid mist drifted from the plant property and caused the evacuation of residents within a two-mile radius of the facility where up to 2,500 people reside. Dispersed into the atmosphere, the acid can cause respiratory damage and skin burns.
DEP investigators determined that the leak was caused by a tank overfill as the result of a failed electrical connection to a high-level alarm and automatic shut off.
“This incident caused a serious concern for an entire community,” said DEP Regional Director Kelly Burch. “No fatalities or serious injuries occurred because local, state and federal emergency workers were prompt and efficient in responding to a coordinated plan to protect residents.”
During the period when the acid mist was airborne, some residents opted to go to one of the designated community shelters established by emergency agencies, while others decided to shelter at home by closing doors and windows or stayed with friends or family outside of the evacuation zone.
When monitoring equipment could no longer detect acid in the atmosphere in Petrolia, the evacuation was lifted.
The civil penalty was for two violations of the Storage Tank Act and one violation of the Air Pollution Control Act. Of the $34,187 penalty, $17,937 will go to the Storage Tank Fund, which supports storage tank regulation enforcement, and $16,250 will be directed to the Clean Air Fund, which supports air quality improvement projects throughout Pennsylvania.
Indspec is the world’s largest producer of resorcinol, a substance that is used to produce tire and rubber products, structural wood adhesives, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, printing processes, packaging and cosmetics.
City of Snoqualmie Fined $24,500 for Wastewater Treatment Plant Violations
The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) has fined the City of Snoqualmie $24,500 for allowing its wastewater treatment plant to violate standards for treated water released to the Snoqualmie River during a three-month period this past winter.
Ecology was not promptly notified about a series of problems that began in December 2008 and continued into February 2009. The system failed to meet standards for three kinds of pollutants in the plant’s water-quality permit, resulting in 21 permit-standards violations during that period.
“We’re ready to help solve problems like these right when they start,” said Kevin Fitzpatrick, Ecology’s regional water quality program supervisor. “When we discovered the violations months later, it took only hours to assess the plant’s difficulties and authorize a temporary solution. There was no reason for these violations to continue.”
The Ecology water quality permit issued to all treatment plants requires verbal notification to Ecology’s environmental reporting hotline no later than 24 hours after discovering plant operating conditions that could cause potential health or environmental hazards. The requirement enables Ecology staff and plant operators to investigate and correct the violation.
The treatment plant discharged water that violated standards for:
- Fecal coliform bacteria, which indicates how well the wastewater was disinfected.
- Total suspended solids, which measure solid matter that can harm fish by damaging their gills.
- Biological oxygen demand, a gauge of the amount of oxygen consumed in the environment by the treated wastewater. This reduces the amount of oxygen available in the river for fish and other aquatic life.
In December, the city began to dismantle lagoons that had been used to store sewage solids. The process involved chemical treatments to separate water from the solids. The extracted liquid was pumped to the treatment plant, where it interfered with a treatment stage that produces clear water. This, in turn, decreased the effectiveness of a disinfection system that shines ultraviolet light into the treated water.
Ecology ordered the city in February to substitute chlorine treatment to disinfect the wastewater, until the other problems could be corrected. The plant returned to ultraviolet disinfection by mid-March, while keeping chlorine available in case problems return.
Ecology’s investigation also found that key parts of the treatment system had gone without proper maintenance. The disinfection system lacked several ultraviolet bulbs, and pumps needed at two critical treatment process stages were not working properly.
The city may seek an Ecology review of the penalty and may appeal to the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board.
Prize Petro Fined for Oil Spill
EPA has fined Prize Petro of Cherokee County, Texas, $4,000 for violating the Clean Water Act. The fine settles a Clean Water Act violation for a 2,100-gallon oil spill from an oil production facility into Owl Creek and wetland adjacent to the Neches River and adjoining shorelines in Cherokee County on December 17, 2008. The settlement requires Prize Petro to pay a civil fine and certify that it has investigated the cause of the spill, cleaned up the spill and taken actions that will prevent future spills.
EPA Recognizes NEC Electronics America for Eliminating Toxic Chemicals
EPA has recognized NEC Electronics America, Inc. for eliminating more than 35,000 pounds of toxic chemicals from manufacturing operations at its Roseville, California, facility.
“Changing the way a company manufactures its products doesn’t come quick or easy, yet NEC Electronics America set out to voluntarily make these changes to protect its employees and the environment,” said Jeff Scott, the Waste Management director for the EPA’s Pacific Southwest region. “NEC is a great example of how a company can protect both the environment and make a positive impact to the company’s bottom line.”
“NEC Electronics America has a long history in the community of Roseville, and we are proud of our ongoing and diligent efforts to protect the environment, as evidenced by this recognition from the EPA,” said Gabe Kim, vice president of manufacturing operations and plant manager, NEC Electronics America. “In addition to this recognition, the EPA has also recognized our facility with numerous environmental awards over the years, and for the past five years, our environmental management system has been ISO 14001 certified.”
In September 2007, NEC Electronics America committed to eliminating three solvents from one of its processing steps. Since then, the company has eliminated 8,070 pounds of phenol; 19,645 pounds of dichlorobenzene, and 7,366 pounds of trimethyl benzenes, and has not used any of these chemicals since September 2008.
The $150,000 annual cost savings come from a combination of factors including: eliminating the purchase of these chemicals, reducing hazardous waste disposal fees, and reducing maintenance of air treatment equipment. NEC Electronics America also set two new environmental goals as part of its environmental management system to minimize waste—reducing the usage of calcium chloride by 1.1 million pounds and calcium hydroxide by 220,000 pounds, which are chemicals used in other semiconductor manufacturing processes.
NEC Electronics America is a member of the agency’s National Partnership for Environmental Priorities program, which encourages public and private organizations to form voluntary partnerships with EPA to reduce the use or release of toxic priority chemicals. The program’s goal is to work with industry and the public to reduce the use or release of four million pounds of priority chemicals by 2011.
EPA Reschedules Public Hearing On Proposed Cement Plant Rules
EPA will hold three hearings, to be scheduled for mid-June, to take public comment on the agency’s April 21 proposal to significantly reduce mercury emissions from Portland cement kilns, the fourth-largest source of mercury air emissions in the United States. The proposal would set the nation’s first limits on mercury emissions from existing kilns and would strengthen the limits for new kilns. The proposed standards also would set emission limits for total hydrocarbons and particulate matter from cement kilns of all sizes, and would reduce hydrochloric acid emissions from kilns that are large emitters.
In response to requests, EPA is now planning to hold the hearings in the Dallas, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. areas. EPA will announce specific times and locations as soon as the hearing dates are set.
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- New e-News Notification System
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