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title: STP ComplianceEHS Newsletter May 2020
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| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here.   STP Compliance Suite FUTURE IS HERE LEARN MORE   STP Compliance Suite STP RegHub Our new service STP RegHub provides access to a continuously updated library of essential regulatory documents spanning information related to environmental, health, safety and transportation laws and regulations. The STP RegHub will include specialized monitoring tools to ensure users stay abreast of regulatory changes. Users will be able to build citation or topical lists to receive email notifications of Federal and State register activities impacting the regulatory universe. Users will also be able to generate, share and save customizable reports of regulatory change activity. Scope of Coverage Entire US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) State-level EHS regulations and statutes Read more      Recent blogs Health & Safety OSHA issues new post-COVID back-to-work guidance On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new guidance to assist businesses deemed “non-essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic as they reopen their workplaces. Read more     Health & Safety President Trump directs agencies to ease regulations to ease economic burdens of COVID-19 President Trump has issued the latest in a series of executive orders (EOs) to reduce and repeal formal federal regulations. This month’s EO directs federal agencies to do so in order to “support the economic response to the COVID–19 outbreak” (EO 13924 “Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery”). Read more   Health & Safety Remember OSHA’s workplace hygiene requirements Employers considering how to protect their employees from coronavirus infections can look to a growing variety of general and specific guidance. Employers can also look to general-purpose requirements – the remainder of this note discusses OSHA’s Sanitation Standard (29 CFR 1910.141).  Read more     Health & Safety Is that workplace COVID case work related? OSHA revises enforcement review of employer determinations Effective May 26, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised its (interim) enforcement guidance for its inspectors and personnel use when investigating whether an employer properly classified a workplace illness involving COVID-19. Read more   Health & Safety Chemical Safety Board issues Best Practice guidance for boards of directors to instill safety in their companies The federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board – which usually refers to itself as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB – conducts independent investigations of major chemical accidents, issues accident-specific findings, and offers specific or general recommendations for improved chemical handling and regulation (I wrote about its first set of rules here).  Read more   Environment Environmental Protection Agency issues administrative inspection rules Effective May 26, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revised its (interim) enforcement guidance for its inspectors and personnel use when investigating whether an employer properly classified a workplace illness involving COVID-19. Read more   Recent updates   ALBERTA Oil Petroleum and Refining EHS Audit Protocol   Read more   ONTARIO Oil Petroleum and Refining EHS Audit Protocol Read more   For more information, to request a demo or to purchase any STP product, visit www.stpub.com, email info@stpub.com, or call 1.800.251.0381. ALL PRODUCTS     About us STP ComplianceEHS We offer a variety of top resources to help organizations achieve compliance through understanding the law, its application and interpretation. We offer expert guidance on environmental, health & safety, transportation and business practices, standards and laws. Read more If it does not display correctly, here to view it in your browser.     STP ComplianceEHS   2188 Yukon Street    Vancouver  British Columbia   V5Y 3P1   Canada You received this email because you are subscribed to Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog Subscription from STP ComplianceEHS. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.  Unsubscribe from all future emails   |
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