--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Environmental description: Environmental | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Administration proposes zero budget for Chemical Safety Board](https://blog.stpub.com/administration-proposes-zero-budget-for-chemical-safety-board) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Aug 08, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Chemicals3.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/administration-proposes-zero-budget-for-chemical-safety-board) Many of the Trump administration’s recent budget requests have proposed reduction in funding for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) agencies (For example I wrote about the environmental Protection Agency ([HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/administration-proposes-massive-cuts-to-epa) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-administration-proposes-limited-cuts-in-osha-budget) ). Most drastically, the administration has proposed ZERO funding for the federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board – which usually refers to itself as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB. CSB conducts independent investigations of major chemical accidents, issues accident-specific findings, offers specific or general recommendations for improved chemical handling and regulation, and has enacted a “Chemical Incident Reporting Rule.” (I wrote about the Rule [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-finalizes-chemical-incident-reporting-rule), and compliance guidance [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-compliance-guidance-chemical-incident-reporting-rule)). The remainder of this note summarizes CSB’s latest guidance.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/administration-proposes-zero-budget-for-chemical-safety-board) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/administration-proposes-zero-budget-for-chemical-safety-board#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [CSB](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/csb), [Chemical Safety Board](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chemical-safety-board), [Trump Administration](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/trump-administration), [EHS Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs-compliance), [Incident Reporting](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/incident-reporting), [Accidental Release Prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accidental-release-prevention), [Process Safety Management](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/process-safety-management), [chemical incident investigations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chemical-incident-investigations) ## [Nationwide Canadian Excess Soil Reuse Guidance](https://blog.stpub.com/nationwide-canadian-excess-soil-reuse-guidance) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Thu, Jun 12, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-asphotograpy-1002703.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/nationwide-canadian-excess-soil-reuse-guidance) The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) has issued Excess Soil Reuse Guidance, with individual elements and an over-arching framework that jurisdictions can consider (and perhaps adopt, as published or with local variations) when establishing their own excess soil reuse regimes, and for landowners and consultants to consider when designing and implementing construction and remediation projects that generate excess soil. The remainder of this note summarizes this 51 page guidance document.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/nationwide-canadian-excess-soil-reuse-guidance) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/nationwide-canadian-excess-soil-reuse-guidance#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EHS](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehs), [sustainability](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability), [EnviromentalCompliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/enviromentalcompliance), [EHSCompliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehscompliance), [Sustainability Strategy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/sustainability-strategy), [Excessive Soil](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/excessive-soil), [Soil Reuse](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/soil-reuse), [CCME](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ccme), [Environmental Management](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-management) ## [EPA announces 31 reconsiderations and revisions toward Trump administration priorities](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-31-reconsiderations-and-revisions-toward-trump-administration-priorities) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Mar 18, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/EPA_logo.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-31-reconsiderations-and-revisions-toward-trump-administration-priorities) On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced “31 historic actions in the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in U.S. history.” These actions move to reconsider, and likely reverse, actions from the Biden administration as well as earlier EPA actions dating back to at least 2009. These actions are summarized in a general press release, and accompanied by more than 20 additional releases announcing specific actions; most involve the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA links these initiatives to President Trump’s latest executive orders (EOs) and policy initiatives (I wrote about the EOs [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-executive-orders-and-memoranda-reversing-biden-environmental-initiatives) and [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-administration-reworking-the-environmental-protection-agency)). In earlier notes I addressed many of the regulatory and policy actions that will now be reconsidered. ) [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-31-reconsiderations-and-revisions-toward-trump-administration-priorities) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-announces-31-reconsiderations-and-revisions-toward-trump-administration-priorities#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Clean Air Act](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/clean-air-act), [Clean Energy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/clean-energy), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [CCA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cca), [Deregulation](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/deregulation), [Manufactoring](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/manufactoring) ## [Environment and Climate Change Canada publishes Phase 1 reporting guidelines for Federal Plastics Registry](https://blog.stpub.com/environment-and-climate-change-canada-publishes-phase-1-reporting-guidelines-for-federal-plastics-registry) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Feb 24, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Plastics-2-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/environment-and-climate-change-canada-publishes-phase-1-reporting-guidelines-for-federal-plastics-registry) Canada has established a goal of zero plastic waste by 2030, and has established a variety of regulatory and informational programs to pursue that goal. As part of these effort, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has established the Federal Plastics Registry (FPR), along with accompanying regulations requiring reporting by targeted producers of plastic packaging, electronic and electrical equipment, and single-use or disposable products. These entities’ reporting requirements expand annually in three “phases,” beginning with Phase 1 reports starting with selected 2024 data due by September 29, 2025. (I wrote about ECCC’s proposal to establish the FPR, [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/canada-identifies-possible-provisions-for-a-federal-plastics-registry)). The remainder of this note summarizes Phase 1 requirements and identifies Phase 2-4 targets. **** [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/environment-and-climate-change-canada-publishes-phase-1-reporting-guidelines-for-federal-plastics-registry) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/environment-and-climate-change-canada-publishes-phase-1-reporting-guidelines-for-federal-plastics-registry#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [climate change](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate-change), [Environmental Projects](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-projects), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [Climate](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate), [plastics](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/plastics), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance), [Plastic Waste](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/plastic-waste) ## [Trump's first day executive orders and memoranda reversing Biden environmental initiatives](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-executive-orders-and-memoranda-reversing-biden-environmental-initiatives) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Thu, Feb 20, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Environment-1.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-executive-orders-and-memoranda-reversing-biden-environmental-initiatives) Since re-entering office, President Trump has moved quickly to reverse many of President Biden’s environmental policies; actions include a flurry of Executive Orders (EOs) that reverse or cancel his predecessors EO-based and other environmental initiatives. The remainder of this note summarizes changes presented in the initial EOs.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-executive-orders-and-memoranda-reversing-biden-environmental-initiatives) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/trump-executive-orders-and-memoranda-reversing-biden-environmental-initiatives#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [Joe Biden](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/joe-biden), [Policy Change](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/policy-change), [Trump Administration](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/trump-administration) ## [States Enact “Climate Superfund” Laws](https://blog.stpub.com/states-enact-climate-superfund-laws) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Feb 03, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Climate%20change%202.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/states-enact-climate-superfund-laws) During 2024, at least five states considered legislation to enact “Climate Superfund” laws targeting fossil fuel companies, applying “polluter pays” principles enshrined in the US federal Superfund law (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA of 1980) and its many state counterparts. At least two states enacted such laws – Vermont and New York. The rest of this note provides brief summaries of these laws.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/states-enact-climate-superfund-laws) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/states-enact-climate-superfund-laws#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Greenhouse Gas](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/greenhouse-gas), [climate change](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate-change), [Environmental Projects](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-projects), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [Climate](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate), [environmental law](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-law), [environmental protection](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-protection), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance) ## [EPA further limits uses of carbon tetrachloride and perchloroethylene](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-further-limits-uses-of-carbon-tetrachloride-and-perchloroethylene) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Jan 10, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-mediocrememories-954585.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-further-limits-uses-of-carbon-tetrachloride-and-perchloroethylene) The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) includes procedures for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate risks presented by existing chemicals using the latest scientific information – incorporating information developed after a chemical entered use in the US. Based on these reviews, EPA updates its regulatory requirements, ranging from labeling-only through use restrictions up to and including bans from further distribution and use. (I summarized these review requirements [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/the-new-tsca-1-reviewing-more-existing-chemicals)).  On December 18, 2024, EPA published restrictions in the Federal Register, for carbon tetrachloride (CTC) and perchloroethylene (PCE), based on its hazard reviews for those chemicals. The rest of this note discusses these new restrictions. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-further-limits-uses-of-carbon-tetrachloride-and-perchloroethylene) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-further-limits-uses-of-carbon-tetrachloride-and-perchloroethylene#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [tsca](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/tsca), [Environmental Projects](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-projects), [chemical safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chemical-safety), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [Chemical Safety Board](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chemical-safety-board), [Hazardous Chemicals](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-chemicals), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance), [EPA Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa-regulations), [EPA Standards](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa-standards) ## [EPA adopts management requirements for equipment containing HFCs](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-adopts-management-requirements-for-equipment-containing-hfcs) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Thu, Jan 02, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Air_Pollution-1.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-adopts-management-requirements-for-equipment-containing-hfcs) Effective December 10, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted rules for the management of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) potentially released from equipment during maintenance or other services, .. These rules support US efforts to implement the 2016 Kigali Amendment to the United Nations-sponsored Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/the-world-decides-to-help-the-climate-by-helping-the-ozone-layer)), and codified in the December 2020 coronavirus relief bill (American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act; which included dozens of unrelated provisions within its 5,593 pages). EPA adopted over-arching HFC phase-down rules in September 2021 (I wrote about them [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-finalizing-hfc-phase-down-rules)), and continues to adjust and refine their requirements. These latest rules appear in a 191 page document in the Federal Register, finalizing (with revisions) most provisions in a proposal issued in October 2023 (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-proposes-management-requirements-for-equipment-containing-hfcs)).The remainder of this note summarizes EPA’s new rules, which impose requirements using authority under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-adopts-management-requirements-for-equipment-containing-hfcs) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-adopts-management-requirements-for-equipment-containing-hfcs#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [Environmental Projects](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-projects), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance) ## [EPA issues National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-issues-national-strategy-to-prevent-plastic-pollution) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Mon, Dec 30, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Microplastics.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-issues-national-strategy-to-prevent-plastic-pollution) On November 21, 2024 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its “National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution.” This Strategy finalizes a draft issued in May 2023 (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-publishes-draft-national-strategy-to-prevent-plastic-pollution)). EPA notes that over the last 20 years, the global annual production of plastic products and generation of plastic waste have both more than doubled, and are projected to triple again by 2060. North America both produces and consumes roughly 19% of global plastics.  To address these issues, the Strategy identifies a set of voluntary actions intenraftded to reduce the volumes of plastic wastes that end up disposed or discarded within the US. EPA describes these measures, and the agency’s related activities, as “an ambitious, equitable approach to reduce and recover plastics and other materials.”  The remainder of this note summarizes the 74 pages of the Strategy.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-issues-national-strategy-to-prevent-plastic-pollution) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-issues-national-strategy-to-prevent-plastic-pollution#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Environmental Projects](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-projects), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [plastics](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/plastics), [Pollution](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/pollution), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance) ## [New Jersey proposes to require reporting when site assessments find contamination](https://blog.stpub.com/new-jersey-proposes-to-require) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Dec 27, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Hazardous_Waste-1.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/new-jersey-proposes-to-require) New Jersey's Spill Compensation and Control Act (Spill Act) was enacted in 1977, establishing broad responsibilities for entities that handle hazardous substances, including reporting and cleanup by those responsible for contamination. (The Spill Act predated and helped inspire the national Superfund law (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980). The Act also provides limitations on liability in some circumstances, notably for entities that acquire land that is already contaminated. The Spill Act is administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). On October 21, DEP proposed to expand Spill Act reporting responsibilities to all entities that discover contamination, including those conducting site evaluations as part of their due diligence – “All Appropriate Inquiries” – in support of possible property transfers.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/new-jersey-proposes-to-require) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/new-jersey-proposes-to-require#comments-listing) Tags: [Environmental risks](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks), [Environmental](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental), [Environmental Projects](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-projects), [Hazardous Waste](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-waste), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [Environmental Policy](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-policy), [Hazardous Chemicals](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-chemicals), [Hazardous Material](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-material), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance), [Hazardous Substances](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-substances) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) [Next](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental/page/2) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved