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title: STP ComplianceEHS Newsletter - February 2022
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| Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here.   FEBRUARY 2022 Regulatory Registers: Your Guide to Navigating Diverse EHS Environments As our world becomes increasingly connected, companies will continue to seize opportunities for expanding their businesses to new geographies. However, many challenges remain when it comes to understanding local regulations, cultural nuances, and legal applicability considerations. To overcome these challenges, EHS leaders need to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the regulatory environment and cultural landscape.   For an EHS manager or even a small EHS team, building and maintaining this knowledge can overwhelm your time and resources. This is where utilizing an EHS regulatory register can change the game. Not only can a register help save time, but it can also ensure accurate, up-to-date information all in one place. If your organization is considering an expansion into new territory, a register to understand the organization’s compliance obligations should be the first task for a smooth, successful operation expansion... Read more   Recent Blogs   Environment, Health and Safety Latest National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens adds 8 substances The US National Toxicology Program (NTP) has issued its 15th Report on Carcinogens (RoC), adding eight new substances; NTP now identifies 256 chemical, physical, and biological agents; mixtures; and exposure circumstances as “known or reasonably anticipated to cause cancer in humans.” NTP operates within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is a unit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ... Read more   Environment, Health and Safety California continues temporary requirements for COVID vaccination and testing Although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been forced by court action to convert its would-be “emergency temporary standard (ETS)” under which large employers would have been required to protect unvaccinated employees from COVID-19 infections into a proposal (I wrote about the initial ETS HERE), some states can and are moving ahead with similar requirements. Notably, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH, but universally called Cal/OSHA) recently revised and renewed its own COVID-19 ETSs... Read more     Environment, Health and Safety OSHA Voluntary Protection programs The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers “Voluntary Protection Programs” (VPPs) to encourage employers to establish and implement voluntary worker Safety and Health Programs that exceed minimal efforts to comply with applicable OSHA standards.  As its name states, participation in any VPP is voluntary.  They are designed to encourage employer/employee/OSHA cooperation and to reward such cooperation by granting employers increased flexibility and reduced likelihood of inspection... Read more   Environment, Health and Safety Mandatory GHG EPA Reports Due April 1, 2022 The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to expand and refine environmental compliance requirements, including those related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In particular, facilities and organizations subject to EPA's mandatory GHG emission reporting rules should be preparing to submit reports covering calendar year 2021. The remainder of this note summarizes these requirements. ... Read more   Recent updates   EHS Audit Protocol for Colombia Read more   EHS Audit Protocol for Spain Read more   OSHA Auditing: Federal Compliance Guide: Facilities  Read more   Federal Regulatory Training Requirements  Compliance Guide  Read more   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   For more information about STP products visit www.stpub.com, email info@stpub.com, or call 1.800.251.0381   If it does not display correctly, here to view it in your browser.     STP ComplianceEHS   122 W 2nd Avenue    Vancouver  British Columbia   V5Y 1C2   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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