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05 MAY 2012, Issue 766

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SPILL

"Exxon Mobil Cleaning Up Oil Spill in Rural La."

HAZARDOUS WASTE / POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS)

"Potomac River's and Anacostia River's Cleanup Makes Progress, but Much Work Remains."

DECONTAMINATION

"Calif. Lab Reviewing Protocols After Death of Researcher Who Handled Deadly Bacteria Strain."

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Environmental News

MAY ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

05 MAY 2012, Issue 766
	SPILL - "Exxon Mobil Cleaning Up Oil Spill in Rural La."
	HAZARDOUS WASTE / POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) - "Potomac River's and Anacostia River's Cleanup Makes Progress, but Much Work Remains."
	DECONTAMINATION - "Calif. Lab Reviewing Protocols After Death of Researcher Who Handled Deadly Bacteria Strain."

Environmental News

APRIL ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

14 APRIL 2012, Issue 763
	SPILL - "French Oil Firm Total SA Says Natural Gas Leak Ongoing at a Plant in Nigeria's Niger Delta."
	COMPLIANCE / WORKING SURFACES - "Federal Safety Agency Says More Than $108,000 in Fines for Ohio Casino Construction Accident."
	COMPLIANCE / WILLFUL VIOLATIONS / CHEMICAL HYGIENE - "Arraignment Delayed Again in Fatal UCLA Lab Fire."
	COMPLIANCE / WILLFUL VIOLATIONS / COMBUSTIBLE DUST - "Kansas Grain Elevator Cited for Serious Violations."
	PESTICIDES - "Federal Evaluation Finds 3 Common Herbicides Jeopardize the Survival of Salmon."
	PESTICIDES / 2,4-D - "E.P.A. Denies an Environmental Group's Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed Killer."

21 APRIL 2012, Issue 764
	GULF OIL SPILL - "Former Gulf Oil Spill Commission gives Congress a 'D' on Safety Reforms."
	COMPLIANCE - "Congressional Watchdog Says Gov't Faces Delays in Developing Workplace Safety Rules."
	COAL ASH - "Groups Wanting EPA to Rule Coal Ash to be Hazardous Express Frustration Over Delay on Decision."

28 APRIL 2012, Issue 765
	GULF OIL SPILL - "First BP Oil Spill Arrest: Ex-Engineer Allegedly Destroyed evidence."
	SPILL / RUSSIA - "Up to 2,000 Tons of Crude Oil May Have Spilled from Oil Field in Russia's North."
	COMPLIANCE - "Is the EPA a Victim of Its Own Success More Than 40 Earth Days After Its Creation Under Nixon?"

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JUNE ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

Environmental News

MAY ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

05 MAY 2012, Issue 766
	SPILL - "Exxon Mobil Cleaning Up Oil Spill in Rural La."
	HAZARDOUS WASTE / POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS) - "Potomac River's and Anacostia River's Cleanup Makes Progress, but Much Work Remains."
	DECONTAMINATION - "Calif. Lab Reviewing Protocols After Death of Researcher Who Handled Deadly Bacteria Strain."

Environmental News

APRIL ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

14 APRIL 2012, Issue 763
	SPILL - "French Oil Firm Total SA Says Natural Gas Leak Ongoing at a Plant in Nigeria's Niger Delta."
	COMPLIANCE / WORKING SURFACES - "Federal Safety Agency Says More Than $108,000 in Fines for Ohio Casino Construction Accident."
	COMPLIANCE / WILLFUL VIOLATIONS / CHEMICAL HYGIENE - "Arraignment Delayed Again in Fatal UCLA Lab Fire."
	COMPLIANCE / WILLFUL VIOLATIONS / COMBUSTIBLE DUST - "Kansas Grain Elevator Cited for Serious Violations."
	PESTICIDES - "Federal Evaluation Finds 3 Common Herbicides Jeopardize the Survival of Salmon."
	PESTICIDES / 2,4-D - "E.P.A. Denies an Environmental Group's Request to Ban a Widely Used Weed Killer."

21 APRIL 2012, Issue 764
	GULF OIL SPILL - "Former Gulf Oil Spill Commission gives Congress a 'D' on Safety Reforms."
	COMPLIANCE - "Congressional Watchdog Says Gov't Faces Delays in Developing Workplace Safety Rules."
	COAL ASH - "Groups Wanting EPA to Rule Coal Ash to be Hazardous Express Frustration Over Delay on Decision."

28 APRIL 2012, Issue 765
	GULF OIL SPILL - "First BP Oil Spill Arrest: Ex-Engineer Allegedly Destroyed evidence."
	SPILL / RUSSIA - "Up to 2,000 Tons of Crude Oil May Have Spilled from Oil Field in Russia's North."
	COMPLIANCE - "Is the EPA a Victim of Its Own Success More Than 40 Earth Days After Its Creation Under Nixon?"

Environmental News

MARCH ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

03 MARCH 2012, Issue 759

	SPILL - "Crews Will Pump Brine, Mud into Well to Stop Propane Leak at Oklahoma Natural Gas Facility."; "Mont. Finalizes $1.6M Exxon Oil Spill Settlement; Company Still on Hook for Wildlife Damage."
	COMPRESSED GASES / EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - "Work Safety Fines Proposed for Researcher Death."

10 MARCH 2012, Issue 760
	SPILL - "Chevron Corp. Says Natural Gas Fire That Killed 2 and Destroyed Rig Off Nigeria has Stopped."
	CLEAN WATER - "EPA Heightens Scrutiny of Pa.'s Marcellus Shale Gas Field Amid Reports of Water contamination."
	CLEAN AIR - "Federal Court Rejects Delay of N.M. Power Plant Pollution Controls."

24 MARCH 2012, Issue 761
	SPILL / EXXON VALDEZ - "Exxon Valdez: Ill-Fated Oil Tanker Sold for Scrap."
	SPILL - "Brazil's Oil Regulator Says Oil Again Leaking from Site of Chevron Offshore Spill."
	COMPATABILITY - "Fire Official: Chemical Explosion at Portland Silicon Factory Injures 2."
	HAZARD COMMUNICATION - "New Labeling Rules Aim to Protect Workers From Hazardous Chemicals."
	ELECTRICAL SAFETY - "Verizon Fined $140,000 After Electrocution Death."
	CHEMICAL EXPOSURE - "Compost Company Fined in Poisonous Gas Deaths of Two Workers."
	PESTICIDES / METHYL IODIDE - "Maker Pulls Pesticide Amid Fear of Toxicity."

31 MARCH 2012, Issue 762
	SPILL - "30,000 Gallons of Lye Spills at Escondido Plant."
	NUISSANCE ODOR - "Odor From Passenger Bag at Boston Airport that Sent 4 to Hospital Blamed on Rodent Repellant."
	CHEMICAL EXPOSURE - "EPA to Impose First Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants."
	COMPLIANCE - "Companies to Pay for Violations at Wis. Plant."

Environmental News

FEBRUARY ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

04 FEBRUARY 2012, Issue 755
	SPILL / CHINA / CADMIUM - "Reports Say China Fires 7 Officials, Punishes 2 After Toxic Cadmium Spill in Southern River."
	EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES / ACETYLENE - "Explosion and fire injure 2 at Campbell Industrial Park."
	EXCAVATION SAFETY - "Carpenter Buried Alive in Milpitas is IDd."
	FLAMMABLE DUST - "Rules to Help Prevent Dust Explosions Not on OSHA's Agenda, Despite Pleas to Fast Track."
	CONSTUCTION SAFETY / WORKING SURFACES - "Floor Collapse at Under-Construction Cincinnati Casino Sends Several Workers to Hospital."
	COMPLIANCE - "Wyo. Safety Officials Issue Citations for August Oil Facility Explosion that Killed 3 Workers."

11 FEBRUARY 2012, Issue 756
	SPILL / VENEZUELA - "Oil Spill in Venezuela Fouls River, State Oil Company Says Workers Containing Crude."
	CLEAN WATER - "US EPA Finalizes Rule Banning Sewage Discharges From Cruise Ships of Calif. Coast."

18 FEBRUARY 2012, Issue 757
	SPILL - "2 Barges Collide on Miss. River, Spilling Oil; Coast Guard Says Leak Has Been Contained."; "Crash of Semitrailer, Cleanup of Chemical Spill Block Southbound Lanes of Georgia Interstate."; "Monterey, Calif., Hotel Evacuated After Chemical Spill; 16 Workers, 1 Guest Sent to Hospital."
	CLEAN AIR - "L.A. Air Pollution May Increase Risk of Stroke."

25 FEBRUARY 2012, Issue 758
	DRINKING WATER - "Pa. Woman: Tests Show Chemicals and Other Compounds in Water, DEP Refused Follow-Up Tests."
	COMPLIANCE - "EPA Says Puerto Rico Battery Recycling Company to Pay Penalty, Reduce Contamination."; "US Labor Dept. Finds Violations at Hershey Distribution Center Where Foreign Workers Protested."

Environmental News

JANUARY ISSUES: Click issue to view entire article

07 JANUARY 2012, Issue 752
	SPILL - "Tanker collision triggers small fuel oil spill off coast of Singapore."; "Study: Cosco Busan Oil Spill Caused Lasting Damage to Herring, Bay's Only Commercial Species."; "Royal Dutch Shell Says Worst Nigeria Offshore Oil Spill in More Than a Decade Now Contained."
	CLEAN AIR / TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY - "Toxic Releases Rose 16 Percent in 2010, EPA Says."; "6 sites in West Oahu emit toxic chemicals."
	MACHINE GUARDING - "SF Employer Faces Criminal Trial in Worker's Death."

14 JANUARY 2012, Issue 753
	SPILL - "3 Freight Trains Derail in Indiana, Cars Burn and Smoke Forces Temporary Evacuations."
	SUPERFUND / ASBESTOS / LIBBY, MONTANA - "EPA Results Show 'Very Low' Asbestos Levels in Wood Chips Sold from Montana Superfund Town."
	CLEAN AIR - "EPA Web Tool Tracks Major Greenhouse Gas Sources."

21 JANUARY 2012, Issue 754
	SPILL - "Costa Rushes to Remove 2,400 Tons of Fuel From Stricken Ship."
	CHEMICAL EXPOSURE - "Kaiser Permanente Converting to Safer IV Equipment."
	CHEMICAL WEAPONS - "US Army Destroys World's Largest Stockpile of Chemicals Weapons, in Utah."
	WHISTLEBLOWER / PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE - "AirTran Must Reinstate Pilot Fired After He Reported Mechanical Problems."
	GENERAL DUTY CLAUSE / DUEL EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP - "State Fines Warehouse Companies for Safety Violations."

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