Industrial exemption

For other Part 1904 provisions (for example, industry exemptions, reporting of fatalities and hospitalizations, record retention, or employee involvement), State-Plan State requirements may be more stringent than or supplemental to the Federal requirements, but because of the unique nature of the national recordkeeping program. States must consult with and obtain approval of any such requirements. 

Along with walnut hulls and instant coffee, fhe amazing list of frac-furing fluid additives includes coffee grinds, salf, ceramic balls, lead petroleum distillates, methanol, benzene, toluene, xylene, and millions of gallons of diesel. The problem is that, in the absence of a minimum US national baseline for disclosure of fracking fluids combined with a special industry exemption from US. water safety standards, it s nearly impossible to assess any impact the use of these fluids may have on the environment or public health. It s trackin impossible (Nikiforuk, 2011). 

Q. Do States with OSHA-approved State plans have the same industry exemptions as Federal OSHA ... 

A. States with OSHA-approved plans may require employers to keep records for the State, even though those employers are within an industry exempted by the Federal rule. 

EPCRA TRI reporting oil and gas industry exemption.Superfund and emergency planning-12... 

Engineering students in other disciplines, however, are likely to hear about what is called the industrial exemption. Under the industrial exemption, which is in effect in most U.S. jurisdictions, state registration laws indicate that an engineer does not necessarily need to have an engineering license to practice engineering. 

Some words of caution Be wary of arguments sometimes very self-serving— against licensure. Someone may say that you are working in an employment sector that is under the industrial exemption and, therefore, that you do not need a license. Will you always want to work in that sector Others will oppose licensure because it... 

Under this system, it is essential that data recorded by employers be uniform and accurate to assure the consistency and validity of the statistical data which are used by OSHA for many purposes, including inspection targeting, performance measurement under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), standards development, resource allocation. Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) eligibility, and low-hazard industry exemptions. The data also aid employers, employees, and compliance officers in analyzing the safety and health environment at the employer s establishment and is the source of information for the OSHA Data Initiative (ODI) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Annual Survey. 

Synthetic ethanol is derived from petroleum by hydration of ethylene In the United States some 700 million lb of synthetic ethanol is produced annually It is relatively inexpensive and useful for industrial applications To make it unfit for drinking it is denatured by adding any of a number of noxious materials exempting it from the high taxes most governments impose on ethanol used m beverages... 

The toxicological problems associated with asbestos have been widely pubHshed and asbestos has been banned from most uses by the EPA. However, modem diaphragm cell chlorine plants have not had difficulty meeting the required exposure limits for asbestos fibers, and, as of 1990, the chlorine industry had an exemption allowing the continued use of asbestos as a diaphragm material. 

Several states that have a large number of CPI plants offer various types of tax incentives. Louisiana, for instance, offers a 10-yr tax exemption from property taxes on buildings, equipment, and improvements to land (2). Texas, which has a large petrochemical industry, offers a 7-yr tax abatement program. Neither of these states have a state income tax. Both states offer a tax credit for each job created and provide free worker training. 

These regulahons will apply to an estimated 34,000 "major" industrial sources. "Major" sources are defined according to their "potential to emit" and the cutoff levels vary depending on both the pollutant and the local areas compliance status with the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for that pollutant. For the present, the EPA has exempted all "nonmajor" sources, of which there are estimated to be about 350,000, from this permithng, unhl they have studied further the feasibility of permithng them. However, the states can require permitting of some of these sources. 

The agricultural and forest products industries are dependent on renewable resources for their existence. They are also acutely aware that air pollution can damage vegetation and, therefore, threaten their existence. Both industries have been exempt from many air pollution regulations in the past, but now they are finding these exemptions questioned and in some cases withdrawn (15). 

Consumption and production of methyl bromide will end in 2005 in industrial countries (subject to phase-out stages and exemptions) and in 2015 in developing countries. 

The advent of competition has virtually transformed the industry in evei y aspect, including its name. In the not too recent past, the industry was referred to as the electric utility industry. Today, given its significantly wide and numerous participants, it is more appropriate to refer to the industry as the electric power industry. This new power industry has new power generation and sales participants with names such as qualifying facilities, exempt wholesale generators, merchant facilities, small power production facilities, power marketers, and sales aggregators. 

The food industry, following scientific and technological developments and market demands, takes into account consumer wishes to have more naturally colored foods and adapts its methodologies to safer ways of producing food. In recent decades, we experienced a shift from exclusive use of certifiable synthetic colorants to exempt colorants and to natural complex extracts. 

Industrial ethyl alcohol Industrial ethyl alcohol that is reclaimed is exempt from RCRA Subtitle C because the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) already regulates it from the point of generation to redistillation. 

Not all units that meet the definition of a boiler or industrial furnace are subject to the RCRA BIF standards. Each individual unit must first be evaluated against a number of exemptions from the BIF requirements. For a variety of reasons (e.g., to avoid duplicative regulation), U.S. EPA exempted the following units from the BIF regulations1-2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 

The pulp and paper industry generates hazardous wastes, but most are associated with wastewater, which is rendered nonhazardous in wastewater treatment or neutralization units within the manufacturing facilities and therefore is not subject to RCRA requirements. Also, black liquor is exempt as a solid waste if it is reclaimed in a recovery furnace and reused in the pulping process. 

Not all units that meet the definition of boiler or industrial furnace are subject to the BIF standards. The individual unit must first be evaluated against a number of exemptions found in the applicability... 

In addition to these exemptions, there are three types of units that are conditionally exempt from the regulations. These are metal recovery furnaces, precious metal recovery units, and certain other special industrial units. In order to claim these exemptions, owners/operators must provide a onetime written notice claiming the exemption, conduct sampling, and analysis, and maintain records to demonstrate compliance with all applicable requirements. Any waste management prior to burning in this type of unit, and any resulting residues, are subject to applicable hazardous waste regulation. 

Special Industries Certain industrial units, such as secondary lead and nickel-chromium smelters and mercury recovery furnaces, and other units that process wastes from metals recovery normally do not meet the conditions required for being considered as legitimately burned for metals recovery. U.S. EPA revised the BIF standards to conditionally exclude those wastes that are processed for metals recovery, but do not meet the criteria. Waste streams in these units must contain recoverable levels of metals and the waste must not contain more than 500 mg/L of the toxic organics listed in Part 261 to be considered for this conditional exemption. 

Methyl bromide has been identified as an ozone-depleting substance and is being gradually removed from world markets. Current legislation and plans call for the elimination of methyl bromide in most industrial countries by 2005, with possible exemptions for quarantine (UNEP, 1996). Currently there is an extensive search worldwide for products that are alternatives to methyl bromide (Kawakami, 1999). These alternatives are broadly defined and include components of management plans such as sanitation, monitoring, contact insecticides, heat treatments, and modified atmospheres, in addition to new fumigants (Batchelor, 1998). 

Substances placed on the market for process-orientated research and development (PORD) are exempt from notification for supply at justified quantities to specified industrial users. The safety data needed for a PORD application varies between the Member States, and may be up to Annex VIIB level (Table 2). PORD exemptions are only valid for 1 year, with the possibility of a 1-year extension. 

A joint EPA-industry program is proposed to make it easier for the chemical industry to comply with the PMN requirements of TSCA and hopefully encourage more new product development activity. This program includes a simplified reporting form promulgating exemptions for those classes of new chemicals... 

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