Category: Environmental

Permit Management tool on-demand demo

BLR’s Permit Management tool simplifies the entire permit process. Say goodbye to manual tracking, as we help you automate critical tasks, streamlining the uploading, generating, and renewing of permits.

Safety and environmental Plan Builder demo

Creating and updating safety and environmental plans can be overwhelming and costly and expose you to unnecessary risk. BLR’s Plan Builder can revolutionize how you approach safety and environmental planning.

Title V permit revisions: do you need to apply?

Permit revisions may be regulated as administrative amendments, minor modifications, or significant modifications. Other permit changes may be made without submitting an official request to the permitting authority.

Q&A: Proper disposal of empty aerosol cans

In this article, our team of experts shares one of the questions they received from an EHS Hero subscriber, ‘How should we properly dispose of empty aerosol cans?’ and the answer they provided.

Hazardous Waste Introductory Training: eLearning course preview

Training employees to handle or work around hazardous waste can be a daunting task. Employees need to know what materials are considered hazardous, the proper containers for storing and transporting waste, what PPE to use, and how to properly respond to emergency situations. This free course preview will help employees take that important first step, defining some of the important terms and providing an introduction to hazardous waste in the workplace.

Q&A: Shelter areas during extreme weather

In this Q&A, our subject matter experts respond to the question, ‘What areas can we use to shelter employees in the event of a tornado or extreme weather?’ which was submitted by an EHS Hero® subscriber.

Essential steps for safely responding to natural disasters

Severe weather emergencies and other natural disasters can strike any workplace or home, often without warning. If you’re not adequately prepared to respond to such events, the potential for injuries and even death is heightened. In this article, we’ll cover the responsive measures you can take to keep yourself and your employees out of harm’s way.

Back to basics: Hazardous air pollution

Following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that happened in early February, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been providing updates on how it is conducting air monitoring. Air pollution harms people’s health and the environment, and under the Clean Air Act, the EPA continues to work with state, local, and tribal governments, other federal agencies, and stakeholders to reduce air pollution and the damage that it causes. In this article, you’ll learn more about the challenges the agency faces when dealing with air pollution.