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ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

April Updates

Canadian Domestic Substances List (DSL)

The Domestic Substance List has been amended by adding the following chemicals:

Canadian Non Domestic Substance List (NDSL)

The Non Domestic Substance List has been amended by removing the following chemicals:

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

January Updates

Canadian Domestic Substances List (DSL)

The Domestic Substance List has been amended by adding the following chemicals:

Non Domestic Substance List (NDSL)

The Non Domestic Substance List has been amended by removing the following chemicals:

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

December Updates

California Proposition 65

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added the below listed chemicals to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity for the purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

November Updates

California Proposition 65

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added the below listed chemical to the list of chemicals known to the state to  reproductive toxicity (developmental endpoint) for the purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986.

ACGIH 

The Threshold Limit Value-Time-Weighted Average (TLV-TWA) and the Threshold Limit Value-Short-Term Exposure Limit (TLV-STEL) of the following chemicals have been updated according to 2015 ACGIH publication.

EPA Clean Water Act

The U.S.EPA identified 110 toxic organic chemicals to be used to calculate the total toxic organics (TTO) parameter as per the Clean water act. The list has been uploaded under the TTO_Total_Toxic_Organics_EPA regulation in our Master Chemical List.

Canadian Notice 71 for Polymers and Nanomaterials

Notice 71 for Polymers and Nanomaterials published in the Canada Gazette on 25^th Jul 2015 (Part I, Vol. 149, No. 30), This notice has been uploaded under the following regulation names:

• Notice_71_of_CEPA_1999_Nanomaterials
• Notice_71_of_CEPA_1999_Polymers
• Notice_71_of_CEPA_1999_Polymers_Part_1
• Notice_71_of_CEPA_1999_Polymers_Part_2

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

ERA Environmental Management Solutions will be presenting three educational sessions at the upcoming Oil and Gas Environmental Conference in Dallas,Texas at the Fairmont Hotel. If you are attending the conference, we invite you to join us at the following sessions:

• "World-Class EH&S Data Management and Planning: A Material and Facility modeling Methodology", Tuesday Dec. 1, 2:15 - 3:00 in the Far East Room.
• "Tank Emission Tracking Tools: A Comparative Analysis", Tuesday, Dec. 1, 3:15 - 4:00 in the Gold Room. 
• “Planning for Success: How to Build a Compliance System for Your EHS”, Wednesday, December 2, 2015, 10:30 – 11:15 AM in the Far East Room.

This is also your opportunity to get a free, one-on-one 15 minute session with an oil and gas consultant. ERA's in-demand consultants will be on hand at the 2015 Oil and gas Environmental Conference to offer free 15 minute consultations. Reserve a time slot now, as they are expected to book up fast.  

You can also come talk with our ERA Compliance Specialists in the Exhibitor's Hall at booth number #6. 

We look forward to meeting you at the conference. Hope to see you there.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

October Updates

Toxic Release Inventory

Based on the published EPA final rule (September 30, 2014), the Nonylphenol category N530 has been added to the TRI list of reportable chemicals (SARA 313 regulation). EPA has defined the Nonylphenol category using a list of chemical names and associated CASRNs as indicated below:

Canadian Non-Domestic Substance List (NDSL)

The Non Domestic Substance List has been amended by removing the following chemicals:

Canadian Domestic Substance List (DSL)

The Domestic Substance List has been amended by adding the following chemicals:

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

This is a short reminder to all of our Washington state users that Washington GHG reporting deadline for the 2014 period are due to Ecology by November 2, 2015. 

It is also worth noting that the reporting fee has not changed from 2014. Transportation Fuel Suppliers will again pay $1,444 while other facilities will pay $1,147.

If you are a facility required to report Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) to the EPA, you should have done so already. However, the following source types that emit > 10,00 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in Washington must report to Ecology:

• Transportation fuel suppliers
• Facilities that only report GHGS to Washington and not to the EPA.

Here's how to Report

For Fuel Transporters:

1. Use the Transportation Fuel Supplier Calculation Tool to calculate your emissions. (https://ecology.wa.gov/Air-Climate/Climate-change/Tracking-reducing-carbon-pollution/Facility-greenhouse-gas-reports/Transportation-fuel-supplier-reports ) 

2. Complete, sign, and mail you Transportation Fuel Supplier Report Signature and Submittal Form. Transportation Fuel Supplier Report Signature and Submittal Form please note this is a download.

For other Facilities:

1. Enter your data into the EPA's Electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting tool (e-GGRT).

2. Download your data file from e-GGRT. 

3. Download your EPA IVT file (if applicable) from e-GGRT. Note that you may not have an IVT file.

4. Upload your IVT file (if you had one) using your Secure Access Washington (SAW) account. Ensure that all files are uploaded and write down your GHG Report Submittal ID#. 

5. Complete, sign, and mail your Facility Report Signature and Submittal Form.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

September Updates

California Proposition 65

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added the below listed chemicals to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer for the purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986:

The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added the below listed chemical to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity  for the purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986:

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

August Updates

Non-Domestic Substances List (NDSL)

The NDSL list has been amended by removing the following chemicals:

Domestic Substances List (DSL)

The DSL list has been amended by adding the following chemicals:

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.

ERA Environmental's regulatory research team ensures that your ERA-EMS is always up to date with with regulatory changes. Every month we'll publish any updates here. It's part of our commitment to excellent customer service, environmental reporting expertise, and protecting your business. Have any questions about these updates? Let us know at info@era-ehs.com.

July Updates

Significant New Acticivity (SNAc)

The SNAc list has been amended by removing the following chemicals:

Non-Domestic Substances List (NDSL)

The NDSL list has been amended by removing the following chemicals:

In addition,the NDSL list has been updated by adding the following chemicals:

Domestic Substances List (DSL)

The DSL list has been amended by adding the following chemicals:

Your ERA-EMS and reporting functions have already been updated to reflect these changes.