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House Passes Bill Limiting the Scientific Research Available to the EPA
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would limit the type of scientific research available to the Environmental...
Allison Stalker
Nov 25, 20142 min read
EPA Releases Climate Plans on Preparing for Climate Change Impacts
Incorporating climate adaptation criteria in the Brownfields grants process to ensure cleanup actions taken by communities are effective...
Allison Stalker
Nov 11, 20141 min read
Air Quality and Fracking
There is mounting evidence that hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has significant, unintended, negative environmental impacts. In a...
Tom Petersen
Nov 5, 20143 min read
Training Hospital First Responders on Hazardous Substance Exposure
Understanding the hospital emergency operations plan and their roles in the response. Site safety, including risks to receiving...
Allison Stalker
Oct 29, 20141 min read
OSHA to Address Hazardous Chemical Exposures
Possible streamlined approaches for risk assessment and feasibility analyses and Alternative approaches for managing chemical exposures,...
Allison Stalker
Oct 14, 20141 min read
News and Notes from EES
Now in our 18th year, Environmental and Engineering Solutions, Inc. (EES) continues to serve our manufacturing, healthcare and higher...
Tom Petersen
Oct 8, 20142 min read
Obama Designates Massive Marine Reserve
Last week, President Obama designated the world’s largest marine reserve in the Pacific Islands. The reserve will cover 470,000 square...
Allison Stalker
Sep 30, 20142 min read
Do you dispose of pharmaceutical controlled substances?
What is the disposal act? What do the implementing regulations do? Who is an “ultimate user”? What is “collection”? How can a registrant...
Tom Petersen
Sep 24, 20142 min read
EPA Identifies Health Concern with Paint Stripper Chemical
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released final risk assessments in late August for three chemicals found in specific household...
Allison Stalker
Sep 16, 20142 min read
Does Your Company Employ Temporary Workers?
If your facility has temporary workers, you should be aware of a new recommended practice, jointly issued by OSHA and NIOSH on August 25,...
Tom Petersen
Sep 10, 20142 min read
EPA Releases Second Urban Air Toxics Report
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final of two reports required by the Clean Air Act to inform Congress of its...
Allison Stalker
Sep 3, 20142 min read
Is the Federal Strategy to Cut Methane Emissions Sufficient?
In March 2014, the White House released its “Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions.” The strategy involves new...
Tom Petersen
Aug 26, 20142 min read
New PA Flexible Packaging Requirements
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has adopted new requirements for owners and operators of affected printing...
Allison Stalker
Aug 19, 20143 min read
Update on RCRA Exclusion for Solvent Contaminated Wipes
This post updates the earlier EES blog post on this topic. As of today, the EPA Solvent Wipe rule is in effect in the following states,...
Tom Petersen
Aug 12, 20141 min read
PA DEP Extends Fuel Vehicle Rebate Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate program is being...
Allison Stalker
Aug 5, 20141 min read
Tool Designed to Evaluate Total Cost of Medical Devices and Services
Practice Greenhealth recently announced the development of a new tool that will provide health care facilities with a Total Cost of...
Allison Stalker
Jul 29, 20142 min read
Philadelphia and Surrounding Regions Awarded Funds to Revitalize Urban Waters
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that 37 nationwide organizations will be awarded a total of $2.1 million in...
Allison Stalker
Jul 23, 20142 min read
Healthcare Sustainability
Increasing a healthcare facilities sustainability not only reduces their impact on the environment, but it can also make economic sense...
Allison Stalker
Jul 18, 20141 min read
EPA Proposes Updates to Methane Standards at New Landfills
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposal earlier this month to update toxic air pollution standards for petroleum...
Allison Stalker
Jul 9, 20142 min read
Environmental Compliance Assistance for Hospitals
Managing pharmaceutical waste and conserving energy at hospitals and health care facilities are both difficult and time-consuming,...
Allison Stalker
Jun 24, 20142 min read
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EES has been providing environmental health & safety consulting and engineering services for more than 25 years, serving healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace and higher education organizations across the United States and Canada.
President and Engineer Tom Petersen, P.E. has more than 36 years of environmental engineering, health & safety and process safety experience.
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