NOW’S THE TIME TO BOOK YOUR TECHNICAL TRAINING BY PFA FOR 2008

Call George Boyd at 610-825-5126 to arrange the best date for any of these training services:

Environmental Compliance – help with specific problems, completion of required Federal and DEP forms, and audits of your environmental obligations leading to preparation of an Environmental Compliance Compendium, which will cover all your obligations as they fall due. There are a possible 24 regulations that you may fall under. This Compendium has provided the basis for ISO registration by a Pa. foundry.

Wednet Training – training under Wednet Health and Safety Grants. Subjects cover the full range of Safety and Occupational Health topics including Forklift, Safety Committee, Ergonomics and Hazardous Waste worker training. We also help with applying for Wednet Grants

 

Supervisor Safety and Environmental Training Course - an eight-session 12 to 16 hr. course for foremen and supervisors covering 1. Introduction to Safety Management, 2. Workers Compensation & Injury Management, 3. Hazard Identification & Safety Inspections, 4. Supervisor’s Safety Responsibilities, 5. Motivating Your Employees, 6. Accident Investigation & Corrective Actions, 7. Ergonomics & Back Care, and 8. Staying compliant with EPA & DEP Regulations.

Certified Safety Committees - We help you apply for a certified committee so as to realize a 5% w/c insurance premium discount and provide the annual mandated training (by a Pa. – certified trainer).

 

Ergonomics – Provide training for office personnel and, separately, guide you through a full plant ergonomics program that takes you through a five - step process to introduce ergonomics improvements throughout your plant.

Plant OSHA Audits – playing the part of an OSHA inspector, we review your written programs, audit your mandated employee training requirements, perform safety inspections throughout the plant, and, when necessary, represent you at OSHA conferences.

 

OSHA- mandated Annual Employee Safety Training - Delivered by an OSHA- authorized safety trainer. There are nine health subjects and eight safety subjects that require training annually.

 

FOUNDRY SAND BENEFICIAL USE GENERAL PERMIT RENEWAL APPROVED

            Nearly eighteen months from the day of its expiration, Pa.’s foundry sand beneficial use general permit WMGR 019 won its renewal from the Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP).  The October 20, 2007 renewal and its improvements over the original permit’s conditions culminate nearly two years of discussions between PFA and DEP. 

            Here is a summary of the renewed permit’s positive changes from the expired permit:

1.      Analytical requirements have more flexibility, including the potential to eliminate virtually all leachate tests.

2.      Bulk analysis regulatory limits are higher for nearly two dozen chemicals.

3.      Up to five years of re-certification allowed for each chemical that tests no higher than 65% of the regulatory limit.

4.      Permit administration moved from headquarters of DEP to region solid waste offices.

5.      Acceptable end-uses broadened to include general construction material, soil additive and soil substitute.

6.      Foundry sand de-wasted, so long as it meets and is used in accordance with the permit’s conditions.

7.      Blending is allowed with other wastes governed by beneficial use permits, with written DEP approval.

To review the renewed general permit, instructions on how to sample your sand, and the reporting limits that your laboratory should use, see the EPA/DEP section of our website.

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