News for Small Business
EPA Webinar on Effectiveness of Medical and Cloth Masks for COVID-19 Protection
Tuesday January 12th 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering a free webinar on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 entitled "Effectiveness of Medical and Cloth Masks for COVID-19 Protection".
Due to little or no public information on the performance and...
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Delco Strong Small Business Support Grant Program
Tuesday April 28th 2020
Small businesses located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania will be able to submit a grant application for financial relief due to business disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.
The Delco Strong Small Business Support Grant Program...
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Pennsylvania Diesel Idling Restrictions - Act 124 0f 2008
Tuesday November 6th 2018
The Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act (Act 124 of 2008) seeks to reduce unnecessary idling of the main propulsion engine in diesel-powered motor vehicles, including trucks and buses, by imposing time limits and sign requirements. Small...
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Final-form Regulations for Metal and Plastic Parts Surface Coatings Published in PA Bulletin
Monday October 24th 2016
The final-form rulemaking notice was published in the October 22, 2016 Pennsylvania Bulletin. The new regulations are effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
CLICK HERE to review the regulatory language.
The final rulemaking...
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Revised Total Coliform Rule Requirements
Wednesday October 28th 2015
All public drinking water systems must complete and submit a coliform sample siting plan by April 1, 2016.
DEP is holding a series of training workshops throughout Pennsylania which are targeted to transient noncommunity public drinking water...
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New OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements
Tuesday December 16th 2014
Beginning January 1, 2015, there will be a change to what covered employers are required to report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Employers will now be required to report all work-related fatalities within 8 hours and all in...
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New Flexible Packaging Regulations: Compliance Date January 1, 2015
Friday July 25th 2014
From DEP's Fact Sheet:
Owners and operators of affected printing presses will be subject to newly adopted requirements in 25 Pa. Code §§ 129.67a and 129.67b, which limits volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from inks, coatings, fountain...
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Solvent Contaminated Wipes Rule
Monday June 9th 2014
Effective January 31, 2014, the final solvent wipe rule conditionally excludes wipes contaminated with hazardous solvents from strict requirements.
To be excluded, wipes contaminated with solvents must be managed in closed, labeled...
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Clean Diesel Grants
Wednesday May 14th 2014
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the availability of funding under the FY2013 Pennsylvania State Clean Diesel Grant Program.
The goal of the State Clean Diesel Grant Program is to improve air quality by...
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Proposed Regulations for Metal & Plastic Parts Surface Coating Processes
Friday February 28th 2014
Pennsylvania DEP is proposing new regulations intended to control VOC emissions from miscellaneous metal parts surface coating processes, miscellaneous plastic parts surface coating processes and pleasure craft surface coatings.
The...
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