NSTA: Shell Science Teaching Award
The Shell Science Teaching Award recognizes one outstanding classroom science teacher (K–12) who has had a positive impact on his or her students, school, and community through exemplary classroom science teaching. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: K–12 classroom science teachers. Deadline: November 12, 2012.
http://www.nsta.org/about/awards.aspx?lid=tnavhp#shell

“Developing a Chemical Safety Plan: Tips for Reducing Risk”

Facility Masters Series Webcast, Thursday, September 27 from 12:00-1:15pm EASTERN. http://www.facilitymastersonline.com/webcasts/

• A PDF version of the presentation from this webcast
• Chemical Safety Related Documents shared by our speakers
• All our previous webinars in the Facility Masters Series

Learn how to improve safety and protect students, teachers and staff from chemical threats with an effective chemical management plan.

In this webinar, you will learn chemical safety standards and best practices that will help you:

• Prepare a written chemical management plan
• Conduct and document a chemical inventory
• Establish a chemical storage system
• Identify and train a chemical coordinator
• Recognize and eliminate chemical safety and storage hazards
• Create a culture of safety in managing chemicals
• Establish preventive maintenance activities to manage chemical safety long-term
• Educate administrators, maintenance/custodial staff, teachers and students

Additional chemical safety best practices are available at www.facilitymastersonline.com/resources.

Pipeline Safety - Trust But Verify
What does "Trust but Verify" mean when it comes to pipeline safety?
November 8th & 9th, 2012
at the Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans

The Pipeline Safety Trust will host our 7th annual pipeline safety conference where we will once again bring together a unique mix of experience from the affected public, local government, the pipeline industry, and pipeline regulators to discuss the hard issues and create greater understanding to move pipeline safety initiatives forward. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us!

Besides these presentations, don’t forget the conference’s great networking opportunities. It’s the only “all-inclusive” pipeline safety conference in the country: one that’s open to everyone in the pipeline safety community. So you’ll get information and perspectives from industry, the public, elected officials, and regulators from around the nation.

Draft Agenda

Register today - prices increase 10/6/12.
Click the box above that says "Registration Form" and fax it to 360-543-0978, email it to chris@pstrust.org, or mail it to

Pipeline Safety Trust
300 N. Commercial St., Suite B
Bellingham, WA 98225

Happy P2 Week! September 17 - 23  http://www.p2.org
Safer Chemicals for a Safer World, the 2012 P2 Week Theme, embodies a national effort to move toward safer alternatives and reduce chemicals of concern. Learn more about P2 Week activities going on this week.

EPA Awards Almost $11 Million to Advance Chemical Safety Research
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $11 million in grants to eight universities through EPA’s Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program. These grants will help the universities develop fast and effective methods to test chemicals’ toxicity to people and the environment. The grantees will focus on developing methods and models to predict how exposure to environmental and synthetic (man-made) chemicals and chemical mixtures may harm the public.

Environmental Protection Agency

DOT Launches Pipeline Safety Update

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has unveiled a new website called Pipeline Safety Update that is intended to offer information about pipeline regulations, pipeline safety issues, and the role of stakeholders in pipeline safety. The new site was developed because of recent pipeline disasters, which caused Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to instruct DOT to examine the nation’s pipeline infrastructure and report the findings to the public.

Occupational Health and Safety

DOT Website

FACILITY MASTERS WEBCAST
A chemical safety plan is essential to mitigate the risks of the many hazardous chemicals that are necessary for student learning programs and custodial maintenance.

You need a program in place to uncover and manage potential chemical dangers, as well as safely utilize and store chemicals.

Join a FREE, interactive 75-minute webcast to learn how to improve safety and protect students, teachers and staff from chemical threats with an effective chemical management plan. You’ll hear industry experts discuss how conducting a thorough chemical inventory and following proper storage procedures can help you identify and minimize chemical hazards.

Developing a Chemical Safety Plan: Tips for Reducing Risk
Thursday, September 27
12:00pm-1:15pm EASTERN
Register Now!

In this webinar, you will learn chemical safety standards and best practices that will help you:

Prepare a written chemical management plan
Conduct and document a chemical inventory
Establish a chemical storage system
Identify and train a chemical coordinator
Recognize and eliminate chemical safety and storage hazards
Create a culture of safety in managing chemicals
Establish preventive maintenance activities to manage chemical safety long-term
Educate administrators, maintenance/custodial staff, teachers and students
Register now for this free webcast: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/3wsx6f2653j4

Presenters are:

Becky Wehrman-Andersen: Owner – Hazardous Materials Consulting
Roger Young: Executive Director – Facility Masters
Justin Turner: Applications Specialist – SchoolDude.com
Can’t join us on 9/27? Register anyway and receive the webcast recording via email.

Click or copy and paste the below link into your internet browser to register:
https://cc.readytalk.com/r/3wsx6f2653j4

This Facility Masters webcast is sponsored by your friends at SchoolDude!

For additional resources on improving chemical safety, PM and the learning environment, visit the Facility Masters Resource Library and the SchoolDude Resource Library.

Abandoned factory packed with toxic chemicals. Dozens of drums and barrels containing thousands of pounds of hazardous and toxic chemicals are stacked inside an abandoned metal plating factory on Oak St. in the heart of the village - surrounded by homes and only a few blocks from three schools. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin.
http://bit.ly/Qsbaez

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Worker-Inspired Safer Chemicals Database Launched

Workers wanting safer workplaces now have a new tool to help them: the ChemHAT (Chemical Hazard and Alternatives Toolkit) database. The free, online database was designed in consultation with workers who deal with hazardous chemicals every day. The ChemHAT database allows workers to quickly search 10,000 commonly used chemicals and see their acute and chronic health effects. In the near future, the database will provide the ability for users to identify safer alternatives to the chemicals they are using. The BlueGreen Alliance will host a webinar on the ChemHAT database on September, 25, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. EDT, the webinar registration link is below.

EHS Today [Author Sandy Smith]

ChemHAT

Webinar Registration

ATF To Investigate Tulsa School Fire, Explosion That Injured Firefighters,  News On 6, 9/6/2012
Federal resources are in Tulsa investigating a fire that injured several firefighters. The Tulsa Fire Department and the Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms met Thursday night about Wednesday's fiery explosion at the old Barnard Elementary school building.

* Caught On Video: Fire, Explosion Destroy Tulsa School Of Arts And Sciences  9/5/2012 

Oil, chemical, coal releases during Hurricane Isaac should have been avoided, environmental groups say

Published: Thursday, September 06, 2012, 4:28 PM     Updated: Thursday, September 06, 2012, 5:26 PM, By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune

At least 93 pollution incidents related to Hurricane Isaac should have been prevented by proper precautions by oil and gas, chemical and coal-handling facilities, representatives of three environmental groups said Thursday. 

"Its completely shameful and irresponsible and inexcusable that seven years after Katrina and Rita, the lessons of those storms, the lessons we were taught by the BP oil disaster, that we have industry's continued business-as-usual approach to showcase the fact that their inaction and their ill preparedness has proven to be dangerous and deadly and unacceptable to the health of our communities, our families and our workers," said Jill Mastrototero, Gulf Coast Campaign director for the Sierra Club.

The danger of downgrading and ignoring gas leaks...

Texas Gas Service responds to violations involving explosion

http://www.kvue.com/news/Gas-Company-Responds-to-Violations-Involving-Explosion--168193396.html

Related:

• State completes investigation into deadly home explosion
• PART 1: Fatal explosion reveals underground danger
• PART 2: Fatal explosion reveals underground danger
• Family of gas explosion victim sues Texas Gas Service
• Man killed in home explosion identified