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Is a trench a permit-required confined space?

FDR Safety

A question sometimes comes up as to whether a trench or other excavation is a permit-required confined space under OSHA standards. The answer in broad terms is no, even though conditions in a trench can sometimes resemble those in a permit-required confined space, as Curtis Chambers points out in an excellent article.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Senate Bill 546 (passed) makes changes to nutrient management plan compliance, enforcement, and reporting; concentrated animal feeding operation permitting and fees; and water quality monitoring in tributaries located on the lower Eastern Shore. Water and Sewer Services. Wetlands Permits and Licenses. Septic Systems.

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7 Benefits Of Wastewater Treatment

Construction Marketing

Oil and gas wastewaters are usually permitted to spread on roads for dust suppression or deicing purposes. When residual wastes are sent to a sewer system, you’ll likely incur significant discharge fees. Conventional wastewater treatment removes some of the contaminants. However, it can’t lower or remove the salt concentration.

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Carrboro in Need of a Construction Management Plan

Construction Cost Estimating

It has been notified that if there is a requirement of a construction management plan due to the development, a meeting will be organized by the developer after the permit is issued. And before the construction permit is issued a meeting will be held with other members of town staff.

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4 Effective Management Practices for Stormwater Runoff

Fieldwire

Often, these points are natural waterways, but they can also end in man-made containment ponds, or even dedicated drainage sewers. The NPDES is a federal construction permit system. These permits set limits on levels of bacteria, pollutants, and solid debris discharged from a source. The question is often: How?

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Practical Confined Space Training

Safety Services Company

Everyone working at a jobsite with a confined space needs to be able to recognize and have a fundamental understanding of confined spaces and permit required confined spaces (PRCS). This is necessary to know how the signs and posted permits may be relevant to help you or another person avoid danger. Permit Required Confined Spaces.

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A Zero Fossil Fuel House in Massachusetts

Natural Building

Two years later he and his partner Hannah got the occupancy permit on the very day their son, Max, was born. Spartan said, “I have not paid an electric or heating bill for seven years, since both the solar hot water and collectors generating electricity started running — just water/sewer, mortgage and taxes.