• The NEWI Chapter is offering an ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Update half-day seminar on May 30, 2018 at Liberty Hall.  The program will review updated ISO 14001 and other environmental management systems.  

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  • FIFRA, TSCA, EMS and PSM…Oh My! Do these apply to you and you don’t know it? The Wisconsin CHMM Chapter is offering this seminar on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 from 8am to noon at Liberty Hall.  

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  • Register today for the RCRA Refresher seminar in Milwaukee on May 24th. The Hazardous Waste Training Seminar is designed to satisfy the 40 CFR 264/265.16 (NR664/665.0016) Personnel Training Requirements, in conjunction with site-specific training.  Certificates of attendance will be given.  

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  • Welcome to FET – the preferred organization for Environmental Professionals.  “My goal is to have more engagement of members with FET, get our younger members more involved with FET, and provide more benefits to FET members (including technical information and resources)” – Patrick Rego, FET President

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  • Join FET and receive a monthly subscription to EnviroNotes.  The newsletter includes technical articles, calendar of events, plus information on chapters and other fun stuff. Check out a sample newsletter from January 2015 under Sample Newsletter on the right menu.

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Final Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States” Addition of Applicability Date to 2015 Clean Water Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of the Army (the agencies) finalized a rule adding an applicability date to the 2015 Rule defining “waters of the United States.” The final rule published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2018. The 2015 Rule will not be applicable until February 6, 2020. This amendment gives the agencies the...
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HazWoper Seminar Scheduled for March 21st

The HAZWOPR Refresher course, hosted by the WI CHMM Chapter, will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn, in NW Milwaukee. The seminar is designed to meet the annual refresher training requirements under OSHA’s standards for general industry and the construction industry on hazardous waste operations and emergency response...
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FET Industrial Wastewater 3-Session Course Starts in March 2018

FET will again offer its Industrial Wastewater Course on March 7, 14, and 21, 2018 over three (3) full-day sessions at The Sigma Group, 1300 Canal Street,  Milwaukee, WI 53233.  The course will (1) review the DNR’s new Subclass U for Unique Treatment Systems that use biological, chemical or physical methods (NR 114) and...
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Final Rule: User Fees for the Electronic Hazardous Waste Manifest System (e-Manifest) and Amendments to Manifest Regulations

The final rule establishes the methodology that EPA will use in setting and revising user fees in order to recover the full costs of the electronic manifest system, https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/learn-about-hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest.  This includes costs incurred in developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading a national e-Manifest system, as well as any costs incurred in collecting and processing data from...
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Reclassification of Major Sources as Area Sources Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act

On January 25, 2018, EPA issued a guidance memorandum withdrawing the “once in always in” policy for the classification of major sources of hazardous air pollutants under section 112 of the Clean Air Act.  With the new guidance, sources of hazardous air pollutants previously classified as “major sources” may be reclassified as “area” sources...
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