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Department of Health, Safety & Environment 2013 Compliance Reminder

February 1:

January 2013

OSHA 300A Forms for 2012 (injuries and illnesses) must be posted through April 30. Each facility with 10 or more employees must maintain OSHA 300 Forms. The previous five years of OSHA 300 Forms must be made available to OSHA inspectors upon request. For more information on OSHA Recordkeeping requirements, please see the following link: http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/ index.html. EPA Section 312 (Tier II) reports are due. Facilities that store 10,000 lbs. or more of any hazardous chemical on-site at any one time or threshold planning quantities of Extremely Hazardous Substances must file. Some states have lower reporting thresholds check out http://www.epa.gov/emergencies/ content/epcra/tier2.htm for state requirements and to download reporting software. EPA State Annual Hazardous Waste Reports due for Large Quantity Generators. Some states require reports for Small Quantity Generators as well. Contact your state for local requirements.

March 1:

June 30:

Department of Transportation Hazmat Registrations are due for those who offer or transport hazardous materials (or wastes) that require placarding. More information is available at http:// hazmat.dot.gov/regs/register/register.htm. EPA Section 313 (Form R) reports are due.

July 1:

Key Dates - Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and OSHAs Hazard Communication Standard: For additional information on the GHS, please contact Bill Rudersdorf at 847-871-1334 or bill@compositesone.com. Composites Ones Bill Rudersdorf will be offering a seminar on GHS at the ACMA Convention COMPOSITES 2013 in Orlando. December 1, 2013: June 1, 2015: Employers must train employees on how to read GHS formatted labels and safety data sheets. Chemical manufacturers and distributors must complete hazard reclassification and produce GHS styled labels and safety data sheets. Distributors get an additional 6 months to complete shipments of old inventory. Distributors must comply fully with HCS requirements. (Grace period for shipments of old inventory ends). Employers must be in full compliance with revised HCS, HCS including complete training of employees on new hazards and/or revisions to workplace hazard communication program.

December 1, 2015: June 1, 2016:

Composites One Regulatory Compliance Manual Revised: The Composites One Regulatory Compliance Manual is a tool available to all customers at no additional cost. Regulations from the DOT, EPA and OSHA are summarized in this manual; standards which apply to the composites industry are identified and then explained in the manual. Checklists are available so that customers can perform self-audits on their existing programs. (Continued on page 2)

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(Continued from page 1.) Sample written programs have also been provided. Additional resources have been provided, such as the Unified Emissions Factors and government agency contacts. If customers use this manual diligently, they will be able to develop a strong safety and environmental program. The manual is available on the Composites One B2B site and via CD-ROM. Potential Training Topics 2013: Fire Extinguisher Training, Forklift Training, Hazard Communication Training, Lock-Out Tag-Out Training, Respiratory Protection Training, Hearing Conservation Training, Accident Reporting Training, Hazardous Waste Training, Flammable Liquid Storage and Training, Organic Peroxide Handling Training, Confined Space Training

Being Green...Tips for Your Business

Whether you run a home-based business or a brick-and-mortar retail business, there are simple, easy things you can do to go green. And operating a green business is not only good for the environment but good for your business's bottom line because conserving resources and cutting down on waste saves money. Go green by: Turning off equipment when it's not being used. This can reduce the energy used by 25 percent; turning off the computers at the end of the day can save an additional 50 percent. Encouraging communications by email, and reading email messages onscreen to determine whether it's necessary to print them. If it's not, don't! Producing double-sided documents whenever possible. Finding a supply of paper with maximum available recycled content. Choosing suppliers who take back packaging for reuse. Instigating an ongoing search for "greener" products and services in the local community. The further your supplies or service providers have to travel, the more energy will be used to get them to you. Before deciding whether you need to purchase new office furniture, see if your existing office furniture can be refurbished. It's less expensive than buying new and better for the environment. Environmentally friendly actions don't have to be large to have an impact. Consistently reducing the amount of energy, water, and paper our businesses use can make a huge difference, both to the environment and to our pocketbooks. How much paper would you save over the course of a year, for instance, if you always ran double-sided copies? A small easy way to go green but a big result!

If being green is important you can get paperless and secure MSDS information allowing multiple individuals at your company to receive MSDS emails. Just log on to b2bcomposites.com (or .ca in Canada) and set your MSDS option to email as a PDF attachment along with your other document delivery preferences. We do the rest! And, you can always retrieve your prior MSDS requests in the purchase summary option available to b2bcomposites.com users. Go green and check it out today! Ask The Compliance Expert: For questions on information in this bulletin, or for any other regulatory questions, please email bill@compositesone.com. Emails will be answered within 24 hours of receipt.

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