Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Electrical exam prep

The Department of Commerce is offering Electrical Exam Prep Training in Green Bay. It is a weekly course every Wednesday morning, starting September 29 through December 15, 2010. The times ares 9:00 am to 12:00pm, and it will be offered at the Brown County Library Auditorium in Green Bay.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

NFPA-1 training

The Wisconsin Department of Commerce, Safety & Buildings Division is presenting four sessions of NFPA-1 Code training in July and August in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association.


No walk-ins, register by July 8. Offered at four locations: Milwaukee area, Green Bay, Eau Claire, and Richland Center. Only $25 -- a bargain!

See PDF brochure.  


See PDF list of current registrants.

Monday, June 14, 2010

EPA Proposes New Permit Requirements for Pesticide Discharges



Action would reduce amount of pesticides discharged and protect America’s waters

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing a new permit requirement that would decrease the amount of pesticides discharged to our nation's waters and protect human health and the environment. This action is in response to an April 9, 2009 court decision that found that pesticide discharges to U.S. waters were pollutants, thus requiring a permit.

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When natural disasters strike, tragedy can unfold in the lab





When Laura Levy returned to her laboratory
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there
was nothing to suggest that a violent storm had
pummeled the city. On the fifth floor of the
Tulane University School of Medicine, where
Levy’s lab sits, most things were in their proper
place. “It was really most peculiar,” she says.
The laboratories, she adds, “looked just as they
looked the day we left.” (More....)

Contact information


Office of Safety and Loss Prevention
University of Wisconsin System Administration
(608) 262-4792
 
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