Alright, it wasn’t Terry Bradshaw passing to Lynn Swann. Instead, it was an even bigger MVP (Most Valuable Pigger) who connected with Lynn. It was our very own Terry from our Corporate Sales team!

Here you can see the Hall of Famer taking the handoff from the Hog of Famer during a recent visit to Canton, OH.

And this is no ordinary Pigskin! It is the one and only Sporksball, one of New Pig’s famous promos that you can get when you order from 1-800-HOT-HOGS or visit newpig.com

One question, Terry– Did you give Lynn your autograph?

It’s true that the more often a piece of information is repeated, the more likely a person is to remember it. Take the number 3349.

3349 does not seem significant. In fact, it is hard to connect 3349 to anything. A person would be hard-pressed to even come up with a correlation to 3349.

But 3349 is important. Why is 3349 so important? Because 3349 is the booth number for New Pig at the National Safety Council’s 2011 Congress and Expo in Philadelphia, PA from October 31 to Nov. 2.

So stop by booth 3349 to meet the New Pig team who will be sharing great innovative solutions to keep your workplace safe, clean and productive.

You can even get your first look at PIG® Grippy® Mat– the revolutionary absorbent mat that stays put no matter what™.

Hope to see you there (at booth #3349, of course)

Helping to keep workplaces cleaner and safer is what we do!  So when we saw workers slipping, sliding and tripping on traditional multi-layer well pad liners at hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites, we knew we could create a better solution.

The PIG™ Well Pad Liner, recently announced as a Environmental Protection New Product of the Year Award winner,  is a durable, single-layer, nonslip liner that help protects workers from slips and falls;  and the environment from incidental leaks and spills at drilling sites. It is four times stronger than standard HDPE liners used at drilling sites, twice as tear resistant, and is UV resistant for long-term outdoor use.

We’ve been keeping Matt and his crews pretty busy installing them at drilling sites all over Pennsylvania, helping to keep workers and the environment safe at drilling sites.

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Special Wastes: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Revisions to Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: New Source Performance Standards Review for Nitric Acid Plants [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Air Quality: Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds; Exclusion of trans–1,3,3,3–tetrafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3–tetrafluoropropene  [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Oil and Natural Gas Sector:New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews; Correction [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 2012 Critical Use Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Certain High Production Volume Chemicals: Test Rule and Significant New Use Rule; Fourth Group of Chemicals [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Reporting [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Hydrogen Sulfide [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures:Compliance Date Amendment for Farms [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Fuel and Fuel Additives: Alternative Test Method for Olefins in Gasoline [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemicals: Third Group of Chemicals [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Shipyard Employment Standards [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:Inorganic Arsenic Standard [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Delays in Processing of Special Permit Applications [PDF]

FEMA Notice: Preliminary Damage Assessment for Individual Assistance Operations Manual; Availability [PDF]
FEMA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Disaster Assistance Registration [PDF]

Farms that are subject to SPCC Planning Regulations have received a grace period from the EPA, according to an October 18 Federal Register Notice.

Instead of the looming November 10, 2011 deadline that everyone else must meet, farms that began operation on or before August 16, 2002 now have until May 10, 2013 to ammend and implement their SPCC Plan.

The deadline extension has been granted, in part, to assist the farmers who were heavily impacted by recent flooding and fires.

The EPA has also issued a fact sheet discussing the ammendment and offering additional resources for information.

Need more information on SPCC planning or SPCC products to help you comply?   Give us a call!

Safety signs and symbols help communicate hazards.   Recently,  the ANSI Z535 standards for signage in industrial and consumer products, workplaces and public spaces were updated.

Thess standards allow everyone from ink manufacturers to sign makers to use one set of “rules” for the design, application, and use of safety signs, labels, tags, tapes, colors, and symbols.

The standards in the Z535 Series include:

ANSI Z535.1-2011 – Safety Colors

• Provides color standards and tolerances as well as technical definitions

ANSI Z535.2-2011 Environmental and facility safety signs

• Describes the five types of safety signs used in facilities and outlines their use for consistent reinforcement and prevention of injury

ANSI Z535.3-2011 Criteria for safety symbols

• Lists criteria for use of safety symbols to identify specific hazards and help perople avoid injury.

ANSI Z535.4-2011 Product safety signs and labels

• Sets design criteria for use of safety signs on products

ANSI Z535.5-2011 Safety tags and barricade tapes (for temporary hazards)

• Provides design, application and use criteria for barricade tape, tags and other means of identifying temporary hazards.

ANSI Z535.6-2011 Product safety information in product manuals, instructions, and other collateral materials

• Provides information for providing clear, effective safety instructions such as owner’s manuals, assembly instructions, user guides and maintenance instructions

ANSI Z353-2011 Safety color chart

• Lists  ink specifications for the Z535 safety colors.

The standards can be purchased as a set or individually on ANSI’s website   http://www.ansi.org

To help you comply with these standards, we stock a wide variety of safety signs, tags, barricade tape and other products to help you comply.   We can even custom-design signs to meet your specific needs.

EPA Final Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Significant New Alternatives Policy Program [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases: Electronics Manufacturing and Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Technical Revisions; Extension of Public Comment Period [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances: Isopyrazam [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Pesticide Tolerances: Prothioconazole [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Vehicle-Mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms (Aerial Lifts) [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Cotton Dust Standard [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Meetings: Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss [PDF]

Nonwoven textiles have become a staple for everything from re-usable shopping totes to wipers to absorbents and more!

This article discusses how the market for nonwovens keeps evolving – and features New Pig’s own Dan Silver talking about our newest innovation – PIG® Grippy® Mat !!!

http://www.nonwovens-industry.com/articles/2011/10/industrial-nonwovens

Haven’t tried PIG® Grippy® Mat yet? Give us a call! We’ll get a free sample out for you today.