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IHMM’s offices are closed on Friday, July 4, 2025 in observance of the 4th of July holiday

Be safe this weekend

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/DANGEROUS GOODS

• Threats to the United States

• Millions in the U.S. may rely on PFAS-contaminated drinking water

• Fire Smoke Exposure Leaves Toxic Metals and Lasting Immune Changes

• This Breakthrough Turns Old Tech Into Pure Gold — No Mercury, No Cyanide, Just Light and Salt

• Forever Chemicals’ Toxic Cousin: MCCPs Detected in U. S. Air for First Time

• Occupational Safety and Health Standards; Interpretation of the General Duty Clause: Limitation for Inherently Risky Professional Activities

• Hazardous Materials: Adoption of Department of Transportation Special Permit 21478

• Hazardous Materials: Remove Redundant List of U.S. EPA CERCLA Hazardous Substances

• Improving and Eliminating Regulations; Hazardous Communication

• EPA Helps Small Businesses Understand Hazardous Waste Rules and Avoid Costly Mistakes

• EPA Plans Reset of GHG and Mercury Rules for Power Plants

• EPA to Reconsider Asbestos Part 1 Risk Management Rule Following Legal Challenge

• Supreme Court Provides Crucial Guidance on Venue for Clean Air Act Challenges

• Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Reclassification Issue

• Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations

EHS/WORKPLACE SAFETY

• Threats to the United States

• OSHA Launches #MirrorCheck Initiative to Prevent Backovers

• How Relationship Building Can Help Create Safer & Healthier Workplaces

• Construction Professionals: Share Your Insights in New Industry Survey

• Get more accurate financial projections

• OSHA hearings hint at revised heat rule

• Contractors back New York’s Scaffold Law update

• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today it is renewing the National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries

• Employers should regularly check E-Verify for authorization status changes, DHS warns

• Decoding Dust: How to Identify and Mitigate Hazards Related to Explosions

• Trump Administration to Reconsider Asbestos Ban

• National Safety Month: A Focus on Workplace and Community Well-being

• How construction CEOs mitigate supply chain risk

• It’s the Culture, Silly: Why Our Best Safety Policy Wasn’t a Policy at All

• OSHA Field Offices to Remain Open

• New OSHA Rule Clarifies Fit Requirements for PPE

Digital Badges At IHMM

Your IHMM Digital Badge, Certificate & Wallet Card Are Here!

We’re excited to announce that IHMM has launched verified digital credentials through BadgeCert — giving you powerful new tools to showcase your certification with pride and professionalism.

Whether you’ve earned the CHMM, CDGP, CSHM, or any other IHMM credential, you have access to:

• ✅ A verified digital badge
• 📄 A digital certificate
• 💳 A digital wallet card

Each item is secure, easy to access, and designed to help you share your accomplishment wherever your career takes you.

What Can You Do With Your Digital Credentials?

• Add your badge to your LinkedIn profile, resume, email signature, or website
• Share your certificate and badge on social media or job boards
• Instantly verify your credential with employers, clients, and peers
• Download your certificate for printing or recordkeeping
• Store your wallet card digitally for on-the-go proof of certification

When Will You Get Access?
You have received an email from IHMM with your personalized BadgeCert link and login details — so check your inbox!

Learn More
See how to share your badge and manage your digital credentials here:
👉 https://www.badgecert.com/sharing

We’re proud to offer this modern, secure, and convenient way to recognize your hard-earned credentials. Thank you for your dedication and for being an essential part of the IHMM community.

For more information, please contact Jimmy Nguyen at j[email protected]

PHMSA’s ANPRM: Mandatory Regulatory Reviews – IHMM Seeks Certificant Input

Those Who Participate in the 

IHMM Business Leaders Academy

Will be eligible for up to 40 CMPs

IHMM Business Leaders Academy Coming This September

The IHMM Foundation’s Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that, starting this September 2025, we will be introducing the IHMM Business Leaders Academy. This comprehensive 10-week program enhances and transforms your existing or aspiring business leader skills. Here is a synopsis of what the IHMM Business Leaders Academy delivers. The IHMM Business Leaders Academy offers benefits to our CHMM, CHMP, CSHM, CSMP, AHMM, CSSM, CPPS, and ASHM credential holders.

H.R. 1 “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Passes the U.S. Senate 51-50

After a marathon vote-a-rama to consider floor amendments and to negotiate various provisions with hold-out Senators, today the Senate passed H.R. 1 by a vote of 51-50. The House is out this week, but Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is calling House Republicans back from recess and targeting a Wednesday vote to try to meet Trump’s July 4 deadline.

On Saturday, the 28th, the Senate held a vote on a “motion to proceed,” an important procedural vote to determine if the legislation can be brought to the floor. The vote was 51-49, just barely passing.

Thank you for your efforts on this important issue and for being a valued member of the Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition!

H.R. 1151 / S 756 / Coalition Roster

Congress Needs to Hear From US

IHMM and its affiliated organizations continue to focus on two grassroots legislative activities: [a] Tomorrow’s Workforce Coalition and the need to pass HR 1151 and S 756 to provide an important tax benefit for certificates under IRS Code 529, and [b] Community Impact Coalition to discourage Congress from taxing nonprofit organizations. If you haven’t taken advantage of both of these congressional outreach opportunities, please see each below and complete both today.

IHMM/ASAE Campaign for “Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act” CALL TO ACTION

Please take a moment to make your voice heard on this important issue and share this grassroots campaign with your stakeholders to amplify our impact!

IHMM has launched lobbying efforts with our credential holders around the country to gather co-sponsors for the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act (S. 756 / H.R. 1151),

CALL TO ACTION: CONTACT CONGRESS

IHMM/CIC Grassroots Campaign on Nonprofit Organizations and Tax Reform

IHMM Board of Directors Nominations – Last Week to Nominate!

Heather Waldmann, CHMM, chair of the IHMM Nominating Committee, is pleased to release the Call for Nominations for 2025. IHMM’s Board is filling the CHMP seat beginning January 1, 2026.

If you are a CHMP and are interested in serving on the IHMM Board of Directors, we recommend these documents for your review. A term on the IHMM Board is 4 years in length.

• 2025 IHMM Nominations and Elections Process
• 2025 IHMM Call for Nominations
• 2025 IHMM Fillable Nominations Form
• IHMM Board of Directors Position Description

The IHMM Foundation Jobs Board

We invite our participating companies to post their available employment opportunities here. There is no charge for this service. IHMM Foundation/HMS staff reviews each proposed posting for clarity and completeness before posting to the public view and may remove a posting without notice. Go here to post your jobs available.

Connect. Collaborate. Get Hired!

Losing a job is tough—but you don’t have to navigate the next steps alone. IHMM’s COLLABORATION platform is more than just a place to network; it’s a community where environmental health, hazardous materials, and workplace safety professionals come together to connect, collaborate, and find new opportunities.

Today, IHMM launched its “Open to Work” online COLLABORATION community exclusively for IHMM certificants looking to connect, share resumes, and discover job opportunities together in a supportive environment.

• Go to IHMM’s Collaboration platform > https://community.ihmm.org/home

• Scroll down to the OPEN FOR WORK Community

• Post your resume, preferred work location[s], and experience there

Thousands will see your availability for work so we will do everything we can to facilitate your job search.

Whether you are a government worker who has recently been displaced from your job, looking for your next role, just exploring your options, or an employer seeking top talent, IHMM’s “Open to Work” COLLABORATION community can help you build meaningful connections. It’s a place where you can exchange knowledge, support one another, and advance careers together.

Be part of something bigger. Join today!

Access to Collaboration is through the same username and password as your access to your MYIHMM account. If you forgot it, please contact any one of the following for assistance…

Jimmy Nguyen [email protected]

Jelian Larbi [email protected]

Kortney Tunstall [email protected]

Kaylene Cagle [email protected]

Rosetta Wilson [email protected]

Gene Guilford [email protected]

Dominique Abney [email protected]

Patricia Buley [email protected]

IHMM Coalition Letters in 2025

• IHMM NSC Coalition Letter to Congressional Appropriators

• 460 Friends of NIOSH Coalition Letter Here

• Read the final SWANA End of Life Op-Ed here

• OSHA 25-Member Coalition Letter Here

• Here is the Intersociety Forum “Driving Business Growth and Profitability Through Modern Occupational Environmental, Health and Safety Practices” document.

IHMM and the Community Impact Coalition in Washington

Celebrating Excellence in EHS Leadership – Nominate a Trailblazer Today!

The Excellence in EHS Management Award is a prestigious honor recognizing an outstanding Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) manager who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, innovation, and dedication to the profession. This is your opportunity to spotlight a true champion of workplace safety and environmental responsibility!

Presented by the Institute for Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM), this award will be showcased at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo—one of the most influential safety events of the year.

What the Winner Receives:

A distinguished commemorative plaque
Recognition in an official press release and IHMM member communications

Nominate an EHS Leader

Nominations are open from March through July each year, and the 2025 award presentation will take place at the National Safety Council Congress & Expo, September 12-14, in Denver!

Help us honor the best in the field—nominate a deserving EHS leader today!

For more information and the Excellence in EHS Management Award Nomination Form Go Here

IHMM’s Unprecedented Outreach: Elevating Excellence Worldwide

May 2025 marked another milestone moment for IHMM! In just one month, we sent 1,150,494 messages to thousands of private and public sector entities, amplifying awareness of IHMM, our prestigious credentials, and the dedicated professionals who hold them. Combined with January, February, March, and April’s outreach, that’s a staggering 3.662 million communications in just five months! IHMM is on track to surpass 6 million communications by 2025.

Looking back at 2024, IHMM reached an all-time high with over 3.29 million messages sent—an unprecedented level of engagement in our history and we surpassed all of 2024 by May, 2025.

This momentum is more than just numbers; it’s a testament to our unwavering mission. Every day, across 50 states and 85 countries, IHMM champions the critical role of credentialed professionals, setting standards of excellence in environmental, health, and safety fields. Together, we are shaping the future—one message, one connection, one breakthrough at a time!

1,150,494

IHMM 2024 Salary Survey Results

IHMM is pleased to release the 2024 survey of salaries underlying the hazardous materials/dangerous goods credentials salaries by job totle, as well as the 2024 survey of salaries underlying the workplace safety credentials salaries by job title. You may download these surveys as linked below.

• 2024 IHMM Hazmat/Dangerous Goods Credentials Salary Survey

• 2024 IHMM Workplace Safety Credentials Salary Survey

IHMM In Its 40th Year

On December 3, 1984 the Institute of Hazardous Materials Management was created with the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager® [CHMM®] credential.  John H. Frick, Harold M. Gordon, John J. McCambridge, and Richard A. Young created what would become an Institute that offers 11 professional credentials across Hazardous Materials/Dangerous Goods and EHS Work Place Safety communities of practice in all 50 of the United States and 85 other countries.

IHMM thanks its hundreds of volunteer leaders, thousands of certificants and companies who support IHMM through strengthening its ability to extend its reach and allow us all to live up to why we exist our vision, and our mission…

Why We Exist

Our Vision

Our Mission

Upholding Integrity: The Updated IHMM Code of Ethics

At IHMM, integrity isn’t just a principle—it’s the foundation of everything we do. Our Code of Ethics is the guiding standard for all IHMM Certificants, ensuring that professionals in hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environment, health, and safety uphold the highest levels of honor, trust, and responsibility in their work.

By committing to this Code, Certificants reinforce their dedication to excellence, ethical conduct, and public safety. Violating these standards isn’t an option—those who do may face disciplinary action from a peer review panel, including credential suspension or revocation.

We’ve recently updated our Code of Ethics to reflect evolving industry standards and best practices. Stay informed, stay accountable, and continue leading with integrity.

📜 Explore the updated IHMM Code of Ethics here: IHMM Code of Ethics

🎥 Watch the latest Code of Ethics video below!

IHMM CONFERENCES For 2025

IHMM will attend the following conferences and trade shows in 2025. Please be sure to drop by the IHMM booth and say hello to the staff while you are there, we would like to meet you! So far in 2025, IHMM has been with AIHA Connect, COSTHA, and the Ohio Safety Conference. Below is what we have coming up!

Are there conferences you believe IHMM should attend in 2025 that are not named here? If so, let us know by sending an email to [email protected]

EHS Hazmat Summit 2025

September 8-11, 2025

IHMM Executive Director Eugene A. Guilford, Jr., CAE makes a presentation on IHMM Government Affairs at 8 am on the 11th

The Galt House, Louisville, KY

2025 NSC Safety Congress & Expo

September 12-14, 2025

Denver, CO

FET Annual Conference & Exhibition 2025

October 28-30, 2025

Milwaukee, WI

IHMM Organizing Broader Government Affairs Activities – Call for Volunteers

In strategic planning on August 17, 2023 IHMM created a strategic imperative to create a broader government affairs operation on behalf of, and with the assistance of, all of IHMM’s certificants.

• Federal Government  – Regulatory
  We need a group of people watching Federal regulatory developments to advise when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in the agencies.
• Federal Government – Congress
  We need a group of people watching legislation to advise us when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in Congress.

• State Governments – Regulatory
  We need a group of people watching state regulatory developments to advise when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in the agencies.
• State Governments – Legislatures
  We need a group of people watching legislation to advise us when taking action can be helpful and raise our visibility in state legislatures.

If you want to make a difference in the recognition of your credentials and build on the successful record we have achieved thus far – we need you to volunteer. Learn more by visiting our Government Affairs Committee page, and get involved with government affairs. You can volunteer for one, two, three or all four of the segments of the committee’s work. That’s up to you!

Beltway Buzz – Ogletree Deakins

SCOTUS Rejects Retiree’s ADA Claim. Late last week, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that limits the ability of retirees to bring discrimination challenges under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, the plaintiff—a retired firefighter—claimed that her employer had violated the ADA by deciding (fifteen years prior to her retirement) to provide different health insurance coverage to employees who retired due to disability, as opposed to those who retired after a certain amount of service. Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch determined that the ADA only prohibits disability-based discrimination against a “qualified individual”—defined in the statute as “an individual who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the employment position that such individual holds or desires.” The Court ruled that the retiree plaintiff was not a “qualified individual” and therefore could not bring her claim. Jonathan R. Mook and Zachary V. Zagger have more details.

DOL Jump-Starts Regulatory Agenda. The Trump administration has not yet issued its first regulatory agenda (though it is expected to be released at any moment now), but officials at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) aren’t letting that stop them from moving forward with several rulemaking initiatives. The following proposals were sent this week to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) and are at the pre-rule stage:

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): “Interpretation of the General Duty Clause: Limitation for Inherently Risky Professional Activities.”
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP): “Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations.”
• Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS): “Filing Thresholds for Forms LM-2, LM-3, and LM-4 Labor Organization Annual Reports.”
• Wage and Hour Division:
  • “Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service.”
  • “Amending Child Labor Hours of Work and Hazardous Occupation Standards under the Fair Labor Standards Act.”
  • “Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Rescission of Dual Jobs.”

Unfortunately, at this stage of the rulemaking process, these proposals are not made available to the public. After OIRA reviews and approves these proposals, the DOL will publish them as notices of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, and this will kick off the public comment process.

EEOC, DOL Nominations Update. On June 26, 2025, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) voted along party lines to advance the nominations of Andrea Lucas to be a member (for a second term) of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Jonathan Berry to be solicitor of labor, David Keeling to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, Daniel Aronowitz to be assistant secretary of labor and head the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and Andrew Rogers to be administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. The next step for the nominees is a vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Additionally, while Aronowitz awaits that vote by the full Senate, the former chair of the EEOC, Janet Dhillon, has been named acting assistant secretary for EBSA. Dhillon is also awaiting a vote on her own nomination to run the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

DHS Launches “Status Change Report” for E-Verify Users. The Trump administration’s actions to terminate the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) parole program and other parole programs have left many employers confused as to how to balance their legal obligation to refrain from hiring unauthorized workers without violating the discrimination provisions of federal immigration law. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently issued a notice to employers about a new E-Verify “Status Change Report” that “allows E-Verify employers to review their aggregated case data for any employees who presented an EAD [employment authorization document] for employment verification which has now been revoked by DHS.” Employers are required to “begin reverifying each current employee whose EAD the Status Change Report indicated was revoked, and complete all reverifications within a reasonable amount of time.” Of course, this new guidance only impacts employers enrolled in E-Verify.

GAO: OLMS Can Improve LMRDA Enforcement. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report, “Labor Organization Oversight: Department of Labor Should Enhance Enforcement and Assistance Processes.” The report examines how well OLMS is doing in enforcing the Labor-Management and Reporting Disclosure Act (LMRDA), the federal law that promotes transparency and financial integrity of labor organizations. According to the report, “from fiscal years 2019 through 2023, OLMS identified LMRDA violations in at least 92 percent of labor organizations selected for audit.” The report offers seven recommendations for how the DOL can improve in this area, including developing protocols “to track labor organizations that OLMS officials determine merit follow up based on past violations identified during a compliance audit.” OLMS was basically dormant during the Biden administration, but as indicated by the proposals it has already sent to OIRA (described above) the Buzz expects the office to be more diligent in ensuring labor unions’ compliance with their LMRDA obligations.

Regulatory Updates

OSHA Heat Rule Hearings Updated

As follow-up to the email below, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has provided a schedule for the informal public hearing on its Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings proposed rule. The public hearing will to be held virtually beginning on June 16, 2025, and continuing through July 2, 2025.

For more information on the hearing schedule and procedures, as well as public livestream links to view the hearing, please visit OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Rulemaking webpage here.

OSHA Public Hearing on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Proposed Rulemaking: OSHA will host a virtual public hearing on its proposed rule to protect workers from hazardous heat exposure in indoor and outdoor workplaces. The public hearing on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings will begin on June 16, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. EDT, and continue on subsequent weekdays if necessary. Those interested in speaking must complete a Notice of Intention to Appear form by May 2, 2025. For more information, please see OSHA’s Rulemaking Webpage and OSHA News Release.

OSHA Releases 2024 Workplace Injury and Illness Data: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a press release announcing the release of 2024 injury and illness data based on reports by more than 300,000 establishments through the Injury Tracking Application. For more information, please visit OSHA’s Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements website and the Injury Tracking Application Data website.

PHMSA Announces Public Meetings For International Standards On The Transport Of Dangerous Goods

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced on March 12, 2025, that its Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) will host four public meetings during 2025 in advance of certain international meetings. The second meeting will be held in preparation of the 66th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for June 30 – July 4, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will be held in preparation of the 30th session of the ICAO DGP (DGP/30) scheduled for October 6 – 10, 2025, in Montreal, Canada. The fourth meeting will be held in preparation of the 67th session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 24 – December 3, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. PHMSA will solicit public input on current proposals for each of these meetings. PHMSA states that each public meeting will take place approximately two weeks preceding the international meeting at the headquarters for the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.

Federal Register

Professional Certification Coalition

IHMM is a member of the PCC. The PCC monitors state and federal legislative and regulatory activity affecting professional certification on an ongoing basis.

2025 State Legislatures are underway, and our 2025 Watch List is below:

• 2024 Accomplishments and 2025 Priorities

New 2025 State Legislation Watch List

Important Stories for IHMM Certificants

IHMM Credential Recognition

The highest priority of IHMM’s Government Affairs Committee is the recognition of IHMM’s credentials by government. We have made substantial progress in the two years we have undertaken this endeavor, as outlined in detail here > https://ihmm.org/credential-recognition/

In this project we have 45-in-5, increasing the number of states that recognize IHMM credentials.

• We have already succeeded in 13 states – New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Ohio, North Dakota, and Georgia. [Red states in the map above]. These are states where IHMM credentials are cited or 40 CFR 312.10 is cited by reference.
• We have partially succeeded in another 16 states – Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Florida, Delaware, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine. [Orange/Black Stripe states in the map above] These are states where the requirements of an “environmental professional” or QEP are cited that coincide with an IHMM credential so that relatively little work would need to be done to clarify the desired outcome.
• We have 21 states where no reference to an IHMM credential is made in either statute or regulation, nor is there anything defined in the area of an environmental professional. These states will require legislation or regulatory work. [Yellow states in the map above].

in January 2022 Gene Guilford released the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation that states a private certification that meets or exceeds the requirements of the regulation is an Environmental Professional under the regulation. Here is the crosswalk between the 40 CFR § 312.10 EPA regulation and the Certified Hazardous Materials Manager [CHMM] blueprint. The CHMM meets or exceeds the requirements of an Environmental Professional.

Here’s what we ask each volunteer to do:

• Watch legislative and regulatory developments in your state that provide an opportunity for us to create amendments or other interventions
• Be willing to speak with regulators and legislators in your area about the recognition efforts we craft together

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