The Region VI Pretreatment Association’s (RVIPA) 35th Annual Meeting has wrapped up today. If you read our blog from Wednesday, you will know that RVIPA represents the Water Treatment Experts of the USEPA Region VI states (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). This non-profit organization was created to allow members to share expertise, training, […]
The Region VI Pretreatment Association (RVIPA) represents the Water Treatment Experts of the USEPA Region VI states (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas). The Association is a non-profit organization primarily assimilated to coordinate the EPA Region VI Annual Workshop which had been coordinated by the EPA Region VI office. RVIPA members meet annually to […]
For the past several years, M.A.R.S has a close working relationship with many POTWs across North America. Many of these Water Treatment Experts reached out to M.A.R.S® to learn more about the Dental Industry, Amalgam Separators, and the EPA Regulation. In many cases, during our training, M.A.R.S helped write the Best Management Practices set in […]
We began this blog series giving the history of the EPA Regulation, then continued to speak about how it became diluted; resulting in the flawed regulation that it is now. Today, we continue this series discussing the Flaws in the EPA Regulation. So far, we have discussed the following issues with the EPA Regulation; Regulators […]
Many Dental Professionals are being inundated with information about the new EPA Amalgam Separator Regulation. Unfortunately, there is a lot of conflicting data, further confusing Dental Professionals about ensuring their compliance. For this reason, M.A.R.S writes weekly blogs to help provide clarity to the Dental Industry. We began this blog series giving the history of […]
There are many flaws to the new EPA Regulation that has been confusing the regulators, Water Treatment Plants, and Dental Professionals. This segment of the series will be highlighting some of the mistakes made by the EPA when writing their regulation, as well as explain why your local regulator may not be as well versed […]
Regarding the diluted EPA Regulation, M.A.R.S® applauds anyone who takes the time to try to help Dental Practices understand the EPA Regulation and ensure their compliance. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation released on compliance, that it often confuses Dental Professionals and leaves them non-compliant. Figure 1 – ADA EPA Regulation Flowchart with wrong information. […]
Mentioned in many of the M.A.R.S® blogs; the thought of having an amalgam separator will ensure the compliance of your Dental Practice is incorrect. Many Dental Companies are releasing blogs, newsletters, advertisements, or social media posts, in hopes of making the EPA Regulation understandable. What these companies may not know; there is a lot of […]
As our followers would know, M.A.R.S® is proud to have been asked by another group of Water Treatment Experts to speak to them about the new EPA Regulation. We had a great time with the Water Environment Association of Texas, read part 1 of this series to learn more about our course earlier this week. […]
M.A.R.S® is proud to have been asked by another group of Water Treatment Experts (WEAT) to speak to them about the new EPA Regulation. For this trip, we were contacted by the Water Environment Association of Texas to be the guest speaker of their training session. For three hours, our amalgam separator expert, Jason Buyukozer, […]
We are continuing our series on misinformation spread about M.A.R.S®, our products, and the amalgam separator/evacuation line cleaner industry. To date, our series has covered two of the three dishonesties we are debunking in this blog; “The M.A.R.S LibertyBOSS is not legal in the United States because it is Canadian made, which have different standards.” […]
Thank you for following our blog series on the more recent misinformation about M.A.R.S®, our products, and the amalgam separator/evacuation line cleaner industry. To date, our series has covered two of the three dishonesties we are debunking in this blog; “The M.A.R.S LibertyBOSS is not legal in the United States because it is Canadian made, […]
Today is the last segment discussing the recycling and shipping restrictions of amalgam separators. Thank you for following this series, clarifying the misinformation spread by uninformed individuals in the Dental Industry. Using logic and basic reasoning skills, anyone can determine the fable about the LibertyBOSS not being able to be shipped or recycled was just […]
Thank you for following our series on misinformation about the EPA Regulation. Our last blog introduced today’s topic, which is discussing a fable told by an amalgam separator manufacturer representative regarding shipping restrictions on amalgam separators. Today’s segment, we are breakings down the facts to disprove the statements made by an ill-informed individual. Finding the […]
Thank you for following our blog series on clarifying the fables of the amalgam separator industry. Our last blog was the introduction to the series, highlighting some of our previous blogs debunking other incorrect information that muddied the waters of the Dental Industry. The 2019 Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, Massachusetts was the first time […]
We were overwhelmed by the reaction Dental Professionals had in California to M.A.R.S and the LibertyBOSS amalgam separator. M.A.R.S’ success during the first two days of the 2019 California Dental Association came on different levels: Dental Practice upgrading to the LibertyBOSS amalgam separator Dental Practices educated on the EPA Regulation and amalgam Separator Compliance el […]
We have reached the end of our Flowchart blog series. So far, we have discussed everything you need to know about the EPA Regulation, the Regulators, and your compliance. Today, we will be discussing protecting your investment. Though this is not a part of the EPA Regulation, M.A.R.S feels it important to help the Dental […]
Today, we will be reviewing the necessary Record Keeping to ensure the compliance of your Dental Practice. Thank you for following our blog series on the EPA Regulation Flowchart, breaking down the information you need to keep your office in compliance. We are nearing the end of our series, so far we have discussed; – […]
Our blog series on the EPA Regulation Flowchart continues, breaking down the information you need to keep your office in compliance. So far, we have discussed; – Exemptions – Compliance Deadlines – Compliance Reports Today, we will be reviewing Compliant Amalgam Separators, what is expected and what you should know. Compliant Amalgam Separators There is […]
Thank you for following us to Part Three of our blog series on Reviewing M.A.R.S’ EPA Regulation Flowchart. Our first two segments were on the Compliance Dates and Installation Deadlines. Today, we will be discussing Compliance Reports and the time frame in which you are required to submit and resubmit the forms to your regulators. […]
