The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA) provides a secured creditor exemption from
liability for banks and other lenders that do not participate in
the management of the property. The United States Environmental
Protection Agency has issued a rule interpreting the secured
creditor exemption under CERCLA, 57 Fed. Reg. 18344 (April 29,
1992). In addition to the federal Superfund law, most states have
enacted legislation that establishes similar liability...Read More »
The environmental
policy can be the shortest section of your
ISO 14001 environmental
management system (EMS) but is can require longer
that you anticpate to develop it for the following reasons:
- The environmental policy has to be defined by top management
- The environmental policy must be made available to the public
- The environmental policy must
be facility/company specific and incorporate the following:
- Pollution Prevention
- Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements
- Continual Improvement.
On Sunday, January 29, August Mack
will be recognized as the 1st & Green Challenge winner for
carbon offsetting in the business category. The award ceremony
will take place in the Super Bowl Village at 11:30am on the Pepsi
(Meridian) stage. This event is free and open to the public. If you
are interested in attending and would like more information, please
visit the Super
Bowl Village website.
Be sure to register in
advance for the August Mack webinar on Thursday,
February 23rd titled "Environmental Due Diligence for
Commercial Property Transaction." You can visit the
registration form on the August
Mack website to sign up for this free webinar. Environmental Due
Diligence is a must as a buyer, seller, or lender in a commercial
real estate transaction. Learn what common types of environmental
due diligence assessments are conducted, the differences between
them, and what type of...
Read More »The August Mack Environmental newsletter will be issued in the next
few days. If you do not regularly receive this newsletter, click on
the banner at the top of the blog to get signed up!
The voltility in current
commercial real estate lending has led us to see an increase the in
the requests for "reliance letters" on Phase 1 Environmental Site
Assessments (ESA). So what is a reliance letter?
Although whomever commissions the
Phase 1 Site Assessment should also carefully consider
any limitations a consultant may impose on who may use or rely
on the report and explicitly provide for reliance by
investors, lenders or others, this doesn't always happen. This is
usually discussed...
Read More »Here's an excellent article on the importance of conducting
environmental due diligence for commercial property
transactions:
http://finance-commerce.com/2012/01/legal-matters-environmental-mess-needn%E2%80%99t-be-a-legal-mess/
http://finance-commerce.com/2012/01/legal-matters-environmental-mess-needn%E2%80%99t-be-a-legal-mess/
Don't forget to attend the webinar tomorrow on oil-water separators
and the related wastewater issues. If you have not already
registered, visit the
registration page of the August Mack website to sign up for
this free webinar.
The webinars for March 2012 for
August Mack's free webinar series have been posted and are now open
for registration. To register, click on the photo icon link
below:
Click on the globe above to register!
August Mack is proud to be a silver sponsor of the 2012 Indiana Safety &
Health Conference & Expo March 12-14 in Indianapolis,
Indiana. "Safety Gets the Checkered Flag" is the theme for this
year's event, and from looking at the agenda, there
will be no shortage of interesting and informative topics
covered.
In additional to August Mack's participation as an exhibitor, August Mack's Principal Engineer for Compliance Services, Chuck Staehler, will be speaking on "What Safety Professionals Should...Read More »
In additional to August Mack's participation as an exhibitor, August Mack's Principal Engineer for Compliance Services, Chuck Staehler, will be speaking on "What Safety Professionals Should...Read More »
Be sure to register in
advance for the August Mack webinar on Tuesday,
February 21st titled "IDEM Rule 6 Storm Water Permits." You
can visit the
registration form on the August
Mack website to sign up for this free webinar. This training covers
many of the basic elements associated with IDEM’s National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Rule 6 General
Permit for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Industrial
Activities. Topics include applying for the permit with a Notice...
Read More »Do you have renovations or demolition activities that may disturb
asbestos containing materials? Or are you not sure? Sounds
like you should consider an asbestos survey.
August Mack's corporate office is located inside The Buick building, just north of "the circle" in downtown Indianapolis. The Buick, a LEED Gold certified building, receives 100% of its power from Wind Farms in the Midwest. Buying Green Power may be a Little more expensive than nonrenewable electricity, but buying Green Power creates incentives for further development of renewable energy facilities and makes less of an impact on the environment.
Safety is the number one priority
at August Mack and with many projects, safety can be a concern. We
are committed to the safety of our employees, other contractors’
employees, our job sites, and the general public. August Mack
believes that a successful safety program requires hard work,
knowledge, dedication, and daily practice in all aspects to keep
our job sites accident free. So if you have an industrial cleaning
and/or decontamination project that you are seeking outside
assistance with,...
Read More »By this time we should all have
recovered from the holidays and be well on our way to achieving our
New Years resolutions. For anyone who is planning to achieve
ISO 14001 certification in 2012 you will want to have a timeline
prepared and be diligently working through the specific tasks to
achieve this goal. If you haven't developed a timeline to
develop, implement and certify your ISO 14001 environmental
management system (EMS) yet, here are just a few of the items
that should be on it:
- Develop...
Be sure to register in
advance for the August Mack webinar on Thursday,
February 16th titled "Background Contaminants." You can visit
the
registration form on the August
Mack website to sign up for this free webinar. Background levels of
certain contaminants, particularly metals and some organic
constituents, can play a significant role when evaluating
subsurface data collected from a site. Some constituents, such as
arsenic, are very common in native soil and groundwater and are
also common...
Read More »August Mack Environmental started
as a company in 1988 and was actually named Hoosier Environmental
at that time. The name was changed in 1992 after more and more work
was extending beyond the borders of the Hoosier state. Now
nearly 24 years later, we have worked in over 40 states as well as
in Canada and Mexico. In our infancy, we concentrated on
environmental remediation and that still remains one of the
cornerstones of our business. But since those early days, we have
many other services...
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