Hello! My name is Tom Anderson and I am a Corporate Manager in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of August Mack Environmental, Inc. I have more than 28 years of work experience with an extensive knowledge in environmental compliance, air permits, hazardous waste management, Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) audits, wastewater issues, environmental management systems, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) as well as Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Reporting. Most recently, I have focused my energy by helping clients achieve environmental and safety compliance while integrating sustainability into their operations. If you are regulated by the numerous environmental and safety standards, I hope you find the information I provide on this blog to be helpful and insightful. Feel free to give me a call at 317.916.3105 or send me an e-mail at tanderson@augustmack.com to discuss any of this information.Hello! My name is Tom Anderson and I am a Corporate Manager in the Indianapolis, Indiana office of August Mack Environmental, Inc. I have more than 28 years of work experience with an extensive knowledge in environmental compliance, air permits, hazardous waste management, Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) audits, wastewater issues, environmental management systems, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) as well as Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Reporting. Most recently, I have focused my energy by helping clients achieve environmental and safety compliance while integrating sustainability into their operations. If you are regulated by the numerous environmental and safety standards, I hope you find the information I provide on this blog to be helpful and insightful. Feel free to give me a call at 317.916.3105 or send me an e-mail at tanderson@augustmack.com to discuss any of this information.August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the industrial, legal, financial, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on August Mack's environmental, health and safety services, visit www.augustmack.com or call 800.579.0770.
I can't tell you how many times potential clients have asked me about "Going Green" and immediately want to discuss sustainable business strategies, such as recycling, planting trees, etc. My first response is to ask whether they are compliant with all of the required environmental compliance requirements. The typical response is either "yes" or an inquisitive look. Based upon my experience, many facilities are not fully compliant with the numerous environmental compliance programs that are applicable to their operations. They are not willfully violating these requirements, but they just do not realize what all the requirements are that affect them! There are regulations that may be applicable related to boilers, chemicals, waste disposal, storage of oil related products, underground storage tanks and the list goes on. This is why it is difficult to be fully compliant. So where should you start? Step back and perform a full environmental compliance audit. If you need help with that, call me at 317.916.3105.
I am writing this blog ahead of time since I will be traveling in the early part of this week to the St. Louis area. August Mack has an office in the St. Louis area and is continuing to grow our office. If you are located in this area and need EH&S assistance, call me at 317.916.3105 so I can get you connected with our St. Louis office.
If safety is your concern, consider attending the National Safety Council Congress in San Diego. Tom Anderson, an environmental compliance specialist also will be speaking about an environmental topic during the technical sessions.
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Tom Anderson of August Mack Environmental will be speaking during a session on Tuesday, October 5th during the 1:30-3:00pm session. He will be speaking on Environmental Record Keeping. You can also visit the August Mack Environmental booth in the Expo area.
August Mack Environmental specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the industrial, legal, financial, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on August Mack's environmental, health and safety services, visit www.augustmack.com or call 800.579.0770.
What do you do if you are beginning a construction project and during the excavation work discover an unknown underground storage tank? What are your next steps? If you don't know, call Tom Anderson at 317-916-3105.
August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the industrial, legal, financial, construction, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on August Mack's environmental, health and safety services, visit www.augustmack.com or call 800.579.0770.
August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the industrial, legal, financial, construction, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on August Mack's environmental, health and safety services, visit www.augustmack.com or call 800.579.0770.
Are you involved in a construction project? Are you a General Contractor, Subcontractor, or Developer? Have you thought through the environmental issues that may affect your project? If you are renovating a facility, there may be asbestos issues, or waste disposal issues, or any of a number of things. Awareness is the first step in making sure you are compliant. Watch for my next few blogs that will discuss issues that may affect your work or project.
August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the industrial, legal, financial, construction, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on August Mack's environmental, health and safety services, visit www.augustmack.com or call 800.579.0770.
August Mack Environmental has an office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that manages or supports many projects in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey. We have been established in this area for more than 10 years. If you need any EH&S support, consider giving me a call and I can direct you to the correct personnel that can help you. Call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105.
Do you have procedures for confined space entries?
Is your engineering and maintenance department up-to-speed with the multitude of safety requirements they must adhere to? Do they have an updated lockout/tagout program? Are all confined spaces properly identified? Do they have the proper training if they ever have to wear a respirator? Being in the engineering and maintenance department can be very challenging and adhering to all the regulatory requirements related to safety can even be a bigger (but extremely important) challenge. If you don't have the in-house expertise to keep up with all the requirements, give me a call at 317.916.3105.
Almost all facilities have a maintenance department that is responsible to maintain the equipment and facility. In this process of maintaining the facility, this department can generate different types of waste. One waste stream that has the potential to be a hazardous waste is any spent solvent from a parts washer. Depending upon the solvent, this material quite often needs to be handled as hazardous waste when it is disposed or removed from the facility. There are numerous other waste streams generated from their work but this is a potentially regulated waste stream. So make sure it is handled appropriately and the facility is being environmentally compliant!
If you are unsure that you are handling all of your waste streams properly, consider having an Corporate Environmental Compliance Audit of your facility. August Mack has a team of Environmental Compliance Specialists that can successfully perform the audit. Call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105 to further inquire.
If you are unsure that you are handling all of your waste streams properly, consider having an Corporate Environmental Compliance Audit of your facility. August Mack has a team of Environmental Compliance Specialists that can successfully perform the audit. Call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105 to further inquire.
August Mack Environmental helps clients with environmental, health and safety issues so you might question where innovation fits into the equation. One of our clients hired us to do an engineering study concerning the expansion of their wastewater operations. Instead of expanding the facility, we suggested a process that extracted and concentrated the contaminant into a usable product that was sold off as a raw material.
Triple Bottom Line may be a new term for many of you. Refer to Wikipedia for a more in depth discussion.
Obviously environmental components play strongly into the Triple Bottom Line. Performing an Environmental Health and Safety Audit is a good starting point to improve your Triple Bottom Line. The results of the audit will aid in the development of your Sustainable Business Strategies.
Obviously environmental components play strongly into the Triple Bottom Line. Performing an Environmental Health and Safety Audit is a good starting point to improve your Triple Bottom Line. The results of the audit will aid in the development of your Sustainable Business Strategies.
Here is a recent news release from EPA's Region 5. Make sure that your waste management program is properly implemented.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a5792a626c8dac098525735900400c2d/dc5fdc21a3737840852577510066784b!OpenDocument
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a5792a626c8dac098525735900400c2d/dc5fdc21a3737840852577510066784b!OpenDocument
August Mack has multiple office locations. I am visiting our office in Lancaster, PA today. We do a lot of work out of this office for facilities in PA, MD and NJ.
August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the industrial, legal, financial, health care and government sectors throughout North America. August Mack has offices in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania. For more information on August Mack's environmental, health and safety services, visit www.augustmack.com or call 800.579.0770.
There are two ways to help the bottom line...spend less or make more. Making more means bringing in more revenue for your organization. This part of the equation is not always 100 percent in your control. The other side of the coin is to spend less and an organization does have a lot of control over this area. Several ways to spend less are to buy less or get a better deal on the things you are buying. But one area where a facility could end up spending money that can be unpredictable is if you had to pay a monetary fine for violating an US EPA or state environmental regulation. These monetary fines can be costly! Additionally it projects a very poor public image of the organization that can eventually affect your revenue stream if people elect to choose an alternative facility. So to prevent this cost, make sure your organization and facilities are complying with all of the regulations related to the US EPA and state regulatory agency (as well as any local regulations). How do you monitor the facility's environmental compliance? Perform a periodic environmental compliance audit. The audit should look at all environmental compliance programs. If your facility doesn't have a dedicated Environmental Compliance Specialist, consider outsourcing this task to an organization that provides this Environmental Compliance Service. Call me (Tom Anderson) at 317.916.3105.
In the United States, we are in the middle of the long, hot summer months! If your employees work outdoors or inside where heat is an issue, take appropriate measures to protect their health and safety. OSHA provides a helpful Fact Sheet on this topic. Click on the link below to learn more:
Does your facility have gasoline powered engines operating within the facility? Do you have other processes or equipment that may generate carbon monoxide? Do you know if your employees are at risk? To get the facts, click on the link below:
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