Knowing what to expect should assist in determining the current compliance status with any applicable environmental policy. This is generally accomplished by conducting a baseline compliance audit. The audit involves evaluating the various applicable environmental regulations (CAA, CWA, RCRA, SARA, CERCLA, and EPCRA) as previously mentioned. The goal of the audit is to evaluate compliance and deficiencies with respect to permitting, reporting, monitoring, record keeping, and limitations...
Read More »Do yourself a favor and get your
Environmental house in order in 2012. Have an outside party perform
an environmental audit so you are assured of complying with
all of the regulatory standards.
Call me at 317-916-3105 so I can provide you with a verbal quote to determine if you would like to have August Mack Environmental help you complete this task in early 2012.
Call me at 317-916-3105 so I can provide you with a verbal quote to determine if you would like to have August Mack Environmental help you complete this task in early 2012.
Four of the most important items needed to obtain ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification are:
- A driver (a reason for obtaining the certification)
- A commitment of financial and personnel resources
- An gap analysis (initial audit) of your existing ISO 14001 EMS
- An Environmental Management System document.
A company that is considering pursuing ISO 14001 certification should initially determine what is driving their decision. Who cares if there’s a reason to obtain...
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articles:
Hazardous material regulations are often found to be confusing and
dense, and in our experience people often are not even clear on the
delineation between a hazardous material and a hazardous waste. In
response to the frequent questions we receive on this topic we have
prepared a brief primer on hazardous materials management.
First, a few key words need to be defined:
- Solid Waste - any discarded material that is (1) abandoned, (2) recycled, burned to...
Hiring an environmental compliance
consultant will add credibility to your result in
the eyes of your external stakeholders. These individuals or firms
usually have an already established relationship with the
environmental governing bodies and are knowledgeable in how to
submit reports correctly.
If you suspect a violation may be present or you become aware that a facility should have been complying with a law but has not, a consultant can come in and offer environmental compliance solutions.
If you suspect a violation may be present or you become aware that a facility should have been complying with a law but has not, a consultant can come in and offer environmental compliance solutions.
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Look around, everything we do today is done electronically. In the eWorld, we can find the answer to almost every question in minutes rather than hours, days or weeks. However, with all of this information available at our fingertips it is becoming harder and harder to discern what information is valuable and what information is not. This task is even more cumbersome for those individuals responsible for managing environmental, health and safety (EH&S) functions for their company because these...
Read More »The ISO 14001 Environmental Management System
(EMS) standard specifies that an organization shall
establish and maintain procedures to identify potential for and
respond to accidents and emergency situations, and
for preventing and mitigating the environmental impacts that
may be associated with them. With recent natural disasters
such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods in the news, it seems
that preparing for an emergency would be at the top of
our priority lists. In conducting environmenta...
Read More »Did you plan to perform an
EH&S audit this year but still have not completed it? It is
time to call in the experts and hire August Mack Environmental to
get it done! We not only identify your shortfalls, but more
importantly, we provide Environmental Compliance
Solutions.
The first step for any company
that wants to "go green" should be to ensure that they are in
compliance with all of the existing environmental laws and
regulations. How do you confirm your compliance.......
perform an environmental audit. You'd be surprised how many
companies are doing wonderful things for the environment but are
inadvertantly violating existing environmental regulations.
In order for your
ISO 14001 environmental
management system to be consistent with the 2004
version of the standard, your facility must verify
compliance
with environmental regulations
through a documented third-party environmental compliance audit. August
Mack Environmental, Inc. has assisted clients with their
environmental
consulting needs by performing third-party environmental compliance auditing in
states throughout North American including Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and Missouri.
Read More »A facility’s Environmental Manager is tasked with ensuring compliance with the ever-changing rules and restrictions of today’s environmental policies. If this is a new role it is easy to get overwhelmed and not know where to begin. The following are typically regulated environmental policies and some of the common violations found in these areas.
Clean Air Act
Through the enforcement of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks to protect and enhance
the quality...
When a property is undergoing a transaction (e.g., sale, refinance, foreclosure), a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is conducted to identify any potential liabilities associated with past or present use of the property. The industry standard for performing Phase I ESAs is based on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E 1527, which specifies industry-accepted minimumrequirements for evaluating the environmental condition of a property. The Phase I ESA is...
Read More »The first step in becoming
sustainable is to ensure you are in compliance with existing
regulations. Are you confident you can meet that fundamental
requirement? If not, consider an environmental audit. Call Tom
Anderson at 317.916.3105.
When a property is undergoing a
transaction (e.g., sale, refinance, foreclosure), a Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is conducted to identify any
potential liabilities associated with past or present use of the
property. The industry standard for performing Phase I ESAs is
chiefly focused on issues of property use that could result in
contamination of the site. However, there are other issues not
necessarily related to environmental contamination, but may still
represent a significant...
Read More »Being a sustainable organization
encompasses many facets but if you are regulated by environmental
requirements, being in compliance is a "must" to be sustainable. So
if you are not 100% sure of your compliance status, August Mack can
help with Environmental
Compliance Auditing. Call Tom Anderson at
317.916.3105 to learn more about the environmental audit
process.
This webinar will discuss common
violations issued by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
(OEPA) in the areas of storm water, RCRA, SPCC and air permitting.
There will be an overview of August Mack's compliance assurance
program, a proven method to help prepare your facility for the
unexpected agency audit.
Register for this August 23rd Ohio Environmental Compliance webinar.
Register for this August 23rd Ohio Environmental Compliance webinar.
August Mack completes numerous
environmental and safety compliance audits each year. One of
the issues that keeps coming up in these audits is how do you
handle green tipped fluorescent lamps. Are the lamps
considered universal waste? Are they hazardous waste? The
manufacturers advertise that the lamps are environmentally friendly
and are not hazardous. The best way to make sure that the
lamps are not classified as hazardous waste is to obtain TCLP data
from the lamp manufacturer. If the...
Read More »August Mack Environmental, Inc. provides environmental consulting services under the 899-1 SIN of our GSA Schedule Contract. These services include, but are not limited to:
- Environmental Planning and Documentation Services
- ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Development
- Environmental Assessments (EA)
- Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Preparation
- Waste Management Consulting Services
- Compliance Audits
Is your facility struggling to
keep up with all the EPA Environmental Compliance requirements? Do
you even know all of the requirements? When was the last time the
facility completed an Environmental Compliance Audit? If you feel
like you are the one in the picture below and need help complying
with all of the requirements, call and ask for Tom Anderson at
317.916.3105. Ask about August Mack's Environmental Compliance
Assistance Program.
The EPA provides certain incentives to companies for voluntarily
reporting environmental violations of their company. There
are nine conditions that a company must meet (with some exceptions)
in order to qualify for the incentives. These conditions
include that the violation must be voluntarily discovered by
the company, the company must promptly disclose the violation to
the EPA in writing, and it cannot be a repeat violation of the
company. If all critera are met, the company can
qualify...
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