There are two ways to help the
bottom line...spend less or make more. Let's talk about spending
less. 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...
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To get this question answered, go to the August Mack website
and click on webinars to sign up for my webinar on safety audits
being given on December 16th (tomorrow). You will learn about the
thought process that should be undertaken during the audit process.
To access our website, click on the August Mack link below.
August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety
compliance; environmental due diligence; environmental site
remediation; and sustainable business strategies to the...
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In preparing
for an audit, you must first select the members of the audit team.
Having people on the team that are experts with the OSHA
regulations should quickly narrow down the logical choices. This is
another reason to consider outside resources since many companies
do not have personnel that focus solely on this area of expertise.
You can include non-experts on the audit team to add another
perspective. This member should be provided with the goal of the
audit and be inherently inquisitive...
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I know this is a week early but go to the August
Mack website and click on webinars to sign up for my webinar on
safety audits being given on December 16th. To access our website,
click on the link below.
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...
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I know this is a month
early but go to the August Mack website and click on webinars
to sign up for my webinar on safety audits being given on December
16th. To access our website, click on the link below.
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...
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If you company
is considering becoming ISO 14001 certified, an outside
resource can prove to be very helpful during this process. An
outside consultant/vendor could provide the following types of
services to your company:
- GAP Analysis
- Aspects/Impacts Analysis
- Legal & Other Requirements
- Training
- Emergency
Preparedness/Response
- Regulatory Compliance Management
& Auditing
- Conformance Assessment
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I know this is well in advance but
go to the August Mack website and click on webinars to sign up for
my webinar on safety audits being given on December 16th. To access
our website, click on the link below.
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...
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The fifth phase
of an environmental management system (EMS) is management
review. During this phase, the following should be considered:
- Top Management shall review, at
intervals that it determines, the EMS for adequacy and
effectiveness.
- Adequacy = are the objectives &
targets being met?
- Effectiveness = are there
nonconformances? If so, have they been addressed?
- Management review addresses all
possible changes needed to the EMS in light of audit results,
changing circumstances and commitment to...
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Whenever you want to improve in a
specific area or program, just the process of increasing awareness
with the stakeholders will yield improvements. If you want to
improve your Environmental
Compliance Programs, letting the personnel who have
the greatest impact know about all the issues will help facilitate
improvement. Tracking results and communicating this information
will also help your mission.
If you want to minimize energy usage, post information that
describes how the personnel in your...
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A partial list of August Mack
Environmental's Environmental, Health and Safety compliance
services include:
- Environmental Compliance
Auditing
- MSDS Database Development and
Maintenance
- Litigation Support
- Air Permits
- Dispersion Modeling
- Tier II/Form R Reporting
- Health & Safety Compliance
Programs
- ISO 14001
- SPCC Requirement
Implementation
- Storm Water Permitting
- Air Monitoring
- Air Emission Inventory
- Health & Safety Training
- Wastewater Treatment Plant
Operation
- Landfill Design &
Permitting
- Landfill Construction
- Air...
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The fourth
phase in an environmental management system (EMS) is checking and
corrective action. In this phase the following must be
considered:
-
Monitoring &
Measurement
- Procedure flow charts can be used
to track EMS performance for consistency and frequency with
established objective
- Fact or Fluke? Who did
what? Did it work? Why?
- Is your EMS “auditable”? -
Internal? 3rd party?
- Does it conform to ISO 14001
standards; non-conformances mean mitigative actions
- How will you keep records?
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One recurring theme of my
blog is environmental compliance programs and that always brings me
back to the importance of environmental compliance auditing. An
excellent article written by one of the environmental compliance
specialists at August Mack Environmental on this topic can be
accessed below:
I know this is well in advance but go to the August Mack website
and click on webinars to sign up for my webinar on safety audits
being given on December 16th. To access our website, click on the
link below.
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...
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August Mack completes more than
one thousand projects for several hundred clients each year. The
types of clients and the types of projects varies widely given the
breadth of our environmental and safety compliance
capabilities. So what do a foundry, a hospital and a paint
manufacturer have in common? They all have U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) regulations that affect their facility.
In many instances, they have to adhere to...
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At the beginning of the year, many
people make a list of things they want to get done. Well the year
is 3/4 of the way over and how are you doing on your list?
One way to reflect on the progress of your EH&S programs is to
perform a compliance audit. Call us if you need help or want a
third party to audit your EH&S systems.
August Mack
specializes in environmental, health and safety compliance;
environmental due diligence; environmental site remediation; and
sustainable business strategies to...
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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...
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