The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
is required by Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community
Right to Know Act (EPCRA). This report is also called the Form R.
Reporting is required in order to provide the public with
information regarding any releases or waste management issues of
any chemicals on the EPCRA Section 313 list. The reports are due by
July 1st of each year. This webinar is intended to discuss certain
generalities of the report as well as to provide information on
reporting...
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August Mack Environmental's
compliance group concentrates on many of the day-to-day compliance
activities that our clients need to get done. We do hundreds of
different types of projects related to compliance including air
permitting, regulatory plan development, as well as many
safety-related projects such as Process Safety Management and
industrial hygiene work.
What is your biggest fear when the
person in your organization who has managed all of the
environmental compliance programs decides to leave the company? If
the regulatory inspector shows up at your facility shortly
thereafter, are you confident you can easily demonstrate
compliance? Hopefully you can answer a resounding “yes”. But, in
the majority of cases, the person who is now chartered with this
responsibility feels like they are “walking on thin ice” for an
extended time. The goal in your...
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I am Tom
Anderson with August Mack Environmental. August Mack is a
full-service environmental, health and safety compliance consulting
firm that has been in business for over 22 years. Our goal is to
provide common sense business solutions to any EH&S issue when
companies and organizations need help from the outside. We do a
wide range of work but it typically falls into several areas of
expertise. One major area is our compliance group that
concentrates on many of the day-to-day compliance...
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The three components of an annual
compliance certification (ACC) are:
- Source Information
- Source Compliance Information
- Certification
To learn more about annual
compliance certifications, call 800.579.0770 and ask to speak to an
environmental compliance plan expert at August Mack
Environmental.
One important
aspect of handling hazardous material is security. Companies should
take the time to train employees on the awareness of security
risks, methods to enhance transportation security and how to
recognize and respond to possible security threats. A security plan
can be helpful for dealing with hazardous materials and can even be
required in some instances. Below is more information on security
plans.
- Required if you transport or offer
for transport:
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The Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 provides the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) the right to perform inspections and
investigations of our U.S. workplaces. In order to determine if
companies are following the standards issued by the agency,
compliance officers are given the right to access our businesses,
often times with little to no notice. Please join us to learn what
to expect during an OSHA inspection and discover some new ways to
prepare yourself and your...
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I am Tom Anderson with August Mack Environmental. August Mack is a
full-service environmental, health and safety compliance consulting
firm that has been in business for over 22 years. Our goal is to
provide common sense business solutions to any EH&S issue when
companies and organizations need help from the outside. We do a
wide range of work but it typically falls into several areas of
expertise. This includes transactional type work such as Phase One
Environmental Site Assessments and Phase...
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Every year,
industrial facilities across the nation begin the task of filing
their Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Report by the
March 1st deadline. Do you know if your facility is required to
submit a Tier II report? If so, are you positive that you are
filling it out correctly?
During this
webinar, we will discuss how to properly calculate all chemicals
on-site to determine reporting thresholds, how to determine if your
facility meets any of the Extremely Hazardous Substance...
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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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Here is a typical Case Study
concerning spill planning:
August Mack Environmental was retained by a client to complete a
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) plan
for an Ohio facility. The purpose of this project was to
ensure the facility’s EPA environmental compliance with the SPCC
requirements codified in Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations Part 112 (40 CFR 112). The scope of work for this
project included compiling pertinent operational information for
the site,...
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The third phase
in an environmental management system (EMS) is the actual
implementation. In this phase, the following must be
considered:
-
Structure and
Responsibility
- Document roles, responsibilities
and authorities to facilitate effective environmental management
- Minutes of team meetings,
questionnaires, aspect ranking score sheets, etc.
- Leverage ISO 9000 documents
- Provide resources essential to the
implementation and control of the EMS
- Appoint a management representative
who is responsible for the...
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During the planning phase of an
environmental management system (EMS), a facility must focus on the
following aspects:
-
Environmental - Define activities with
environmental implications that may be controlled or
influenced.
-
Legal and Other Requirements - Establish and
maintain a procedure to identify all applicable legal and other
requirements. Consider requirements outside of community, parent
company, trade associations, etc. Consider involving outside
experts.
-
Objectives and Targets - Objectives...
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Environmental Closure Achieved
Using "Lines of Evidence"Tuesday, October 5th - 10 a.m.House Enrollment Act (HEA) 1162 requires the Indiana Department of
Environmental management to consider risk based solutions to
environmental impacts. An important part of risk based thinking is
the use of “Multiple Lines of Evidence”. This Webinar with
summarize risk based closure thinking and explain how “Lines of
Evidence” are used in the process of obtaining environmental
closure. You will learn what...
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The
responsibilities of an entry supervisor for a confined space
are:
- Know space hazards including
information on the mode of exposure, signs or symptoms and the
consequences of exposure
- Verify emergency plans and
specified entry conditions such as permits, tests, procedures and
equipment before allowing entry
- Terminate entry and cancel permits
when entry operations are completed or if a new condition
exists
- Verify that rescue services are
available and that the means for summoning them are operable
- T...
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An Environmental Management System
(EMS) is the business processes an organization uses to
understand and manage their effect on the environment. An
EMS follows the Plan - Do - Check - Act process (PDCA). The
graphic below illustrates this process.
August Mack Environmental has a
program that is specifically designed to meet the needs of an EMS.
Our eCAP (Compliance Assurance Program) helps a facility manage its
day-to-day environmental compliance programs.
To learn more about eCAP, click...
How is your safety
program? Are the plans and programs up-to-date? Have
you completed the required training? Have you spot checked or
audited your programs? Are you documenting adherence to the
requirements? If you are not sure, consider performing a safety
compliance audit by a third party. Call August Mack
Environmental at 317.916.3105 for more information!
An environmental compliance
consultant specialist from August Mack Environmental is likely to
ask the following questions regarding SPCC Plan during the
environmental compliance auditing process:
- Do they have or do they need a SPCC Plan?
- Is it updated? Are they following it? Is it PE-certified? Does
the plan have all of the necessary elements?
- Where are spill kits located?
The environmental compliance
consultant from August Mack Environmental also will:
- Review all record keeping
- Look at all oil...
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