Indiana Safety & Health Conference & Expo

Friday, January 20, 2012 by Marketing Department
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 »

Part 6: Defending Your Facility Against Common EPA Violations

Monday, January 9, 2012 by eCAP Account Team

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...

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Reducing the Cost of EH&S While Maintaining Compliance

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 by Marketing Department

Is your facility prepared to maintain its environmental compliance throughout the year?  Many manufacturing companies are struggling with ways to cost costs while still producing a high quality product and meeting the needs of their employees. One area that tends to be continually looked at from a cost-savings perspective is environmental, health and safety (EH&S). Often times, it is common for facilities to cut EH&S costs to save on overall operating expenses with the hope they will not be...

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Happy Halloween!

Monday, October 31, 2011 by August Mack Environmental, Inc.

Happy Halloween from August Mack! 

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...

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Why Would I Need a Phase I?

Monday, October 24, 2011 by Marketing Department
Phase 1 Site Assessments are done for a number of reasons. Below are common examples of why you would order a Phase 1:
  • Purchase of real property (property or personal property) by a person or entity not previously on title
  • Contemplation by a new lender to provide a loan on the subject real estate
  • Partnership buyout or principal redistribution of ownership
  • Application to a public agency for change of use or other discretionary land use permit
  • Existing property owner's desire to understand toxic...
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Why Should I Hire a Consultant to Conduct an Audit?

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 by Marketing Department
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.

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Case Study: Kirby Tire

Monday, October 17, 2011 by August Mack Environmental, Inc.
On August 21, 1999, arsonists set fire to an estimated seven million tires at the Kirby Scrap Tire Facility located in Sycamore, Ohio. This would later be classified as one of the largest tire fires in the state’s history and would take approximately 250 firefighters three weeks to extinguish.

 The former tire collection facility is situated on 140 acres located in Sycamore, Ohio. The scrap tire facility started collecting tires in the 1950s and, at the time of the fire, contained an estimated...

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The Top Four Benefits of eCAP®

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 by Marketing Department

During the last ten years, August Mack’s eCAP® program (Compliance Assurance Program) has expanded and grown from a regional initiative to a national program that has served more than 100 facilities. The genesis of the program began in 1998 and the natural evolution has seen the eCAP program morph into a fully functional sustainable Environmental Management System (EMS), currently approved as a Supplemental Environmental Program (SEP). Applying a tad of revisionist history we might be...

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Are You Familiar with our Compliance Assurance Program, aka eCAP?

Friday, September 23, 2011 by eCAP Account Team

Do have an on-site technical expert in environmental air regulations? Do you need help with File Organization? Would you like a dedicated web page that contains ALL of your required permits, monitoring logs, training records, report submittals, permit modifications, and deviation reports required to demonstrate compliance? Would you like a trusted company to provide these services at a fixed monthly cost? If you’re looking for guaranteed results from an experienced Ohio environmental consulting...

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Environmental Compliance Consultant

Thursday, September 1, 2011 by eCAP Account Team
Overwhelmed
Overwhelmed by trying to keep your company up to compliance?  Let someone else do it for you!  Hiring an outside company to assist in your environmental and/or health and safety needs will bring great benefits.  Not only will it relieve stress within the company, but it will bring a fresh set of eyes to look at the company.  If you are interested in compliance assistance, maybe August Mack's eCAP program is right for you. 

Visit  http://www.ecapsolution.com/ for information about eCAP services,...
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Defend Your Facility Against Common EPA Violations

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 by Marketing Department

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...

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Environmental Compliance Service Intern Helps Manage Compliance Assistance Program

Monday, August 15, 2011 by August Mack Employees
Last week I have been updating the compliance assistance program (eCAP®) website for our clients. The website maintains the client’s documents for each module they have in their eCAP® program. I cleaned up individual client webpages by stacking old documents and organizing the newer documents. This way our clients have easy access to their compliance documents without having to mess with organizing them on their own.

Bridget is an intern from Indiana University at August Mack for the summer. She...
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Have a Great Weekend!

Friday, August 12, 2011 by Tom Anderson
The work week is coming to a close so kick back and enjoy the weekend. But when you show back up at work next week, do you still have EH&S issues that need to be resolved? If so, do yourself a favor and call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105 to see if we can be of assistance. We provide environmental compliance solutions, sustainability solutions, and safety-related services.

Environmental Compliance Consultant

Overwhelmed?

Monday, May 2, 2011 by eCAP Account Team
Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed by trying to keep your company up to compliance?  Let someone else do it for you!  Hiring an outside company to assist in your environmental and/or health and safety needs will bring great benefits.  Not only will it relieve stress within the company, but it will bring a fresh set of eyes to look at the company.  If you are interested in compliance assistance, maybe August Mack's eCAP program is right for you.  Visit  http://www.ecapsolution.com/ for information about eCAP services,...Read More »

Happy Easter!

Sunday, April 24, 2011 by Tom Anderson
easter basket


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.
 

Environmental Consulting Services

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 by Government Program Development Team

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

Environmental Compliance Service

Tuesday, April 19, 2011 by eCAP Account Team
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.

 

Environmental Training Services

Monday, April 18, 2011 by Government Program Development Team

August Mack Environmental, Inc. provides environmental training services under the 899-3 SIN of our GSA Schedule Contract. 

This SIN is designed to aid agencies in training personnel in a variety of environmentally related subjects to meet federal mandates and Executive Orders.  Examples of environmental training courses include:

  • Air/Blood Born Pathogens
  • Asbestos Awareness
  • Environmental Management Planning O&M
  • Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA)
  • Compliance with Environmental Laws &...
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Asbestos: Let the Experts Handle It!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Tom Anderson

asbestos removal

 

A man in Auburn, Washington disregarded Clean Air Act regulations by knowingly letting untrained workers remove asbestos from a building.  He ended up with a 30-day prison sentence and a $100,000 fine. Don’t let this happen to you! If you have asbestos that needs to be removed let the experts handle it. It is not only illegal but also hazardous to human health if someone other than a certified professional removes asbestos. This is because once asbestos fibers get into the air they can be...

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Reporting Toxic Releases to the EPA

Tuesday, March 8, 2011 by Tom Anderson

The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program requires that industries report annually on the release of over 600 toxic chemicals. These chemicals are released to the air, land, and/or water.   The reports are posted online for the public to view so that communities can see what is being released into their environments. To learn more about reporting or viewing TRI data, visit the EPA's TRI Program webpage by clicking here.   

August Mack specializes in environmental, health and safety...
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