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...
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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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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 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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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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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.
Mos...
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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.
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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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
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