August Mack Environmental Pennsylvania Office

Monday, May 13, 2013 by Tom Anderson

Over the years, the August Mack Pennsylvania office has expanded services to include compliance, environmental due diligence, site investigation, and remediation services.  Similar to the expansion of services, the client base has expanded and includes a wide variety of industrial and service industries. Numerous clients were served by the Pennsylvania office in 2012 and projects included compliance audits, MSDS database development and maintenance, litigation support, air permits, MACT...

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Webinar Reminder

Wednesday, December 5, 2012 by Marketing Department

Don't forget to register for the free webinar tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. titled "EH&S Compliance Overview." This webinar will be an overview of a number of the basic environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance requirements for industrial and commercial facilities. Topics will be briefly reviewed and will include EH&S requirements related to air, waste, wastewater, oil storage, chemical reporting, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, hazard assessment, lockout/tagout,...

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EH&S Compliance Overview

Friday, November 9, 2012 by Marketing Department

Register now for the free December 6th webinar titled "EH&S Compliance Overview." This webinar will be an overview of a number of the basic environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance requirements for industrial and commercial facilities. Topics will be briefly reviewed and will include EH&S requirements related to air, waste, wastewater, oil storage, chemical reporting, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, hazard assessment, lockout/tagout, confined space, and emergency...

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Environmental, Health & Safety Plans

Thursday, August 23, 2012 by Tom Anderson

Have you recently reviewed your various environmental, health & safety plans? Many of these plans require some frequency of review. And as we all know, things change and plans can get outdated. Maybe it's even time to completely re-do your plan if it no longer is meeting the requirements or objectives. If you need outside help in confirming your EH&S plans are adequate, call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105.

Trade Show and Expo

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by Tom Anderson

August Mack Environmental will be exhibiting as well as presenting at the Mid American Safety, Health & Environmental Expo in Osage Beach, MO on May 2-3.  Look up Eric Emmett or Nancy Wade if you plan to attend this event.

Mid Am Conference

Friday, April 27, 2012 by Marketing Department

Next week August Mack will be speaking on "What's New in Environmental", as well as exhibiting a booth at the Mid America Safety, Health & Environmental Conference & Expo at the Tan Tar Resort in Osage Beach, Missouri. The conference, commonly referred to as the "Mid Am Conference", will feature over eighty education workshops on a variety of health and safety topics. Be sure to check out the event website at the link above if you are interested.

Eric Emmett, who will be speaking, is an...

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Pennsylvania Office Hosts Career Day

Friday, April 20, 2012 by Marketing Department

Last week August Mack's Lancaster, Pennsylvania office hosted a career day for a middle student in the local community. The student, who demonstrated a strong interest in a future career doing environmental work, was able to experience many daily tasks in the life of an environmental consultant. For example they began the day with a working group conference call, prepared information for meetings, learned about health and safety training and emergency action/fire prevention plans. By the end...

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Need Help?

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 by Tom Anderson

I hope when you hear these words and phrases you think of August Mack Environmental:

  • Environmental Compliance Solutions
  • Job Hazard Analysis
  • Environmental Health and Safety Plan
  • Asbestos Survey
  • Phase 1 Environmental Assessments
  • And the list goes on.........

Call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105 with questions.

Safety Services

Thursday, March 1, 2012 by Tom Anderson

August Mack Environmental offers safety services to our clients. We can help develop your lockout/tagout program, perform a safety audit, as well as numerous other types of safety projects. But safety is also very important in many of the environmental jobs we perform for a client. Since many of our projects include environmental remediation activities, we must keep safety at the top of our mind. These projects have hazards that must be identified and a health & safety plan must be developed...

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Ohio’s Cessation of Regulated Operations Program

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 by Marketing Department

Abandoned sites can be damaging to the environment and can lead to expensive cleanups. Take for example the former Dayton Tire and Rubber Facility. In 1987, vandals entered the closed tire and rubber plant to recover salvageable materials. While removing cooper cores from electric transformers remaining at the facility, the vandals drained the Askerol (PCB containing) transformer oil onto the ground. The oil ended up making its way into a nearby creek costing more than $8 million in cleanup...

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eCAP® for this eWorld

Monday, October 10, 2011 by Marketing Department

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...

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ISO 14001 Emergency Preparedness and Response

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 by Susan Burkett
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...
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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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Boiler MACT Standard Update

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 by Marketing Department

In 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) for new and existing industrial, commercial and institutional boilers and process heaters. The standards required certain boilers and process heaters meet air pollution limits reflecting the application of maximum achievable control technology (MACT). These new rules are commonly referred to as “Boiler MACT” standards.

The 2004 standards were soon challenged and vacated by...

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Environmental Health and Safety Plans

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 by Tom Anderson
Does your facility or organization need some type of Environmental Health and Safety Plan developed? Do you need an old plan updated? Are you not sure if you need a plan? If the answer to any of these questions is "yes," consider calling Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105.

Environmental Health and Safety Plans

Thursday, June 23, 2011 by Tom Anderson
Depending upon activities occurring at your facility, you may have a variety of Environmental Health & Safety Plans that are required for your operations. In some instances it may make sense to integrate some of the various plans. Many times, the decision on whether to integrate plans may be a personal preference. There are both pros and cons to integrated plans. But the very first step is to determine what plans are applicable to your facility/operations. That is where the value of an EH&S...
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Environmental Health and Safety Plan

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 by August Mack News & Highlights
Do you have an EH&S Plan that needs to be updated? Maybe you don't have a plan at all and need one! Here are just a few of the many plans that we can help you with:
  • Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
  • SPCC Plan
  • Lockout/Tagout Plan
  • Bloodborne Pathogens Plan
  • Hazard Communication Plan

And the list goes on and on and on.........

Call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105.

How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Health and Safety Account Team

 

  • What is a workplace emergency? 
     
  • How do you protect yourself, your employees, and your business? 
     
  • What is an emergency action plan?


To learn the answers to these and other workplace emergency questions, visit OSHA’s “How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations” webpage by clicking here

August Mack Environmental has locations in Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.  If you need assistance with health, safety, or environmental compliance, visit www.augustmack.com or...

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Environmental Compliance Solutions

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 by eCAP Account Team
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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Upcoming Webinar on Are You Prepared if OSHA Shows Up at Your Door?

Thursday, November 18, 2010 by Marketing Department
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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