August Mack Environmental, Inc., a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm, is pleased to the promotion of Bennett Thayer to Office Manager for the Dublin, Ohio office. Since joining August Mack in 2004, Thayer has served as a field scientist, staff scientist and project manager.
With more than eight years of experience, Thayer specializes in local, state and federal environmental compliance; environmental, health and safety (EH&S) servicing and reporting; environmental management program development and implementation; biological assessment and environmental investigations; groundwater monitoring; subsurface investigations; underground storage tank (UST) closure; environmental site assessments; wetland determinations and delineations; remedial system operations and maintenance; work plan design and implementation; asbestos surveys; Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) preparation and implementation; and Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan preparation and implementation. In his new role as an office manager, Thayer will be responsible for managing the office’s daily operations, providing technical oversight for projects and managing the office’s growing staff. According to Bryan Petriko, vice president and principal environmental engineer for August Mack, “During the past six years at August Mack, Ben has shown exemplary strength in leadership, technical knowledge, resource management and client management. These qualities made him an excellent choice for the Office Manager position of our Ohio office. I am confident that our Ohio office will continue to flourish under his leadership.”
Thayer received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Science from Otterbein College.
August Mack Environmental, Inc. is a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm specializing in regulatory compliance; environmental due diligence and risk management; site investigation/remediation/closure; and sustainability services 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 the company’s products and services, call 317.916.8000 or visit www.augustmack.com.
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPAs) technical regulations for underground storage tanks (USTs) are designed to:
- Reduce the chance of releases from USTs (Construction & Installation)
- Detect leaks and spills when they do occur (Design)
- Secure a prompt cleanup (Notification)
The installation performance standard for a new or upgraded UST installation Performance Standards for New or Upgraded USTs requires that:
- Installation of USTs must be performed by Qualified Contractors and Certification of Installation must be provided to Agency
For more information about installation requirements for USTs, give one of our environmental remediation consulting experts a call at 800.579.0770. With offices in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, August Mack Environmental can help with all of your environmental remediation needs throughout North America.
August Mack Environmental has offices and environmental compliance specialists in:
- Indiana
- Ohio
- Michigan
- Pennsylvania
- Missouri
Having said that, we have performed work in more than 40 states and were awarded work in approximately 30 states in 2009. So regardless where you are located in the United States, consider our environmental compliance consultants, environmental remediation specialists and environmental due diligence experts if you need assistance.
August Mack was contracted by a corporation to implement eCAP® at its facility. The benefits to this organization of outsourcing its environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance have been two-fold. First, compliance has become a manageable component of daily operations and the corporation has realized tangible and intangible cost savings. The organization estimates that one facility will save $15,000 in outside consulting fees, $10,000 in regulatory training and approximately $30,000 to $60,000 in increased productivity of existing plant personnel. Second, annual financial disclosure estimates of environmental liabilities can be reduced based on increased assurance of compliance, consistent program implementation and fixed outsourcing costs. In total, it is estimated that the company reduced its EH&S costs in excess of $100,000 per facility after eCAP® was implemented. Additionally, since eCAP is accepted as an approved environmental management system (EMS) for a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the facility was able to receive more than $100,000 fine reduction for implementing eCAP® at its facility.
The initial audit of the facility prior to the implementation of eCAP® reviewed all aspects of regulatory compliance and identified deficiencies in the Title V air monitoring program and chemical management system. August Mack personnel developed a program to implement Title V tracking requirements and a chemical management system to facilitate MSDS and chemical usage requirements.
The system was implemented via a web-based management tool and on-site inspection by August Mack experts. This web-based program includes a consistent, reproducible environmental management system that operates throughout the organization and can be monitored by corporate personnel on a real-time basis.
Now, August Mack is 100 percent responsible for the facility's environmental regulatory reporting requirements, improving the accuracy and timeliness of submittal of all plans and reports. As confirmation that eCAP® has been effective, the facility was recently subject to an inspection from the environmental regulatory agency and no findings or Notice of Violations (NOV’s) were issued.
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.
August Mack was retained by a client to complete a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) plan for the Ohio plant. The purpose of this project was to ensure the facility’s 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, conducting a site inspection/assessment of the facility and preparing the SPCC plan for the site.
The facility has sufficient above ground petroleum storage capacity to trigger SPCC requirements (total above ground storage greater than 1,320 gallons). August Mack requested information such as facility layout diagrams, secondary containment descriptions and current spill response procedures. The facility was visually inspected by August Mack staff to confirm tank capacities, secondary containment capacities and tank locations. A site plan was developed denoting tanks, piping, secondary containment and spill kits.
A SPCC plan was prepared for the site that specified the current conditions at the facility, and presented the activities and implementation schedules for minimizing the potential for spills of petroleum products. More specifically, the plan identified key personnel responsible for implementing the SPCC plan, discussed previous spills, predicted the direction, rate of flow and total quantity of petroleum discharged for a possible spill, reviewed containment structures and storage vessels, identified spill response/notification procedures and provided a Professional Engineer’s review and certification. The SPCC plan was completed incorporating the latest adopted 40 CFR 112 rules.
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.
Recognizing the ever-increasing importance of sustainability and "green" initiatives in business today, August Mack is leading the way in developing and implementing successful sustainability programs for a number of clients in various industries. Additionally, we have taken a look at our own business model and implemented a sustainability plan aimed at further reducing our own impact on the world. As a testament to our sustainability efforts, we have successfully reduced our carbon footprint every year for the last five years as well as received the first Gold LEED Certification for Commercial Interiors from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in Indianapolis.
Utilizing more than 20 years of environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting experience coupled with our innovative approach to projects, we have developed an unique four-step process aimed at integrating sustainability in an organization, including our own. The first step in our approach, the Sustainability Baseline Assessment, is a one-time assessment that is necessary to quantify key sustainability parameters which will help establish areas where sustainability efforts should be focused in the future as well as determine the metrics to evaluate future performance. After the completion of a Sustainability Baseline Assessment, we recommend the development of a Sustainability Plan that explicitly presents the company’s commitment to sustainable development and outlines the various efforts the company will make in the coming year to integrate sustainability into their process. The plan should be written to reflect the company’s vision and values, and incorporate all of the efforts being implemented to ultimately achieve sustainability. The third step of this process is the actual Implementation and Tracking of the Sustainability Plan. The fourth step is a Sustainability Annual Report that can be used as part of the company’s stakeholder communication and illustrates the company’s past, present and future efforts in regards to sustainability.
Our Sustainability services include:
- Sustainability Baseline Assessment
- Sustainability Reports
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
- Energy Audits
- Waste Mapping
- Logistics Analysis
- Green Building Assessments
- Facility Air Balances
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Surveys
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.
The word “compliance” typically evokes thoughts of overwhelming, complicated and constantly changing regulations with the fear of looming penalties and regulatory inspections. Not to mention, in a society that is becoming more environmentally-focused by the minute, environmental, health and safety (EH&S) compliance is becoming a high priority for every business. While the benefits of achieving and maintaining compliance from a regulatory standpoint are important, workplace compliance also is vital for other reasons. For instance, any organization that is committed to the communities in which it operates should realize that safe, healthy and environmentally-friendly workplaces are more efficient and productive than unsafe and unhealthy workplaces. Furthermore, these types of positive workplaces also increase the retention rate of an organization’s employees.
August Mack can help you understand and comply with the multitude of complex health and safety regulations applicable to your work sites. We also can get your employees involved with environmental awareness, pollution prevention and health & safety training – and work with them to ensure they understand and support your initiatives as well as your commitment to strong corporate citizenship.
Our EH&S compliance services include:
- Environmental Compliance Audit
- 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 Emission Statement
- Industrial Ventilation
- Noise Monitoring
- MACT Compliance
- Waste Management
- Stack Testing
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.
The Midwestern States Environmental Consultants Association (MSECA) was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2009 as a technical association focusing on site characterization, remediation and closure. MSECA’s mission includes two specific components: 1) educating the membership and 2) providing technical assistance to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) during development of policy and guidance.
To learn more,
click here to read an interview with Michael Schutz.
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.
August Mack Environmental, Inc., a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm, is pleased to announce it has received an Environmental Services Schedule 899 Contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
The five-year contract enables August Mack to be listed on an approved GSA Schedule to provide federal government customers with environmental planning and documentation, environmental training as well as remediation and reclamation services. The contract number GS-10F-0074W may potentially be renewed for up to three renewal periods of five-years each, for a total contract extension of up to 15 years.
Federal agencies interested in learning more about August Mack’s GSA-related offerings can contact Jason Schnellenberger directly at 317.916.3104.
August Mack Environmental, Inc. is a full-service environmental, health and safety (EH&S) consulting firm specializing in regulatory compliance; environmental due diligence and risk management; site investigation/remediation/closure; and sustainability services 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 the company’s products and services, call 317.916.8000 or visit www.augustmack.com.
August Mack's Compliance Assurance Program (eCAP®) provides facilities with a team of environmental compliance consultants with expertise in all areas of environmental, health and safety (EH&S) regulatory compliance. This team will implement, review and maintain the EH&S management system that ensures compliance with current and future regulations. You need a team! Have us join your team.
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.
Michigan’s Small Business P2 Loan Program provides low-interest loans to the manufacturing, agricultural, retail and service industries for projects that result in the reduction of waste generation, improve recycling/reuse of materials, conserve water or energy on site or produce agricultural-based energy. The program provides loans of up to $400,000 at an interest rate not to exceed five percent to independently-owned businesses with 500 or fewer full-time employees.
Please plan to attend if you are a business owner to learn if your firm could qualify for a low-interest loan and the types of projects that are eligible or a lender to learn more about the program rules and how to evaluate potential projects.
To register for this April 20th
Michigan Environmental Consulting webinar, visit
augustmackevents.webex.com.
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.
August Mack Environmental, Inc. started in 1988 as Hoosier Environmental so our roots are in Indiana but since that time our branches have spread nationwide. In the past 22 years we have worked in over 40 states as well as Mexico and Canada. Please call Tom Anderson at 317.916.3105 if you need help with any environmental, health and safety issues.
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.
Over the last several days on
my blog, I have been explaining what I think makes August Mack different than many of our competitors (although many of our competitors do share some of these traits). I hope we get a chance to prove our worthiness to do business with you.
Thus far I have talked about
RESPONSIVENESS,
TRUST,
BUSINESS MIND SET, and today I want to mention
EXPERTISE. To do the job right, August Mack has numerous individuals with various areas of expertise related to environmental, health and safety (EH&S). Our expertise resides within our employees which is our greatest asset. If you are looking for an environmental, health and safety consultant that recognizes the importance of these attributes, call me (Tom Anderson) at 317.916.3105.
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.
During this week through
my blogs, I am explaining what I think makes August Mack different than many of our competitors (although many of our competitors do share some of these traits). I hope we get a chance to prove our worthiness to do business with you.
I have mentioned
RESPONSIVENESS and
TRUST in the two previous blog posts. Today I want to briefly bring up our
BUSINESS MIND SET. What do I mean by a Business Mind Set? Although we are a company of environmental, health and safety (EH&S) specialists, we practice our expertise realizing that we need to keep the practical business aspects at the forefront of our thinking. We ask questions like is there a better way to do something and stay within the requirements of the regulations. Some consulting companies want to turn their projects into science projects and end up spending money unnecessarily. Since our clients are typically businesses, we realize that containing costs and looking for innovative solutions is important for their survival.
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.
It was just three years ago that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued regulations outlining the steps a perspective property purchaser must take to comply with the concept of “all appropriate inquiry into the previous ownership and uses of the property consistent with good commercial or customary practice.” This concept of all appropriate inquiry was mandated by the Comprehensive Emergency Response and Liability Act (CERCLA), better known as the Superfund Law or just Superfund, to qualify a new landowner for the Landowner Liability Protections (LLPs) under CERCLA. Prior to 2005 (1980 to 2005), the EPA left it up to the courts and private interests (banks, institutional investors, regulators, environmental consultants and attorneys) to establish some framework for all appropriate inquiry. The framework ultimately was promulgated in 1993 with revisions in 1997 and 2000 by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) as the Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I ESA Process (ASTM E-1527 Standard).
To learn more Phase One Environmental Site Assessments, click here to read an article by one of August Mack's technical experts.
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.
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