Environmental Compliance Articles

Downstream sulfuric acid plants benefit from WESP technology

Industrial-grade sulfuric acid, still the most widely used industrial chemical in the world, continues to be sourced primarily (about 70 percent) as a nondiscretionary byproduct from the roasting, smelting, and refining of nonferrous metals. The rest comes from natural gas processing, electric power generation, and spent acid regeneration. These industries are usually heavy emitters of ...

Jan. 1, 2017

By Beltran Technologies, Inc.

Wireless Sensors for Environmental Compliance

Untitled Document When no wires are required for power or signal transmission, monitoring devices not only become less costly to own and operate, but they can also be installed ...

Aug. 1, 2005

Environmental Compliance and Sarbanes-Oxley

Untitled Document Outline Intro and pre-Sarbanes-Oxley requirements Application of Sarbanes-Oxley to Environmental Disclosure ...

Sep. 8, 2005

By BREEZE Software, Data and Services / Trinity Consultants

Environmental Compliance and Management Benefits

Many companies are subject to environmental regulations without realizing it. In general, any business, big or small, commercial or industrial, which emits vapors or dust into the air, discharges process waste water into a sewer or on the ground, or generates a solid waste for disposal may be subject to environmental regulations. If a business uses a great many chemicals, or volumes of chemical, ...

Jan. 1, 1998

Establishing an Environmental Compliance Management Program

Environmental Compliance Management Programs are a tool that can minimize the regulatory burden. This article discusses the four levels of an effective program. Download ...

Oct. 19, 2005

By Mostardi Platt Associates, Inc.

REACH Exposed: Stressing environmental compliance

In June 2007, I contributed an article to SMT that focused on the emergence of environmentally conscious technologies (ECTs), to address the ever present requirements for greener products and the greening of manufacturing supply chains. The key factors identified when evaluating the use of ECT’s were toxicity, energy, and waste. Toxicity requirements have been driven by global product ...

May 1, 2008

By The GoodBye Chain Group

Developing a Culture of Industrial Environmental Compliance

' Efforts to reduce industrial pollution in developing countries have focused on developing environmental institutions and legal frameworks, largely by establishing command and control regulations and market based incentives. Overall, however, formal regulation by itself has not proven very effective in reducing industrial pollution in these countries. While there is no substitute for an ...

Jan. 1, 1997

By The World Bank

NextEra Environmental Compliance - Case Study

Learn how NextEra (formerly FPL) uses mobility to manage their Environmental Compliance from the field. Ian Cohen from NextEra discusses their use of regAction and how it has helped them maintain compliance. NextEra is currently utilizing programs from regAction to track and manage their Audits, Incidents and Compliance related initiatives. There is also a mobile component that ...

May 4, 2016

By regAction

REACH exposed: stressing environmental compliance

Originally published in SMT May, 2008 In June 2007, I contributed an article to SMT that focused on the emergence of environmentally conscious technologies (ECTs), to address the ever present requirements for greener products and the greening of manufacturing supply chains. The key factors identified when evaluating the use of ECT’s were toxicity, energy, and waste. Toxicity ...

May 23, 2008

By Quantum Compliance

Laying the foundations for sustainability with environmental compliance

A revival of environmenal awareness, as seen in consumers’ hunger for green products and public promotion of corporate sustainabiliry iniciatives, has reenergized spending on environmental health and safety ...

Aug. 16, 2007

By IHS Markit

Wastewater Environmental Compliance Made Easy

Environmental Wastewater Treatment Success Environmental Compliance Made Easy Compliance AND Profits Zero Discharge ...

Mar. 7, 2008

By Integrated Engineers Inc.

Environmental Compliance Issues for the Telecommunications Industry

Firms acquiring telecommunications companies often decline to perform environmental due diligence because they assume that these business do not have many environmental compliance issues. However, according to a recent issue of th EPA’s Enforcement Alert, telecommunication companies may have significant environmental requirements. These requirements can be triggered by the use of lead-acid or ...

Jan. 1, 1

By Environmental Law Institute (ELI)

The Difficulties With Attaining Compliance With Environmental Regulations

If you are an environmental compliance manager today with college age children you are probably encouraging them to become dentists or orthodontists, and not to follow in your footsteps as an environmental compliance manager. Arguably one of the toughest positions today is being responsible for managing environmental compliance at an ...

Aug. 15, 2013

By All4 Inc.

Environmental health & safety: compliance rules!

Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S)compliance is fast becoming a major concernthat spans virtually every industry, impactingthe entire supply chain, from raw material andfinished goods to transportation, distribution,and retail. As directors, we are responsible forensuring corporate compliance with a myriadof local, state, federal, and international regulationsgoverning the handling of ...

Apr. 16, 2008

By Verisk 3E

Environmental Compliance Management Programs for Small Industrial Facilities

Many small industrial facilities cannot justify the expense of an on-site environmental professional to stay abreast of regulatory developments and ongoing environmental compliance activities. This paper addresses the methodology for the development and implementation of an environmental compliance management program for facilities with no dedicated environmental ...

Jun. 1, 1996

By Mostardi Platt Associates, Inc.

Mastering Environmental Tasks Using Compliance Management Tools

Throughout the chemical process industries (CPI), many companies have found that traditional methods of complying with environmental requirements—in particular calculating emissions and managing recordkeeping, and reporting—have become unacceptably time consuming. The compliance demonstration challenges are compounded when a company has multiple facilities for which to track and warehouse ...

Nov. 1, 2001

By T3 EH&S Planning and Implementation Services

opsEnvironmental™ Fuels General Motors’ Environmental compliance engine

Software provides 45% time savings on SARA 313 reporting during first year of implementation with substantially higher returns anticipated in subsequent years. The Company General Motors (GM) is the world’s largest automobile manufacturing company, as well as the world’s third largest company. GM has manufacturing operations in 32 countries and employs about 325,000 people around the ...

Apr. 20, 2005

By IHS Markit

Agile Compliance Management Systems for Environmental, Health and Safety

Compliance is not an optional activity. The regulated community is well aware of the serious consequences of NOT complying. Unfortunately, achieving and/or assuring compliance can be a tremendous challenge. Manual compliance management processes can place a huge time and money burden on major corporations and govenrment agencies. Business and reulatory pressures, as well as the sheer volume ...

Apr. 1, 2005

By Lexicon Systems, LLC

Managing environmental risk and compliance: facility decommissioning

While most companies are familiar with the regulatory requirements that must be managed when opening or operating a commercial or industrial facility; the regulatory requirements which need to be met when closing a facility are less commonly known. To reduce operating costs in a challenging economic environment, organizations may need to downsize, relocate, or close facilities. There are ...

May 4, 2010

By WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff

Environmental Regulatory Compliance Practitioner Spotlight: Pete Schwalbach

Name: Pete Schwalbach Office: St Paul Practice Area: OPA Area of expertise: Environmental Regulatory Compliance About Me in 140 Characters Happily married, father of three, ...

Sep. 1, 2016

By Antea Group - USA

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