       Environmental, Health, Safety, and Quality Management Services for Business and Industry, and Federal, State, and Local Government.
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Federal, state, and local regulations place formidable
requirements not just on the owners and managers of industrial facilities,
but on virtually any organization that may impact the environment. Click
on a link to read more about our Environmental Services.
Water Quality Services
Capabilities EHS provides a full-spectrum of water quality services to meet the environmental, health, and safety requirements of manufacturing and industrial facilities, developers and contractors, agricultural concerns, and small communities. We offer:
Air Quality Permits
NPDES Permits
Stormwater Permits
Section 404 Permits
Programs, Plans, and Procedures Your requirements for the development and implementation
of programs, plans, and procedures depend on the work you do and the
materials that you have in the workplace. Carefully developed plans,
policies, and procedures minimize risks and potential liabilities, and
vastly reduce the threat of regulatory sanctions. Hazardous Waste Contingency Plans
Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plans
Capabilities EHS staff members have extensive experience in evaluating real property for proposed purchase, sale, financing, or development. We have worked for major financial and development organizations, and for individual homeowners. Our services include:
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The
need for an air quality permit is highly dependent on the nature of your
operation, and the type and amount of fuel used to operate your equipment
for a particular industrial process or a heat source. The permitting
process also relies heavily on the attainment status of the area in which
your facility is located. EHS air quality specialists have experience with
the air quality rules and regulations of many state air quality agencies.
Using a multi-question decision matrix, we can determine what kind of
permit your will need, or whether you need a permit at all. If you do, we
know how to obtain the permit in the shortest possible time and for the
most economical price. Whether yours is a major source or a minor one,
whether you are in an attainment, non-attainment, or a Prevention of
Significant Deterioration area, we can help you with your most complex air
permitting requirements.
If
you discharge waste water that could affect the surface or groundwaters of
your state, you are required to have a National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System permit. These are issued for point source discharges of
pollutants that are defined in the Clean Water Act. They are usually
issued by your state's water authority. We can help you with the
application process, and we can tell you if you qualify for a waiver or an
exemption. And, when your permit needs to be renewed, we can help you
obtain it quickly and cost-effectively. We can also define your
responsibilities for monitoring and sampling, and recordkeeping and
reporting.
The
Clean Water Act was expanded in 1990 to include stormwater discharges,
including runoff and drainage from rainfall and snow melt. If you have an
industrial operation, you have two options for obtaining a permit:
provisions for stormwater runoff may be included under your NPDES permit
or you may elect to comply with the EPA's or your state's general permit
for stormwater discharges. If yours is a construction site, you'll need a
general construction site stormwater permit. You'll need information about
your site, its soils, the materials on the site, and all outfalls for your
permit application, which, of course, EHS can help you develop.
Activities
that affect the nation's wetlands are regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. A Section 404 permit is required to discharge dredged or fill
material into waters of the U.S., including wetlands. You may be required
to obtain a general or an individual permit. General permits cover
low-impact activities throughout large geographic areas. Individual
permits are required for projects that cannot be covered by a general
permit. Contact us if you think your project may impact a wetland.
Required
by the Clean Water Act, SPCC Plans must be prepared by facilities that
drill, produce, store, process, or consume oil and oil products if there
is a reasonable possibility that the oil could be discharged into
navigable waters or adjoining shorelands. There are quantity limitations,
and there may be differences between federal and state law. 
If
your industrial facility is required to have a storm water permit, then
you are also required to have a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. The
Plan requires you to evaluate, select, and describe the pollution
prevention measures, best management practices, and other controls that
will be implemented at your facility. You may also be required to provide
information on the chemicals stored, processed, or otherwise handled at
the facility. If you have a construction site you'll need a site
description and a discussion of how you will control erosion and sediment.
Federal
environmental laws, and similar laws in many individual states, place the
burden of responsibility for the remediation of hazardous chemical
contamination on owners and/or operators of contaminated sites. The laws'
concepts of strict, joint, and several liability virtually require that
persons interested in buying and developing property invest the resources
necessary to determine if the property is contaminated by hazardous
materials. Lenders, too, are cautious about becoming involved in
properties where hazardous chemicals may have been used, stored, or
disposed. All parties are concerned that the value of the property may be
reduced, or that a cleanup may cost many times more that the value of the
property.