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Environmental and Emergency Compliance Resource Kit

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Starting or improving EPA emergency and environmental compliance starts here

Compliance reporting, record keeping and training are important to maintaining compliance programs, but all three can be very time consuming. In many cases, state and local agencies require permit holders to submit permit compliance reports on a regular basis (annually, semiannually, quarterly and monthly). This resource kit can help you save time, make the compliance process easier, less error-prone and lower the risk profile.


 

Does EPCRA Reporting Apply to Your Facility?

Companies that store, use or release chemicals are subject to stringent reporting rules. Listen to this webinar to make sure you are up-to-date on the regulations before you have an issue. It includes a brief introduction to EPCRA reports (both tier I and tier II), provides an overview of EPCRA reporting tools and also covers the broader EPA area of Toxic Release Inventory Programming (TRI).

 

What state environmental compliance deadlines apply to you?

Are you aware of upcoming state deadlines for the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)? Take a moment to review the chart organized by state. These charts provide a comprehensive overview of the upcoming deadlines that may affect your facility based upon location, material hazards and type of reporting.

 

Managing EPCRA Tier I and Tier II Compliance

The Emergency Planning and Community Right to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 311 and 312 have compressed reporting timelines (early in the first quarter) which make on-time reporting a significant challenge for many companies. This is a case history of a nationwide building materials distributor. It touches on their EPCRA compliance tasks including managing multi-state EPCRA compliance programs.

 

EPA enforcement and compliance annual results for 2023

The EPA reports dramatically increasing its enforcement and compliance resources during 2023, including:

  • - Broadened Task Force outreach and coordination efforts which led to 199 criminal cases opened in FY 2023, an increase of 70% over FY 2022
  • - More civil case conclusions since 2018, which eliminated an estimated 1.21 billion pounds of pollutants, and required violators to pay over $708 million in penalties, fines, and restitution, a 57% over FY 2022
  • - Obtained approximately $1.1 billion from Superfund cleanup and cost recovery settlement agreements and recovery of past and future costs
  • - Concluded a total of 1,791 civil settlements, over 150 more than in FY 2022
Download the full report to see its scope.

 

Guide to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

This 13-page EPA guide to the Emergency Planning Right to Know Act explains EPCRA’s four major provisions including Sections 302-303 (Emergency notification and response planning), Section 304 (Emergency release notification), Sections 311-312 (Hazardous chemical inventory reporting) and Section 313 (Toxic chemical release inventory) If you are required to be EPCRA compliant, this quick guide is a good place to start your process.

 

BSI Consulting services for environmental sectors

Based upon years of experience, BSI serves as a trusted environmental advisor. This brief profiles a tested approach to addressing environmental concerns which are presenting one of the greatest challenges to an organization’s ability to keep pace with today’s dizzying rate of change. It summarizes how organizations that can successfully minimize the time and cost impacts of environmental risks, regulations, permitting and incidents, are able to operate and compete at a significant business advantage while enhancing their brand reputation.

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