If your organization was subject to the thousands of federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations in effect in the U.S. at the turn of the century, the Environmental Compliance Handbook should be within easy reach. Thousands of professionals have benefited from the bestselling classic. This practical, comprehensive book simplifies t
Environmental Enforcement Authorities (EEAs), sometimes called Environmental Protection Agencies (EPAs), are the regulatory, monitoring and enforcement agencies of national, state/provincial and local governments worldwide responsible for implementing, monitoring and enforcing environmental legislation. This one-of-a-kind, authoritative handbook offers a comprehensive assessment of the principles and best practice of EEAs throughout the world with a focus on Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, east and south-east Asia and various other OECD, transition and developing countries.The book assesses structures, expertise and capacity, financing, permitting, monitoring, inspection, enforcement and EEA performance and future directions. It also identifies best practice for creating or improving EEAs. It offers substantial information for industry on the nature of compliance with environmental regulations as well as vital information for professionals, consultants, NGOs and researchers working at the interface between government EEAs and industry.
Shows you how to: find out which permits you need, from who, for each situation; obtain wetlands, safe drinking water, clean air, clean water, solid waste, hazardous waste, asbestos, and other types of environmental permits.
Authored by engineers and attorneys who regularly counsel local government clients on environmental compliance issues, the Municipal Environmental Compliance Manual presents a plain English overview of federal environmental requirements as they apply to local government activities. This book discusses Superfund liability and how it is most likely to affect by cities, towns, and counties. Expert advice is included on how to minimize a municipality's risk with regard to Superfund liability. This book helps you to identify compliance issues in any department and offers questions that will help you find out whether your local government functions in compliance with the law. Other major topics include:
Providing a comprehensive framework for a sustainable governance model, and how to leverage it in competing global markets, Governance, Risk, and Compliance Handbook presents a readable overview to the political, regulatory, technical, process, and people considerations in complying with an ever more demanding regulatory environment and achievement of good corporate governance. Offering an international overview, this book features contributions from sixty-four industry experts from fifteen countries.
This manual suggests design operating and performance criteria for specific surface water quality conditions to provide the optimum protection from microbiological contaminants.
Due to budgetary restrictions such as manpower reductions, today'ssafety and health professionals are taking on greaterresponsibilities in the environmental arena. Many of theseprofessionals are unfamiliar with the basic requirements associatedwith environmental compliance. This second volume in Wiley's BasicGuide Series simplifies the environmental profession for those whoare new to the field. It combines simple explanations of complianceissues with clear breakdowns of the latest environmentalregulations. It also offers a history of the EnvironmentalProtection Agency and various environmental policies in the U.S.The first part of the book clarifies fundamental conceptsassociated with preservation of environmental health and resources.It summarizes relationships between state plans and federalenvironmental compliance schemes, as well as covering environmentalaudits and inspection processes. The author discusses differenttypes and phases of audits and audit reports, including properdocumentation and follow-up. Part Two provides a nuts-and-boltsunderstanding of all important environmental laws, includingthe: * Environmental Policy Act * Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabilityAct * Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act * Clean Water Act * Clean Air Act * Toxic Substances Control Act * Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) * SARA This guide will meet the reference needs of safety engineers,environmental engineers, corporate managers, and design engineersin a variety of industries. About the Wiley Basic Guide Series TheWiley Basic Guide Series focuses on topics of interest to today'ssafety and/or health professionals. These manuals promote a quickand easy familiarity with certain subject areas that may be outsidethe professional's main field but are required knowledge on thejob.