Strategic environmental performance : obtaining and sustaining compliance / Frances Alston, Brian K. Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alston, Frances (Industrial engineer), author.

Perkins, Brian K., author.

Series:

Sustainable improvements in environment safety and health.

Sustainable Improvements in Environment Safety and Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial safety--United States.

Industrial safety.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages).

Edition:

1st.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020.

Summary:

Protecting our environment has never been more important than it is today in the wake of climate change and the ever-increasing demand on natural resources due to the expanding world population. Environmental protection has been increasingly discussed by concerned citizen groups and politicians in the wake of unexpected environmental disasters that have occurred in recent years. The need to protect drinking water resources, control greenhouse gas emissions, and implement successful waste reduction practices will continue to gain visibility with growing social awareness. Environmental managers and leaders can all benefit from this comprehensive and strategic book which guides them through environmental regulatory requirements and methods that can be used to interpret the regulations, develop programs, and processes to ensure compliance. The book includes a Tool Kit containing resources that can assist a company in assessing and evaluating the strength of their environmental program, systems, and processes so that changes can be made before damages to the environment becomes a reality, and penalties are enforced.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Authors

Chapter 1 Environmental Compliance and the Corporate Structure

1.1 Defining the Compliance Profile

1.2 Alignment with the Mission of the Company

1.3 Organizational Structures That Enable Compliance

1.3.1 Functional Organization Structure

1.3.2 Divisional Organization Structure

1.3.3 Matrixed Organization Structure

1.3.4 Flat Organization Structure

1.4 Applied Learning

1.4.1 Case Study

References

Chapter 2 Corporate Culture

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Top-Down Leadership: Demonstrated Commitment

2.2.1 Leadership Commitment

2.3 Employee Buy-In and Engagement

2.4 Cultural Impacts on Compliance

2.4.1 The Belief Attribute

2.4.2 The Behavior Attribute

2.4.3 The Practices Attribute

2.4.4 The Values Attribute

2.5 Evaluating Culture for Effectiveness

2.6 Applied Learning

2.6.1 Scenario 1

2.6.2 Scenario 2

Chapter 3 Identifying Applicable Requirements

3.1 Environmental Regulations Overview

3.2 Regulatory Requirements

3.3 Federal Laws

3.3.1 The Clean Water Act

3.3.2 The Clean Water Act Today

3.3.2.1 Wastewater Management

3.3.2.2 Pretreatment Program

3.3.2.3 Storm Water Pollution

3.3.2.4 Construction Storm Water

3.3.2.5 Industrial Storm Water

3.3.2.6 Municipal Storm Water

3.3.2.7 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

3.3.2.8 Spills of Oils and Hazardous Substances (SPCC)

3.3.2.9 Tier I Facility

3.3.2.10 Tier II Facility

3.3.2.11 Facility Response Plan

3.3.2.12 Wetlands Protection

3.3.3 The Clean Air Act

3.3.4 The Clean Air Act Today

3.3.4.1 Title I

3.3.4.2 Title II

3.3.4.3 Title III

3.3.4.4 Title IV

3.3.4.5 Title V

3.3.4.6 Title VI

3.3.5 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

3.3.5.1 RCRA Today.

3.3.5.2 Waste Generators

3.3.5.3 Hazardous Waste Transporters

3.3.5.4 Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs)

3.3.5.5 Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs)

3.3.5.6 Universal Waste

3.3.5.7 Underground Storage Tanks

3.3.5.8 Used Oil

3.3.6 Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)

3.3.7 Toxic Substances Control Act

3.3.8 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

3.3.9 National Environmental Policy Act

3.3.10 Endangered Species Act

3.3.11 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act

3.3.12 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)

3.4 State Laws

3.5 County Laws

3.6 Local Laws

3.7 Regulatory Relationship Development and Sustainment

3.8 Other Directives and Corporate Policy

3.9 Establishing and Documenting Applicability

3.10 Applied Learning

3.10.1 Case Study

Chapter 4 Implementation Roles, Responsibilities and Accountability

4.1 Leadership Charting the Way

4.1.1 Leadership Style and Impact

4.1.2 Communicating the Importance of Environmental Compliance

4.2 Employee Participation

4.2.1 Where Implementation Really Takes Place

4.2.2 Motivated versus Reluctant Implementation

4.3 Environmental Subject Matter Experts and Professionals

4.3.1 What Defines an Environmental Subject Matter Expert?

4.3.2 Training, Experience and Keeping Skills Relevant

4.3.3 Compliance Decision-Making

4.4 Removing Ambiguity from Compliance Decisions

4.5 Applied Learning

4.5.1 Case Study

Chapter 5 Flow Down of Requirements

5.1 Communicating Requirements within the Organization

5.2 Developing Processes for Requirements Flow Down

5.2.1 Corporate-Level Processes

5.2.2 Organization-Level Processes

5.2.3 Work Unit-Level Processes

5.3 Applied Learning

5.3.1 Case Study

References.

Chapter 6 Requirements and Implementation Documents

6.1 Corporate-Level Procedures and Implementing Documents

6.2 Organization-Level Procedures and Implementing Documents

6.3 Procedural Governance

6.3.1 Development and Approval

6.3.2 Stakeholder Considerations

6.3.3 Controlling Changes

6.3.4 Configuration Management

6.3.5 Periodic Reviews and Updates

6.4 Accessibility of Procedures

6.5 Applied Learning

Chapter 7 Critical Implementation Elements and Attributes

7.1 Environmental Justice

7.2 Training and Knowledge Retention

7.2.1 Appropriate Knowledge for Implementation

7.2.2 Training: A Necessary Investment for Success

7.3 Applied Learning

Chapter 8 Requirements Tracking

8.1 Keeping Up with New Regulations

8.2 Tracking and Implementing Changes to Existing Regulations

8.3 Professional Working Groups Impacts and Participation

8.4 Conveying Legislative Changes

8.5 Applied Learning

8.5.1 Case Study

Chapter 9 Assessing and Measuring Program Performance

9.1 Defining Successful Performance for a Compliance Program

9.2 Effective Methods Used to Measure Performance

9.3 Identifying What Is Important: Corporate and Stakeholder Priorities

9.4 Evaluating Environmental Compliance Programs and Processes

9.5 Evaluating Implementation of Environmental Requirements

9.6 Applied Learning

Chapter 10 Tracking and Trending Performance

10.1 Identifying and Use of Meaningful Metrics

10.1.1 How Well Are Regulatory Requirements Identified and Flowed Down

10.1.2 Meeting Regulatory Reporting Requirements

10.1.3 How Well Does the Program Promote Compliance and the Corporate Mission

10.2 Performance Indicators

10.2.1 Leading and Lagging Indicators

10.2.2 Purpose and Usefulness in Compliance Determination

10.2.3 How to Use Leading Indicators.

10.2.3.1 Interrupting Leading Indicators

10.2.4 How to Use Lagging Indicators

10.2.4.1 Interrupting Lagging Indicators

10.3 Continuous Improvement

10.3.1 Using Knowledge and Experience to Drive Improvements

10.3.2 The Propensity for Change to Facilitate Improvements

10.4 Applied Learning

10.4.1 Case Study

Chapter 11 Lessons Learned

11.1 Learning from the Past to Prevent Future Occurrences

11.2 Capturing and Documenting Lessons Learned

11.3 Communicating Lessons Learned

11.4 Integrating Lessons Learned to Produce Change

11.5 Applied Learning

11.5.1 Case Study

Chapter 12 Compliance and Implementation Toolkit

Appendix A: Toolkit for Evaluating Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Appendix B: Toolkit for Evaluating NPDES

Appendix C: Evaluating Air Emissions

Appendix D: Toolkit for Evaluating EPCRA

Appendix E: Toolkit for Evaluating SDWA

Appendix F: Toolkit for Evaluating SPCC

Appendix G: Toolkit for Evaluating FIFRA

Appendix H: Toolkit for Evaluating TSCA

Appendix I: Toolkit for Evaluating NEPA

Appendix J: Toolkit for CERCLA

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781003038894

1003038891

9781000223675

1000223671

9781000223699

1000223698

OCLC:

1203039500