Statutory and Regulatory Updates
The latest critical updates to the most widely applicable federal environmental laws/regulations will be reviewed. Recent guidance documents and agency interpretations will also be covered. These include:

Clean Air Act: Title V programs, MACT standards, Compliance Assurance Monitoring, stationary diesel engine and refrigerant rules

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act: RCRA regulatory corrections and regulatory burden reduction rules, solid waste definition revisions, lab waste management and others

Tier II Chemical Inventories, Toxic Release Inventories, and TSCA Inventory Update Reporting

Clean Water Act

Federal Underground Storage Tanks and the Energy Policy Act: Impact on state compliance programs

Implementation of an Employee Plan Compliance Calendar

Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans:
Applicable to a wide range of facilities (who may not be aware of it!), SPCC Plan requirements have been in near continuous revision since the major update in 2002.

Review of the 2005-2007 revised requirements

Self-certification (vs PE certification) criteria and pitfalls

SPCC regulations and plans vs reality and practical implementation

Using appropriate engineering standards for required inspections

Using the USEPA Guidance for Regional Inspectors

Advanced Hazardous Waste Management Issues

Hazardous waste classification/determination in detail - the 5-step method

Knowledge-based vs analytical-based determination

Sampling issues

Recycling exemptions

Identifying, managing and certifying hazardous waste tank systems

Cost Effective (and EMS-Conformant) Implementation of RCRA, CWA and CAA Requirements

Inspection programs

Training programs

Testing

Monitoring

Regulatory Plan Management and Updating

Using tools and systems

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems; Making EH&S MS Pay for Itself

ISO14001/OHSAS18001 in perspective: Focusing on the advantages of systems - not certification

Essential system elements

Liability and risk reduction

EMS vs compliance: compliance-focused EMS

Advantages and Disadvantages

Hiring and Managing Consultants (and Avoiding Consultants, too)

Reducing the reliance on/need for consultants

Cost effective management once hired

When is outside assistance really needed?

Selection criteria and tips - going beyond the brochure

Reducing/controlling the compliance risks and liabilities created by consultant prepared work (and internal prepared work, too)

Partnering

Outsourcing EH&S - issues and recommendations

The New CERCLA AII Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) Standard

Applicability of the 'Phase I' assessment: It's not your father's Phase I!

Review of CERCLA liabilities and liability mitigation in property transactions and business acquisitions

All vs ASTM 1527-00 and -05: A comparison of standards

Post-AAI/post-purchase obligations, operating requirements and restrictions

Contiguous property contamination issues

Effective Use of Environmental/OSHA Counsel

Examining use of attorney-client confidentiality to determine compliance strategies

When and when not to use counsel when dealing with regulators

Methods used by agencies to obtain evidence to support enforcement actions

OSHA-What's Hot, What's Not

Recent significant decisions from the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. What do they mean for you?

Recent trends in enforcement. Where has OSHA been and where is it going?

Recent criminal prosecutions - federal and state actions

The latest new and proposed regulations

Review of OSHA liability in business acquisitions