by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Aug 16, 2013 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
Determining If Waste is a Hazardous Waste The EPA’s RCRA regulations establish two ways to classify solid wastes as a hazardous waste. The first way is that if the waste has ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity, it is determined to be a hazardous...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Jul 30, 2013 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
What is a Containment Building? Hazardous Waste Containment buildings are designed and constructed of man-made materials with the strength to be self-supporting. They have walls, a floor, and a roof and are waste management units similar to tanks, containers, and drip...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Jul 17, 2013 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
In keeping with our goal to ensure our current and future clients have compliance within the complex maze of environmental and safety regulations we want to provide the following list of OSHA requirements that need compliance. Please let us know if you need assistance...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Jul 3, 2013 | Environmental Services
In June of 2013, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing new policy requires radon testing and, if applicable, mitigation for most new FHA-insured construction, conversion and substantial rehabilitation projects, as...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | May 23, 2013 | Environmental Services
Past property contamination can result in a lender having added costs, added liabilities, foreclosure possibles, or a major loss in property value. Make Sure To Do the Proper Research Up Front There are risks for lenders who can be surprised by a property’s...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Apr 17, 2013 | Environmental Services
The EPA established the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) in 1986 by Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and later expanded by the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. The goal of TRI is to provide communities with information about toxic...
