Environmental Compliance
Cost-effective and sustainable solutions for environmental compliance.
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Environmental compliance refers to a business or organization's adherence to a broad spectrum of laws, regulations, and standards established by governments and regulatory bodies to safeguard the environment.
Environmental compliance is crucial for a business or organization to avoid substantial financial penalties, legal consequences, and reputational damage associated with non-compliance. Moreover, it plays a vital role in safeguarding the environment by promoting responsible investment practices, reducing environmental impact, and contributing to a more sustainable future.
Environmental Compliance Audit
An environmental compliance audit evaluates a facility's environmental performance and practices to ensure its compliance with laws and regulations. This process provides our clients with a better understanding of their environmental compliance responsibilities, potential efficiency enhancements, improved management methodologies, and opportunities for cost savings.
Nova conducts comprehensive facility-wide audits covering various environmental media (air, water, waste, etc.) and targeted audits focusing on specific areas like waste management (universal, hazardous, and industrial waste).
What’s Involved?
We develop a detailed feasibility study and analysis to establish practical, cost-effective mitigation solutions. Our team has designed and implemented a wide array of corrective technologies, including:
Status of current compliance findings
Compliance-related concerns (Best Management Practices)
A clear outline of actions that need to be taken
Guidance for prioritizing necessary steps to attain compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, guided by an assessment of associated risks
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Water Management
Nova provides water management guidance for stormwater and wastewater discharges.
Stormwater
Most industrial facilities are required to effectively manage stormwater discharge to safeguard the environment and meet regulatory mandates. The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program aims to protect the environment and water resources. We help our clients with NPDES permit application and management.
What’s Involved?
Completion of Notice of Intent (NOI) to obtain coverage under the proper permit sector (determined by SIC/NAICS).
Development of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP).
Assistance with implementing and updating SWPPPs, including personnel and inspection training.
Preparation of Construction SWPPPs and Erosion Control Plans.
Stormwater runoff inspections and sampling.
Evaluation and implementation of stormwater controls and best management practices (BMP).
Development of data collection and recordkeeping
Preparation of periodic Discharge Reports and Annual Compliance Reports
Wastewater
For industrial facilities, discharging wastewater is regulated under Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) discharge permits. Nova assists clients in managing POTW permits to safeguard the environment and ensure compliance with local and federal regulations.
What’s Involved?
Completion of POTW permit applications and permit renewal negotiations
Discharge treatment system development and ongoing management
Discharge sample collector installations and sample collection
Development of data collection and recordkeeping
Preparation of annual reports
Assistance with further regulation under Categorical Pretreatment Standards
Air Emission Permitting
We provide air emission permitting management services to ensure sustainable compliance with increasingly complex local, state, and federal regulations.
Our past client work covers numerous industries, including pulp and paper, oil and gas, painting and coating, food processing, and general manufacturing.
What’s Involved?
We develop a strategic permitting approach based on an evaluation of emissions, regulatory requirements, and our client's business goals. This gives our clients greater flexibility to adjust facility operations in response to market demands without frequent interaction with regulatory agencies.
Waste Management
Proper waste management cuts disposal costs by utilizing proactive steps that minimize the volume and toxicity of a facility's generated waste. It also reduces the potential for employee exposure, minimizing the risk of future corporate liabilities.
Nova provides waste management guidance to clients for the full range of waste streams, including hazardous, universal, and special or industrial wastes.
What’s Involved?
Assistance with waste stream characterization, classification, profiling, and manifest management.
Waste accumulation area and container management compliance.
Preparation and implementation of emergency contingency plans.
Development of waste tracking and reporting tools.
Waste disposal vendor selection, management, and auditing.
Plans and reporting for waste stream minimization, source reduction, and pollution prevention.
Chemical Reporting Requirements: Tier II and TRI Reporting
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) is a United States federal law that helps to plan for chemical emergencies. EPCRA requires facilities to document and report information on chemicals.
We help our clients with Tier II and Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements. Tier II reporting provides information on the amounts, location, and storage conditions of hazardous chemicals at facilities. TRI reporting is an inventory of routine toxic chemical emissions.
What’s Involved?
Completion of the annual data review and reporting.
The development and implementation of data tracking tools to minimize data maintenance, streamline future reporting, increase data accuracy, and promote sustainable compliance.
SPCC Plan and Facility Response Plan Development
What’s Involved?
Management of plans to ensure regulation compliance, accuracy, and applicability to facilities.
Guidance with required training, inspections, and drills.
The development of practices to ensure plans are updated in accordance with ongoing facility changes and regulatory requirements.
The Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule mandates a written plan for facilities that exceed the threshold volume for aboveground or underground oil storage. Facility Response Plans (FRP) are required for larger oil storage facilities that have the potential to create substantial harm to the environment.
Nova develops SPCC and FRPs to ensure compliance with overlapping regulations, such as state emergency preparedness and spill response and U.S. Coast Guard regulations. This provides a plan that fulfills all requirements, reduces redundancy, and decreases the number of plans that require maintenance.
Contact
Environmental Compliance Group Leader
Wesley Glowitz
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