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Strategic Environmental Performance

Author Frances Alston , Brian K. Perkins
Release Date: 2020/11/01
ISBN: 9781000223699
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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.

 

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Authors
  8. Chapter 1 Environmental Compliance and the Corporate Structure
    1. 1.1 Defining the Compliance Profile
    2. 1.2 Alignment with the Mission of the Company
    3. 1.3 Organizational Structures That Enable Compliance
    4. 1.3.1 Functional Organization Structure
    5. 1.3.2 Divisional Organization Structure
    6. 1.3.3 Matrixed Organization Structure
    7. 1.3.4 Flat Organization Structure
    8. 1.4 Applied Learning
    9. 1.4.1 Case Study
    10. References
  9. Chapter 2 Corporate Culture
    1. 2.1 Introduction
    2. 2.2 Top-Down Leadership: Demonstrated Commitment
    3. 2.2.1 Leadership Commitment
    4. 2.3 Employee Buy-In and Engagement
    5. 2.4 Cultural Impacts on Compliance
    6. 2.4.1 The Belief Attribute
    7. 2.4.2 The Behavior Attribute
    8. 2.4.3 The Practices Attribute
    9. 2.4.4 The Values Attribute
    10. 2.5 Evaluating Culture for Effectiveness
    11. 2.6 Applied Learning
    12. 2.6.1 Scenario 1
    13. 2.6.2 Scenario 2
    14. References
  10. Chapter 3 Identifying Applicable Requirements
    1. 3.1 Environmental Regulations Overview
    2. 3.2 Regulatory Requirements
    3. 3.3 Federal Laws
    4. 3.3.1 The Clean Water Act
    5. 3.3.2 The Clean Water Act Today
    6. 3.3.2.1 Wastewater Management
    7. 3.3.2.2 Pretreatment Program
    8. 3.3.2.3 Storm Water Pollution
    9. 3.3.2.4 Construction Storm Water
    10. 3.3.2.5 Industrial Storm Water
    11. 3.3.2.6 Municipal Storm Water
    12. 3.3.2.7 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
    13. 3.3.2.8 Spills of Oils and Hazardous Substances (SPCC)
    14. 3.3.2.9 Tier I Facility
    15. 3.3.2.10 Tier II Facility
    16. 3.3.2.11 Facility Response Plan
    17. 3.3.2.12 Wetlands Protection
    18. 3.3.3 The Clean Air Act
    19. 3.3.4 The Clean Air Act Today
    20. 3.3.4.1 Title I
    21. 3.3.4.2 Title II
    22. 3.3.4.3 Title III
    23. 3.3.4.4 Title IV
    24. 3.3.4.5 Title V
    25. 3.3.4.6 Title VI
    26. 3.3.5 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
    27. 3.3.5.1 RCRA Today
    28. 3.3.5.2 Waste Generators
    29. 3.3.5.3 Hazardous Waste Transporters
    30. 3.3.5.4 Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs)
    31. 3.3.5.5 Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs)
    32. 3.3.5.6 Universal Waste
    33. 3.3.5.7 Underground Storage Tanks
    34. 3.3.5.8 Used Oil
    35. 3.3.6 Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
    36. 3.3.7 Toxic Substances Control Act
    37. 3.3.8 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
    38. 3.3.9 National Environmental Policy Act
    39. 3.3.10 Endangered Species Act
    40. 3.3.11 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
    41. 3.3.12 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
    42. 3.4 State Laws
    43. 3.5 County Laws
    44. 3.6 Local Laws
    45. 3.7 Regulatory Relationship Development and Sustainment
    46. 3.8 Other Directives and Corporate Policy
    47. 3.9 Establishing and Documenting Applicability
    48. 3.10 Applied Learning
    49. 3.10.1 Case Study
    50. References
  11. Chapter 4 Implementation Roles, Responsibilities and Accountability
    1. 4.1 Leadership Charting the Way
    2. 4.1.1 Leadership Style and Impact
    3. 4.1.2 Communicating the Importance of Environmental Compliance
    4. 4.2 Employee Participation
    5. 4.2.1 Where Implementation Really Takes Place
    6. 4.2.2 Motivated versus Reluctant Implementation
    7. 4.3 Environmental Subject Matter Experts and Professionals
    8. 4.3.1 What Defines an Environmental Subject Matter Expert?
    9. 4.3.2 Training, Experience and Keeping Skills Relevant
    10. 4.3.3 Compliance Decision-Making
    11. 4.4 Removing Ambiguity from Compliance Decisions
    12. 4.5 Applied Learning
    13. 4.5.1 Case Study
    14. References
  12. Chapter 5 Flow Down of Requirements
    1. 5.1 Communicating Requirements within the Organization
    2. 5.2 Developing Processes for Requirements Flow Down
    3. 5.2.1 Corporate-Level Processes
    4. 5.2.2 Organization-Level Processes
    5. 5.2.3 Work Unit–Level Processes
    6. 5.3 Applied Learning
    7. 5.3.1 Case Study
    8. References
  13. Chapter 6 Requirements and Implementation Documents
    1. 6.1 Corporate-Level Procedures and Implementing Documents
    2. 6.2 Organization-Level Procedures and Implementing Documents
    3. 6.3 Procedural Governance
    4. 6.3.1 Development and Approval
    5. 6.3.2 Stakeholder Considerations
    6. 6.3.3 Controlling Changes
    7. 6.3.4 Configuration Management
    8. 6.3.5 Periodic Reviews and Updates
    9. 6.4 Accessibility of Procedures
    10. 6.5 Applied Learning
  14. Chapter 7 Critical Implementation Elements and Attributes
    1. 7.1 Environmental Justice
    2. 7.2 Training and Knowledge Retention
    3. 7.2.1 Appropriate Knowledge for Implementation
    4. 7.2.2 Training: A Necessary Investment for Success
    5. 7.3 Applied Learning
    6. References
  15. Chapter 8 Requirements Tracking
    1. 8.1 Keeping Up with New Regulations
    2. 8.2 Tracking and Implementing Changes to Existing Regulations
    3. 8.3 Professional Working Groups Impacts and Participation
    4. 8.4 Conveying Legislative Changes
    5. 8.5 Applied Learning
    6. 8.5.1 Case Study
    7. References
  16. Chapter 9 Assessing and Measuring Program Performance
    1. 9.1 Defining Successful Performance for a Compliance Program
    2. 9.2 Effective Methods Used to Measure Performance
    3. 9.3 Identifying What Is Important: Corporate and Stakeholder Priorities
    4. 9.4 Evaluating Environmental Compliance Programs and Processes
    5. 9.5 Evaluating Implementation of Environmental Requirements
    6. 9.6 Applied Learning
  17. Chapter 10 Tracking and Trending Performance
    1. 10.1 Identifying and Use of Meaningful Metrics
    2. 10.1.1 How Well Are Regulatory Requirements Identified and Flowed Down
    3. 10.1.2 Meeting Regulatory Reporting Requirements
    4. 10.1.3 How Well Does the Program Promote Compliance and the Corporate Mission
    5. 10.2 Performance Indicators
    6. 10.2.1 Leading and Lagging Indicators
    7. 10.2.2 Purpose and Usefulness in Compliance Determination
    8. 10.2.3 How to Use Leading Indicators
    9. 10.2.3.1 Interrupting Leading Indicators
    10. 10.2.4 How to Use Lagging Indicators
    11. 10.2.4.1 Interrupting Lagging Indicators
    12. 10.3 Continuous Improvement
    13. 10.3.1 Using Knowledge and Experience to Drive Improvements
    14. 10.3.2 The Propensity for Change to Facilitate Improvements
    15. 10.4 Applied Learning
    16. 10.4.1 Case Study
    17. References
  18. Chapter 11 Lessons Learned
    1. 11.1 Learning from the Past to Prevent Future Occurrences
    2. 11.2 Capturing and Documenting Lessons Learned
    3. 11.3 Communicating Lessons Learned
    4. 11.4 Integrating Lessons Learned to Produce Change
    5. 11.5 Applied Learning
    6. 11.5.1 Case Study
    7. Reference
  19. Chapter 12 Compliance and Implementation Toolkit
  20. Appendix A: Toolkit for Evaluating Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
  21. Appendix B: Toolkit for Evaluating NPDES
  22. Appendix C: Evaluating Air Emissions
  23. Appendix D: Toolkit for Evaluating EPCRA
  24. Appendix E: Toolkit for Evaluating SDWA
  25. Appendix F: Toolkit for Evaluating SPCC
  26. Appendix G: Toolkit for Evaluating FIFRA
  27. Appendix H: Toolkit for Evaluating TSCA
  28. Appendix I: Toolkit for Evaluating NEPA
  29. Appendix J: Toolkit for CERCLA
  30. Index
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