- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- 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
- References
- 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
- References
- 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
- References
- Chapter 5 Flow Down of Requirements
- 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
- Chapter 8 Requirements Tracking
- 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
- References
- Chapter 11 Lessons Learned
- 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
Strategic Environmental Performance
Obtaining and Sustaining Compliance
Dr. Frances Alston and Brian K. Perkins
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