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SMG POV
It’s been busy around SMG keeping our clients up to date with various regulations. We have also been busy keeping our staff on top of pressing and influential regulations through training events. I recently attended a week-long wetland delineation training course in Bucks County, Pennsylvania put on by The Swamp School. The training covered the US Army Corps of Engineers 1987 Manual and Regional Supplements used to delineate wetlands in Kentucky and the surrounding states. An emphasis was placed on the potential changes coming to these methods as a result of the EPA’s new Water of the US definitions. A combination of class and field exercises allows me to delineate wetlands using the Corp’s methods and submit these for approval. I also learned to catalog a significant quantity of wetland plants in the field as well as those being propagated at Aquascapes Unlimited, a local wetland plant nursery in the area.
If you are curious about what the new Waters of the US definition might mean for your site you can see a brief overview from our partners at the Swamp School here (http://d258jt32o5tsbc.cloudfront.net/neweparules15.html). If you need assistance in this area you can contact me at josiahf@smithmanage.com.
FEATURED PROJECT
PROBLEM
A local company engaged in manufacturing imported a small amount of a chemical substance defined under TSCA. Faced with a potential EPA enforcement action with penalties assessed for noncompliance under TSCA of up to $32,500 per day per violation, the company called SMG for help.
SMG'S APPROACH
SMG analyzed the company’s current TSCA procedures and assisted the company in developing a proactive, cost-effective compliance procedure. SMG also facilitated a training program to educate employees about TSCA.
MG worked with the company to develop mechanisms that assured adherence with the policies that were being implemented for compliance. Procedures to promptly correct any potential violations and prevent future violations were also put into place.
RESULTS
SMG was able to show that the company complied with the relevant TSCA regulations and was improving their TSCA policies and procedures to assure that future issues were less likely to occur. The company was not subjected to the proposed penalties and now has mechanisms in place to maintain TSCA compliance.