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SMG POV
Last week, the Southeast Wireless Summit convened in Nashville with wireless telecommunications providers, developers, vendors, and industry professionals in attendance. The Summit provided significant insight into trends in the wireless telecommunications industry. From the various panels and conversations with industry representatives, a few things stuck out to us.
First, it’s clear that the industry is growing! And with that growth there has been a strain on the tower maintenance workforce. Industry leaders and tower associations, such as NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors), are pursuing improvements to worker safety protocols and working with government regulators to do so. Also, industry professionals are noticing significant deviation from NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) related agreements such as the National Programmatic Agreement (NPA) that direct interactions between various stakeholders in the development of telecommunications sites. This may result in additional FCC directives in the development of future telecommunication facilities.
We enjoyed the time to meet industry representatives and hearing from knowledgeable panelists, and we look forward to attending next year!
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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.