August Mack's eCAP: Keeping Manufacturers Lean and Environmentally Compliant.Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2003 In today's slow economy, manufacturing facilities are being pressured to operate at their leanest while also maintaining compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and and local regulations. In addition, they must manage the legal risks associated with pollution while implementing environmental initiatives to meet their environmental quality mission statements. In response, August Mack Environmental has developed an outsourcing program that accomplishes all of these objectives. By outsourcing environmental management to August Mack's team of technical experts, a facility can reduce its costs and liabilities while improving its environmental quality within the community. eCAP(SM) (Compliance Assurance Program) has been implemented at over 30 facilities throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , allowing plant personnel to focus on the production aspects of their operation while August Mack's environmental experts develop, implement and maintain environmental programs associated with a variety of compliance issues and environmental risks. These topics include air emissions, water quality, hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. , chemical management, ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001, and environmental and safety awareness training. Liebert Corporation, a division of Emerson Network Power, recently implemented August Mack's eCAP in their Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. facility. Pete Popovics has been the Environmental and Safety Manager for Liebert for over six years and recently searched for a new environmental management company. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Popovics, "We wanted an all-encompassing program to take our environmental management system to the next level. This includes all of the processes, programs, and reporting that is required to go beyond environmental compliance." Popovics found the turnkey approach he was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. in eCAP, along with a guarantee, something virtually unheard of Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. Unknown to fame; obscure. - Glanvill. See also: Unheard Unheard in the regulatory compliance industry. According to Amy Holthouse, Marketing Coordinator for August Mack, "If a facility is cited for being out of compliance under an eCAP module, August Mack will pay the penalty." According to Popovics, "The guarantee can do nothing but add to our already strong environmental compliance program. It never hurts to have another set of eyes reviewing our operations." eCAP takes August Mack's 15 years of experience with its clients one step further by not only providing consulting but by eliminating management's regulatory burden of performing frequent site inspections, regulatory reporting, record keeping and pollution prevention strategies. To find out more about eCAP, contact Scott Mounts at (614) 798-9922 or at smounts@augustmack.com |
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