EPA Budget Woes Mean More High-Profile Compliance Enforcement Actions - Enviro.BLR.com Advises Environmental Managers.OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. -- Which reality is the correct one concerning the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) enforcement activities: Is it the perception, frequently seen exhibited in the general press, that EPA is a toothless tiger? Or is it what many businesses believe, that the agency responsible for protecting the nation's environment is breathing down their necks, 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. the smallest compliance oversight
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Steve Quilliam, editor at Enviro en·vi·ro n. pl. en·vi·ros Informal An environmentalist. .BLR BLR Belarus BLR Business & Legal Reports BLR Boiler BLR Broad-Line Region BLR Base Lending Rate BLR Binary Language Representation BLR Bintan Lagoon Resort (Indonesia) BLR Bangalore, India - Hindustan .com - Making State Environmental Compliance Easier, says, "The truth is that the EPA is very interested in enforcement, particularly in air and water pollution." Quilliam notes, "the EPA is looking for high-profile cases that give its enforcement the greatest bang for the buck. Companies with 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. issues should prepare now, before an inspector arrives." The Agency's enforcement strategy comes as budgets for programs like Superfund have been cut, and the Bush administration has made other moves unpopular with environmental groups. Enviro.BLR.com reports that EPA enforcement statistics for FY 2004 show a very busy Agency. It conducted 21,000 inspections during the year, up 11% over FY 2003. Those inspections resulted in dramatically more penalties, with 2,248 civil administrative penalty actions finalized See finalization. -- a whopping 32% increase. Criminal charges, certainly the worst nightmare for corporate environmental executives, also jumped: 293 criminal defendants were charged with environmental crimes during the year, 46 more than in FY 2003. State Environmental Compliance an Issue Quilliam points out that the federal EPA is not the only agency enforcing environmental laws. "Most states have their own complicated environmental regulations for business to comply with." Fortunately, Business & Legal Reports, Inc.'s plain-English website, Enviro.BLR.com, features plain-English interpretations of all federal and state regulations. Arranged by topic and including hundreds of tools like checklists and inspection forms, the website simplifies the job of complying with complex regulations. Enviro.BLR.com offers a free download of its informative White Paper, "Regulatory Analysis - Inspections," with detailed advice on how to prepare for an EPA inspection. To get this download go to http://www.blr.com/80502500/WBE402 , or call 800-727-5257. About BLR Old Saybrook, Conn.-based BLR provides plain-English compliance and training tools for environmental, safety, HR, and compensation managers. For information and a free catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , call 800-727-5257 or visit www.BLR.com. |
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