I have a lot of respect for regulators at all levels, local, state, and federal. It sometimes surprises people that they are very often willing to work with facilities to improve their environmental, health and safety practices and address exposures.
Of all the ways a facility can get in trouble, including not having required permits or failing to follow certain regulations in your manufacturing process, one of the most common we see as environmental consultants might be a surprise.
You might think you have all your environmental permits in good order at your facility. Fair enough. But I want you to think again. Say you're the facility manager of a manufacturing facility. During the manufacturing process, some emissions are generated. But you’ve determined that the emissions and process throughput do not meet the threshold for requiring an air permit. You’re golden.
The role of the facility manager has broadened over the years to encompass many responsibilities, including the facility’s physical structures and equipment, budgets and finances, training, compliance with laws and regulations (not to mention company policies, and employees).
