Regulations

Environmental Law and Regulation 101

Mar 21, 2010

Chris A. Paul

This presentation will provide a summary of each of the primary environmental regulatory programs, including air, water, waste and emergency planning. These programs are also known by their statutory names, the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Emergency...

Audits, Inspection and Regulation

Apr 29, 2009

David Heller, Dr. Timothy Myers, Lisa Long

In the past few years, we have seen renewed emphasis on PSM through OSHA’s National Emphasis Programs and Homeland Security new Chemical Security’s regulations. This session contains papers that discuss regulatory programs in the U.S. and internationally, and companies strategies for complying with...

Alarm Management for Regulated Industries

April

2005

Instrumentation

Joseph S. Alford

This article focuses on the regulatory drivers for alarm management, summarizes key practices, and challenges automation vendors to devise new ways to help customers implement more-effective alarm systems.

Government Perspectives on Sustainability

January

2009

Special Section

Alan Hecht

Advances in science and technology, the application of diverse government regulations and policies, and green business practices are all needed to advance sustainabilty. Biofuels production is a good case study to illustrate how government and...

Submitting Your First GHG Report

March

2010

Environmental Management

Kristine Baranski

This overview of EPA’s greenhouse gas reporting rule explains the regulation’s requirements and suggests strategies for compliance. It also provides insights regarding enforcement and confidential business information.

Environmental Law for Chemical Engineers

February

2012

Back To Basics

Mary Ellen Ternes

A basic understanding of environmental law is beneficial for all chemical engineers. Learn how laws are proposed, made, and implemented, and ways to avoid incurring unnecessary penalties.

Develop a Strategy for Residual Risk

January

2001

Environmental Management

Mary F. McDaniel

Understand the implications of the pending regulations to better address residual risk and to develop an effective communications plan.

Minimize Enforcement Penalties

July

2001

Environmental Management

Jessica L. Idzerda

Identify possible New Source Review/Prevention of Significant Deterioration penalties by conducting an internal audit and disclosing potential violations.

How Can We Improve Air Pollution Control?

October

2001

Opinion

Herbert C. McKee

We as a society should keep these lessons in mind as we set future environmental goals, policies, laws and regulations.

How to do an Internal FDA Audit

October

2001

Management

Gavin Sinclair

Meeting FDA regulations is not optional. The costs are high for any company that does not act responsibly to ensure that all additives are meet the required regulations.

Correctly Calculate the Potential to Emit

December

2001

Environmental Management

Janet Scheier

Determining maximum capacity and ensuring that permit limits are federally enforceable are critical to calculating PTE.

Optimize Process Regulation

December

2001

Instrumentation

Phillip D. Schnelle

Laboratory feedback proportional-integral control integrates statistical process control with automatic process control to minimize process variability.