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Monitoring and training: Perennial stormwater stumbling blocks
During the first half of 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued hefty fines for businesses that fail to comply with their industrial stormwater permit requirements. As it has in the past, the Agency has been focusing on entities that fail to properly monitor effluent discharges and that fail to train appropriate personnel.
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Employee training: How to develop your most valuable industrial stormwater BMP
With all of the high-tech stormwater control gadgets on the market these days, facilities often overlook one of the most important best management practices (BMPs): employee training. When facilities do remember to train, they often find that it is difficult to get employees to care about stormwater in the first place. This article explores how to solve these problems and develop an effective stormwater training program.
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Industrial stormwater monitoring—Are you prepared?
With several states’ deadlines for discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) looming, it’s a good time of year to get back to basics and evaluate whether your industrial facility is prepared to meet its stormwater monitoring requirements. Have you done enough?
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The new Proposition 65 rules: Is your business ready?
On August 30, 2018, California’s complex new Proposition 65 requirements for “clear and reasonable warnings” will take full effect, impacting companies across the country that do business in the Golden State. If your organization is still using the old warning system, here is what you need to know to become compliant before the August deadline.