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STC NEWS
STC expands consulting team. Jenni Cawein joins our consulting team as an STC Program Director located in Lexington, NY. >>> |
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DID YOU KNOW?
HHS's 12th Report on Carcinogens may impact facility hazard communication program. >>>
EPA's MyRTK mobile app can be used to identify regulated facilities. >>>
EPA's Border Center provides a resource for environmental import and export issues. >>>
OSHA Region 4 initiates powered industrial truck LEP. >>>
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 Corporate Social Responsibility: New Opportunities for EHS Professionals
Kathryn J. Nobrega, Senior Program Director, Amherst, MA
Today's EHS professionals can provide additional value by building and leading corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs. Learn how Sara Broadbent, STC's CSR practice leader, brought her EHS career to the next level and joined this evolving and expanding specialty practice area. >>> |
 EPA Issues New Rule to Identify Non-Hazardous Solid Waste Used in Combustion Units
Deb Hunsicker, R.E.A. Senior Analyst, Sagle, ID
A wide range of secondary materials are burned in boilers or industrial furnaces as a substitute for primary fuels, or as ingredients. EPA's Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration definitions rule excluded combustion units used to recover energy for a useful purpose were subject to the emissions standards for commercial, industrial, and institutional boilers rather than the emissions standards for solid waste incineration units. This rule was challenged and amended. >>>
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 On the Audit Trail:
When Do You Use the RQ Designation?
Barbara Jo Ruble, QEP, CPEA, President, Baltimore, MD
In the course of conducting EHS audits, I have reviewed thousands of hazardous waste manifests and one of the most common mistakes I find is the incorrect use of the RQ designation in the shipping name. Sometimes it appears where it should not; often it is missing where it should have been included. Sure, it is a minor mistake, but it is entirely avoidable. Let's see how we can get it right. >>>
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Fortune Cookie Wisdom: A Danger Foreseen is Half Avoided
Curt Johnson, CPEA, Senior Program Director, Richmond, TX
"I knew this would happen." "I told you so." "If only you had listened to me."
Hear these phrases in a personal relationship and you might merely feel chastised, and perhaps need to bite your tongue while you figure out how to realign your priorities. But hear these same phrases in the context of a business discussion, particularly if related to an environmental or health and safety matter, it is very likely that something devastating has occurred, such as a serious injury or death, or a spill or explosion for which the damage to public image and financial consequences will have a long-lasting affect. How then can an organization keep from having to deal with the hindsight of "we should have known better"? >>>
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STC Educational Webinar Series 2011
Building a CSR Program from the Ground Up
Date: Thursday September 15, 2011Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Free! All are welcome.
Have you been asked to help create a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program for your organization? Are employees, suppliers, or shareholders demanding transparency on CSR issues? Join us for this informative webinar that will show you how to:
- Leverage what you are currently doing for your CSR program.
- Use organizational strengths to customize a program.
- Target the key activities that fill gaps effectively, without undue time and effort.
- Communicate your success to stakeholders.
This webinar will discuss the four building blocks of CSR programs, and provide you with a step-wise process to build a program from the ground up.
Our presenter will be Ms.Sara Broadbent, R.E.A. Sara is a Senior Program Director and leads STC's Corporate Social Responsibility practice. She has over 30 years environmental, health and safety management experience, including operational, management, industry and consulting experience in industries ranging from electronics to hazardous waste. While the Executive Director for EHS at Seagate Technologies, Sara directed Seagate's Corporate Social Responsibility Program, was Vice-President of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, and represented the United States Network of the United Nations Global Compact. She has utilized her Lean/Six Sigma training in diverse projects such as improving design cycle times and implementing more efficient training methods. Sara has regional and international EHS program management and compliance experience with Fortune 500 companies. She is an ISO 14001 Auditor, a California Registered Environmental Assessor, a Grade II Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator and a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/226148242
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Upcoming Events
Curt Johnson will be participating in the 23rd Annual Texas Environmental Superconference. The Superconference will be held August 4-5, 2011 at the Four Seasons Resort in Austin, TX. The conference is co-sponsored by the State Bar of Texas Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section, the Air & Waste Management Association - Southwest Section, the Water Environment Association of Texas, the Texas Association of Environmental Professionals, The Auditing Roundtable, and the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.
This year's theme is Oh the Places We'll Go (Dr. Suess). Conference topics include: Legislative Update ("Hooray for Diffendoofer Day"); Groundwater Regulation ("I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today"); Water Quality ("One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"); Vapor Intrusion ("In A People House"); Air Quality ("NOX n' SOX"); Cooperative Federalism ("Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?"); Environmental Consequences of Energy Choices ("Horton Hears a Who"); Nuclear Power ("The Butter Battle Book"); Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Update ("If I Ran the Circus"); View from LDEQ ("The King's Stilts"); View from TCEQ ("The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"); Oil & Gas Regulation, Enforcement, and Litigation ("There's a Wocket in My Pocket"); View from EPA Headquarters ("Hop on Pop"); View From EPA Region 6 ("Bartholomew and the Oobleck"); Product Stewardship ("The Lorax"); and Environmental Litigation-Ethical Issues ("The Cat in the Hat"). Curt says "The planning committee does a great job with this meeting, the way the sessions are tied to the theme - complete with quizzes, songs and skits. Themes from prior years have included reality TV, Disney movies and superheros." The regional chapter the Auditing Roundtable will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday before the Superconference.
More information about the Superconference can be found at:
www.texenrls.org/ENRLSCLEProgramsSuperconference.cfm
Barbara Ruble, Kathryn Nobrega, Melanie Powers-Schanbacher and Curt Johnson will be attending The Auditing Roundtable's (AR) "EHS Auditing in the 21st Century" conference to be held September 7-9, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Penn's Landing hotel in Philadelphia, PA. The conference schedule coincides with the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. The conference presentations and discussions will explore how the world has changed in the past 10 years and how environmental, health and safety programs have evolved to reflect risk management, sustainability and security concerns in the 21st Century. The meeting will include presentations on disaster planning and response, elements of an effective security program, managing risk through EHS audits, relevance of attorney-client privilege in a global world, and improving the efficiency of site audits through use of new technology. Popular small discussion groups on industry sectors and special interest topics will provide attendees with practical opportunities for peer benchmarking, information sharing, and exploring solutions to the challenges faced by 21st Century , Health & Safety, and Sustainability (EHSS) auditors. A CEU training course entitled "Security - What's Required and How to Audit Compliance" will be offered on the evening of September 6, 2011.
A copy of the latest agenda for this meeting and registration details can be found on The Auditing Roundtable's website. See www.auditing-roundtable.org and look for Upcoming Events.
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Thank You.
We hope you have enjoyed this quarterly newsletter. If you would like more information regarding any of these articles, I invite you to contact our team members. You can find contact details for our team members on our website - www.specialtytechnicalconsultants.com
If you would like more information about STC's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) experience and services, please feel free to contact me. And I hope you will register for our September webinar, Building a CSR Program from the Ground Up.
Thank you and enjoy the rest of your summer.
Kathryn Nobrega
Senior Program Director
Tel: (413) 325-4955
email: knobrega@stcenv.com
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Questions about this Newsletter?
Melanie Powers-Schanbacher
Telephone: 908.707.4001
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