EHS insights, regulatory notes, and things I've picked up along the way.
If you're on the receiving end of an EHS due diligence for the first time, the scope can feel overwhelming. Here's what the process actually looks like from the inside, and how to avoid the most common pitfalls that slow everything down.
Read more →I keep running into the same situation: a facility has been operating for years, nobody ever looked into whether they need an air permit, and now an audit or acquisition is forcing the question. Here's how to figure it out before someone else does it for you.
Read more →Tier II reports aren't complicated. But I've reviewed enough of them to know that most facilities are either under-reporting, missing chemicals entirely, or filing for the wrong location. Here's what to watch for.
Read more →When new climate legislation lands and your organization has to participate in a cap-and-trade program, there's no playbook. You build one. Here's what that looked like and what I'd do differently.
Read more →BOD through the roof. Zinc over permit limits. A Notice of Violation sitting on your desk. I've been there. Here's a practical approach to getting wastewater discharge back under control when your WWTP wasn't designed for what you're throwing at it.
Read more →Enterprise EHS platform migrations are sold as clean, linear projects. They never are. After leading one that touched hundreds of legacy data sources across multiple sites, here's what I wish someone had told me on day one.
Read more →You walk in on day one, ask where the safety manual is, and get a shrug. It's more common than you'd think. Here's how I approach building an EHS program from nothing — and the order that matters.
Read more →OSHA 1910.146 is clear enough on paper. In practice, confined space programs fall apart because of the gap between what's written and what happens on the floor. After overhauling several of these programs, here's where the real problems hide.
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