Successful coastal brownfield redevelopment requires a timely approach to the following critical components: (1) a comprehensive brownfield site selection and acquisition strategy; (2) analysis of environmental liability; (3) coastal permitting strategy and site feasibility analysis; (4) demolition, site preparation and remediation strategy; (5) addressing stakeholders' concerns; and (6) identifying public/private partnership opportunities such as public financial incentives and leveraging private investment.
- By Keane Callahan, Earl W. Phillips, Jr., Pamela K. Elkow, Esq.
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Getting the most from your EMS
Certification may be a requirement for entry into some markets, but aside from the public relations value, what else does a certified environmental management system offer? Not much, according to the results of recent research studies of conformance-based environmental management systems (EMS) such as ISO 14001 and Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).
This article originally appeared in the 03/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Switzerland, a country known for its chocolate, cheese, bank accounts and clocks, also demonstrates quite a knack for supporting environmental protection. This small, landlocked country generates a seemingly endless number of businesses, associations, academic initiatives and other enterprises focused on making use of resources in a bio-friendly manner for the benefit of the global community.
This article originally appeared in the 02/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has historically regulated arsenic at 50 parts per billion (ppb), but the agency will lower the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic to 10 ppb by 2006. Some states are even setting their own limits well below this level.
This article originally appeared in the 02/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
The winter meeting of the Auditing Roundtable was a wakeup call to environmental auditors. The keynote speaker did not mince words: Conformance-base environmental management systems, such as International Standardization Organization (ISO) 14001, are "fundamentally flawed." What is the point of auditing systems that don't bring value? If certification is not on management's must-do checklist to enable entry into certain markets, why are these systems needed? ... and who needs these auditors?
This article originally appeared in the 02/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Hazardous materials (hazmat) compliance has a significant impact on the product life cycle in every organization that is involved in the use, manufacture or transport of dangerous goods. Developing integrated hazmat processes results in measurable improvements in revenue, costs and performance.
This article originally appeared in the 02/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Over the course of the past year, the international water agenda raised water quality issues to the forefront, with the need for clean water becoming central to securing the future of human and ecosystem health. This priority has been culminating since the year 2000, as the international community has built a series of objectives and commitments in the name of global sustainable development. Interestingly, while most of the context is hunger and poverty alleviation, the biggest challenge has been to create an awareness that economic health and environmental health are mutually reinforcing, rather than competing goals.
This article originally appeared in the 02/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Wastewater collection and treatment has developed over at least the past two thousand years, but if you step back and look, it does not seem to have evolved much. Animals do not seem to pay much attention to where they discharge their waste, even if confined to rather small spaces. When in the "wild," animals let the natural environment take care of this issue.
- By William W. Bohnhoff, ASLA
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
If your personal crystal ball is getting foggy, you'd better hang on to this issue of Environmental Protection. (Plus, you'll probably want to steer your fellow environmental professionals to this online version of this issue, if they don't have their own copies.) This month we turn futuristic, offering bold, insightful visions from several leaders in the environmental field about what they see this New Year bringing us.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Despite changes in administration and economic and geo-political uncertainties, there continue to be developments in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) programs affecting waste management. This article examines several of those developments.
- By Stephen I. Addlestone, JD
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Cost-effective engineering has enabled the City of Poteau, Okla., to achieve major savings while undertaking recent upgrades to municipal wastewater treatment facilities. The approach could provide a model for other communities that must stretch their resources in this troubled economy.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
In 2004, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Supreme Court will again be the primary forces behind water quality trends. For once, predicting the likely course of the Supreme Court may be easier than predicting EPA's course, given that the agency's new administrator had little experience with EPA-related environmental issues as governor of Utah.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Imagine that you are in the final stages of constructing a 10-filter water-treatment plant. Startup for the filter control system alone requires the contractor to coordinate with representatives from the valve supplier, actuator supplier, instrument supplier, filter console supplier, the electrician and the integrator to put together a system that is supposed to work as one complete unit.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
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This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
Many skilled senior professionals are finding themselves on their own, seeking employment for the first time after being forced to leave the "safe womb" of an organization that delivered their paycheck each month like clockwork.
This article originally appeared in the 01/01/2004 issue of Environmental Protection.
An overview of the progress automotive manufacturers are making in the reduction of vehicle emissions
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.
When the Oneida Indian Nation was expanding its operations from a small bingo/casino facility to a full resort complex, it began professionally designing new nine-hole and 18-hole golf courses. The two courses were initially designed to include both groundwater and public water systems to support their irrigation needs.
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.
Our four Facilities of the Year are promoting profitable business practices while creating long-term positive impacts on the environment
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.
It is well known that the federal Clean Water Act once focused on chemical pollutants from industrial "point source" discharges. However, the federal statute has evolved into something much broader. How the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) implementation of the statute has changed was summarized in a chart by David G. Davis of EPA in 1998.
- By Clay Burns, Jim Christman
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.
Water utilities have been using free chlorine to disinfect drinking water for more than 100 years and have been measuring chlorine residuals for almost as long. Monitoring the product water ensures adequate chlorine is present for disinfection. It also helps the utility prevent taste and odor problems arising from overchlorination.
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2003 issue of Environmental Protection.