Strategic Environmental Performance

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Half-Title
3. Series
4. Title
5. Copyright
6. Contents
7. Authors
8. Chapter 1 Environmental Compliance and the Corporate Structure
   1. 1.1 Defining the Compliance Profile
   2. 1.2 Alignment with the Mission of the Company
   3. 1.3 Organizational Structures That Enable Compliance
      1. 1.3.1 Functional Organization Structure
      2. 1.3.2 Divisional Organization Structure
      3. 1.3.3 Matrixed Organization Structure
      4. 1.3.4 Flat Organization Structure
   4. 1.4 Applied Learning
   5. 1.4.1 Case Study
   6. References
9. Chapter 2 Corporate Culture
   1. 2.1 Introduction
   2. 2.2 Top-Down Leadership: Demonstrated Commitment
      1. 2.2.1 Leadership Commitment
   3. 2.3 Employee Buy-In and Engagement
   4. 2.4 Cultural Impacts on Compliance
      1. 2.4.1 The Belief Attribute
      2. 2.4.2 The Behavior Attribute
      3. 2.4.3 The Practices Attribute
      4. 2.4.4 The Values Attribute
   5. 2.5 Evaluating Culture for Effectiveness
   6. 2.6 Applied Learning
      1. 2.6.1 Scenario 1
      2. 2.6.2 Scenario 2
   7. References
10. Chapter 3 Identifying Applicable Requirements
    1. 3.1 Environmental Regulations Overview
    2. 3.2 Regulatory Requirements
    3. 3.3 Federal Laws
       1. 3.3.1 The Clean Water Act
       2. 3.3.2 The Clean Water Act Today
          1. 3.3.2.1 Wastewater Management
          2. 3.3.2.2 Pretreatment Program
          3. 3.3.2.3 Storm Water Pollution
          4. 3.3.2.4 Construction Storm Water
          5. 3.3.2.5 Industrial Storm Water
          6. 3.3.2.6 Municipal Storm Water
          7. 3.3.2.7 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
          8. 3.3.2.8 Spills of Oils and Hazardous Substances (SPCC)
          9. 3.3.2.9 Tier I Facility
          10. 3.3.2.10 Tier II Facility
          11. 3.3.2.11 Facility Response Plan
          12. 3.3.2.12 Wetlands Protection
       3. 3.3.3 The Clean Air Act
       4. 3.3.4 The Clean Air Act Today
          1. 3.3.4.1 Title I
          2. 3.3.4.2 Title II
          3. 3.3.4.3 Title III
          4. 3.3.4.4 Title IV
          5. 3.3.4.5 Title V
          6. 3.3.4.6 Title VI
       5. 3.3.5 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
          1. 3.3.5.1 RCRA Today
          2. 3.3.5.2 Waste Generators
          3. 3.3.5.3 Hazardous Waste Transporters
          4. 3.3.5.4 Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs)
          5. 3.3.5.5 Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs)
          6. 3.3.5.6 Universal Waste
          7. 3.3.5.7 Underground Storage Tanks
          8. 3.3.5.8 Used Oil
       6. 3.3.6 Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA)
       7. 3.3.7 Toxic Substances Control Act
       8. 3.3.8 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
       9. 3.3.9 National Environmental Policy Act
       10. 3.3.10 Endangered Species Act
       11. 3.3.11 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
       12. 3.3.12 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
    4. 3.4 State Laws
    5. 3.5 County Laws
    6. 3.6 Local Laws
    7. 3.7 Regulatory Relationship Development and Sustainment
    8. 3.8 Other Directives and Corporate Policy
    9. 3.9 Establishing and Documenting Applicability
    10. 3.10 Applied Learning
        1. 3.10.1 Case Study
    11. References
11. Chapter 4 Implementation Roles, Responsibilities and Accountability
    1. 4.1 Leadership Charting the Way
       1. 4.1.1 Leadership Style and Impact
       2. 4.1.2 Communicating the Importance of Environmental Compliance
    2. 4.2 Employee Participation
       1. 4.2.1 Where Implementation Really Takes Place
       2. 4.2.2 Motivated versus Reluctant Implementation
    3. 4.3 Environmental Subject Matter Experts and Professionals
       1. 4.3.1 What Defines an Environmental Subject Matter Expert?
       2. 4.3.2 Training, Experience and Keeping Skills Relevant
       3. 4.3.3 Compliance Decision-Making
    4. 4.4 Removing Ambiguity from Compliance Decisions
    5. 4.5 Applied Learning
       1. 4.5.1 Case Study
    6. References
12. Chapter 5 Flow Down of Requirements
    1. 5.1 Communicating Requirements within the Organization
    2. 5.2 Developing Processes for Requirements Flow Down
       1. 5.2.1 Corporate-Level Processes
       2. 5.2.2 Organization-Level Processes
       3. 5.2.3 Work Unit–Level Processes
    3. 5.3 Applied Learning
       1. 5.3.1 Case Study
    4. References
13. Chapter 6 Requirements and Implementation Documents
    1. 6.1 Corporate-Level Procedures and Implementing Documents
    2. 6.2 Organization-Level Procedures and Implementing Documents
    3. 6.3 Procedural Governance
       1. 6.3.1 Development and Approval
       2. 6.3.2 Stakeholder Considerations
       3. 6.3.3 Controlling Changes
       4. 6.3.4 Configuration Management
       5. 6.3.5 Periodic Reviews and Updates
    4. 6.4 Accessibility of Procedures
    5. 6.5 Applied Learning
14. Chapter 7 Critical Implementation Elements and Attributes
    1. 7.1 Environmental Justice
    2. 7.2 Training and Knowledge Retention
       1. 7.2.1 Appropriate Knowledge for Implementation
       2. 7.2.2 Training: A Necessary Investment for Success
    3. 7.3 Applied Learning
    4. References
15. Chapter 8 Requirements Tracking
    1. 8.1 Keeping Up with New Regulations
    2. 8.2 Tracking and Implementing Changes to Existing Regulations
    3. 8.3 Professional Working Groups Impacts and Participation
    4. 8.4 Conveying Legislative Changes
    5. 8.5 Applied Learning
       1. 8.5.1 Case Study
    6. References
16. Chapter 9 Assessing and Measuring Program Performance
    1. 9.1 Defining Successful Performance for a Compliance Program
    2. 9.2 Effective Methods Used to Measure Performance
    3. 9.3 Identifying What Is Important: Corporate and Stakeholder Priorities
    4. 9.4 Evaluating Environmental Compliance Programs and Processes
    5. 9.5 Evaluating Implementation of Environmental Requirements
    6. 9.6 Applied Learning
17. Chapter 10 Tracking and Trending Performance
    1. 10.1 Identifying and Use of Meaningful Metrics
       1. 10.1.1 How Well Are Regulatory Requirements Identified and Flowed Down
       2. 10.1.2 Meeting Regulatory Reporting Requirements
       3. 10.1.3 How Well Does the Program Promote Compliance and the Corporate Mission
    2. 10.2 Performance Indicators
       1. 10.2.1 Leading and Lagging Indicators
       2. 10.2.2 Purpose and Usefulness in Compliance Determination
       3. 10.2.3 How to Use Leading Indicators
          1. 10.2.3.1 Interrupting Leading Indicators
       4. 10.2.4 How to Use Lagging Indicators
          1. 10.2.4.1 Interrupting Lagging Indicators
    3. 10.3 Continuous Improvement
       1. 10.3.1 Using Knowledge and Experience to Drive Improvements
       2. 10.3.2 The Propensity for Change to Facilitate Improvements
    4. 10.4 Applied Learning
       1. 10.4.1 Case Study
    5. References
18. Chapter 11 Lessons Learned
    1. 11.1 Learning from the Past to Prevent Future Occurrences
    2. 11.2 Capturing and Documenting Lessons Learned
    3. 11.3 Communicating Lessons Learned
    4. 11.4 Integrating Lessons Learned to Produce Change
    5. 11.5 Applied Learning
       1. 11.5.1 Case Study
    6. Reference
19. Chapter 12 Compliance and Implementation Toolkit
20. Appendix A: Toolkit for Evaluating Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
21. Appendix B: Toolkit for Evaluating NPDES
22. Appendix C: Evaluating Air Emissions
23. Appendix D: Toolkit for Evaluating EPCRA
24. Appendix E: Toolkit for Evaluating SDWA
25. Appendix F: Toolkit for Evaluating SPCC
26. Appendix G: Toolkit for Evaluating FIFRA
27. Appendix H: Toolkit for Evaluating TSCA
28. Appendix I: Toolkit for Evaluating NEPA
29. Appendix J: Toolkit for CERCLA
30. Index