Transcript Document 7853780

Knowing your Legal
Requirements
Beth Graves
EMS Project Coor.
NC Division of Pollution Prevention and
Environmental Assistance (DPPEA)
“Legal Requirements”
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Not just permits; federal, state, local
 Includes restrictions
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Ex. Domestic sewer not permitted activity but must
be kept separate from process water.
Local solid waste disposal bans
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Ex. Alamance Co. bans many items from its
landfill. Your county?
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Possible water conservation restrictions
 Suppliers
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Ex. Do they have proper training for handling
materials (i.e. HVAC, maintenance, building
contractors, and landscape contractors)
Tracking Legal Requirements
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Consider making a chart to track existing
legal requirements
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Routine reports
Non-routine reports (ex. In case of spills or
exceedences)
Possible Internal compliance reports
May want to capture
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Required by?
Report frequency
Deadline
Responsible Party
Keeping up-to-date
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Organization makes a “showing” of how keep
up-to-date on legal requirements
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Ex. Changed procedures, discussion notes
describing how topic discussed at a meeting,
updating a compliance checklist
Various tools could be used 
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Subscription service that tracks env. Regulations
Trade journals
Attend environmental regulation update seminars
by public or private agencies
Coordination with corporate env. staff
Working relationship with regulators
DENR Customer Service Center
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Customer Service Center – formerly EPIC
(Env. Permit Information Center)
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Their mission is “to provide prompt, accurate
information on the state's environmental and
natural resource programs, services, and
regulations.”
Includes information on permits, permit fees and
application forms.
Toll-free 877-623-6748 or http://www.envhelp.org/
CSC Website contains Laws and
Regulations
Federal Laws
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act
Federal Regulations
Code of Federal Regulations Federal
Register
More Laws and Regulations…
State Laws
NC General Statutes
State Regulations
Division of Air Quality Division of Coastal
Management
- Division of Environmental Health
Environmental Health Services Onsite
Wastewater Public Water Supply
- Division of Land Resources
Dam Safety Erosion and Sedimentation Control
Mining
And More…
Division of Waste Management
Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Superfund
(Registered Environmental Consultant
Program)
- Division of Water Resources
Legislative Mandates
- Division of Water Quality
Groundwater Section (Several Programs) NonDischarge Permitting Unit Water Quality
Section (Several Programs)
Applications and Forms on the Web
Division of Air Quality
Applications and Spreadsheets 1999 Air
Pollutant Point Source Emission Inventory
Division of Land Resources
Dam Safety Erosion and Sedimentation Control
Mining
Division of Waste Management
Hazardous Waste Section EPA Notification of
Regulated Waste Activity/RCRA Permit
Application-Part A Solid Waste Section Tax
Certification for recycling and resource
recovery
More Applications and Forms
Division of Water Resources
Aquatic Weed Control Program Capacity Use Area No.
1 Local Water Supply Plans Project WET Registration
of Water Withdrawals and Transfers Stream Watch
Water Resources Development Project Grant
Program
Division of Water Quality
Algal Bloom and Macrophyte Reporting Aquatic
Toxicology Unit Groundwater Section NPDES NonDischarge Permitting Unit Pretreatment Section 319
Non Point Source Grant Program Stormwater and
General Permits Wastewater/Groundwater Analytical
Laboratory Certification Wetlands/401 Certification
Unit
Factsheets and Newsletters
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CSC will post factsheets on their website in
the future as available.
 “FOCUS: Waste Minimization,” free
newsletter from DPPEA. Includes section
each issue on “Multimedia News Update” for
Air, Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, and
Water Quality with news on news rules,
grants, inventories due, etc. Contact Norma
Murphy, [email protected] or 919715-6513.
 Other DENR division newsletters or
notifications.
“One-Stop Permitting”
 DENR
committed to having multi-media
permitting assistance program available
by July 1. Assistance will probably be in
regions and cover both new and
existing permittees. Emphasis on
coordination with multiple permits likely.