ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND PERMITTING

Business Challenge

With environmental compliance, the best defense is a good offense. Whether acquiring, managing, or selling properties, thorough environmental compliance evaluations and documentation are essential for effective risk management. Bureau Veritas’ comprehensive compliance evaluations and targeted compliance services quickly pinpoint and prioritize potential environmental liabilities, enabling you to proactively manage compliance and cost issues now, and plan intelligent management strategies for the future. Comprehensive knowledge, extensive practical experience, and continual monitoring of the regulatory environment enable our consultants to anticipate and respond to issues before they become liabilities, ultimately delivering the highest return on your compliance investment.

 

Solution

Why are environmental compliance evaluations important?
To minimize financial liabilities, it is important to maintain compliance on existing properties and accurately assess the compliance status of properties prior to acquisition. Bureau Veritas provides compliance assistance including comprehensive audits, preparation of customized procedures and protocols, negotiation issues with regulatory agencies, development of strategic environmental management programs and interdisciplinary support for risk management.

 

Do you provide targeted compliance services?

Bureau Veritas provides comprehensive environmental compliance evaluations and targeted compliance services for all types of properties. In addition to comprehensive regulatory compliance evaluations, Bureau Veritas provides targeted compliance services in the following areas:

• Air emissions tracking and permitting

• Emergency planning and community right-to-know act (EPCRA) reviews and reporting

• Material safety data sheet (MSDS) reporting

• Inventory reporting

• Toxic chemical release reporting (Form R)

• National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) evaluation and permitting

• Solid and hazardous waste management

• Hazardous waste contingency plans

• Waste minimization

• Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans

• Stormwater evaluations and plans – construction and industrial

• Wastewater permitting and compliance

 

Why Choose Bureau Veritas?

Reputation

Bureau Veritas provides sound, client-focused solutions for a broad range of environmental concerns. We offer comprehensive integrated services, extensive technical expertise, and a long-standing reputation for excellence and integrity.

Technical Knowledge

Bureau Veritas' environmental compliance professionals keep abreast of possible changes in environmental regulations and regulatory agency policies pertaining to hazardous materials, air, water, and hazardous waste.

Network

Effective compliance requires a combination of broad environmental management skills and localized program specific expertise. We draw from our vast staff resources of senior professionals and specialists with real-world experience.

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FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

• Can you help us on an “on-call” basis?

  Yes. With our depth of locally-based experts and ability to leverage our vast resources, we can integrate with your firm’s operation quickly and efficiently at whatever level you require.
  

• Do you provide compliance services for properties prior to acquisition?

  Yes. An assessment of the compliance status prior to acquisition of a property helps determine financial and regulatory risks related to a property and aids in making well-informed decisions regarding purchase, remediation, or legal action – reducing future hidden costs.