Wiley Environmental ROI: Successful Techniques in Cost Avoidance

This book provides practical, cost–effective solutions to the on–the–job environmental compliance problems environmental managers, engineers, and plant operations managers face daily. Three sections address the major components of the environmental compliance job: environmental compliance management techniques; operations and facilities; and environmental compliance programs. Synopsis This text provides practical solutions to on-the-job environmental compliance problems faced daily by managers, engineers, and plant operations managers. Its three sections address the major components of the environmental compliance job: environmental compliance management techniques; operations and facilities; and environmental compliance programs. Each section is divided into chapters written by experienced environmental professionals. They emphasize simple, cost-effective solutions to environmental compliance problems that can be implemented without triggering the corporate decision-making process, and provides checklists, forms, and charts that can be easily adapted and customized. From the Back Cover A practical, money–saving guide to environmental compliance in the 1990s. This innovative book provides practical, cost–effective solutions to on–the–job environmental compliance problems. Departing from the legal or policy slant favored by most books on environmental management, Environmental ROI cuts through the maze of present–day compliance regulations and finds ways to lower compliance–related costs and increase returns on these expenditures. Twenty four contributing environmental experts draw on their own diverse experiences in industry, consulting, and the law to cover the full range of environmental–compliance issues–from effective contracting and negotiating, to waste minimization and prevention. They demonstrate clearly how companies can increase productivity, cut costs, and protect the environment all at the same time. For environmental managers and engineers, maintenance managers, plant managers, and operations and facilities managers, as well as environmental consultants and attorneys, this publication offers: A step–by–step guide to environmental compliance, including management techniques, facilities operations, and current compliance programs. Clear, concise discussions that emphasize the needs of professionals in the field and focus on issues that are within the control of most environmental managers and engineers. Simple, elegant solutions to compliance problems, including cost–avoidance strategies that won′t trigger the corporate decision–making process. Checklists, forms, and charts that can be easily adapted and customized. About the Author STEPHEN W. SEEMER is an attorney and editor specializing in environmental matters. He is the editor of Remediation: The Journal of Environmental Cleanup Costs, Technologies and Techniques, and of Federal Facilities Environmental Journal. He lives in New York City.