Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The EPA is coming first thing tomorrow morning and wants to see all my records

I got a call today from a very frantic, nervous and worried Plant Manager because he had just found out the EPA was coming in at 8:am the next day. The EPA inspector wanted to see all his records and chains of custody for any and all waste streams he had hauled offsite.

Prior to calling me, he had just gotten off the phone with one of his collectors and they were vague and cagey about who was responsibile for what (generator vs. collector) and wasn't sure he could find this particular customers records on such short notice. Then he called Rice.

I reminded him that all of his records were online at his secure MyGeneration portal site and gave him his logon credentials. The next day he called and said the EPA audit went very smoothly (no fines) because he showed the inspector his MyGeneration site. The EPA agent didn't stay long (a good thing). He then asked us to manage all his non-hazardous waste streams with MyGeneration.

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