Environmental laws and regulations are extremely complex and difficult to understand. In order to comply with them, they need to be explained in layperson's terms. This handbook identifies many changes in regulations and recommends ways to apply and implement them. It contains the latest and most up-to-date environmental information divided into four volumes, each focused on Air, Water, Land, and Sustainability. Readers will find real-life examples for the most important aspects of environmental protection and a comprehensive coverage of all areas of environmental regulation and concerns.
Features:
Discusses up-to-date legislation and examples of what to look for and how to present it in a compliance report. Includes new areas which have become more highly regulated and are of current importance.Addresses a wider spectrum of issues that go beyond chemical-based contamination and environmental regulations and examines the impacts of climate change.Includes many real-life examples and case studies from industry and institutions that comply with environmental regulations.Global coverage of regulations which are very useful to companies that have expanded operations outside their country of origin.
This handbook identifies many changes in regulations and recommends ways to apply and implement them. It contains the latest and most up-to-date environmental information divided into four volumes, each focused on air, water, land, and sustainability.
Introduction. Basic Chemistry of Air Pollution. History of Air Pollution
of the United States and the World. Clean Air Act. Climate Change
Regulations. Other Air-related Environmental Regulations. Overview of Air
Pollution Regulations of the World. Maintaining Compliance with Air
Regulations.
Introduction. Basic Chemistry of Water Pollution. History of Water Pollution
of the United States and the World. Clean Water Act. Safe Drinking Water Act.
Other Water-related Regulations. A Brief Summary of Water Pollution
Regulations of the World. Maintaining Compliance with Water Regulations
Introduction. Basic Chemistry of Land Pollution. History of Land Pollution
of the United.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA). Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) and Emergency.
Pollution Prevention Act. Brownfield Revitalization Act. Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (HMTA). Other Land-related Regulations. A Brief Summary of
Land Pollution Regulations of the World. Maintaining Compliance with Land
Regulations.
Introduction. Concepts of Sustainability. Sustainability-Related
Regulations. ISO
14001. Environmental Justice. Improving the Urban Landscape.
Developing a Sustainability Program. Setting Goals and Evaluating Progress.
Future Environmental Regulations. Required Actions.
Daniel T. Rogers is currently Director Environmental Affairs at Amsted Industries Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois. Amsted Industries is a diversified manufacturing company of industrial components serving primarily railroad, vehicular, and construction and building markets. Amsted Industries has more than 70 manufacturing locations in 15 countries. Mr. Rogers participates in environmental due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, investigation and remediation of contamination, creating and evaluating environmental compliance and sustainability programs, and providing environmental advice, oversight, training, and negotiation strategies at various levels within the organization. Mr. Rogers has published over 100 research papers in professional and academic publications and peer-reviewed journals on subjects including environmental geology, hydrogeology, geologic vulnerability and mapping, contaminant fate and transport, urban geology, environmental site investigations, contaminant risk, brownfield re-development, remediation, pollution prevention, environmental compliance and management, and sustainable development. He has authored Environmental Compliance and Sustainability: Global Challenges and Perspectives (2019), Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, Environmental Regulations, and Sustainability, 2nd Edition (2020), and is also the author of Environmental Geology of Metropolitan Detroit (1996) and has published surficial geologic maps of the Rouge River watershed in southeastern Michigan. In addition, he is a contributing author of an encyclopedia of global social concerns and several other books on environmental geology, environmental chemistry, and environmental management and sustainability. He has taught geology and environmental chemistry at Eastern Michigan University and The University of Michigan and has presented guest lectures at several colleges and universities both in the United States and internationally.
