Regulatory Compliance & Permitting Services

The environmental, health, and safety world is an enormous maze of complex regulations, reporting requirements, and permit processes that can overwhelm even the most knowledgeable professional. Constraints on time, experience, budgets, and staff can make it difficult if not impossible to maintain 100% compliance with in-house resources.

Compliance Management / Staff Outsourcing

Blackshare Environmental Solutions can serve as in-house staff to manage EH&S compliance requirements. We will assign a qualified staff member to conduct periodic visits and act as the facility Compliance Manager, or assign staff to manage specific tasks. (see Compliance Manager Services).

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The staff members at Blackshare Environmental are experts in regulatory compliance and permitting. We assist clients with regulatory issues, permitting and reporting necessary to remain in compliance. Our team also routinely assists with compliance in the following areas of law and regulations:

RCRA
CAA
NPDES
POTW
CERCLA

CWA
SARA/EPCRA
OSHA (Safety/Training Services)
SPCC
TSCA

Listed below are some of the more common regulatory compliance services provided:

Permitting

We have extensive experience in the preparation of both simple and complex permit applications. In addition, Blackshare is knowledgable of calculations, supporting documentation, forms and formats preferred by regulators and can assist in the following areas:

CAA - Construction and Operating permits, including Title V, and assistance with applicability of numerous federal and state regulations, including NSPS, dispersion modeling, PSD and NESHAPs
CWA - NPDES (direct process wastewater discharges including storm water) and POTW (indirect wastewater discharges to sanitary sewer systems)
RCRA - treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste
NEPA permits/clearances for construction including wetlands (NEPA Assessment Clearance Service)

Reporting

Blackshare assists clients with annual or other periodic reports such as Air Emission Inventories (AEI), Form Rs, Tier Twos, POTW and/or NPDES periodic monitoring reports (DMRs), RCRA Quarterly and Biennial reports and many more.

Plans

Blackshare also excels at preparing plans for compliance with various permit or other regulatory requirements which may include, but are not limited to, SPCC, storm water pollution prevention (NPDES), solvent toxic organic management (POTW), RCRA contingency and Risk Management (air). Blackshare has been successful in completing projects for numerous clients, some having multiple facilities spread over a large geographic area.

Audits

Blackshare conducts comprehensive audits to determine compliance status with environmental and safety regulations. The audits result in options and cost estimates to achieve compliance and reduce liability. Blackshare also conducts third-party audits of waste contractors to help clients minimize their liability under RCRA/CERCLA.