|
Compliance Audits and Assessments
1. Veteran's Administration Hospitals
|
M&A's audits of four VA facilities/complexes, with as many as 20 buildings per site,
to inventory potentially hazardous products stored on-site, dealt with oil, compressed gases,
hazardous wastes, laboratory chemicals, and other chemical products. The audit targeted the
facilities' compliance with Right-to-Know and Toxic Release Inventory reporting, oil spill
prevention control and countermeasures (SPCC) and emergency contingency planning
requirements. M&A developed a chemical management database, created a manual, and carried
out on-site training for VA staffers in its use and maintenance. Follow-up consisted of
preparation of SPCC plans, pollution prevention plans and preparation of emergency
response/contingency plans. |
2. Metropolitan District Commission Audit Program
|
M&A's Safety and Health audit of the Massachusetts Water Resources Agency's sanitary
sewerage system resulted in M&A's developing a technical audit protocol, conducting
nineteen (19) on-site audits and preparation of a detailed audit report of findings and
recommendations. Using M&A's results, the agency identified physical upgrade and other
improvements required to provide a safer work environment for MDC employees and to improve
overall operation of the system. |
3. Pre-Purchase Acquisition Audits
|
M&A conducted fifteen (15) audits of biomedical laboratory facilities in New England,
New Jersey, and New York for a major corporation, in order to identify any environmental
regulatory or permitting non-compliance issues. Audit areas included solid, hazardous and
biomedical waste management; asbestos management; water pollution control, wastewater
treatment, sewer discharge and septic system issues, air pollution control and permitting
requirements, as well as potential contaminated site issues. M&A provided assistance in
correcting potential non-compliances and identifying alternative processes and procedures to
reduce or remove regulatory requirements. |
|
