Environment Protection The Three Rs Greg Haet, UC Berkeley EH&S Academy October 8, 2009
The Three Rs Regulations Recordkeeping Relationships
Regulations What kinds of things are regulated? USTs, ASTs boilers, engines, lab emissions, refrigerants stormwater (construction, operations) wastewater clean-ups of contaminated sites
Regulations Regulations and regulators can be: Federal State Local/Regional
Regulations
Law (or Act or Statute) Legislative Body Patriot Act Clean Air Act Megan's Law California Global Warming Solutions Act Bill Legislative Body Health Care Reform Bill Regulations (or Ordinance) Govt. Agency Part 40 – Code of Federal Regulations SCAQMD air quality regs
Regulations Example: Ozone-depleting substances (aka, refrigerants) Federal (law): Clean Air Act, 1990 Amendments, Title VI Regulator is US EPA Federal (regulations): Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 83 (40 CFR 82)
Regulations Example: Underground storage of hazardous material (eg, gasoline) Federal (law): Clean Water Act Regulator is the City of Berkeley (CUPA) by delegation State (law): Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act UST Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16)
Regulations Important legal points: California State Constitution -- Article 9, Section 9 (a) Court case: UC Regents vs. City Of Santa Monica et al., (1978)
Recordkeeping
Types of records: permits operating data performance data agency correspondence
Recordkeeping Types of records (continued): meeting records training records visual evidence waste manifests
Recordkeeping Recordkeeping formats: hard copies electronic copies images voice mail
Recordkeeping Important aspects of recordkeeping: file organization (hard copies) e-file naming convention server organization filing and searchability record retention period
Recordkeeping
File naming convention YYYY.MM.DD.program.agency/loc.subj.doctype.ver Example (letter to air district) Air.BAAQMD.CampusGenSetS59.ltr.dft
Relationships
"The purpose of a business is to get and keep customers... How good the marriage is depends on how well the relationship is managed by the seller."* * Ted Levitt, Harvard University
Relationships Regulator = Customer
Relationships 1.Trust is the currency of all great relationships. 2.Salespeople invest time with customers. 3.Define your success as helping customers achieve higher levels of success. 4.Communicate openly and often with customers. 5.Recognize the relationship paradox.
Questions
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