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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
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Environment Protection“The Three Rs”Greg Haet, UC BerkeleyEH&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 Bill Legislative Body Law (or Act or Statute) Legislative Body Regulations (or Ordinance) Govt. Agency • Patriot Act • Clean Air Act • Megan's Law • California Global Warming Solutions Act • Part 40 – Code of Federal Regulations • SCAQMD air quality regs • Health Care Reform Bill
Regulations Example: Ozone-depleting substances (aka, refrigerants) Federal (regulations): Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 83 (40 CFR 82) Federal (law): Clean Air Act, 1990 Amendments, Title VI Regulator is US EPA
Regulations Example: Underground storage of hazardous material (eg, gasoline) State (law): Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act Federal (law): Clean Water Act UST Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16) Regulator is the City of Berkeley (CUPA) by delegation
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 • email filing and searchability • record retention period
Recordkeeping File naming convention YYYY.MM.DD.program.agency/loc.subj.doctype.ver Example (letter to air district) 2009.05.23.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 • Trust is the currency of all great relationships. • Salespeople invest time with customers. • Define your success as helping customers achieve higher levels of success. • Communicate openly and often with customers. • Recognize the relationship paradox.
Contact Greg Haet UC Berkeley EH&S 510-642-4848 gjhaet@berkeley.edu