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Environmental audits are not one-size-fits-all. The right audit depends on your business goals, regulatory exposure, and operational risk. For manufacturers, developers, property owners, and facility managers, choosing the correct audit can help reduce liability, prevent violations, and improve overall performance.
Continue reading “Environmental Audits Explained: Which Type You Need and Why”
Conversion Technology Inc. (CTI) is an environmental, health, and safety (EHS) Consulting firm located in Norcross, GA. We have been in business since 1986 working with clients across all industries.
CTI specializes in maintaining sawmills in compliance with Environmental and Safety rules and regulations. The following is a partial list of consulting services that we provide to our sawmill clients: Continue reading “Maintaining Sawmills in Compliance with Environmental and Safety Rules and Regulations”
With a new year comes the never-ending requirements for environmental permit submittals, agency notifications, and chemical reporting. Because of these requirements it is always important for a facility to examine upcoming environmental deadlines. This ensures that the facility maintains current knowledge of its environmental obligations and lays the foundation for annual planning to meet those obligations.
The following is a compilation of a wide range of environmental deadlines in 2025 that may assist your facility in preparing to maintain environmental compliance in the upcoming year: Continue reading “2025 Environmental Deadlines”
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates dry kiln condensate in 40 CFR 429.130 under the “Finishing” subcategory. The EPA asserts that there shall be no discharge of process wastewater pollutants into navigable water. Furthermore, lumber manufacturers are subject to Industrial Stormwater Permitting Regulations under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Lumber manufacturers are covered under Sector A: Timber Products of the EPA’s Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP), which states that as a process water discharge, kiln condensate is considered a non-allowable stormwater discharge. Section 6 of the MSGP states that any discharges not expressly authorized in the MSGP cannot become authorized or shielded from liability under the Clean Water Act section 402(k), preventing state environmental divisions from permitting kiln condensate to discharge into state waters. Because of the multiple layers of regulations, there can be no direct discharge of kiln condensate to state waters, regardless of how well the kiln condensate is treated. Continue reading “Discharge of Lumber Dry Kiln Condensate”
With a new year comes the never-ending requirements for environmental permit submittals, agency notifications, and chemical reporting. Because of these requirements it is always important for a facility to examine upcoming environmental deadlines. This ensures that the facility maintains current knowledge of its environmental obligations and lays the foundation for annual planning to meet those obligations.
The following is a compilation of a wide range of environmental deadlines in 2025 that may assist your facility in preparing to maintain environmental compliance in the upcoming year: Continue reading “2025 Environmental Deadlines”
Staying in compliance and ensuring the proper management of wastewater discharges from industrial facilities can be challenging. The possible impediments that a facility can face are dependent on several factors such as the location of the facility, existing infrastructure, and the facility’s financial forecast. One of the most important first steps to maintaining wastewater compliance involves properly identifying the different wastewater streams at a facility. Wastewater discharges generally fall into one of two categories, Domestic and Industrial. Domestic wastewater discharges come from bathrooms, kitchens, and hand-washing stations and can be characterized as wastewater from personal usage. Industrial wastewater discharges come from industrial and commercial sources and may contain pollutants at levels that could impact water quality and/or interfere with Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW). Industrial discharges are usually generated from different types of industrial processes and are typically segregated from domestic discharges as described above. Continue reading “Management of Wastewater Discharges from Industrial Facilities”
If your industrial processes generate wastewater, then you need to know how to properly dispose of that wastewater. Process wastewater of any kind cannot simply be discharged into the sewer or outside where it can leave your property without first obtaining the proper permits. The most common options of disposing process wastewater include: Continue reading “Staying in Compliance with Industrial Wastewater Streams”
