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

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

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

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

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

Relationships1. 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

Contact

Greg Haet

UC Berkeley EH&S

510-642-4848

gjhaet@berkeley.edu