| dc.description.abstract | Great amounts of time, energy, and money are expended annually in the fulfillment of compliance obligations mandated under Acts of Congress for the protection of the environment and human health and safety. Regulatory compliance programs have emerged form the private sector and from federally funded studies, in the form of software programs, database lists, support publications and step-by-step manuals. Their value notwithstanding, the need for a flexible, comprehensive chemical management program with inventory procedures built in, was indicated. Ways and means of organizing data and output documents into useful categories and summary reports were equally requisite. The foundation for the effort must be contained in a database flexible enough to respond to the special needs of different facilities and to changes dictated by on the job experience. The overall result of the Chemical Management Process would be a source-document serving to streamline compliance objectives across multiple EPA and OSHA mandates. The Chemical Management Program (CMP) presented here for critical review, initializes the ongoing effort to develop and perfect a customized environmental compliance tool, applicable to the manufacturing, non-manufacturing and construction industries. | |
