by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-AP | Apr 22, 2022
by Michael L. Walker, PEVice President, Principal EngineerThe year was 1971. It was second ever Earth Day and it was spring, which meant baseball season. Fighting for the starting catcher job on my high school team, I was scheduled to start later on that afternoon. A...
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-AP | Dec 14, 2021
by Michael L. Walker, PEVice President, Principal Engineer In the first five articles of The EI Group’s blog on “Building a Sustainability Culture,” recommendations were provided on launching a sustainability program at your business operation. Launching a...
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-AP | Jun 15, 2021
by Michael L. Walker, PEVice President, Principal Engineer Since the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP) rules were first promulgated, the efforts to revise, improve, or otherwise change these rules has been like a slow-motion...
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-AP | Apr 8, 2021
by Michael L. Walker, PEVice President, Principal Engineer If you had a release of a hazardous air pollutant, you would have to notify your authorizing environmental agency under various rules, Federal RMP (112(r)), Title V, or maybe a State Air Toxics regulation. You...
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-AP | Nov 18, 2020
by Michael L. Walker, PE, CEM, LEED-APVice President, Energy and Environmental ServicesAlthough this is not a hot take, we were reminded during a recent RCRA workshop that National Compliance Initiatives (NCI) established for 2020-2023 will remain on the EPA’s (and...