Environmental Questions & Answers

Learn how the Coronavirus is impacting environmental regulatory compliance at YOUR business, plant, or facility.

We all know these are historic, trying times. Aside from the virus, Americans, at every step of the way, are dealing with new issues never imagined before in our personal and professional lives. While I can't give you advice on the personal aspects of your life, aside from wash your hands and practice safe social distancing, I can shed some light on something that impacts your business: environmental regulations.

Everything concrete producers you should know about NPDES stormwater permits & concrete plants.

When it comes to concrete plants, whether it’s a ready-mix operation, precast concrete plant, brick, block, pipe plant, you name it, one of the most common problems producers have to deal with is stormwater permits. Concrete plants of all shapes and sizes across the US often struggle with their NPDES stormwater discharge permits. How come?

Info ready mixed and precast concrete plants need to know about SPCC Plans.

For ready mixed, precast, brick, block, pipe, or any other type of concrete plant out there, the need for a SPCC Plan is often misunderstood. Since environmental compliance can be such a daunting task, understanding what regulations apply to your concrete plant is crucial to staying in compliance and out of trouble with regulators and third-party environmental groups.

Learn when concrete plants need to conduct TRI Reporting.

The issue of TRI Reporting, or Toxic Release Inventory Reporting, or Form R Reporting, or whatever you want to call it, is becoming a very, very serious issue for the concrete industry.

It's become so serious that we've been getting a lot of concrete producers asking us about TRI reporting at concrete plants, and I'll say the same thing I always say to them. If you run a concrete operation, whether it's ready mix or precast concrete, you need to look into TRI Reporting ASAP.

Here's what you need to know about TRI Reporting at YOUR concrete plant.

This last year has been a pretty harsh one in terms of TRI Reporting at concrete plants. The USEPA, in part of a multi-year effort, is cracking down on industrial facilities all over the United States, especially those that they think should be conducting TRI Reporting. One industry that's getting hit hard (relatively speaking) is the concrete industry. Precast concrete plants, ready mixed plants, brick, block, and other concrete plants are all under the gun when it comes to TRI Reporting.