Environmental, Health, and Safety Auditing

Faced with a myriad of environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) rules, regulations, and laws, businesses are calling on the technical skills of WSP Environment & Energy to help them assess, manage, and reduce their risks. WSP Environment & Energy's EH&S auditing program is designed to protect our clients from regulatory enforcement actions, not to mollify their staffs. WSP Environment & Energy's audits have never been followed by an agency inspection that identified issues other than those we highlighted.

In an WSP Environment & Energy audit program, we compare a facility against the technical standards laid out in the federal, state, and local EH&S regulations. An WSP Environment & Energy audit goes beyond just evaluating regulatory compliance and also compares a facility against EH&S best management practices and corporate policies.

An audit provides a snapshot assessment of the state of a facility. An WSP Environment & Energy system study evaluates how effectively a company’s EH&S management programs achieve and maintain the practices documented in the audit. The company can use the systems study to strengthen its environmental
management system, resulting in continuously improving EH&S performance.

Another component of WSP Environment & Energy's auditing practice is a facility risk assessment. The risk assessment goes beyond compliance concerns and evaluates the hazards a facility may present to the environment, quantifies the consequence of a release, and provides recommendations to mitigate the risks. The assessments enable management to reduce risks, minimizing environmental costs and protecting shareholder investment.

WSP Environment & Energy routinely assists clients in their efforts to attain and maintain compliance with regulations. Our regulatory experts apply their intimate familiarity with the technical and strategic issues surrounding EH&S compliance to assist clients in minimizing their liabilities.

EH&S Auditing:

• certified professional environmental auditors (environmental compliance, EMS-14000 Plus, RCMS)
• performed over 2,000 compliance audits and regulatory evaluations
• performed EPA- and DOJ-approved management systems and compliance audits under the EPA penalty mitigation policy
• ongoing management of audit programs for numerous clients
• audited a broad range of industrial facilities

Areas Audited Include:

• environmental laws and regulations
• industrial hygiene, health and safety compliance
• DOT HAZMAT compliance
• environmental management systems

Compliance Assistance Services:

• preparation of plans, permit applications, and notifications
• preparation of required reports
• EH&S and DOT training

Environmental Management Systems Services:

• environmental management system evaluations and ISO 14001 development assistance for leading national and international manufacturers
• performed EPA- and DOJ-approved management systems and compliance audits under EPA penalty mitigation policy
• gap analysis, aspect and impact identification, development of EMS's, policy preparation and other ISO 14001 documentation

Department of Transportation HAZMAT Compliance Services:

• DOT Compliance Audits
• HAZMAT shipping function evaluations
• HAZMAT transportation requirements
• HAZMAT training

Air Compliance and Engineering Services:

• air emission inventories
• permitting
• modeling
• compliance issues