Environmental Compliance Collaborative (ECC)
Learning more about environmental compliance and regulations

What is the Environmental Compliance Collaborative?
The ECC is a group of local manufacturing representatives that meet regularly to informally network, obtain information, discus ideas and explore solutions to environmental regulatory compliance. Federal, state, and local environmental regulations pertaining to air, water, hazardous, and solid wastes will be discussed by the regulatory agency representatives in a series of meetings held at TechSolve. The goal of this collaborative is to have better informed manufacturers so that regulatory compliance mistakes are avoided.

How did the Environmental Compliance form?
TechSolve initiated the ECC based on a US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) 1999 report known as the Root Cause Analysis Pilot Project report. The Root Cause Study concluded that one of the most common reasons for noncompliance events was the lack of companies' knowledge of regulation applicability. Because of these findings, TechSolve formed the collaborative to bring manufacturing company representatives and the regulatory agency personnel together to:

• Discuss new and existing regulations and their applicability to industry,
• Network to discuss common issues regarding environmental compliance and resolve local regulatory issues, and
• Provide beneficial feedback to the regulatory community of new and existing regulations.

TechSolve Meeting Information

• When:   Second Tuesday of every month at 2:00
• Where:  TechSolve, Inc. 111 Edison Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45216
• Who:      Speakers will be from regulatory agencies, as well as private industry
• Cost:     Funding for this program is provided by the Hamilton County Solid Waste   Management District and the Manufacturing Small Business Development Center (MSBDC). This program is free to all local manufacturers.

Eugene Shelton from Rotec, Inc. said the Emergency Planning/Community Right to Know Act and the Sara Title 313 meeting was "Very timely and an excellent method to network with other businesses and regulatory agencies to review environmental compliance issues."