U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Environmental Compliance Audit Handbook (ECAH).

Abstract

The number of environmental laws and regulations have continued to grow in the United States and worldwide, making compliance with these regulations increasingly difficult. Environmental assessments became a way to determine compliance with current environmental regulations. The Fish and Wildlife Service has adopted an environmental compliance program that identifies compliance problems before they are cited as violations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Beginning in 1993, the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL), in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service, began research on the Environmental Compliance Audit Handbook (ECAH). The concept was to combine Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) along with good management practices and risk-management issues, into a series of checklists that show legal requirements and which specific items or operations to review. The handbook is continually updated to address new environmental compliance laws and regulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA297260

Entities

People

  • Donna J. Schell

Organizations

  • Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Elements
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hygiene
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.