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General Electric - Environmental Compliance Support
Contracted by GE Energy (GE Contractual Services) to conduct comprehensive environmental, health and safety audits of combustion turbine, cogeneration, and other power plants worldwide operated by GE. EI has developed a detailed pre-audit questionnaire and checklist to support the effective preparation of the audit itself. The completed checklist allows EI's professionals to become familiar with the plant and likely issues prior to the site visit. It also helps the plant personnel to prepare for the audit. This checklist, coupled with the systematic use of audit protocols developed by Standard Technical Publishing (STP), supports the effective use of time (both plant personnel and EI) while at the same time ensures that the audit is thorough and exhaustive.
The compliance audit protocol was segregated into two major auditing efforts, which will be conducted annually at all sites.
Environmental
The Environmental Compliance Audit involved assessment of adherence to following Federal, State & County Regulations:
Air
- New Source Performance Standards
- NESHAPS
- CAM
- RMP
- State Operating Permit
- 40 CFR 71 – Federal Operating Permit
- Permit Regulations
- Allowance System
- CEMS
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- Acid Rain NOx Emission Reduction Program
- Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning
- NOx Budget Trading Program for SIPs
- Federal NOx Budget Trading Program
- Other Applicable State, County/Municipal Regulations.
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Water
- Oil Pollution Prevention
- Determination of Reportable quantities for Hazardous Substances
- State Certification of Activities Requiring a Federal License of Permit
- NPDES
- State Program Requirements
- Criteria & Standards for NPDES
- Water Quality Standards
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- National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
- National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Implementation
- National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
- Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category.
- Other Applicable State, County/Municipal Regulations.
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Waste/Chemical Reporting
• Hazardous Waste Management – General
• Identification & Listing of Hazardous Waste
• Standards for Owners & Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage & Disposal Sites.
• LDR
• EPA Administered Permit Program (Haz Waste)
• Standards for Universal Waste Management
• Standards for Management of Used Oil |
• Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste
• USTs
• Emergency Planning & Notification
• Hazardous Chemical Reporting – Community Right – To – Know
• Toxic Chemical Reporting – Community Right – To – Know
• TSCA
• Other Applicable State, County/Municipal Regulations.
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Health & Safety
The Health & Safety Compliance Audit involved assessment of adherence to following OSHA programs:
- Overview
- Fire Prevention/Extinguishers
- HAZWOPER
- Confined Spaces
- First Aid
- Lead Exposure Control
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Laboratory Safety
- Fall Protection
- Slip & Fall Safety
- Compressed Gas Safety
- Personal Protection Equipment
- Industrial Trucks/Forklifts
- Machine Guarding
- Welding
- Hot Work
- Cranes & Rigging
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- OSHA Record Keeping
- Hearing Conservation
- Respiratory Protection
- Lockout/Tagout
- Asbestos Exposure Control
- Flyash Exposure Control
- CSHM HAZOOM
- Trenching & Excavation
- Power Generation
- Ladder & Stairway Safety
- Flammable Liquid Safety
- Marking Industrial Hazards
- Sling Safety
- Tool Safety
- Heat Stress
- Accident Investigation
- Scaffolding
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