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Compliance Officer Portal - Environmental
Compliance
Environmental compliance: The
next Sarbanes-Oxley?
(news.cnet.com, from Chris Smith, chief
executive of RiverOne)
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European
Union
There are
a number of areas of EU environmental legislation relevant to SMEs:
EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) pursues enforcement and provides compliance assistance to areas that yield the most environmental benefit or reduce risk to human health. Enforcement and compliance actions are organized around environmental problems and broad patterns of non-compliance rather than provisions of single statutes. Government Training National Enforcement Training Institute The mission of the EPA National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI) is to support the national environmental enforcement and compliance program by: Identifying strategic education and training needs that reflect priorities and address important gaps in knowledge and skills of those engaged in assuring compliance with federal environmental laws Ensuring that needed education and training is identified and available through consulting and designing, developing, teaching and/or facilitating quality courses and materials offered through a wide variety of delivery mechanisms designed to build and maintain competency and professionalism for compliance and enforcement professionals Covering the full spectrum of the primary tools to promote compliance, including compliance monitoring, compliance assistance, compliance incentives, and civil and criminal enforcement Being accountable for the quality and effectiveness of NETI training and of NETI leadership in continuous professional education through the use of performance measures and results Promoting education opportunities, resources and a culture of continuous learning among environmental compliance professionals in federal, state, tribal and local government To learn more: www.epa.gov/compliance/training ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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