Surprising Newsletter Headlines: BLR’s “Environmental Manager’s Compliance Advisor” Finds Not Much Has Changed 25 Years Later
The "Environmental Manager’s Compliance Advisor" is a pioneering EPA compliance newsletter that is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Published by Business & Legal Reports, Inc. (BLR), the twice-monthly newsletter finds that headlines 25 years ago and today are not that different.
Old Saybrook, CT (PRWEB) February 17, 2005 -- A relatively new Agency in
1981, The Environmental Protection Agency was being pressured by Congress’s
“hammer” provisions. Basically the EPA was told to implement new regulations
under RCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) by specific dates, or
Congress would do it for them. The result: an unprecedented flood of complicated
new regulations.
Fortunately, the Environmental Manager’s Compliance
Advisor came out that year with the express purpose of helping a brand new
professional—the environmental manager—understand this regulatory torrent.
Published by Business & Legal Reports, Inc. (BLR), the twice-monthly
newsletter is celebrating its 25th year.
“We’re so proud of the Advisor,”
said Bob Brady, BLR’s president and founder. “When EPA started publishing RCRA
regulations for hazardous wastes in the 1980s, environmental managers were
overwhelmed. The Advisor’s plain-English analysis and practical compliance
advice has saved our subscribers work, helped them avoid trouble, and resulted
in less pollution in American air, water, and soil.”
What will the newly
inaugurated Republican President do with the EPA?
An irony of the Advisor’s
long tenure as the industry’s leading newsletter is the similarity between the
issues in the news in 1981 and now. For example, here are some of the stories
reported in its first issue – all still topical today: Would the new Republican
President (Reagan) go soft on environmental enforcement… how to respond to an
EPA inspector… and small quantity generator regulations. Brady commented, “Not
much has changed in 25 years. EPA still produces an avalanche of regulations. It
concentrates on enforcement. And the Environmental Manager’s Compliance Advisor
continues to be a practical compliance tool.”
As a special 25th
anniversary celebration, BLR offers a free download of 3 Advisor issues: the
first issue in 1981 (known as “Compliance Management Report”), the first issue
called the Advisor in 1985, and its most recent 2005 issue. Click http://www.blr.com/80502600/WBE412 to download.
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environmental and safety managers. For a free catalog, call 1-800-727-5257 or
visit www.BLR.com.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/2/prweb209636.htm