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An Ounce of Prevention ... Preventing Environmental Emergencies

Property owners, property managers and businesses operating on those properties face a myriad of environmental compliance issues, many of which are intended to prevent environmental catastrophes and loss of life. Many of these environmental requirements have obvious benefits for the environment and the protection of human health. Proper secondary containment around storage tanks is one easy example. The proper storage, handling and disposal of hazardous materials that are used at the property also seems to be an obvious example of how our environmental laws protect all of us from environmental emergencies. However, knowing that hazardous materials used at your property have appropriate secondary containment or are being properly stored is not enough. It is the more mundane routinized requirements of the environmental laws that may make the difference between an environmental problem and an environmental disaster.

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