Services that Produce Real-World Results

 

Environmental Permit Services

Air Consulting Services

Regulatory Compliance Services

Climate Change Services

Environmental Review and Auditing

Hazardous Waste and Waste Management Services

Strategic Environmental Management and Support Services

Sustainability Business Services

 

 

 

Environmental Permit Services
Air Permits: The ZMassociates Team has full permit service capability for air permits at the district, state, and federal level. Whether your need is a permit modification, a change in conditions, change of ownership, a new source permit, or a major modification at a major source, the ZMassociates team has the talent and experience to make this happen as painlessly as possible.

Waste water and Storm water Permits: The ZMassociates team has full permit service capability for development of new state, district or federal permits whether modifications are needed, renewals are appropriate, or a new application is required.

Hazardous Waste Permits: Zmassociates experts have experience since May 1980 with federal and state hazardous waste regulations in Oregon, Washington, California and Idaho. Our capability ranges from Part B permit preparation or modifications, to development and implementation of closure and post closure plans for tanks, waste piles, containers, and numerous other waste facilities or regulated units.


Air Consulting Services
· Treatment System Consulting
· Systems and Operations Auditing and Inspection
· Monitoring and Monitoring Design
· Risk Analysis
· Dispersion Modeling
· Permits and Compliance
· Emission Reduction Credits

Regulatory Compliance Services
ZMassociates consultants have real world experience working in industry, as environmental regulators, and consulting with most all industrial sectors from petroleum refinery to terminals, to chemical companies, cement plants, roofing manufacturing, asphalt refinery, minerals mining, aerospace, defense manufacturing, biotech, semiconductor manufacturing, food industry, pulp and paper, forestry, agriculture, and the list goes on.
Principals of the firm have more than a combined 75 years experience (some experts have in excess of 35 years experience) working with interpretation of state, district and federal environmental regulations and assisting with applicability analysis and interpreting and advising on the rapid changes that constantly affect business and industry.
It is critical for industry to rely on accurate and up-to-date analysis of environmental regulations and policies that affect day-to-day operations.

Climate Change Services
ZMassociates California offices have been actively involved in this critical life-changing paradigm. Our experts have been involved on the ground floor in Washington, Oregon, and California helping government and industry cope with this challenge of the 21st Century. We offer:

· Education and Policy Tracking
· Benchmarking Current Organizational Practices
· Evaluate Internal GHG Reduction Opportunities/Options
· Baseline Survey
· Emission Inventory
· Strategy Support
· Evaluating Voluntary Program Participation
· Emissions Trading Programs
· Regulatory Compliance
· Credits and Banking

Environmental Review and Auditing
ZMassociates experts have performed environmental compliance audits and best management practice reviews as either state or federal regulators, as industrial internal auditors, or as expert consulting auditors using custom developed checklists or complex auditing software protocols.
Due to the numerous years experience of our auditors as industrial environmental mangers and or regulators we are well calibrated to identify what is important as well as the small nagging issues even the most challenging regulator might stick on.


Hazardous Waste and Waste Management Services
ZMassociates experts help companies maintain compliance with strict state and federal hazardous waste, mixed waste, universal waste and solid waste regulations and policies that can disrupt and or cripple a company trying to do the right thing.
Our consultants have developed checklists, management tools, databases and guides to solve simple to complex waste management problems.

Strategic Environmental Management and Support Services
Whether your interest is managing compliance with applicable environmental requirements or regulations or proactive environmental management, ZMassociates experts have been there and done that.

Our philosophy is to create a solution that simplifies your life and reduces paperwork and burden.

Our experts have developed customer environmental management systems robust enough to meet ISO standards, EPA STAR award systems, Natural Step systems, and integrated systems that create sustainable value to customers, shareholders, the community, and the planet.

We pride ourselves in not reinventing the wheel, but instead creating a system that works for you without added bottom line cost.

Other Strategic Support Services:
· Field Monitoring
· Data Management
· Environmental Research
· Expert Witness
· Decision Analysis


Sustainability Business Services
What is "Sustainability" to you and your business and why is it a critical factor for success?
The ZMassociates principals have grown up in industry and understand why this opportunity is critical and yet so simple to implement.
It is not about green-washing, it is not about writing good advertisement or reports on good deeds. It is about integration of your business model into your community in a way that self promotes success for all parties.

Our experts developed training for many state agencies and have propelled small companies into huge success stories.

It is not difficult. It is about commitment to a new way of balance that works for now and the future.

· What are and where are your opportunities?
· Where can training make a difference?
· Focused Sustainability Plans
· Reporting
· Retooling for success