49 Days: Let’s get the background research out of the way
20% of your preparation time is gone, are you still on track?
I’m always surprised at how much I’ve forgotten about what I learned last year…
And whenever I wait until later in the Tier 2 season to review the key information I always realize I’ve worked too hard—re-done things that were already done, didn’t account for something and have to rework it, you get the picture
Edison’s Menlo Park Lab, which was relocated to Greenfield Village, part of the Henry Ford Museum, in Dearborn, Michigan. Great visit! (and nearby for me).
Most people are not as into flowcharts as I am, so here’s the step-by-step version of your background research steps:
Review last year’s report and any documentation you have that goes with it. If you weren’t the one who completed the report last year, this can either be incredibly useful or incredibly frustrating. Make it your goal to leave the best possible documentation behind this year.
Identify any obvious facility changes since last year. The person who will need to sign as the Responsible Official is a frequent change.
Read the current Instruction Book. It will be a refresher if you have done the report in the past, and a good framework if the report is new to you
Attend training classes as appropriate. Links to the Michigan Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy training for RY 2021 are provided at the bottom of this post, and the material presented there is comprehensive and readily understandable. The EGLE training is based on federal requirements, which is what Michigan follows. If you have state specific requirements different from the federal ones, look for training resources around those differences
Review EPA’s FAQ website. As of this post, there were 303 questions. Many will probably be irrelevant to you, but some will probably be meaningful and in many cases clarifying.
Find, download and review any additional training/resources you find relevant
Based on all of the above, identify and requirements changes that affect your facility compared to the previous reporting year, and start planning how you will respond to those changes.
Below is a Visio flowchart of these steps. If you would like the actual Visio file, which you can “wire up” to project management software/spreadsheets to display your current status from time to time, reach out to me!
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Tier 2 Research steps
By the way, I attended the first EGLE SARA 312 Tier 2 training webinar today, excellent info! As clear a presentation as I have heard!
Today’s sessions were about who needs to report and background history on the regulations.
Today’s session are also already available for replay, so even if you didn’t make it to the first session live you can replay it
Next week will be the “big session” with the threshold determinations and more details about how to determine what needs to be reported.
