North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, NY

Throughout the years, Roux Associates has provided North Shore University Hospital with a variety of compliance services that have assisted the hospital in reaching their compliance goals, implementing pollution reduction, and reporting appropriate multi-media information to state regulatory agencies. Roux Associates recently reviewed and updated the facilities Title V Permit and worked with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to achieve a permit that accurately depicted the current facility. The project involved performing an air inventory to identify all significant and insignificant equipment, compiling equipment specifications for significant sources, compiling specifications for air control equipment, calculation of emissions from each source and development of a compliance plan. The following services have been provided during the past several years:

• Annual Compliance Reporting Activities
• Emissions Inventory
• Title V Permit Revisions and Renewals
• Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan Preparation

Roux Associates was also retained to prepare Tier II in accordance with Section 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). In preparation of the Tier II Reports, Roux Associates conducted a thorough review of both the Federal and State reporting requirements and interviewed State-regulatory personnel, when appropriate, in order to resolve specific reporting requirement issues. Additional project activities included: technical reviews of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) to determine reporting applicability; identification of jurisdictional SERCs, LEPCs, and fire departments for the facility; fulfillment of State-specific electronic/internet reporting requirements; and completion of the required reporting forms.