Bren School OF ENVIRONMENTAL

SCIENCE & MANAGEMENT

University of California, Santa Barbara

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presents

 

 

 

 

Bart B. Sokolow, D.Env., P.E., R.E.A.

President

Environmental Advisors, Inc.

Monday, April 18th 2005

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 pm, Bren Hall 1424

 

"Remediation:  Does the Punishment Fit the Crime."

 

Property Remediation takes on new meaning when it’s using your company’s funds. In a case study setting, this lecture will discuss some of the environmental issues and collateral concerns that an environmental manager needs to understand and consider.

 

The Environmental industry began with the emphasis on water and air quality issues in the 1960s.  It was originally a homegrown idea borne within collegiate minds dreaming of green theta symobols and granola bars.  The industry grew slowly dealing with global issues of warming, nuclear power, water quality and sewage treatment plants.  The “bad” industries were indentified for cleanup and legislation was enforced through beaucracies like the  US Environmental Protection Industry. Much state and federal legislation like the federal Superfund Laws and the Resource Conservation And Recovery Act (RCRA) gave legal teeth to clean up efforts and forced the required the continuing expenditure of billions of dollars to clean up soil, rivers, and the air we breathe. The breadth of the environmental field is at once its strength--in numbers and its bane because “environmental” companies cover the horizon and back in terms of the products used, industries served and types and methods of compliance.  While the environmental; field is pervasive, there are commonalities -- that have a substantial and as yet unrealized business component.

 

 

Sponsored by Laura Haston & Arturo Keller