Indecent disclosure - what to do with problems identified in an environment auditing report
- Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, L.L.P., Washington, DC (United States)
During the past year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has solicited public comment on whether the federal government should be permitted to obtain the results of in-house environmental audits. This discussion was triggered, in part, by a trend in the states at the courts to treat audit reports as {open_quotes}privileged.{close_quotes} During EPA`s public meetings, industry environment managers argued that the federal government discourages environmental auditing by reserving the right to seek access to audit reports. This presentation and discussion will bring the audience up to date on proposed changes to the EPA`s policy on disclosure of environmental audit reports. It will describe the various state laws designed to protect the confidentiality of environmental audit reports and identify the criteria used by each state to qualify a report for the {open_quotes}self-audit privilege.{close_quotes} The panel will also discuss ways to establish and maintain other legal privilege claims for audit documents, and discuss what happens to privilege claims when portions of an audit report are shared with government, a potential buyer or another party. The panel will also cover the risks and benefits of documenting problems identified during a compliance review, and will explore how individual corporations decide what to do with their internal audit results.
- Research Organization:
- National Association of Environmental Professionals, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 125974
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9506115-; TRN: 95:006735-0068
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 20. National Association of Environmental Professionals annual conference and exposition: environmental challenges - the next twenty years, Washington, DC (United States), 10-13 Jun 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Environmental challenges: The next 20 years. Proceedings; PB: 932 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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