Can you afford to perform an environmental audit? Update 1998

Conference · Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:679349

McLeod, D P; Marty, K F ^[1]

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1. Corporate Counsel Group, Kansas City, MO (United States)

In recent years, a struggle has been emerging between the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the states over the appropriateness of providing statutory audit privileges for the results of environmental compliance audits. This paper summarizes the state audit privilege statutes, EPA`s final audit policy statement, and the common law privileges that may help protect the results of voluntary environmental audits from discovery. This fifth annual update also focuses on the interplay between compliance audits and the responsible corporate officer doctrine, as well as the effect of EPA`s Credible Evidence Rule on a company`s decision to audit.

• OSTI ID: 679349
• Report Number(s): CONF-980632-; TRN: IM9940%%168
• Resource Relation: Conference: 91. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA (United States), 14-18 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 91. annual meeting and exhibition. Bridging international boundaries: Clean production for environmental stewardship; PB: [5000] p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
AUDITS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
COMPLIANCE
US EPA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
POLLUTION ABATEMENT