Initially, the need for environmental audits was a proactive response to the state and federal environmental regulatory agency's Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI) program. This program had and continues to have an enforcement component that may include monetary fines, requirements to increase equipment or infrastructure costs, and/or additional monitoring and recordkeeping.

Auditing waste "treatment, storage, and disposal facilities" (TSDF's) to assess environmental risk can provide critical information to assist in risk management decisions, particularly since the advent of CERCLA (Superfund). SEAS has conducted environmental inspections of, and provided audit reports on, over 550 industrial manufacturing and commercial properties and waste TSDF's throughout the United States.

In addition, SEAS has experience conducting comprehensive environmental audits under the “Texas Audit Privilege Act” which offers some protection from fines if violations identified during the audit process are corrected in a timely manner.

SEAS can also assist clients with scheduling and organizing information required for various regulatory reporting. Timely submittal of accurate reports can prevent non-compliance of various rules and possible enforcement action and fines.

The majority of safety compliance requires assessment, written programs, training, and record-keeping. SEAS can assist companies with various aspects of safety compliance including developing record-keeping tools and organizing all of the documentation into a concise system that can be more easily managed.

SEAS can also train employees to better understand the rules required by various governmental agencies and company policies. SEAS believes that EHS training should not only contain the required elements of the topic, but should also be pertinent to the employee's work duties.

Various training strategies are used to more effectively communicate the rules and policies which help the employees better understand the information. Employees are encouraged to participate in the training by sharing their experiences and offer site-specific scenarios. They are also asked to work in teams to increase their problem-solving skills and work more effectively within a group.

This “hands-on” approach to regulatory training produces a more enjoyable learning environment for the employee which results in greater comprehension and retention of the information. This better understanding of the rules can also result in a higher degree of compliance and less likelihood of employee errors. Less employee errors will ultimately result in greater compliance and reduce the possibility of enforcement actions and costly fines for the employer.