Right To Know Filing
Posted by Joe Heaney
Right To Know Filing - Deadline March 1, 2012
Automobile dealerships and other facilities are required to complete the annual New York City Community Right-to-Know Program (RTK) Tier II filing with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and New York City Fire Department each year by March 1st. The filing consists of a Facility Inventory Form which documents all of the hazardous substances that each dealership has on-site. Failure to complete the filing or doing so incorrectly can result in fines of up to $2500. Taking an inventory of all of the substances, calculating the volumes and percentages, compiling the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and filling out all of the paper work can be laborious and time consuming. That is time that can be better spent making money by servicing your customers.
As an allied member of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA), Walden Associates has provided these services to many GNYADA member dealerships over the past eight years. Dealerships that hire Walden ensure that their RTK paperwork is complete and filed on time. They are also freed up to spend time focusing on their customers and making money. What would you prefer to be doing with your time? Walden can take this burden off of your hands by contracting with us. When you do, we will visit your dealership, inventory all of the chemicals on-site, compile the MSDS’s, fill out and file the RTK paper work before the March 1st deadline. Everything will be handled for you.
List of services Walden provides to GNYADA member and OTHER AUTO dealerships:
- Hazardous Materials Inventory for Right-To-Know Compliance
Walden EnvironmentalEngineering is an Allied Member of the GNYADA (Greater New York Auto Dealer Association). Walden has taught an environmental and OSHA compliance training seminar on an annual basis, for the past seven years. Topics include:
- OSHA Respiratory Protection
- OSHA in General
- OSHA Confined Space
- HAZCOM Plans
- HAZWOPER Overview
- AST/UST Compliance Issues
- Storage and Disposal Issues
- Auto Repair Shop Compliance
- Waste Oil Management
- Right to Know Services