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Under the Peer
Audit initiative of HRP Associates, Inc. and Halloran & Sage,
LLP, thousands of dollars in fines have been saved by individual
colleges and universities. This has been documented by letters
to the respective campuses by EPA. This represents more than a
10:1 savings to colleges and universities based on the overall
program costs. This savings does not reflect the cost of bad
publicity to non-compliant colleges and universities.
Here is what some of our Peer Audit Program clients and auditors
have had to say about the program:
"I would like to thank you for your time and the professional
manner you conducted the audit in. Everyone on campus has
expressed how knowledgeable they found you to be and I have
shared your offer of follow-up concerns with the key people. I
look forward to working with you next year as an auditor."
- Thomas Heffernan, Dean of Administration, Lynn University
"As a member of our EPA team here at Clearwater Christian
College, the team and I have reviewed the Draft Audit Report and
find it to be exemplary with no major (or for that matter,
minor) changes necessary. I would like for you and your firm to
prepare the Final Compliance Report complete with the
suggestions for the required corrective actions. The team has
already implemented many of the suggestions made in the
preliminary reports. All of us at CCC are grateful for the
professionalism exhibited in all parts of the Peer Audit and how
painless the process has been."
- Jeffrey C. Adams, Esq., In House Counsel, Clearwater Christian
College
"It was a pleasure meeting with you and your colleagues
regarding our environmental impact. Being "green minded" myself,
I am happy to be learning about ways in which we (the photo
lab/dept) can positively affect change in this area . . . Any
other suggestions you may have to offer for further improvement
would be welcomed."
- Angela Helwig, Visiting Instructor of Photography, Barry
University
"I would like to express my privilege of having audited with HRP
personnel. They all demonstrated exemplary knowledge of their
profession, patience with the volunteers, attention to detail,
persistence for a job well done, and professionalism. They
excellently represented HRP, exhibited leadership skills and
demonstrated a passion for environmental health."
- J. Russ Butler, Ph.D., Assistant Chair and Professor, Florida
Hospital College of Health Sciences
"This past year's audit and resulting action plan/training has
been very helpful to the College. Education and training of
faculty/staff was a major benefit to us. We were extremely
impressed with the program structure and the way it was
administered. HRP staff is very knowledgeable and very effective
in interfacing with College staff. Top notch in every respect."
- James Gerrish, Assistant to Vice President, College of Saint
Elizabeth
"I would like to thank HRP/H&S staff for working with us on this
critical program and helping to make us good environmental
stewards of our campus. I would recommend this program without
hesitation and would welcome the chance to discuss it with any
potentially interested parties."
- Crystal Stitzer, Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator,
Southern Adventist University
"I am writing to comment on the positive impact that the
HRP/Halloran and Sage Environmental Compliance Audit Program has
had on our campus. This project was anything but a standard
study by an environmental consultant; it was an environmental
program that had impacts far beyond what we expected. The
training provided by you was professional and interesting. Our
staff that was trained was truly impressed by the HRP/H&S
presenters. Your skills and knowledge have started a change from
within by engaging everyone from the College President, our
professors, and the facilities and maintenance staff, in
understanding environmental regulations.
By having an audit program conducted by peers in the educational
field there was much better cooperation and “buy in” from our
staff. The audit took on the persona of a cooperative effort,
and not an inspection where people get defensive. This process
quickly got to the root of our environmental condition and more
importantly showed us how to remedy the problems."
- Dick Taylor, Assistant Vice President for Facilities
Management, Shorter College
"Rhodes corrected several compliance issues and averted several
hundred thousand dollars in potential fines, which is far more
than we spend on the environmental audit program. The training
provided was very professional, in-depth and HRP Associates,
Inc./Halloran & Sage LLP presented the compliance material in a
manner to hold and keep the interest of our group. We did not
measure our success by the potential environmental fines that
were avoided, but that we corrected environmental compliance
problems and trained the members of the Rhodes community to be
good environmental stewards of our campus."
- Brian E. Foshee, Director of Physical Plant, Rhodes College
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