Gain a more complete understanding of the environmental laws, regulations, and programs that affect your organization, how they relate to one another, and how they can be more effectively managed. This classic Institute course is updated and adapted regularly, to keep it fresh, topical and relevant.
The Original Environmental Compliance Bootcamp™ is the Aarcher Institute’s most popular course because of its proven value to both those new to the environmental field and experienced professionals who want new perspective on the full range of environmental compliance requirements. This course is valuable for a wide range of professionals, including EH&S managers, environmental compliance specialists, other facility and site personnel with environmental and supply chain responsibilities, environmental consultants and engineers, as well as other professional office staff.
“A lot of material covered. It has provided me with several areas
to look at when I get back to my facility. I am already thinking
about attending some of the area specific training”
- D. Conrad, Owens Corning
Aarcher Institute instructors cover a wide range of topics in separate training modules, each focusing on the intent of the environmental requirement, applicability, and specific physical, administrative, planning, preparedness, and training requirements. Each training module includes practical compliance strategies and open discussion. Our Bootcamp Manuals, issued to each student, includes informative and instructive handouts for every module of the course, which provides useful references, example documents, and other tools for the student’s use.
“I will recommend to others. Intense week-long class that
hits all of the high points in compliance. I feel much better
prepared to deal with day to day environmental compliance
issues and have a better feel for what regulators will be looking
for from our agency.”
- J. Riggins, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Midwest
The Institute’s Bootcamp course also addresses the current environmental legal framework, presented in an understandable format designed for non-lawyers. The environmental law overview provides context and background to support presentations on specific environmental requirements. Students gain a usable working knowledge of principle environmental laws and programs, including the following:
- Legal Foundation of Environmental Compliance
- Clean Air Act (CAA)
- Clean Water Act (CWA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA)
- Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC)
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
- Endangered Species Act (ESA)
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
- Solid Waste Management
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Hazardous Materials Storage
- Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks
- Toxic Substance Management
- OSHA Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard
- Greening/Sustainability
- and others
The Original Environmental Compliance Bootcamp™ covers a lot of information and is a rigorous 4 and 1/2 days. To keep the course interesting and enjoyable, the Aarcher Institute uses multiple instructors, unique breakout workshop sessions, logical presentation sequences, and planned breaks. Discussions among instructors and attendees explore unique environmental management challenges and proven compliance strategies. All attendees are encouraged to ask questions throughout the course.
“Course materials were excellent and well organized.
All instructors were very good and knowledgeable in area
of expertise and tied back to real-world experiences.”
- S. Kubilius, Hilex Poly Co
Thousands of students have benefited from this unique training, which allows attendees to immediately put into action practical strategies to improve environmental performance and ensure compliance.
Our Continuing Education Matrix provides a summary of current professional certification credits, maintenance points, and CEUs awarded to Institute courses.
The Original Environmental Compliance Bootcamp™ utilizes a multi-instructor format to keep the instruction engaging and align instructor personal experience with course subject matter. The Aarcher Institute adheres to strict instructor selection and approval procedures, based on individual instructor’s ability to meet training objectives and offer current experience and fresh perspectives.
The Aarcher Institute selects instructors for each open enrollment and onsite Bootcamp training course from its pool of approved instructors, including:
Barry L. Rubin is an organizational environmental management expert with more than 20 years experience organizing and leading training programs, workshops, and collaborative meetings on topics such as environmental compliance auditing and compliance management, emergency response planning, environmental management, alternative fuels, NEPA, and resource sustainability for clients including the US Army, US Air Force and Air National Guard Bureau, DOE, EPA, FAA, HUD, National Park Service, West Governor’s Association, Fortune 500 businesses, and educational and municipal organizations. Barry is the Director of the Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training and a senior environmental consulting professional, engaged in providing clients with a broad range of environmental compliance, management, permitting, and training support.
Craig J. Schwartz, CHMM, CPEA, is an environmental regulatory compliance expert, with more than 20 years hands on experience assisting clients achieve and maintain compliance nationwide. He is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA). He has also achieved certification by the US Army Corps of Engineers as a wetland delineator, UST operator certifications in multiple states, several state-level sediment and erosion control certifications, pesticide manager certification, and RAB/QSA ISO 14001 Lead Auditor certification training.
Craig formerly served as technical manager for the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Wetlands Information Hotline, program manager for USEPA Enforcement Support Services (ESS), project manager for the development of comprehensive environmental compliance audit protocols, and technical lead for hundreds of facility environmental plans and permit applications. Craig has supported more than 250 private companies and Federal agencies, ranging from steel mills to the US Army, and has led environmental compliance assistance audits for more than 350 facilities in 42 states, and has been approved by the USEPA as a third-party compliance evaluator.
Timothy R. Henderson, Esq., is a practicing environmental attorney with more 30 years experience serving national clients in a variety of environmental matters, including environmental permitting, merger and acquisition due diligence, natural resources issues and land use matters. He is a managing partner of Rich and Henderson, P.C., a law firm representing clients in a variety of matters including regulatory compliance counseling on issues ranging from hazardous and solid waste (involving both RCRA and Superfund), environmental permitting, air quality, wastewater disposal, water use, and transactional and enforcement matters. Guiding investors through the maze of Federal, state, and local environmental requirements for the acquisition of businesses or land is a major part of his practice.
Mr. Henderson began his career in 1980 at the Environmental Law Institute in Washington,D.C., and then worked as an assistant regional counsel at EPA Region II in New York City. In 1987, he moved to private practice; first in New York, then in Washington, D.C. and since 1993, in Maryland with Rich and Henderson, P.C. He is a past President of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section.
He serves as a co-instructor of Environmental Law for Engineers and Scientists for the Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals Program and a frequent speaker to legal, real estate and land development professionals on legal issues involving environmental due diligence, wetlands and critical areas issues.
He received both his master’s and law degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is admitted to practice in Maryland, Washington, D.C., New York and Wisconsin; before the Federal District Courts of Maryland, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Jeff Moore, Esq., P.E., P.G., is a professional engineer (P.E.), licensed geologist, and practicing environmental attorney. He brings approximately 25 years of environmental consulting and environmental engineering experience to his training activities. Jeff has designed and implemented compliance solutions to legal and technical problems throughout the United States, negotiated on behalf of clients and supported clients in litigation in both state and Federal courts. Jeff is a recognized author of both legal and technical articles in the topics of energy, environmental law, and environmental remediation. Jeff received a B.A. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia; a B.S. in Geology from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.
Anthony Gorski, Esq., is a practicing environmental attorney that has spent nearly two decades focusing on environmental, natural resources, land use, and administrative law. He provides advice and counsel to private parties, county and municipal governments, and other governmental entities on matters involving environmental compliance, Critical Area and wetlands regulation, hazardous and solid waste management, Brownfields Redevelopment and Voluntary Cleanup Program issues, environmental permitting and related litigation, and general land use law, including planning, annexation, rezoning, Development Rights and Responsibilities Agreements, and water and sewer capacity allocation. In addition to advice and compliance counseling, Tony represents clients in State and Federal courts and administrative forums, including both trial and appellate advocacy.
Tony served as an Assistant Attorney General from 1991 to 1997, representing the Maryland Department of the Environment’s solid waste, oil control, water pollution, and hazardous waste programs. Since 1997, he has been in private practice, continuing to focus his efforts in the environmental and land use fields. In addition to his law practice, he serves as a co-instructor of Environmental Law for Engineers and Scientists for the Johns Hopkins University Engineering for Professionals Program and taught a similar course at Stevenson University. Tony is an active speaker in numerous legal education seminars and courses.
Tony received his B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Management from Frostburg University and his J.D. and Master of Environmental Law, cum laude, from Vermont Law School. He is admitted to practice in the State of Maryland, and before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Paul Miller is an environmental compliance and management expert with more than 23 years experience providing private organizations and clients environmental compliance, management, permitting, and training services. He has supported a wide range of private companies and Federal agencies, ranging from power plants to the US Navy.
Paul has effectively implemented environmental stewardship and compliance programs by capitalizing on his direct experience with facility oerations, engineering, and environmental, safety and health (ES&H) organizational sectors. He has organized and led custom training sessions, workshops, and client and public meetings on subjects including water, low impact design, sustainability, tank management, RCRA compliance, CERCLA compliance, and organizational emergency response planning.
Jim Slater is a certified planner throught the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a certified Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) through the Institute for Professional Environmental Practice. He has more than 30 years experience applying environmental planning, engineering, science, and resource management skills to facility operations, energy development, resource management, and environmental compliance. He is an expert in the management of MS4 and TMDL compliance and is experienced with life cycle analysis, environmental management system (EMS), and sustainability planning. Jim has brings his experience managing Federal and state compliance with NEPA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Superfund, and other legislation, for several organizations.
Jim also served for nearly 20 years as the Director of the Department of Natural Resource Protection for Carroll County, Maryland, directing a variety of regulatory programs including solid waste management, water resource management, and storm water management. He also served as principal author of a county-wide solid waste management plan and as compliance officer, providing inter-agency compliance assistance support in a variety of environmental regulatory programs. Jim has extensive experience with water quality regulation, including both NPDES and TMDL programs. He has also been directly involved with water quality criteria management, with more than 15 years experience as county TMDL coordinator.
