Guardian Industries, the world’s largest plate glass manufacturer, operates numerous facilities throughout the Eastern United States. Among these facilities were a few that did not have dedicated environmental management staff. Guardian Industries retained AKT Peerless to audit and implement a program to efficiently bring these facilities into compliance with environmental regulations. These facilities included a plate glass specialty manufacturing operation, a corporate airport hangar, a division corporate headquarters facility, a fiberglass foundry operation and a plate glass foundry.

AKT Peerless worked with Guardian Industries’ legal counsel and other functions to create a two-year program to effectively and efficiently bring all facilities into full regulatory compliance. The program encompassed hazardous material storage, SARA Title III compliance, asbestos operations & maintenance, storage tank compliance, worker right-to-know, community right-to-know, RCRA compliance, effluent sampling, POTW compliance, storm water compliance, Form R reporting, aircraft de-icing management, air permitting and contingency planning.