Private University and Preparatory School: General Compliance Assistance

GeoInsight provides environmental, compliance, and engineering support to a major private university with over 4,700 students. The university owns and operates a 200 acre campus located in a suburban setting. GeoInsight has helped them to maintain consistent compliance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations and has supported a significant campus-wide sustainability effort.

Sustainability Efforts

The university sustainability program includes the generation of 95% of its own power with an on campus natural gas fired combined heat and power plant (CHP) which was awarded an EPA CHP Energy Star Award in 2010. GeoInsight has a long history of working with the university to provided environmental compliance reporting, permitting, assessment, and compliance assistance.

Key Projects GeoInsight has Completed to Date Include:

• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting, including Tier II
• Obtaining Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection New Source Review (NSR) Operating Permit for 4.6 MW cogeneration turbine including required emissions calculations, permit application and agency interaction
• Assistance with regulatory requests and agency inspections
• Preparation of Pre-Inspection Questionnaire (PIQ)
• Review of greenhouse gas reporting through the ACUPCC (American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment which included review of calculations for facility emissions and reductions
• Preparation of General Permit to Limit the Potential to Emit (GPLPE) registration including calculation of campus emissions
• Air permit record keeping including fuel use and emission sources and annual calculation
• Assisting the University in waste management including hazardous, universal and state regulated waste materials
• Development of Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control Plans (SPCC)
• Employee annual environmental refresher training
• Management of on site emissions testing program for stack testing of CHP turbin
• Providing required environmental audit and Phase I update in support for Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities (CHEFA) bond issuance