ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AT KSC

Permitting & Compliance - Overview

The Permitting and Compliance Group is charged with guiding the operations of KSC organizations as they pertain to various environmental media and compliance topics such as:

  • Waste Management
    • Hazardous & Controlled
    • Universal
    • Energetic/Ordnance
    • Toxics and Polychlorinated Biphenyls
    • Biomedical
  • Stormwater & National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Management
  • Drinking Water, Consumptive Use, Dewatering and Water Conservation
  • Industrial Wastewater
  • Domestic Wastewater and Septic Systems
  • Storage Tank Management
  • Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures
  • Air Emissions Compliance
    • Air/Title V Permitting
    • Asbestos
    • Ozone Depleting Substances
    • Risk Management Plans
  • Landfill Compliance
  • Pesticide Management

The Permitting and Compliance Group roles and responsibilities include:

  • Providing guidance to KSC organizations and contractors on environmental compliance and permitting requirements
  • Developing and communicating KSC policy to ensure consistency and implement regulatory requirements
  • Conducting technical reviews of projects and project designs to identify environmental requirements
  • Acting as the primary interface for KSC with all environmental regulatory agencies
  • Participating in formal regulatory partnering efforts
  • Processing environmental permit applications and renewals for KSC activities and operations
  • Conducting audits of operations to ensure that government and contractor activities are in full compliance with regulations and KSC policy
  • Reviewing proposed regulatory changes and identifying impacts and risks to KSC management