Welcome to the OEHC Library (Environmental Department)

This library is designed to assist you in selecting literature and books that pertain to environmental issues to include regulatory requirements. The idea is to provide environmental professionals an opportunity to selectively purchase highly recommended books and literature that is new in the market place today. This can now be accomplished without the trouble of wading through all the environmental materials available to determine what books are "HOT".

On this site you can review a list of highly recommended books and their synopsis, select a book and purchase the book right here over the Internet without having to leave the site. The affiliation between OEHC, Amazon.com, and Barnes & Noble.com has provided you the opportunity to purchase books directly from our web site.

By reading these highly recommended materials on a consistent basis, you will be better able to keep up with the latest techniques and methods used by the professionals and top consultants in your field.  The staff of OEHC, which includes environmental professionals with graduate training and over 110 years of field experience has read and selected the most valuable books and literature on the market today.

Current list of recommended titles

Risk Management Planning: A Comprehensive Guide to Hazard Assessment, Accidental Release Prevention The Risk Management Program continues to evolve. New guidance on offsite consequence analysis, and new software to file the plans and to interrogate the EPA database have been issued. Contact the USEPA, your state agency, or the author if you have any questions, or need help. Environmentally Improved Production Processes & Products: An Introduction Environmentally Improved Production Processes and Products introduces students at institutes of higher education, company management, civil servants, professional designers and process improvement. The book deals with improvements that are integrated into processes and products. It differs from other books currently available in that it covers both production and products. It is also different because both social/economic and technical aspects of the improvement of products and production processes are dealt with, rather than the more usual focus either on technical or on social and/or economic aspects. Another characteristic is the wide range of production processes and products covered, ranging from bakeries to olive growing, from nuclear power plants to glues, from office chairs to breweries, and from television sets to steel plants. Geographical coverage ranges from Sweden to China and from India to Italy and the USA. Environmental Science: Earth As a Living Planet An introductory textbook that presents the most important concepts in the study of the environment from an analytical and interdisciplinary perspective, and encourages students to formulate their own thoughts about environmental problems. Environmental Engineering & Sanitation: 1994 Supplement Updated to cover new laws and standards, including Federal Safe Drinking Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Clean Air Act of 1990. Applies sanitation and engineering theory and principles to environmental control in urban, suburban and rural communities. Engineering design, construction, operation and maintenance details are provided throughout as they relate to plants and structures. Topics include: disease control, water supply, wastewater treatment and disposal, air pollution and noise control, radiation uses and protection, recreation areas, solid waste management and much more. Environmental Site Assessment, Phase I: A Basic Guide An environmental site assessment performed now will reduce the possibilities for liability claims and mandatory cleanup later. This Second Edition approaches environmental site assessment as an ever-evolving process, providing updated information on regulatory definitions, environmental regulations, and federal sources of information. Like the previous edition, this book allows the reader to better understand the rationale and processes involved in protecting those associated with buying or selling property become familiar with methods used by leaders in the industry develop an easy-to-follow investigative strategy for performing in-house assessments   Environmentally Improved Production Processes & Products: An Introduction Environmentally Improved Production Processes and Products introduces students at institutes of higher education, company management, civil servants, professional designers and process improvement. The book deals with improvements that are integrated into processes and products. It differs from other books currently available in that it covers both production and products. It is also different because both social/economic and technical aspects of the improvement of products and production processes are dealt with, rather than the more usual focus either on technical or on social and/or economic aspects.  Another characteristic is the wide range of production processes and products covered, ranging from bakeries to olive growing, from nuclear power plants to glues, from office chairs to breweries, and from television sets to steel plants. Geographical coverage ranges from Sweden to China and from India to Italy and the USA.   Code of Federal Regulations Title 40: Protection of Environment Parts 87 to 135, Revised as of July 1, 1998 Storm Water Pollution Control: Municipal, Industrial, & Construction NPDES Compliance A total of 600,000 municipal, industrial, and construction sites in the U.S. must comply with storm water pollution control regulations or risk heavy penalties. Updated to reflect regulatory changes, this guide offers professionals a clear understanding of National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) guidelines and shows how to cost-effectively comply with current EPA and state requirements. It explains how to obtain permits, prepare and implement prevention plans, test and monitor samples, and contains new material on municipal permitting, EPA Phase II regulations, multi-sector general permit requirements, and Section 319 regulations.   Basic Guide to Environmental Compliance This one volume presents the history and fundamentals of environmental regulations in a pragmatic, applied fashion. Offering a complete survey of compliance protocols in a single convenient source, all major regulations are discussed--The Clean Air Act, The Clean Water Act, RCRA, FIFRA, SARA, CERCLA, and more. There's even an appendix defining the acronyms by which various environmental laws have become known. Moving beyond Environmental Compliance: A Handbook for Integrating Pollution Prevention with ISO 140 This handbook demystifies the implementation of effective environmental management systems as described in the ISO 14000, and clarifies the application of effective pollution prevention methodologies that can drastically reduce this compliance burden. It is the first text to combine the best aspects of Pollution Prevention (P2), Total Quality Management (TQM), and ISO 14000, into a comprehensive "how-to" handbook for achieving environmental compliance. This is not a book of theory or rhetoric on the virtues of pollution prevention, it is a step-by-step guide to the implementation and integration of environmental compliance into day-to-day management practices.   Cooper's Pocket Environmental Compliance Dictionary A handily-sized (4x8") reference providing quick access to the terms and acronyms used by environmental professionals and agencies. Contains over 1,000 environmental terms, 2,300 acronyms, a Phase I environmental site assessment outline and checklist, 400 data conversion factors for contaminant delineation and calculations, and a listing of EPA offices around the country. No bibliography.   Clean Air Compliance Handbook Provides a concise overview of the major EPA programs under the Federal Clean Air Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. From agency policies to enforcement priorities, this handbook covers all major clean air compliance issues: non-attainment areas, important state permits, "bubbles" (the emissions trading policy and emissions reductions credits), prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) and EPA actions.