Benefits

Why Enviro-Check

Enviro-Check is a great option for facilities that want to reduce risks, identify efficiencies, cut costs and improve operations overall. Enviro-Check enables organizations to voluntarily verify their environmental compliance through an audit, self-disclose the findings, and correct violations, if found, with limited liability.

All Wisconsin businesses can participate in the voluntary Enviro-Check program anytime, but it's especially useful when there are changes at a facility, such as staff or management turnover, buying or selling a business, or new processes or regulations. Enviro-Check audits also improve awareness of regulatory requirements and provide strategies to comply with those requirements.

Benefits to your business, include:

• Limited liability with no or low fines for self-reported and corrected violations;
• Reduced risks, costs and environmental impacts;
• Increased efficiencies and improved environmental performance;
• Confidence for lenders, buyers, supply chains, customers or certification bodies;
• Peace of mind that you are correctly managing your environmental compliance requirements; and
• The only cost to participate is associated with hiring a third-party auditor.

Enviro-Check Limited Liability

Not complying with regulations that you are subject to is a risk both monetarily and legally for your facility. By participating in the Enviro-Check program you take control of that risk. Under Enviro-Check, forfeitures are capped at $500 per reported violation regardless of the number of days it has continued. In addition, if a facility is making a good faith effort to return to compliance, the department has flexibility to waive those penalties. In most cases, participants receive no fines if they report and correct violations within 60 days, or within 180 days if the business qualifies as a "small business stationary source," or within another negotiated timeframe.