10 Things to Include in Your New York State COVID Business Safety Plan for Reopening
New York State’s PAUSE is slowing lifting across the State region by region, with Long Island’s Phase I businesses given the green light to resume operations effective May 27th. Phase I businesses include construction, curbside retail service, manufacturing, and...
Water Quality When Emerging Past COVID-19
As we all emerge in phases and new protocols from the impacts of the Novel Coronavirus, the office buildings, schools, co-working facilities and gyms all sit waiting for our return. The quality of the tap water within the buildings can be altered due to stagnant...
Cooling Season is Approaching Us – Is Your Building Protected from Legionella?
Now that Spring is here and your winterization measurres can be removed, it’s the time to make sure all of your Legionella-prevention items are in order. As a reminder, all owners of cooling towers (including evaporative coolers) must prepare a Legionella...
OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19
On April 3, 2020 the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) released the “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19” (Guidance) in order to help employers and workers identifying risks and appropriate controls to address any COVID-19 work related...
Public Assistance from FEMA During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic, Walden’s team continues to serve its clients remotely while adhering to local, state and federal directives related to social distancing. During these uncertain times, Walden remains highly responsive and committed to providing its...
EPA’s COVID-19 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program – PART 2
This blog is Part 2 of Walden’s summary of the EPA’s COVID-19 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program. Part 1 provided a general overview of EPA’s plan for handling environmental noncompliance issues that private and public sectors might be facing during...
EPA’s COVID-19 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program – PART 1
On March 26, 2020 the United State Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Program that will be temporarily and discretely enforced for environmental noncompliance issues that private and public sectors might be facing...