Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

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Industrial Emissions Compliance in 2026: What Licensed Operators Need to Be Ready For

• The current compliance environment for IE, IPC and waste-licensed sites
• What the EPA’s 2026–2029 inspection approach means in practice
• Where licensed operators are coming under greatest scrutiny
• Common compliance weaknesses across site operations
• Why environmental compliance now needs stronger operational ownership

Site Inspections, Unannounced Visits and Being Audit-Ready Every Day

• What inspectors typically want to see on site
  
• Preparing staff, records and site systems for unannounced inspections
• Avoiding gaps between procedures and actual site practice
• Managing site visits, follow-up actions and responses
• Lessons from inspection trends across licensed sites

Emissions Monitoring, Sampling and Evidence You Can Stand Over‍

• Monitoring obligations under licence conditions
• Building confidence in sampling, testing and data quality
• Common mistakes in emissions monitoring and reporting
• Using guidance and standards to strengthen defensibility
• Turning monitoring into something more useful than a box-ticking exercise

Incident Response, Non-Compliance and Escalation Management on Site

• What happens when a site incident becomes a compliance issue
• Responding to exceedances, failures and unexpected events
• Internal escalation, decision-making and containment
• Recording incidents properly and managing communications
• Strengthening preparedness before the next problem lands

Environmental Reporting, Annual Returns and Getting the Basics Right

• Reporting obligations that regularly create problems for operators
• Annual Environmental Reports, routine returns and record discipline
• Improving the quality and consistency of data submitted to the EPA
• Where reporting failures create wider compliance exposure
• Practical steps to reduce errors, omissions and late submissions

Site Operations, Storage Controls and Preventing Pollution Before It Starts

• Operational controls that matter most on licensed sites
• Storage and movement of potentially polluting substances
• Housekeeping, containment and maintenance from a compliance perspective
• Aligning environmental controls with actual site operations
• Reducing routine failures that become repeat findings

Governance, Accountability and Building a Stronger Compliance Culture‍

• Who really owns compliance on a live industrial site
• Connecting environmental managers, operations teams and senior leadership
• Assigning responsibilities clearly across site functions
• Moving from reactive fixes to better control systems
• Creating governance that supports compliance when sites are under pressure

Enforcement Trends, Priority Risks and Lessons from Licensed Sites

• What current enforcement activity is telling operators
• How priority risks are identified and escalated
• Recurring issues that continue to drive EPA attention
• What site teams can learn from enforcement trends and inspection outcomes
• Practical lessons for reducing exposure before issues become formal action