Environmental Compliance Advisory
We assess where a facility stands against its environmental obligations and help management close the gaps in a planned and documented way.
Overview
A facility's environmental obligations come from several sources: legislation, the conditions of its environmental approvals, decisions of the competent authority and, in some cases, requirements set by clients or lenders. This information is often held in different places, which makes it difficult to know whether every obligation is being met.
Lothan International delivers compliance advisory directly. We build a register of the obligations that apply to the facility, assess current practice against each one through document review and site visits, and rate the gaps by significance. The result is a corrective action plan with clear owners and priorities, which we can follow up with the client until each action is closed.
We also prepare facilities for inspections and regulatory visits by reviewing records, briefing site staff and checking that the evidence an inspector is likely to request is available and current.
Detailed capabilities
Obligations register
A single register that lists each applicable requirement, its source, the responsible person and the evidence of compliance.
Gap assessment
Document review, interviews and site observation to compare current practice with each obligation and rate the gaps.
Inspection readiness
Pre-inspection reviews of records, permits and site conditions, with briefings for the staff who will receive inspectors.
Corrective action planning
Practical actions with owners, priorities and target dates, sized to the facility's resources.
Ongoing compliance review
Periodic reviews that track progress, capture changes in requirements or operations and keep the register current.
Client benefits
- Clear visibilityManagement can see which obligations apply, which are met and where action is needed.
- Prioritized actionGaps are ranked so that resources go first to the issues that carry the most risk.
- Prepared for inspectionRecords and evidence are in order before the authority visits.
- Evidence of diligenceA documented compliance process shows regulators and stakeholders that obligations are managed systematically.
Regulatory context
In Kuwait, the Environment Public Authority (EPA) is the competent authority for environmental matters, and the Environment Protection Law No. 42 of 2014, as amended by Law No. 99 of 2015, sets the general legal framework.
A facility's compliance obligations typically combine requirements in the law and the regulations and decisions issued under it with the specific conditions of the facility's own environmental approvals.
Applicable requirements depend on the activity and must be confirmed with the competent authority.
Provided for general information. Applicable requirements depend on the activity and must be confirmed with the competent authority.
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