Environmental Protection
EHS's staff assists faculty, staff and students with their responsibility for managing all wastes properly and cost-effectively ensuring compliance with a range of environmental regulations including air, waste, and petroleum storage tanks.
- Air Emission -EHS conducts annual internal emission inventories to document University of Houston air emission status.
- Environmental Compliance - The purpose of this policy is to inform the University community of the importance in complying with applicable environmental regulations.
- Hazardous Waste - Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) is charged with the responsibility for ensuring that hazardous waste generated on campus is disposed of in accordance with all applicable regulations. The function of the EHS Hazardous Waste Coordinator is to assist faculty, staff and students with their responsibility for managing all wastes properly and cost-effectively.
- Storm Water Management - provides general guidance related to erosion and sediment controls and other measures to control storm water pollutants from construction sites.
