Our company, Logical Data Solutions, Inc. (LDS), provides environmental compliance data management software through the EPOCH product line in addition to general application development and implementation services to hundreds of major corporations and government agencies. Since LDS’s inception in 1983, we have provided a full range of services to our client companies including: software products, customized application development, pre and post implementation support, data conversation, application interfaces, and training. 

Within LDS, our consultants are specialized with some having data processing technical skills and some with environmental regulatory expertise. Our application implementations range from single user PC to client/server using a relational database manager and Web access. 

EPOCH, a series of integrated modules, provides detailed data analysis and reporting capabilities in areas such as, hazardous material management, emissions source management, toxic chemical releases and task management. Regulatory reports are included within the EPOCH software and some examples are: Tier II, 313 Form R, RCRA Biennial, DMR, Manifests, Labels, and more. The current customer base for these software products numbers over 100 sites for both industrial companies and government organizations.

EPOCH Software is a comprehensive time and dollar saving EMIS system for tracking and reporting regulatory compliance with components that include:

• Chemical Inventory and Usage / SARA 312, VOC and HAP Emissions
• Toxic Chemical Release / SARA 313 Form R
• Hazardous Waste Storage and Disposal / Container Tracking / RCRA Reporting
• Task Management / Calendar and Email Notification
• Permit Tracking / Parameter Limits and Exceedances
• Emission Source Monitoring (Air, Water Samples, Ground Water, Storage Tank Inspection)
• Environmental Events Tracking / Chemical Spills / Job-Related Injuries / OSHA 300
• Audit Tracking (Findings, Corrective Action, Status)
• SDS online repository / Web Viewer
• Industrial Hygiene Sampling / Personal and Area Monitoring

Compliance reporting features include: SARA 313 Form R (EPCRA), SARA 312 (Tier II), VOC and HAP Emission Reports, RCRA Biennial and Annual Reports, Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifests and Shipping Lists, Land Disposal Restriction Notification Forms, Container Packing Lists, Waste Container Labels, PCB Annual Report, Title V Annual Air Emission Inventory, Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR), OSHA Reporting, and more.

The benefits of using EPOCH as your EHS Software include but are not limited to:

• Reduce people time spent gathering data since EPOCH can interface to a variety of in-house systems.
• Improve data quality due to these electronic data feeds (minimizing manual data entry).
• Less time spent preparing regulatory reports, such as, Tier II, SARA 313, RCRA Biennial, etc., since they are generated by EPOCH.
• Minimize or eliminate Notices of Violation by tracking permit conditions on a more timely basis.
• Reduce or eliminate outside consulting expenses for preparing monthly, quarterly or annual regulatory compliance reports.
• Control costs further by purchasing only the EPOCH modules of interest.

EPOCH software is a complete EHS system for Environmental Compliance Data and Task Management designed to start giving you benefits from day one.

LDS provides the following services related to the EPOCH software at your installation. 

Software maintenance covers new releases, regulatory change enhancements, and support calls. This service is included within the license fee for the first year at a muti-user installation and for 90 days at a single user PC site. Thereafter, an annual software maintenance contract can be purchased, at the customer's option. 

Training classes can be conducted on-site or via the Web. Training costs include a daily fee plus any related expenses (instructor travel, etc). We recommend 1 day of training for each 3 modules. Some customers find the custom report writers with links to the EPOCH product very useful and take an additional day of training on this tool at the same time. 

Data conversion services are billed at a fixed hourly rate plus expenses. Converting data from a prior software system or other in-house databases retains historical data and reduces manual data entry to initially create the EPOCH databases. 

Custom programming services are available as needed. To minimize data entry work, we recommend collecting EPOCH data from other production systems, where possible, as well as directly from a another source via a spreadsheet or a web screen.. We have built, or helped in-house staff build, many types of interfaces to existing production systems to collect data electronically. In addition, we can customize many of the data-entry features and reports within EPOCH to meet your special needs. If requested, we can work with your in-house data processing staff on any of these tasks, which may lower the cost. 

In Summary, we offer the following pre and post installation services: 

• Software maintenance: new releases and telephone support
• Data Conversions
• External System Interface and Data Load programs
• Custom Management and Regulatory reports
• Additional Custom Modules for data collection and/or reporting
• Web or client/server based enhancements