Responsible Management EntitiesRobert Rubin, Ph.D., McKim & Creed Consulting, Cary, N.C.When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its voluntary management guidelines, Models 4 and 5 stated that utilities would manage onsite systems. Our industry, unhappy with the EPA encouraging utilities to “take over,” convinced the agency to adopt the use of Responsible Management Entities instead of utilities.Most pumpers don’t think of themselves as RMEs, even though they already are through offering service contracts and troubleshooting systems. They remain intimidated by the lofty-sounding term. This presentation will give haulers and other service providers the vision of how they fit into the
