Government Reporting

With a behinded work schedule due to constant interruptions, I spent this weekend to finish the Environmental reports, due to both the Federal and Provinical Governments by May 31, 2007, at home.

The governments monitor emissions of harmful substance into the environment from each industry in an annual basis through these reports.  I have to gather the usage of all the material in my facility last year, break them into chemical components and calculate releases.  Then, I have to compare the releases of each component to the requirements specified in the the law and see if I have met the reporting requirements.

This is a very heavy data acquisition exercise, in addition to a lot of different varieties of mass balance calculations.  I enjoyed doing it since I am acting in my real profession, as a Chemical Engineer.

With the amount of enjoyment I found in this exercise, I should consider doing a part time business on the submission of these reports for other companies!