Sarah Glathar
CHMM
Principal Environmental Compliance Specialist
As a determined optimist, I am always looking for the place where environmental regulations and business requirements align. We work to create that path that everyone can say ‘yes’ to in order to keep clients moving forward.
Hired
- 2023
Location
- Portland, OR
Expertise
As a compliance specialist, Sarah uses her unique blend of experience in environmental compliance, program management, and policy to help her clients reach their goals. Environmental regulations affect most modern businesses in one way or another, and Sarah helps developers, heavy industries, and other landowners understand their options and make the best decisions for both their businesses and the environment. She regularly acts as a liaison to federal, state, and local regulators, and when appropriate, Sarah develops compliance or corrective action plans for her clients to address compliance issues related to land, water, or air.
Sarah launched her environmental compliance career after graduating from Oregon State University in 2006, and in the years since, she has led compliance activities for industrial clients in a wide range of markets and contexts. Her experience includes stormwater, solid waste, hazardous waste, storage tank management, and more. Sometimes these efforts are preventative, and Sarah works closely with her clients to put compliance plans in place that mitigate environmental risks and meet regulatory requirements. When an environmental issue is discovered, Sarah also works collaboratively with legal counsel, client representatives, and regulators to design corrective action plans for long-term solutions.
In addition to her consulting firm experience, Sarah spent some time as an in-house environmental engineer at a large multi-site manufacturing company. Her experience on the client side of the consulting relationship has helped Sarah understand how important it is to put herself in the client’s shoes and to see things from their perspective.
Sarah’s care for the environment extends beyond her professional life and into her family’s little Portland neighborhood. In her free time, Sarah enjoys collaborating with her neighbors on house projects, cooking and sharing meals, relaxing in the local park, or building community with other parents while hanging out on the sidelines at her kids’ sporting or school adventures.
Articles
- Going the Distance: Knowing your Environmental Regulations, Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety & Health Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 11, 2015.
- Just Do It: Survive (and Thrive) During the Environmental and Safety Inspection, Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety & Health Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 11, 2015.
- Know Your Environmental Regulations, American Society of Safety Engineers – Columbia Willamette Chapter Meeting, Tualatin, Oregon, May 14, 2015.
- DEQ 1200 Permit Changes, Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association Winter Workshop, Salem, Oregon, November 16, 2016.
- Know Your Environmental Regulations, American Society of Safety Engineers – Santiam Chapter Meeting, Salem, Oregon, October 11, 2016.
- State by State Stormwater Update, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting, Vancouver, Washington, October 20, 2016.
- Environmental Regulation Basics for Safety Managers, Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety & Health Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 8, 2017.
- Wastewater & Stormwater Management Webinar, Davis Wright Tremaine and Oregon Winegrowers Association, Portland, Oregon, June 19, 2018.
- Renewed Permits, Now What?, The Seminar Group, Portland, Oregon, June 6, 2018.
- Stormwater Source Control in the Lower Duwamish Waterway, Northwest Environmental Conference, Portland, Oregon, December 5, 2017.
- How to Have a Successful Inspection, Managing Stormwater in Washington Conference, Tacoma, Washington, March 7, 2018.
- Industrial Stormwater Fundamentals, Managing Stormwater in Oregon Conference, Salem, Oregon, June 19, 2019.
- RCRA Trivia Panel, Business & The Environment Conference, Portland, Oregon, December 10, 2019.
- Clean Water Act Enforcement, Managing Stormwater in Oregon (Virtual), Portland, Oregon, June 9, 2020.
- Managing Compliance & Continuity in Challenging Times, Business & The Environment Conference (Virtual), Portland, Oregon, December 9, 2020.
- EHS Audits and Disclosures, Business & The Environment Conference (Virtual), Portland, Oregon, December 2, 2021.
- Legal Issues Related to Stormwater Management Panel, Managing Stormwater in Oregon Conference, Salem, Oregon, June 16, 2022.
- RCRA 101, Business & the Environment Conference, Portland, Oregon, December 6, 2022.
