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Six Sigma Green Belt Certification  - I studied Kung-fu for about 15+ years - I never throught about getting a Green Belt Certification in management.  This information on an management training course that I think is great.

Six Sigma is a Quality Improvement methodology structured to reduce product or service failure rates to a negligible level (roughly 3.4 failures per million opportunities). To achieve six sigma levels, the Six Sigma process encompasses all aspects of a business, including management, service delivery, design, production and customer satisfaction. Six Sigma companies typically spend less than 5 percent of their revenues addressing and repairing quality problems.
As a philosophy Six Sigma drives business culture and requires a nearly flawless execution of key processes making Six Sigma a high standard for companies and individuals to achieve. Customers place a high value on predictably consistent business processes and Six Sigma is a proven methodology for delivering consistent incremental improvement. By reducing process variation Six Sigma frees the organization to focus on improving process capability and as sigma levels increase, the cost of poor quality decreases and profitability increases. This is why Six Sigma is highly associated with the delivery of consistent world-class quality. The Six Sigma Greenbelt online program provides an overview of the Six Sigma concepts and tools including Six Sigma deployment practices, project development, and the DMAIC problem-solving approach.

Course Outline

I. Why Six Sigma?
II. How to Deploy Six Sigma
III. DEFINE: Project Definition
IV. DEFINE: Project Scheduling
V. DEFINE: Change Management/Teams
VI. MEASURE: Tools and Objectives
VII. MEASURE: Establishing Process Baseline
VIII. MEASURE: X-Bar Charts
IX. MEAUSRE: Individuals Data
X. MEASURE: Process Capability
XI. MEASURE: Attribute Charts
XII. ANALYZE: Introduction to Regression Analysis
XIII. ANALYZE: Lean Thinking
XIV. IMPROVE: Tools and Objectives
XV. CONTROL: Tools and Objectives

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25 PA Code 78 Oil and Gas Wells - Comments on New Regulations

Comments from

Mr. Brian Oram,
Our comments are as follows:
B.F. Environmental Consultants Inc. is in support of the proposed changes to 25 PA Code 78 Oil and Gas Wells as outlined in the draft regulations. The changes provide a significant improvement over existing regulations and help to protect local citizens and the environment. Based on a review of the draft regulations, the primary concerns were identified:
a. copies of permit applications be available for review at a local PADEP office;

b. it would be preferable to have a minimum annular space of at least 2 inch and not 1-inch around the casing;

c. placement of the casements should be based on a field measurement of conductivity to ensure that the well is protecting both the freshwater zone and the water bearing zone with a total dissolved solids of < 10,000 mg/l. This is an EPA requirement, i.e., USDW- Determination of Underground Sources of Water;

d. in all cases, a multiple casing or string approach should be used to separate the shallow and deep groundwater flow system- because of the fractured nature of the local bedrock it is not appropriate to use a single string to seal off a freshwater, saline, or brackish water zones;
e. Copies of frac chemicals and other chemicals used at developing or maintaining these wells with copies of MSDS sheets should be available at a location when each community or municipality; and
f. If possible, the third party inspectors should be individuals that carry a license or certification by Pennsylvania and have specific training and experience to provide this service.
Just my comments - related to proposed regulations.

Mr. Brian Oram