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Ypsilanti, MI, January 10, 2012 -

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. announces the release of EH&S Dashboard Version 6 with expanded iPad capabilities.

EH&S Dashboard is Quantum’s Business Intelligence tool that works with FacTS, our EH&S Information Management System, with our EH&S Activities Management System, and with other internal enterprise solutions. Dashboard Version 6 is now fully integrated with iPad’s functionality so multi-touch gestures work and your Dashboard can fill the full screen. It also integrates with comments, inbox, and emails, allowing for a full web application. The new offline mode allows users to store report results on their mobile device for access anytime, depending on the security settings of individual client organizations.

In addition to these new features, the Dashboard’s report drill down functionality is expanded, allowing the user to select which details they want to view, rather than being limited to predefined options.

User can also browse reports with a thumbnail view, making it easier to locate particular reports. And when building reports, they can set up multiple relationships on one page, using simplified drag and drop system.

All of these new features make it faster and easier for environmental engineers, safety managers, sustainability officers, and management to monitor and track departmental and corporate metrics and KPIs. These features also further enhance the reporting capabilities of FacTS and our EH&S Activities Management System, making them even more powerful compliance and tracking tools.

For more information or a demonstration of the FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard, contact Terry Collins at 734-572-1000 or Terry Collins.

FacTS™ is a trademark of Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com)) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide.

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Ypsilanti, MI, August 2, 2011 -

Quantum Compliance Systems will release an update to their FacTS™ EHS environmental management software in September 2011 to support anticipated OSHA rules for customers tracking inbound SDS.

OSHA is expected to finalize the new hazardous communication rules the fall of 2011 to incorporate the United Nation’s Global Harmonization System (GHS) standard (http://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/ghs.html). The new standard includes classifying chemicals and products into one of 28 hazard classifications, and using predefined hazard statements, signal words, and pictogram based on the classification on the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) and label. Companies are expected to have three years to comply with this portion of the new regulations.

The software update adds fields to store the hazard classification, adds a flag to track if an SDS is GHS format compliant, and supports printing chemical labels with the new hazard statements, signal words, and pictograms. Existing clients are being contacted to schedule receipt of the update. Project managers will work with our customers with custom chemicals labels to update those programs appropriately.

Last summer Quantum released new MSDS Authoring and Distribution software that generates SDS according to GHS rules as adopted by the European Union, and individual countries in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

For more information or a demonstration of the FacTS EHS or MSDS Authoring and Distribution systems, contact Terry Collins at 734-572-1000 or Terry Collins.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide

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Ypsilanti, MI, December 13, 2010 -

Ypsilanti, MI - As part of our on-going monitoring of regulatory changes that may impact our customers, Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (Quantum) notes the addition of new TRI chemicals starting in 2012.

On November 26, 2010, the EPA finalized a rule to add 16 new chemicals to the TRI list of reportable chemicals. The rule is effective November 30, 2010, and applies for the reporting year beginning January 1, 2011 (reports due July 1, 2012).

Four of the chemicals are being added to the polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) category. The PACs category contain chemicals that are persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) chemicals and are likely to remain in the environment for a long time, are not readily destroyed, and may build up or accumulate in body. The full list of new chemicals is provided below.

For more information you can go to the EPA web site at http://www.epa.gov/tri/lawsandregs/ntp_chemicals/final.html

Customers using applicable FacTS features who are covered by maintenance contracts will automatically receive an updated list at the end of 2011. If you have questions about this change, or would like information about FacTS’ Form R feature, please contact your Project Manager. If you would like information on other Environmental Reporting Suite features, you can contact Terry Collins at collins@qcs-facts.com or 734.572.1000 ext 143.

Chemicals Added For Reporting Year 2011

CAS Number	Chemical Name
75-02-5	Vinyl Fluoride
75-52-5	Nitromethane
77-09-8	Phenolphthalein
78-79-5	Isoprene
81-49-2	1-Amino-2,4-dibromoanthraquinone
91-23-6	o-Nitroanisole
93-15-2	Methyleugenol
110-00-9	Furan
116-14-3	Tetrafluoroethylene
509-14-8	Tetranitromethane
556-52-5	Glycidol
3296-90-0	2,2-bis(Bromomethyl)-1,3-propan

Additions to the Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (PACs) category:

NOTE: methyl mercaptan, hydrogen sulfide, and 2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide are under administrative stays and are not currently reportable.

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Ypsilanti, MI, April 16, 2010 -

Coming in May 2010, Quantum's FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard Version 5.0 has significant enhancements; including an integrated in-memory database that turbo charges analysis, providing even greater insight and rapid deployment.

The Dashboard already makes understanding, manipulating, and displaying your EH&S data easy, but version 5.0 makes it faster as well. With the inclusion of the new in-memory database technology, you can perform lightning fast queries that are faster to deploy. The FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard 5.0 enables EH&S professionals at all levels of corporate management to see and know their business in new ways and interactively explore data without limits.

EH&S professionals are increasingly tasked with developing or complying with internal and external sustainability goals and programs. To meet these tasks, you need a tool that allows you to evaluate, enhance, and develop metric systems to monitor and assess your progress. The tool needs to work for all appropriate organizational levels. It also needs to encompass current goals and best practices, while moving an organization towards the next step of a more environmentally sustainable future. The task of developing such a comprehensive policy and strategic performance plan is facilitated by Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. Our Environmental Health and Safety Information Management System and FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard 5.0 gives you a powerful tool set to get the job done.

With EH&S Dashboard 5.0, in-memory analytics delivers decision insight with the agility that businesses demand. It's a win-win for business users who gain self-service analysis capabilities and for IT departments that will spend far less time on query analysis, cube building, aggregate table design, and other time-consuming performance-tuning tasks.

FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard 5.0 is making data even easier. Rapid deployment through an in-memory database as a data source and improved filtering are just some of the new features that help business make better, faster decisions to improve their business outcomes.

For more information or a demonstration of the FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard, please contact Terry Collins at 734-572-1000 or at collins@qcs-facts.com.

FacTS™ is a trademark of Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide

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Ypsilanti, MI, March 4, 2010 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (Quantum) announces a collaborative partnership with WIH Resource Group (WIH). This partnership combines Quantum's 25 years of experience in data management and software solutions, with WIH's expertise in consulting services for solid waste, recycling, and transportation for local government agencies, municipalities, and private businesses. The combination offers our clients services from waste generation to disposal.

Quantum offers a Waste Management/Tracking feature that is part of their enterprise-wide Environmental Health & Safety software solution called FacTS™. The Waste Management/ Tracking feature offers comprehensive cradle-to-grave waste monitoring capabilities. It tracks all types of waste such as hazardous, universal, and PCB to paper, trash, and cafeteria waste. It allows customers to track the type and quantity of waste by container, along with their location expiration dates. It generates the Federal Uniform Manifest and Continuation Sheets for hazardous waste, and Bills of Lading for non-hazardous waste. Standard and ad hoc reports allow customers to track total quantities, costs, and metrics, and generate the Biennial report.

Patricia Brooks, president of Quantum, said, "This partnership offers our clients WIH's knowledge of industry best practices for waste management, and how to optimize efficiencies and enhance business processes as part of their FacTS™ implementation."

"Quantum's software fills a need our customers have to manage their waste data," says Bob Wallace, Principal & VP of Client Solutions at WHI, "in conjunction with the consulting, technical, and development services we offer to successfully complete their integrated solid waste and recycling projects."

FacTS™ is a trademark of Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

WIH Resource Group (http://www.wihrg.com) is based in Phoenix, Arizona and has clients in both the public and private sector throughout North America. WIH and its affiliates specialize in financial and operational analysis of integrated solid waste management programs.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Health & Safety Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide.

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Ypsilanti, MI, January 15, 2010 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (Quantum) announces an update to FacTS™ Waste Management/Tracking feature to support changes in the Biennial Report.

The Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 Hazardous Waste Report Instructions document a new field called the Waste Minimization Code for the Waste Generation and Management (GM) form. This code will be used to categorize the waste minimization, recycling, or pollution prevention efforts a company implements for each waste stream to reduce the volume and toxicity of the hazardous waste. The FacTS update adds the field to the waste stream data entry screen, and pulls it for the Biennial GM form. The EPA has also added a new Source Code, which is included in the update.

This update expands FacTS' Environmental Reporting Suite' Waste Management/Tracking capabilities for comprehensive cradle-to-grave waste monitoring capabilities. It tracks all types of waste such as hazardous, universal, PCB, and asbestos to paper, trash, and cafeteria waste. It generates the Federal Uniform Manifest and Continuation Sheets for hazardous waste, and Bills of Lading for non-hazardous waste. Additional shipping documents can be customized to meet each customer's specific shipping requirements.

To request the update, please contact your Project Manager. For more information on FacTS' Suite' Waste Management/Tracking capabilities or other Environmental Reporting Suite features, contact Terry Collins at collins@qcs-facts.com or 734.572.1000 ext 143.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide.

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Ypsilanti, MI, July, 2009 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.is pleased to announce the latest upgrade of our FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard.The most significant changes to the new version add analytical capability to a FacTS™ Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Dashboard deployment, whilst a host of smaller changes add to the usability and enhance the overall functionality. Some of the key functionality in this upgrade has been developed whilst working closely with some of our clients and the FacTS™ end user community; without the real life scenarios they provided, we would not have gotten it right.

FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard now offers unparalleled capabilities to create analytic dashboards and interactive visualizations that enable people anywhere in an organization to track and explore their most important metrics. Our Dashboard is now more intuitive and highly interactive, while at the same time providing a greater level of analytic capability. Users expect to be able to slice and dice and drill into their data effortlessly. This new version addresses the call for more flexibility and usability for creating different styles of tabs. Most importantly, users find them fun to use while quickly delivering insight into their data.


The growing trend of Mobile Business Intelligence (BI) is supported through the release of both a native iPhone application and a generic mobile interface, that provide full featured delivery of both dashboards and reports to a mobile workforce. Unlike most BI applications for the iPhone that just post static reports on a mobile screen, which may be marginally helpful but creates a tremendously frustrating user experience, FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard for the iPhone provides the opportunity to interact with the data. This allows mobile users access to the specific answers they need.


Federated Queries enable users to query more than one data source at a time and combine the results in memory into a single report and/or table. This enhancement allows you to treat all your data sources as one virtual database and access them as a single query – enabling you to focus on building reports, not joining data sources. The latest release delivers a wide range of improvements to Spatial BI including: geographic information system (GIS) layering and enabling Web Map Service (WMS) layers on GIS reports.


Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (www.qcs-facts.com) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide.


Yellowfin International (www.yellowfin.com.au)was founded to tackle the problems its founders had experienced with more traditional BI players in the market. Their philosophy drives them to develop products that are easy to use. They have business partners with companies in Australia/New Zealand, Europe, Asia, and the Americas.


Yellowfin is a trademark of Yellowfin International. FacTS™ is a trademark of Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.


For more detailed information on the new features to the FacTS™ EH&S Dashboard, please contact your Project Manager or Terry Collins at collins@qcs-facts.com or 734.572.1000 ext 143.

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Ypsilanti, MI, April, 2009 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

Quantum, in partnership with DNA Maritime LLC, is pleased to announce the release of Maritime Compliance System (MCS). This new product allows company and ship officers to be certain their ships are in compliance with state and national laws, and ISM and MARPOL regulations.

MCS ensures environmental regulatory compliance by combining state-of-the-art knowledge and risk management techniques with easy-to-use information technology. This means that ship officers, shore supervisors, and company QSE staff can monitor their fleet's environmental performance at the ship level: real-time, anytime, anywhere.

 “Recent studies have estimated that ocean-going ships produce at least 15% of the world’s NOx (more than all of the world’s cars, busses and trucks combined), between 2%-3% of greenhouse gases, and between 3%-7% of global SOx output . . . And because some 70% of shipping traffic is concentrated along coastal shipping lanes within 250 miles from land, in the US alone, 40 ports and an estimated 87 million people are in areas where emissions from ocean-going ships have significantly contributed to levels of air pollution that violate air quality standards for health and safety.” (D. Neef, April 2009, 18^th International Emissions Inventory Conference) Statistics like these are focusing more attention on the maritime industry, and will result in more environmental regulations on the local, federal, and international level. Trying to track the necessary data and complete the multiple reports using stand-alone solutions will become unmanageable. However, with today’s advanced onboard systems, MCS can acquire all the necessary data so ship officers, shore supervisors, and company QSE staff can monitor, track, and report on environmental performance in key areas such as:

The MCS application tools allow for regulatory compliance and reporting, in addition it offers all levels of business analysis of voyage and company data. All of this data is available through MCS’ Dashboard, an easy-to-understand interface providing ad hoc reporting, what if scenarios, and real-time performance monitoring.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (www.qcs-facts.com) is a software and services company founded in 1986 by a team of engineering and computer science professionals. Over the years Quantum has delivered Environmental Information Management Systems to a variety of vertical markets worldwide.

DNA Maritime LLC (www.dnamaritime.com) brings over forty years of Environmental, Health, and Safety knowledge and experience coupled with Maritime business process and management. DNA Maritime has a global network of skilled and experienced consultants who help shipping companies ensure that their ships are fully compliant with environmental, safety, and security regulations.

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Colorado Sprong,CO, March 20, 2009 - Green EcoSystems Group (GESG)

Green EcoSystems Group (GESG) is please to announce the availability of its Eco Lifecycle Assessment Services to help clients assess and improve on all aspects of product toxicity, waste stream management, and energy utilization.

The European Union (EU) has implemented an ambitious lifecycle assessment program under the Energy Using Products (EuP) Directive to address the security of its energy supply, as well as product lifecycle cost and process efficiency issues. EuP introduces new supply chain data collection and reporting requirements that are far more challenging than RoHS, REACH, WEEE, or any other current legislation. Companies will be required to provide ecological profiles of their products, which will require information on material and energy inputs and outputs. Ecological profiles must include information specific to the environmental aspects for each stage of the Eco Lifecycle starting with the extraction of raw materials from the earth and/or the use of recycled materials, continuing through the processing, manufacturing, distribution, and use stages; ending with the disposal stage.

GESG's Eco Lifecycle Assessment services have been designed to allow any manufacturing company to respond to these EuP-specific life cycle assessment data collection and reporting requirements.

In the new green business climate, global manufacturing companies must continually assess and improve their products and processes to retain customers, gain competitive advantage, and comply with environmental legislation. The areas of Eco Lifecycle assessment, improvement, and innovation will become increasingly important for companies wishing to compete in global markets.

"Our Eco Lifecycle Assessment service offering provides a truly unique 'green systems' assessment, design, and management capability for our clients", said Jim Dills, Founder and Director of Green EcoSystems Group. It offers clients an immediate opportunity to assess where they stand in the new 'green economy'. "We believe the GESG's ability to offer this level pf environmentally conscious product and process analysis in tandem with our Green-ES software and solutions portfolio is unmatched by any other solution provider in today's Green Solutions market."

GESG offers comprehensive product toxicity, waste stream management, climate and energy analysis services in tandem with its Green-EcoSystems (Green-ES™) software and solutions portfolio. GESG helps companies to improve profitably through improved corporate brand equity, reduced life cycle toxicity costs, and increased energy utilization efficiencies.

Green EcoSystems Group (http://www.green-ecosystems.com) is a joint venture formed in 2008 by The GoodBye Chain Group and Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. to help manufacturing companies assess and improve on all aspects of product toxicity, waste stream management, and energy utilization.

For more information on GESG's Lifecycle Assessment services see: http://www.green-ecosystems.com/ecolca

For more information on Green EcoSystems Group, contact:

Pandre Nichols prnichols@green-ecosystems.com 719-404-1831

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Ypsilanti, MI, January, 2009 - Quantum Compliance Systems,Inc.

On December 3, 2008 changes to EPCRA regulations become effective. These changes impact the Tier I and Tier II report format and calculations. Quantum is please to announce that FacTS™ EH&S Information Management System software supports these changes.

Tier I and II Forms

On the forms, facilities must now report their NAICS number rather than the SIC number. FacTS™ Tier I and II reports have recently been modified to print the Primary NAICS number stored in the Facility data entry record.

The chemical or common name of the chemical as provided on the Material Safety Data Sheet must now be printed on the Tier II forms.FacTS™ already prints the primary ingredient name of the CAS number in the PSDS record when the threshold is calculated by chemical, and prints the primary trade name of the product when the threshold is calculated by mixture.

EPA encourages facilities to contact their State to determine whether any additional requirements or formats are required by the State.

Chemicals in Mixtures

The EPA has changed the rules regarding calculating inventory for chemicals in mixtures:

· When determining whether the threshold quantity of an extremely hazardous substance (EHS) has been met, facilities must include the total quantity of that EHS present in the pure form as well as in any mixture, even if any mixture including the EHS is also being reported as a hazardous chemical.

· For hazardous chemicals that are mixtures and do not contain any extremely hazardous substance, facilities have an option when determining whether the threshold quantity is present: (1) add together the quantity present in its pure form and as a component in all mixtures (even if the mixture is also being reported as a hazardous chemical), or (2) consider the total quantity of each mixture separately.

Since this rule change was originally proposed in 1998, Quantum had already added logic to support both of these in the Regulatory Rollup feature of FacTS™.

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Ypsilanti, MI, October 15, 2008 - Quantum Compliance Systems,Inc.

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Ypsilanti, MI. February, 2008 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

(Quantum) is pleased to announce the formation of a strategic business partnership with DHI Group, an independent, international consulting and research organization.

DHI offers their clients a wide range of consulting services, leading edge technologies, software tools, chemical / biological laboratories and physical model test facilities as well as field surveys and monitoring programs.

Quantum is partnering with DHI to provide Quantum customers:
   - European and Asian regulatory lists for MSDS Authoring and regulatory reports, which can be purchased through Quantum for an additional cost;
   - Consulting services on environmental issues in Europe and Asia, particularly with REACH registration and Dangerous Goods procedures.

This partnership gives Quantum clients access to expertise in rapidly changing international regulations for their existing plants, or when they want to expand into new markets or locations. Access to this expertise is available for companies that don’t use Quantum’s software, either through Quantum or directly from DHI.

Patricia Brooks, founder and CEO of Quantum, says “We are pleased now to be able to offer all of our clients access to DHI’s depth of experience and subject matter experience in these areas of regulatory compliance.”

“DHI is pleased to form this cooperative agreement with Quantum and with this excellent opportunity to supply our expert knowledge on chemical management, regulatory compliance and regulatory data to the clients of Quantum” said Helle Westphal, Director of Centre, Centre for Environment & Toxicology, DHI.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com) is aprivately held, profitable operation, with over 100 separately licensed installations. It was founded in 1986, by a team of environmental engineering and computer science professionals who knew “there had to be a better way” based on their direct experience in EH&S. In 1989, Quantum released their flagship product platform named Facility Tracking System (FacTS™ ). This enterprise wide Environmental, Health & Safety Information Management System offers the most comprehensive set of EH&S capabilities, so that with a single vendor relationship, customers can control the entire compliance process across the enterprise.

DHI (http://www.dhigroup.com) formed by merging Danish Hydraulic Institute, VKI - Institute for the Water Environment and Danish Toxicology Centre. DHI's main office is located in Hørsholm, Denmark, with offices located in Australia, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates and USA. DHI has representative offices in Brazil, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam and also an extensive agents network.

For more information about purchasing FacTS™ or European and Asian environmental regulations consulting services, please contact Terry Collins at collins@qcs-facts.com or 734.572.1000 ext 143.
FacTS™ is a trademark of Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

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Ypsilanti, MI. September, 2007 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

Quantum Compliance Systems announces the release of an integrated Dashboard tool for FacTS™, their Environmental Health & Safety Information Management System software package. The Dashboard will allow customers to create reports, graphs, etc. to track Key Performance Indicators (KPI) by directly reading data stored in FacTS™.

Quantum has partnered with Yellowfin International to use their proven technology to provide this new tool to current and new clients. The Dashboard communicates complex information quickly; translating corporate data into a rich, graphical presentation using gauges, maps, charts, and other graphics to show multiple results together. This dynamic dashboard still lets you drills down to other reports and the data for more detail about the information displayed on the Dashboard. Each customer can personalize the Dashboard based on their needs, corporate roles and security level, thereby allowing for varying levels of data access and report authoring authority.

FacTS™ has proven to be a flexible, corporate-wide EH&S Information Management System that is currently in place around the world at small and large companies, including a number of Fortune Global 2000 companies. FacTS™ supports multiple facilities, divisions, and companies while providing corporate roll-up reports. It is easily integrated with other databases that address purchasing,material control, personnel, payroll, and warehousing. FacTS™ ability to solve problems across a wide landscape of industries is demonstrated by its implementation and use in the following areas: US Government – Department of Energy, High Technology Manufacturing, Energy Companies, Automotive Manufacturing(OEM), Oil and Gas Exploration, University and Research Institutions, Pharmaceuticals,Chemical Companies, Chemical Management Companies, Primary Metal, Forest Products, and Resource Management Companies.

FacTS™ is a powerful tool that assists its users in achieving and maintaining EH&S regulatory compliance while reducing costs and improving productivity. FacTS™ also manages other important information related to waste approvals, container content labeling, employee medical and training records, illness and injury reporting, permits, cost, sample tracking, scheduling, and emergency pre-planning. This kind of information in a centralized database with the ability to run on multiple types of platforms allows clients to manage this information in ways that assist management in making well-informed business decisions.

Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc. (http://www.qcs-facts.com/) is a privately held, profitable operation, with over 100 separately licensed installations. It was founded in 1986, by a team of environmental engineering and computer science professionals who knew “there had to be a better way” based on their direct experience in EH&S. Today Quantum offers the most comprehensive set of EH&S capabilities, so with a single vendor relationship,customers can control the entire compliance process across the enterprise.

Yellowfin International (http://www.yellowfin.com.au/) was founded to tackle the problems its founders had experienced with more traditional business intelligence (BI) players in the market. Their philosophy drives them to develop products that are easy to use.

For more information about the Dashboard or adding it to FacTS™, please contact your Quantum Project Manager or Terry Collins.

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Ypsilanti, MI. April, 2007 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

Chemical List

The EPA’s 2006 TRI-Made Easy (TRI-ME) is now available for download on the EPA’s web site (http://www.epa.gov/tri/report/software/index.htm). Quantum has downloaded the software and reviewed the list of reportable chemicals to last year’s list. There are no permanent changes to the list; however three chemicals currently on the list are under administrative stay so are not reportable for 2006. These chemicals can remain off the 2006 313 list in FacTS™. These chemicals are:

            Methyl Mercaptan            CAS NO:      74-93-1

            Hydrogen Sulfide             CAS NO:      7783-06-4

            2,2-dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide         CAS NO:      10222-01-2

NAICS Codes

The EPA has switched from using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes to determine what facilities must complete the SARA 313 reports, to using the North American Industry Classification (NAICS) codes. FacTS™ has been updated to enter the new NAICS code, but can still store/display the old SIC codes for archived records. FacTS™ customers with the Form R modules will be contacted by their FacTS™ project manager to coordinate delivery of the applicable upgrade.

Expanded Form A

In addition, the rules for when a Form A can be used have been expanded for 2006. The Form A is a simpler form with less detailed information, which under certain conditions, can be submitted in lieu of the more detailed Form R. From 1995 through 2005, the rule to determine when a Form A could be used versus a Form R was:

Is the amount manufactured, OR processed, OR otherwise used, less than or equal to 1,000,000 pounds AND non-PBT AND is the reportable amount less than or equal to 500 lbs/yr.

The new rule expands eligibility for TRI reporters to use Form A when:
Reporting facilities are allowed to use Form A for non-PBT (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic) chemicals, so long as releases or other disposal is not greater than 2,000 pounds as part of the total waste management limit for the chemical, which is not more than 5,000 pounds.

• Form A may be used for certain chemicals of greater concern (i.e., persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, or PBT, chemicals) when there are no releases or other disposal and no more than 500 pounds of other waste management (e.g., recycling or treatment).
• This rule makes Form A available for use in reporting PBT chemicals under limited circumstances for the first time in the program’s history.
• “Non-production related waste,” i.e., waste from one time events such as facility cleanups or extraordinary weather events must be counted when determining eligibility to use Form A.

Since Form As were introduced, FacTS™ customers have required that they chose for themselves when to report a Form A or a Form R. Some have preferred to always submit Form Rs because they feel the greater level of detail better demonstrates their reduction of 313 chemicals. FacTS™ supports both forms but allows each customer to select the type on a chemical-by-chemical basis.

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Ypsilanti, MI. January, 2007 - Quantum Compliance Systems, Inc.

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