ABOUT
Rubicon EHS revolutionizes client support in environmental, health & safety (EHS) regulatory compliance through a unique approach. Our commitment lies in delivering rational and objective EHS consulting solutions tailored to navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape. Guided by the pillars of Rationality, Independent Thinking, and Integrity, we ensure practical, compliance-focused services that cater to the specific needs and goals of our clients.
Based in central Ohio, Rubicon EHS has a proven track record of completing projects across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Specializing in EHS consulting, environmental compliance, health and safety training, hazardous waste management, and environmental management systems, our expertise extends to encompass safety audits, emergency response planning, workplace safety programs, regulatory compliance, sustainability consulting, chemical management, ISO 14001 certification, and OSHA compliance.
If a service falls beyond our expertise, rest assured, we will connect you with the right resource to meet your needs.. Rubicon EHS—your trusted partner in comprehensive EHS solutions.
- Rationality
- Apply a logical approach to identify how to arrive at the desired end
- Collect the relevant information and then decide on the most efficient-straight line approach
- Independent Thinking
- Objective Eduction
- Reason
- Data-Driven
- Not tied to a traditional approach
- Take lessons from the past and build upon them
- Integrity
- Doing what we say we will do
- Honoring the commitments and fulfilling the promises we make
- Manage client expectations by explaining the potential risks and opportunities
“…if the producer does not own the result of his effort, he does not own his life” – Ayn Rand, The Virtue of Selfishness: The Monument Builders
Dave Rice, CHMM
Dave has more than nineteen years of experience in environmental, health and safety consulting, management, and oversight. In January 2021, he founded Rubicon EHS to explore new opportunities working with like-minded business owners to meet and achieve their EHS obligations and goals.
Dave has spent much of the past eighteen years providing environmental, health and safety (EHS) regulatory compliance consulting services to a variety of clients in the automotive, chemical, commercial lubricants, energy storage, food and beverage, manufacturing, refrigerant gas, and warehousing industries. He has significant experience in EHS reporting, auditing, training, and program development; hazardous material management; EHS and ISO 14001 management systems; US OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) and, US EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP) development and implementation. Early in his career he worked primarily as an environmental due diligence and remediation consultant overseeing and performing facility decontamination and closure activities; subsurface investigations; Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs); and groundwater remediation system operations and maintenance.
Dave frequently is asked to present on a variety of EHS topics including but not limited to regulatory compliance, sustainability, waste management, and industrial safety. Dave has presented at the Alliance of Hazardous Material Professionals National Annual Conference, Ohio Craft Brewers Association Annual Conference; the Ohio Safety Congress, Industrial Lubricants Manufacturer’s Association (ILMA) Global Harmonization Seminar; various Ohio Safety Councils; and, was interviewed as part of an article which appeared in the August 2012 edition of Distributor Focus (Penton MSC).
Specialties: EHS compliance, management, and auditing; hazardous materials management; EHS program development.
- Attorneys
- Automotive Manufacturing
- Battery Manufacturing
- Chemical Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Energy
- Food & Beverage
- Foundries
- Healthcare
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Plastics
- Non-Profit
- Warehousing & Distribution
- Central Ohio Certified Hazardous Materials Managers – Executive Board Member
- Ohio Craft Brewer’s Association – Safety Committee Member
- Leave No Trace – Level 1 Instructor
- Scouts BSA – Assistant Scoutmaster, Simon Kenton Council Conservation Committee Member
Rational. Objective. EHS Solutions.