The Buffalo ASP Team

About Buffalo ASP, LLC

The BASP team brings decades of hands-on industrial experience to every engagement — not just auditing credentials. Every auditor has held roles equivalent to the positions they audit, which means we understand your operations from the inside out. We ask the right questions, in language your team actually uses, and connect what we find back to what your management system requires. Buffalo ASP is led by two seasoned EHS professionals with decades of combined experience in Responsible Care® auditing.

What Makes Our Audits Different

Rather than relying on technical specification language during audits, BASP engages teams using familiar, real-world terms — covering areas like waste management, safety practices (energy isolation, hot work, confined spaces), health and hygiene, hazard communication, incident investigation, and security. This approach allows for more meaningful conversations with staff while ensuring findings are accurately aligned back to management system requirements. With deep experience in environments where policies, standards, and procedures are critical, BASP auditors focus on identifying real operational risks tied to system gaps — not just checking boxes.

Shelley Wickman – President, Buffalo ASP, LLC

Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor  | RCMS Exemplar Certified Auditor | CHMM®  | OCS Blue & Logistics Verifier

Ms. Wickman has been working in the EHS&S environment since 2005, first with a hazardous waste hauler and TSDF, then in EHS consulting, and finally moving into management system auditing.

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She is an Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor, a certified OCS Blue and Logistics Verifier, and a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM®). Ms. Wickman served as lead auditor for an international registrar, leading large audit teams and completing ISO 14001, ISO 18001/45001, RC14001, RCMS®, RSB®, NMA®, and SEMS® certification audits across the oil and gas, chemical, mining and milling, transportation, and manufacturing industries.

She participated in the API 1173 pilot assessment and has experience in pipeline management system audits. As a partner in an engineering firm, she served as president of the Responsible Care® audit service provider division — managing the audit approval process, accreditation body relationships, and serving as the primary contact for the American Chemistry Council.

Education

  • BS, Environmental Science — Regis University
  • Multiple PSM Courses — Georgia Tech University
  • Process Safety Engineering — AIChE
  • Continuing education in IT/Security, EPA, OSHA, and MSHA

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Philosophy

Ms. Wickman believes in risk-based auditing and that risk-based management systems are the most effective way to control and mitigate EHS&S risks and identify opportunities for improvement. Management system audits provide assurance and verification that the systems in place to reduce risk and identify opportunities are maintained and working.

Certifications

  • Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor
  • CHMM® — Certified Hazardous Materials ManagerCircular badge with Exemplar Global logo, the word Auditor, and text reading Responsible Care Management System RC14001. A person icon with three stars appears in the upper left.
  • OCS Blue & OCS Logistics Verifier
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Matt Barmasse – Vice President, Buffalo ASP, LLC

Exemplar Global Certified Auditor  |  Responsible Care® Auditor  |  OCS Blue & Logistics Verifier

Circular badge with Exemplar Global logo, the word Auditor, and text reading Responsible Care Management System RC14001. A person icon with three stars appears in the upper left.Mr. Barmasse is an EHS professional with over 40 years of chemical industry experience developing, managing, and auditing EHS and Responsible Care® programs across the chemical industry and its supply chain.

He spent more than 20 years each in large and small chemical company environments — an experience that shaped his understanding that one management system model does not fit all ACC member and partner companies. For the last 15 years of his corporate career, he managed a large chemical company’s EHS auditing program covering all aspects of Responsible Care®, environmental health and safety risk, and transportation.

Mr. Barmasse was a long-time Responsible Care® Coordinator and a member of the ACC Responsible Care® Committee prior to retiring from the corporate sector in 2024.

Education

  • BS, Environmental Sciences — Thiel College
  • MA, Environmental Health & Safety Management — Rochester Institute of Technology

Philosophy

Mr. Barmasse believes that the type and size of a business dictates the appropriate size and complexity of its EHS and Responsible Care® Management Systems. Having audited hundreds of chemical manufacturing and supply chain locations, he brings significant depth of experience to every engagement — helping organizations not just pass audits, but continually improve their Responsible Care® Management Systems.

Certifications

  • Exemplar Global Certified Auditor
  • Responsible Care® Auditor
  • OCS Blue & OCS Logistics Verifier
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Industries We Serve

Buffalo ASP auditors have conducted certification audits for more than 60 ACC member and partner organizations across the supply chain. Specific Certification Audit Sectors we serve: 

  • Chemical Manufacturers
  • Logistics Companies
    • Transportation
    • 3 PLs
  • Warehouses & Storage Terminals
  • Transloading Operations
  • Railroads — Class I & Short Line

…plus internal management system audits in these following sectors:

  • Oil & Gas – Upstream, Midstream, Downstream
  • Mining
  • General Manufacturing
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Audit Services

Organizations participating in Responsible Care® operate on a structured three-year audit cycle, designed to ensure ongoing compliance and continuous improvement.

Responsible Care® Management System (RCMS) Audits

Assess alignment with Responsible Care® Management System requirements, focusing on environmental, health, safety, and security performance.

RC14001 Audits

A combined audit approach integrating Responsible Care® and ISO 14001 environmental management standards.

Code Implementation Verification

Evaluate implementation of Product Safety, Process Safety, Security, and related code elements.

What Clients Receive

Following each RCMS® certification audit, clients receive a Statement of Conformance or Certificate, depending on the audit option chosen, supporting Responsible Care® program requirements and demonstrating alignment with applicable standards.

Accreditation & Standards

Buffalo ASP operates in alignment with established auditing and accreditation requirements, including:

  • Responsible Care® audit standards (RCMS®, RC14001)
  • Auditor qualification and provider requirements (RC502, RC520)
  • Multi-site and audit methodology standards (IAF MD1, MD4, MD5)
  • ANAB requirements for audit service providers

We maintain our qualifications through ongoing oversight, training, and participation in industry programs.