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Environmental Aspects PDF
Features of a companys operations, processes, activities, products, or services that can have an impact (good or bad) on the environment Examples
!use of resources !discharges to "ater, air, or land !#pills, lea$s, splashes !energy emissions !%oxicity, reactivity, flammability, explosibility
A change (negative or positive) in the environment caused by an environmental aspect %he environment includes
! ! ! ! air, "ater, land Flora ' fauna (animals, plants, humans) natural resources and ra" materials interactions bet"een any of these
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Air Emissions (+,, -,x) Energy .sage (/as and 0iesel) .sed ,il 1ecycling #olid Waste /eneration
0egradation of Air 3uality 1eduction in -atural 1esources +onservation of -atural 1esources 1eduction in 4andfill #pace
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,perations that company management can directly affect by its decisions, such as
! product and process design ! e8uipment selection ! ra" material use ! emissions to the environment ! "aste minimi=ation practices
Aspects 0efinitions
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What is meant by ;and have influence over<? 1e8uirements and expectations management can place on contractors and suppliers, such as
! use more environmentally:friendly materials ! reduce amount of pac$aging ! re8uire supplier to ta$e bac$ empty containers for re:use or recycle ! cover road and rail bul$ shipments to prevent material blo":off
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Ensure that environmental aspects related to significant impacts are considered "hen setting environmental ob>ectives ?eep the information up to date
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4ist all your activities, products ' services 4ist their environmental aspects 4ist the environmental impacts of these aspects Evaluate the aspects (8uantify them) #elect the significant aspects (use a criteria) 0efine E2*s for the significant aspects) 1evie" your ;Aspect &mpact 1egister< periodically ' before adding of an activity, product or service to your operation)
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Aspects &dentification
Form a small team of interdisciplinary personnel Aave the list of activities, products ' services "ith you .se a ;process approach< to identify aspects ' impacts A plant round before this exercise helps) 1eferring to 2#0# during the exercise helps
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Air Emissions
Clean Parts
Reports
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Performance indicators O%ners&ip
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Aspects &dentification
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&n practice, each operation "ill have a more detailed brea$do"n of tas$s, for each of "hich there "ill be environmental aspects and impacts Environmental impacts need to be more detailed than illustrated here, e)g), specify type of "ater contamination (B,0, suspended solids, pA, toxic organics, metals, etc)), and air (carbon dioxide, sulphur or nitrogen oxides, particulate, etc))
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&mpacts on
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4and, "ater, air Flora fauna #ociety (local community) &nterested parties *olitical climate Foreign perspectives
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Factors to +onsider
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Assessment *rocedure
! Assemble a group of $no"ledgeable individuals ! Brainstorm ideas on each criterion for conse8uence and fre8uency ! *ut each idea on a blac$board ! +onsolidate ideas on each topic ! Each person assigns a score (5:C) ! .se mean score of the group in significance table
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&mportant points to remember are
Aave a systematic process for identifying all environmental aspects and impacts +learly assign responsibility, authority, and accountability for the process &nclude
! start:up and shut:do"n conditions ! emergency situations ! other types of potential abnormal conditions ! previous activities at the site
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Additional points to remember are %hen assess ris$s to identify "hich are significant impacts and aspects
0efine criteria for assessing significance 0efine fre8uency "ith "hich environmental aspects "ill be revie"ed (i)e), $eep them up to date)
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2ore points to remember are 1evie" environmental aspects "henever there is a change to any ra" material, process, product, or activity &#, 56775 does not specify documenting environmental aspects and impacts, but in practice it must be done
ISO 14001 Training Material by A N Nachar 2(
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Any 3uestions ?
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