31053过程安全管理.ppt

ISO 14001Section 4.3.1 Environmental Aspects Julie Woosley, NC DPPEA Coordinator, EMS Development Course for Government Agencies Novozymes facility Franklinton, NC October 9, 2001 4.3.1 Environmental Aspects “The organization shall establish and maintain (a) procedure(s) to identify the environmental aspects of its activities, products, or services that it can control and over which it can be expected to have an influence, in order to determine those which have or can have significant impacts on the environment. The organization shall ensure that the aspects related to these significant impacts are considered in settings its environmental objectives. The organization shall keep this information up-to-date.” Core Elements of EMS Most other elements are directly associated with results from identifying and ranking aspects and their associated impacts: Objectives and Targets Management Program Training/Awareness Operational Control Emergency preparedness Monitoring and measuring Corrective and Preventative Action Auditing Definition of Aspect / Impact Environmental aspect (cause or input) element of organizations activities, products, or services which can interact with the environment. Environmental impact (effect or output) any change to the environment whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s activities, products, or services Aspect and Impact Example Step One Establish a team. Examples: representative of QA/QC, maintenance, utilities, production divisions, office, environmental, etc. Educate the team on purpose and implications of identifying aspects and impacts. Include general training on EMS’s and ISO 14001. Purpose and Implications Determining the significant environmental aspects and associated impacts allows a facility to focus its time and resources on those issues with the greatest potential for environmental impact. Purpose and Implications The evaluation of environmental aspects and their associate