Download Implementation Guide for Integrating Environmental Management Systems into Integrated Safety Management Systems

DOE G 450.1-2
8-20-04
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CONTENTS
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................... ix
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1
Purpose...................................................................................................................................... 1
Applicability and Scope............................................................................................................ 1
Use of Guidance........................................................................................................................ 1
Overview................................................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER I. PHASE I—PLANNING AND ASPECTS IDENTIFICATION
Step 1 Identifying Environmental Aspects.................................................................................I-1
1.1
TASK 1: Identify and List the Organization’s Activities, Products, and
Services and Their Interactions With the Environment (Environmental
Aspects) ...........................................................................................................................I-1
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
Starting Task 1.................................................................................................................I-2
Environmental Aspects Identification .............................................................................I-2
Approaches for Identifying Activities, Products, and Services and their
Interactions with the Environment ..................................................................................I-3
1.2
TASK 2: Identify How Each Environmental Aspect Impacts the
Environment ....................................................................................................................I-5
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
Understanding the Aspect Impact Analysis ....................................................................I-5
Approach to Characterizing Environmental Impacts ......................................................I-7
Documenting Positive Impacts........................................................................................I-7
Step 2 Determining Significant Aspects.....................................................................................I-9
2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.1.10
2.1.11
TASK 3: Identify All Environmental Aspects That Are Regulated, Have
Regulatory Implications, or Are Required by DOE Directive ........................................I-9
Identifying Environmental Aspects with Regulatory Consequences ............................I-10
Specific Environmental Interactions .............................................................................I-13
Pollution Prevention .....................................................................................................I-13
Clean Air Act General Conformity ...............................................................................I-14
Watershed Approach for Surface-Water Protection......................................................I-15
Site-Wide Approach for Ground Water Protection .......................................................I-15
Natural Resources—Biota .............................................................................................I-16
Wildland Fire Management Program ............................................................................I-18
Cultural Resources Management Program....................................................................I-18
Long-Term Stewardship Program .................................................................................I-18
Preoperational Characterization and Assessment and Effluent and
Surveillance Monitoring................................................................................................I-19
2.1.12 Environmental Quality Systems ....................................................................................I-21
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