The document outlines an environmental management system (EMS) for a company. It discusses establishing an EMS policy, identifying environmental aspects and legal requirements, setting objectives and targets, implementing programs and procedures, monitoring performance, conducting management reviews, and continually improving the system. The goal is to systematically address regulatory compliance and environmental impacts in a cost-effective manner.

2.  To provide up-to-date, controlled
documentation of all
programs, procedures, documents, etc.
 To provide user-friendly, around the clock
access to ensure proper implementation of
all EMS programs and procedures.
 Proactive approach to help a company
address regulatory demands systematically
and cost-effectively

3. Policy and
Commitment
Review Planning
Continuous
Improvement
Evaluation Implementation

4.  Example Company EHS policy is dedicated to:
 Meeting or exceeding all regulatory requirements
 Pollution Prevention wherever feasible
 Continuous Improvement
 Consider Environmental factors when making
purchase and operational decisions
 Establish, track and review specific goals

5.  Identify Environmental Aspects
 E.g. air pollutants
 Determine most important to company
 E.g. worker health & safety, compliance and
cost
 Legal and Other Requirements
 Objectives and Targets
 Objectives – Overall Goal, e.g. minimize use
 Target – Detailed, Quantified, e.g. minimize
by 10% by specific date
 Management Actions to Support
Objectives and Targets

6.  Structure and Responsibility
 Training, Awareness, Competence
 Communication
 EMS Documentation
 Document Control
 Operational Control
 Emergency Preparedness and
Response

7.  Example EMS Structure/Hierarchy
 Policy; System Description
 Operational and Management Procedures
 Standard Operating Procedures or work
instructions
 Plans and Reference Documents
 Records

8. Other Environmental Program Management

9. Air Pollution
Control
Programs
Air Emissions Standard Risk
Permit Operating Management
(Title V Permit) Procedures Plan
Prescribed Refrigerants
Compliance
Monitoring and Management
Plan
Analysis Procedure

10. CLEAN AIR ACT
Example Applicable Legislation:
 Title V Operating Permit Program
 Amendments of 1990
○ National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
○ National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP)
 CAA Title I Section 112
 40 CFR Part 63
- Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) - the
1990 amendments to the CAA changed EPA's approach to
regulating HAPs, so that NESHAPs are now established
based on the "maximum achievable control technology"
(MACT) for an industry group or source category (for
example, hazardous waste combustors).
 Risk Management Plan
 Title III of CAA, 40 CFR Part 68

11. Wastewater Oil Spill
Discharge Prevention, Contr
Permit ol and
(NPDES Permit) Countermeasures
Plan
Stormwater Monitoring and
Best Sludge Bulk Liquid
Pollution Recordkeeping Drum Handling and
Management Management Prevention Data Management Storage
Practices Plan Plan Procedures
Plan

12. CLEAN WATER ACT
Example Applicable Legislation:
 Code of Federal Regulations - Title 40 -
Protection of Environment
 Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency
○ Subchapter D--WATER PROGRAMS
 NPDES (CWA Section 402)
○ 40 CFR Part 122
 Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards
○ 40 CFR Part 129
 Water Quality Standards
○ 40 CFR Part 131

13. Waste
Management
Programs
Hazardous Waste Spill
Solid Waste Pollution
Prevention, Control &
Management Prevention Plan
Countermeasure Plan
Waste Analysis
Recordkeeping and
Reporting

14. WASTE MANAGEMENT
Example Applicable Legislation:
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA)
 Non-hazardous waste/Solid waste 40 CFR Part
239-259
 Hazardous waste 40 CFR Part 260 [-279]
○ Details – Part 261
 Ignitable Waste (I) Corrosive Waste (C) Reactive Waste (R)
Toxicity Characteristic Waste (E) Acute Hazardous Waste (H) Toxic
Waste (T) = Characteristic waste
 Specific wastes such as, slop oil emulsion solids from the
petroleum refining industry [K049] = Listed waste
 Pollution Prevention Act
 Toxic Substances Control Act

15. Safety and Occupational Health and Respiratory Hearing
Radiation Source
Environmental Industrial Hygiene Protection Conservation
Control Program
Programs Program Program Program
Hazardous Substances Hazard Workplace
Management Exposure Fit-testing
Communication Sampling
[Asbestos, PCB, Solven Standards Database
ts, Bloodborne Program Program
Pathogens
MSDS Respiratory Protection
Against Airborne Lead
Contractor Database Program
Safety
Company Industrial
Emergency and Hygiene
Disaster MSDS Database
Response
New Product
Embryo-Fetus
Approval
Protection Procedure
Chemical
Inventory
MSDS
Update
Procedure

16. WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
MANAGEMENT
Example Applicable Legislation:
 Occupational Safety and Health Act
 Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
 National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health (NIOSH)
 CFR Title 29 Part 1910 - Labor
○ Subtitle B--Regulations relating to
Labor, Chapter xvii--OSHA, Department of
Labor
 The 1910 Standards cover a myriad of topics:
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Occupational
Noise Exposure, Emergency Planning and
Response…

17. Other Environmental
Program Management
Corporate Citizenship
EHS Management EMS Manual
Program
Tier II Reports
[Inventory of
Programs, Procedures Environmental Calendar
Substances for Compliance Reviews Policy
and work instructions and Training Schedule
Emergency
Responders]
Descriptions of Roles,
Toxic Release Inventory Responsibilities, Lists of Objectives and
Reports Authorities and Lines of Targets
Communications
Community Relations Equipment Calibration Environmental Aspects
and Communications Procedure and Impacts Inventory

18. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Example Applicable Legislation:
 Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) Hazardous Substances
[Superfund]
 Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act (SARA)
 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-
Know Act (EPCRA) [also known as SARA Title III]
○ Tier II Report [SARA 311/312] – Inventory of
Substances for Emergency Responders, 40 CFR
Part 370
○ Toxic Release Inventory Report – [SARA 313] Tier
III Report

19.  Monitoring and Measurement
 E.g. Use of Checklists to determine
compliance with applicable regulations
 Plating bath temperature
 Amount of hazardous waste generated
 Amount of solvent used for parts cleaning
 Nonconformance, Corrective and
Preventative Action
 Records

20.  EMS Audits
 Management Review
 Determines if original policy is consistent with
company values
 Possible revisions to optimize effectiveness
 This final review stage creates a loop of
continuous improvement for a company

21. Environmental Management
System (EMS) Example
 This presentation is an  Environmental, Safety and
example and not site Health Programs, Plans
specific and Procedures overlap
 Each company - industry -  For example, Drum
site requires specific Management is a stand
alone SOP, but also a part
programs, plans, practices of the OSPCC Plan
and procedures  Again, Best Management
 Intended for an overview - Practices (BMP) is stand
example - general idea - alone, but also part of the
demonstration purposes NPDES permit
only  OSHA 1910, in particular,
addresses health and
safety, but overlaps with
environmental aspects
○ i.e. HazCom, Hearing
Conservation, Respiratory
Protection, PPE usage…