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Significant Environmental Aspects
Region 7 EMS Components
Plan Phase- EMS Scope
- Environmental Policy
- EMS Definitions
- EMS Roles and Responsibilities
- Significant Environmental Aspects
- Legal and Other requirements
- Objectives, Targets, and Environmental Management Programs
ISO 14001
The requirements identified on this page are derived from the International Organization for Standardizations (ISO) 14001 standard for environmental management systems. Additional information on this standard can be obtained from their Web site at http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm
An organization is required to identify the environmental interactions (i.e., aspects) of its activities, products, and services (i.e., processes or tasks) and to determine the actual and/or potential impacts of those aspects on the environment. When considering the actual or potential severity of the impacts, as well as the legal and other requirements that govern the aspects, organizations will identify certain aspects as being significant environmental aspects and set objectives to achieve a certain level of performance associated with them.
Region 7 has developed a procedure for determining how to identify our significant environmental aspects. Using that procedure, we have identified the following significant environmental aspects that result from our activities, products, and services:
- Consumption of energy
- Consumption of fuel
- Consumption of land/property
- Consumption of materials
- Consumption of water
- Discharge/emission/release/application to air
- Discharge/emission/release/application to land
- Discharge/emission/release/application to water (storm water system)
- Discharge/emission/release/application to water (sanitary sewer)
- Generation of recyclable materials
- Generation of waste (hazardous)
If you have questions about these significant environmental aspects, please contact the Region 7 Office of Public Affairs.
Region 7 EMS Operating Procedure – Significant Environmental Aspects (PDF) (11 pp, 57K About PDF)