Environmental Management System Manual - Miami-Dade Portal

Aspect
Identifier
Activity/Product/Service: Environmental Significance of impact(s) Business Significance of impact(s)
Aspect:
• Impact:
* Considering = Normal unless
otherwise noted.
Scale of
impact
Severity
of impact
Prob. of
occur.
Duration
of impact
Avg. score
(out of 5)
Pot’l reg.
& legal
expos.
Ease of
changing
impact
Effect on
public image
Concerns of
interested
parties
Avg. score
(out of 5)
* 1 (low) - 5 (high) (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* (1 - 5)* Y/N H M L I C L O
Significant
Control /
Influence
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The process of identifying the significant environmental aspects associated with the activities at MDT’s Metromover facility considered where relevant:
a) releases to water;
b) emissions to air;
c) waste management;
d) contamination of land;
e) use of raw materials and natural resources; and
f) local environmental and community issues.
This process has considered normal, abnormal and emergency operating conditions, as well as shut-down and start-up conditions and the potential significant impacts
associated with reasonably foreseeable situations. However, the MDT has not conducted a life cycle assessment in the process of identifying the significant environmental
aspects associated with its activities, products and services. It also have not evaluated each product, component and raw material input, but instead selected categories of
activities, products and services in order to identify those aspects most likely to have a significant impact.
Once the environmental aspects and their associated impacts were identified, the MDT evaluated the environmental significance of each of the impacts in order to determine
which aspects it should address in order of their significance (i.e., aspect significance can largely be determined by the significance of its associated impacts). Identifying
environmental aspects is an ongoing process that determines the past, current and potential impacts (positive or negative) of MDT's activities on the environment, including
identification of its potential regulatory, legal and business exposure. On the matrix the Mandatory column allows MDT to indicate whether a mandatory requirement
relating to the aspect exists by designating the following; I = industry requirement (industry code of practice), C = company requirement (corporate policy), L = legal
requirement (regulation), O = ISO 14000.
For example, paper use by an organization is an activity with an environmental aspect -- waste production. The aspect is one that the organization can control. The
environmental impact associated with this aspect is the amount of waste disposed that can be reduced by recycling. However, if an organization has a serious toxic emissions
problem associated with another environmental aspect, this other aspect should be considered a higher priority than the recycling opportunity as the environmental impact is
more significant.
The aspect information identified in this worksheet will be linked to the worksheets listed below.
Worksheet 4. 3. 21, "Identify Legal and Other Requirements"
Worksheet 4. 3. 31, "Set Objectives and Targets"
Worksheet 4. 3. 41, "Develop Environmental Management Programme(s)"
Worksheet 4. 4. 61, "Develop operational controls"
Worksheet 4. 5. 11, "Monitor Performance"
Worksheet 4. 5. 21, "Identify Nonconformance, Corrective and Preventive Action"
This completed form and related attachments are records maintained for the Environmental Management System.
Mandatory *
Priority #
Link