Environmental Management System Manual - Miami-Dade Portal

Miami-Dade Transit Verification Originator Revised Approved Issued
Metromover Maintenance Facility
EMS Procedure
EP-4.4.4-1 EMS Documentation
Print date:
02/10/2010
Initials
Akbar
Sharifi, P.E.
Akbar
Sharifi, P.E.
Date 06/24/2009 02/10/2010
Checklist as a means to determine if the requirements for the ISO 14001 standard are met. The
frequency of the evaluation / review will need to be determined by the EMS Management
Representative and the EMS Team.
5.3 The EMS documents are maintained through document control protocol detailed in EP-4.4.5-1
Control of Documents Procedure. This procedure will provide the structure and numbering for
each element as required by the standard.
5.4 Documents of external origin determined by the EMS Management Representative and EMS Team
necessary for the planning and operation of the EMS must be identified and their distribution
controlled. This may include equipment and product service / maintenance information, owners
manuals, and installation instructions (either hard copy or electronic). (The EMS Team may decide
a matrix or electronic fold is necessary to fulfill this requirement.)
5.5 A documented description of the scope (or fence line) for the EMS is located MDT Metromover
Facility.
The level of management required to approve a document shall be consistent with the document's
position in the hierarchy. The higher a document is in the EMS document hierarchy, the more senior
the personnel must be in MDT's management structure to approve it. In general, senior
management will approve the comprehensive EMS guidance documents located in the upper levels
of the EMS document hierarchy. They will not be required to approve detailed, lower-level EMS
documents that have been drafted to be consistent with the more general guidance documents.
Environmental Policy
• The Environmental Policy establishes the overall direction of the EMS and provides a
framework for the development, management and maintenance of MDT's EMS.
• One Environmental Policy will be released.
• All released EMS documents must be consistent with the environmental commitments and
EMS framework defined by the Environmental Policy.
• The Director shall approve and sign the Environmental Policy.
Environmental Procedures/Standard Operating Procedures
• EPs must support and promote the commitments and framework set out in MDT's
Environmental Policy.
• EPs describe the core elements of the EMS, define environmental processes and provide a
framework for the interaction of the core elements and functional components of the EMS.
EPs do not provide task-level information.
• EPs shall be written in a manner that describes the relationship between the core elements
of MDT's EMS and the supporting documentation. For example, EPs shall be written to
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