Compliance assurance

Provides regulator). information for the chemical process industiy. The ChemAlliance site was made possible in large part due to funding provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. ChemAlliance is a partnership between the Chemical Industiy, EPA s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and the ChemAlliance staff who reside at Michigan Technological University, Pacific Northwest National Laborator)>, and University of Wisconsin. 

Establishing operating parameters of interest to permit writers (compliance assurance) ... 

With a comprehensive prohibition at the heart of the treaty, agreeing on effective mechanisms for compliance assurance was a challenge. The Convention contains a range of measures that are to enhance confidence... 

In terms of the national security of the States Parties, however, how important are these procedures, and how do they relate to other aspects of compliance assurance at hand (whether provided by the Convention, e.g. in the context of its clarification procedures, or by other mecha-... 

Safety Series No. 112 Compliance Assurance for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (1994). 

The Office of Enforcement Compliance Assurance delivers compliance with US environmental laws while inspiring the regulated community to employ methods that focus on pollution prevention. 

Kenneth N. Weiss, P.E., Dipiomate AAEE Partner and North American Direetor of Compliance Assurance, ERM Member, Air and Waste Management Association (Introduction to Waste Management and Regulatory Overview)... 

EPA. 1995. EPA Office of Compliance sector notebook project. Profile of the dry cleaning industry. Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC. EPA/310-R-95-001. 

Toxic and Pesticides Enforcement Division. Office of Regulatory Enforcement. Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. U.S. E.P.A.. Revised March 31. 1999. Effective June 1. 1999 [hereinafter Reporting Rule ERP]. 

Id. at 6. Compliance Guide For the Chemical Import Requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act (EPA 305-B-08-001), Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, EPA, 5 (June 2008) [2008 Guide], avoilahJeathttp //www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ monitoring/tsca/importguidejune2008.pdf. 

Protecting the Public and the Environment Through Innovative Approaches Fiscal Year 2001 Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Accomplishments, EPA300-R-02-010, p.72. For example, the value of SEPs for TSCA violations was only about 20 percent of the value of administrative penalties. For EPCRA, the SEPs were valued about the same as the penalties, and for the Clean Air Act, SEPs were valued at over eight times the administrative penalties. The only program for with a lower SEP to administrative penalty ratio is FIFRA. 

EPA, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training, Compliance-Focused Environmental Management System—Enforcement Agreement Guidance, EPA-330/9-97-002, as revised through June 2005, available at www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/incentives/ems/... 

EPA, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Civil... 

The SNL Laboratory Standards Department maintains a file of previous assessments and analyses of compliance with DOE order requirements. This file documents the status of HCF compliance and identifies the order expert, the facility expert, and the implementing documentation for each requirement. The file is being maintained in response to the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board recommendations. See Section 17.3.3.3 for more discussion about the role of the Laboratory Standards Department in providing compliance assurance information and supporL... 

Over the past five years, the role of safety management has been redefined. Selection of best-suited PPE, employee training, compliance assurance and ordering and stocking have required companies to elevate the necessity for safety personnel to have a seat at the operational table. 

The competent authority assessments may be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Regulations, including those for RPPs, and may be part of the compliance assurance activities detailed in Ref. [5] (see also paras 311.1-311.8). Of particular importance is the assessment of whether there is effective optimization of radiation protection and safety. This may also help in achieving and maintaining public confidence. 

As used in the Regulations, the term compliance assurance has a broad meaning which includes all of the measures applied by a competent authority that are intended to ensure that the provisions of the Regulations are complied with in practice. Compliance means, for example, that ... 

The principal objectives of a systematic programme of compliance assurance are ... 

An effective compliance assurance programme should, as a minimum, include measures related to ... 

A compliance assurance programme can only be implemented if its scope and objectives are conveyed to all parties involved in the transport of radioactive materials, i.e. designers, manufacturers, consignors and carriers. Therefore, compliance assurance programmes should include provisions for information dissemination. This should inform users about the way the competent authority expects them to comply with the Regulations and about new developments in the regulatory field. All parties involved should use trained staff. 

The competent authority should perform audits and inspections as part of its compliance assurance programme in order to confirm that the users are meeting all applicable requirements of the Regulations and are applying their quaUty assurance... 

The marking with a serial number is required because operational quality assurance and maintenance activities are oriented towards each packaging and the corresponding need to perform and verify these activities on an individual packaging basis. The serial nnmber is also necessary for the competent authority s compliance assurance activities and for application of paras 815-817. 

The competent authority should monitor specific facets associated with the design, manufacture and use of packagings within its compliance assurance programme (see para. 311). To verily adequate performance, the serial number of all packagings... 

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