Management goal

Define process safety management goals What do we want to achieve Evaluate current status and activities What are we doing now ... 

Commercial and sport fishing The management goal in relation to this use is the maintenance and/or restoration of the diversity of the communities of importance to fishery, such as fish-food organisms and site-specific fish populations including the conditions for their natural reproduction. 

Assessment endpoints are measurable ecosystem characteristics that represent management goals (USEPA 1998). They should define... 

The assessment endpoint should be not only measurable (at least potentially) but also modelable. Defining a modelable endpoint is likely to require close discussion between an assessor (who knows what they can model) and a risk manager (who knows what they want to protect). Sometimes the assessment endpoint is only indirectly related to the management goal, for example, if the assessment endpoint is a risk to individuals, but the aim is to protect population sustainability. In such cases, qualitative inference will be required to interpret the assessment result. This inference will need to be done jointly by the risk assessor and risk manager. It is likely to involve substantial uncertainty, which will have to be taken into account qualitatively when producing a narrative description of the assessment outcome. This step should be identified as part of the conceptual model. 

The choice of assessment scenario, like the assessment endpoint, is likely to be implied by the management goal and should be made in close consultation with the risk manager, to ensure it meets their needs. 

Tabulating the temporal, spatial, and biological scales of each component of the assessment may help to identify appropriate units of analysis, show how they relate to real-world processes, and check their compatibility with the assessment endpoint and hence the management goal (e.g., Table 2.1). 

The analysis plan should specify not only how the analysis will be conducted, but also how the results will be presented. Indeed, the way results will be communicated will usually influence the choice of both model structure and analysis method and is ultimately driven by the information needs of risk managers and other stakeholders and their management goals (see Figure 2.2). Careful advance planning for the communication of results is especially important for probabilistic assessments because they are more complex than deterministic assessments and less familiar to most audiences. It may be beneficial to present probabilistic and deterministic assessments together, to facilitate familiarization with the newer approaches. 

Ideally, define the assessment endpoint so that it relates directly to the management goal. If this is not practical, (e.g., if the management goal refers to population sustainability but the assessment endpoint refers to individual mortality), define in advance how the assessment endpoint will be interpreted. If this involves subjective judgments then consider the use of formal methods. 

Assessment end points are explicit expressions of the actual environmental value that is to be protected and they link the risk assessment to management concerns. Assessment end points include both a valued or key ecological entity and an attribute of that entity that is important to protect and that is potentially at risk. The scientific basis for a risk assessment is enhanced when assessment end points are both ecologically relevant and susceptible to the stressors of concern. Assessment endpoints that also logically represent societal values and management goals will increase the likelihood that the risk assessment will be understood and used in management decisions. 

What are the critical limits for controllable sources of variability that will lead to achievement of risk management goals ... 

Advise on process safety management goals, to ensure they are being addressed. 

An internal disaster occurs when there is an event within the facility that poses a threat to disrupt the environment of care. Such events are commonly related to the physical plant (e.g., loss of utilities or fire), but can arise from availability of personnel (e.g., a labor strike). Regardless of the cause, the management goal is to maintain a safe environment for the patients, continue to provide essential services, ameliorate the problem, and restore normal services. 

Analyze the risks associated with the problem in context (e.g., multisource, multimedia, multichemical, multirisk) based on identified risk management goals. 

List the important management goals for the region. What do you care about and where ... 

Make a map. Include potential sources and habitats relevant to the management goals. 

Break the map into regions based upon a combination of management goals, sources, and habitats. 

Communicate the results in a fashion that portrays the relative risks and uncertainty in a response to the management goals. 

As this process is completed, the management goals are then placed into a spatial context with the appropriate sources and habitats. 

Environmental regulations to ensure that management goals are being met... 

Describe the interactive process necessary to develop management goals (Step 1). 

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