Responsibilities Environmental Management

Alternative Methods (ECVAM) confirmed and developed ECETOC s role as a key contributor to the development of sound scientific approaches to the safety assessment and consequential responsible environmental management of chemicals. 

The environmental performance of companies within the industry is normally subject to the legislative requirements of the host government, but is increasingly becoming scrutinised by the public, as available information and general levels of awareness increase. Major companies see responsible management of the environmental aspects of their operations as crucial to the future of their business. The approval of loans from major banks for project finance is usually conditional on acceptable environmental management. 

The EPA Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) has responsibility for managing the analysis programs required under the U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The approved analytical methods are designed to analyze water, soil, and sediment from potentially hazardous waste sites to determine the presence or absence of certain environmentally harmful organic compounds. The methods described here all require the use of GC/MS. 

Environmental management system documentation Document control Operational control Emergency preparedness and response Checking and corrective action... 

Strong, C.B., and Irvin, T.R. (1995) Emergency Response and Hazardous Chemical Management Principles and Practices (Advances m Environmental Management Senes), St Lucie Press. 

E. John Williford, Chief of Operations Alabama Emergency Response Commission Alabama Department of Environmental Management 1751 Congressman W.L. Dickinson Drive Montgomery, AL 36109 (205) 271-7700... 

In addition to the rules, regulations and procedures provided above for emergency planning and response, each state (in tlie United States) is actually involved in other environmental management activities. Recently, Matystik et al lia C prepared a suiiuiiary outline for interested users on tliese otlier state regulatory initiatives. The outline is a baker s dozen of information wliicli include the following for each state ... 

As informed Dr. A.I. Korableva from Institute for Environmental Management and Ecology under the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the report "Environmental impact of automobile transport by example of Dnepropetrovsk", Dnepropetrovsk with its annual discharge of air pollutants of 177,000 t (as of 1996) is among the worst affected cities in Ukraine. In these, the automobile transport was found to be responsible for at least 30 % of the total emissions which are 15 times the maximum permissible level. Aside from the dust, chemical, photochemical and noise pollution, there is the aspect of street washout of automobile-related pollutants into the River Dnieper. The measured annual receipts of lead, particulates and petroleum derivatives via rainwater and thaw water to the river are 0.45, 80,000+ and 1.8+ t respectively. The actual levels of petroleum derivatives in storm water sometimes were 206 times the maximum permissible concentration (MPC) for the fishery basins. At 34 km downstream from the city, the estimated levels of petroleum derivatives and particulates are 61 and 10.8 times the respective MPCs. The airborne lead is mainly accumulated in the soil of housing areas. 

What do you expect of the role and the responsibility of scientists in environmental management and policy making ... 

ISO 14000 is a series of standards intended to assist in managing the impact of manufactured materials including finished products and original feedstocks. It addresses the need to have one internationally accepted environmental management system that involves cradle to grave responsibility for manufactured materials emphasizing the impact of products, operations, and services on the environment. 

The economic success of the chemicals supplier is increasingly generated by the services provided by its chemicals. Responsible chemicals management leads to reduced sales of chemicals and subsequently to reduced revenues of the chemicals supplier. Yet a reduction of the amount of chemicals used moves the chemical product as such out of focus while the service provided, in connection with the chemical, becomes increasingly important. This includes the environmentally safe supply of chemicals, internal recycling, increase of lifetime by means of stabilisers, analyses of used product and recovery of resources. 

Trial bums at both commercial incinerators and the Army s chemical agent disposal facilities are tailored to meet proposed operational requirements at their specific sites, under the applicable regulations governing that site. In response to a committee query, a DuPont and Company environmental manager replied as follows ... 

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