PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF ASPECTS / IMPACTS

ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVITIES, PRODUCTS & SERVICES .

PURPOSE:
1. To identify the Environmental Aspects and Associated Impacts.
2. To evaluate the Environmental, aspects. of all activities, products, & services.
3. To determine the significant aspects
4. To identify & implement necessary controls for significant aspects.
5. To keep information up-to-date

SCOPE: ACTIVITIES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OF ……………………..

RESPONSIBILITY: Respective Functional Heads.

A. PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

AND IMPACTS:

1. List down all the activities / processes in the respective department / area / function.

2. Identify the environmental aspects and associated impacts associated with the activities, products or
services that can be directly controlled by the Organisation as well as Aspects which can be influenced by
the Organisation. Refer to following table for examples.

EXAMPLES OF ASPECTS WHICH CAN BE EXAMPLES OF ASPECTS WHICH CAN BE

CONTROLLED BY THE ORGANISATION. INFLUENCED BY THE ORGANISATION.
1. Products / Activities / Services directly under 1. Aspects which are not under the direct
the control of the Organisation. control of the Organisation.
Example: Product Design carried out by the Example:
Organisation. • Activities carried out by
Subcontractors.
• Product design carried out by
customer and the Organisation is
involved in Manufacturing only.
• Goods and services supplied by
somebody else and used by the
Organisation.
• Goods supplied by the Organisation
(limited control over the use and
disposal of Products).

3. The identification of environmental aspects and impacts shall be done by one or more of the following:

 Discussion / Interviews with concerned people in the area.

 Site visit and studying the activities.
 Reference of data sheets / manuals.

4. While identifying environmental aspects and associated impacts, the following conditions should be
considered:
a) Abnormal (A) Start up, shut down or break down conditions.
b) Emergency (E) Foreseeable/emergency condition.
c) Normal (N) Conditions that are normal other than specified above.

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5. During identification of Environmental aspects, the following should be considered:

a) Emissions to air
b) Releases to water.
c) Land contamination/spillage
d) Use of raw materials and natural resources
e) Waste Management including disposal of waste.
f) Energy emitted ( such as Sound, heat, radiation, vibration etc).
g) Results of previous environmental incidents/accidents.
h) Local environmental issues
i) Legislative and Regulatory requirements and compliance status
j) Views of Interested Parties / External Communication related to environmental issues.
k) Business concerns.

6. All aspects and associated impacts with the following categories are considered significant by default
(Quantitative risk assessment may not be necessary in these cases)
a) LC – Legislative Concern: The impact addressed by applicable legal requirements (Aspects /
activities covered by Permits, Consents, Regulatory guidelines)
b) IPC – Interested Party Concern: The impact/potential concern of expressed by Employees,
Neighbors, local residents with respect to environmental performance of the Organisation.
c) BC – Business Concerns impacting the opportunity for resource conservation/waste reduction.

7. The environmental impacts which do not fall under any of the above 3 categories are then evaluated with
“SSPD” quantitative analysis as given below:
a) ‘S’ Scale – It is the extent/area of environmental impact rated on a scale 1 to 4
b) ‘S’ Severity – It is the degree of impact (damage) on environment rated on a scale 1 to 4
c) ‘P’ Probability – It shows the probability of occurrence of an impact rated on a scale 1 to
4.
d) ‘D’ Duration – It shows the duration for which the impact will last rated on a scale 1 to 4.

Guidelines for allocating weightage for Scale, Severity, probability and duration of impact shall be as given
below:

Scale Severity Probability Duration Weightage

Restricted within Negligible Impact Exceptional Lasts for less 1
work station/area on Environment Probability or than 1 hour
once in a year
Restricted within Moderate Impact Quarterly Lasts for less 2
shop premises on Environment than 24 hours
Restricted within High Impact on Once or twice More than one 3
the plant environment in a Month day in a month
Spread outside the Very High Impact Daily More than a 4
boundary of on the month
company environment

8. For determination of the significant impacts, add the points decided for scale, severity, probability and
duration, and work out a “Risk Priority Number” (RPN). If the RPN is equals or exceeds 10 rating, such
aspects shall be considered as a significant aspect.

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9. Mention the reference of Applicable legal requirement, reference of operational Control procedure
Number / reference of Environmental Management programme in the list of Aspects and impacts.

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