Identification of Environmental Aspects &

Impacts Procedure
AZI-IMSP-07

Prepared By: Approved By:

Name Walid Bdeir Majdi Ahmed

Signature

Position QHSEM Executive Director

Date 13/09/2017 13/09/2017
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AZIMUTH
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Identification of Environmental Aspects Document #: AZI-IMSP-07
& Impacts Procedure Date of Issue: 13-09-2017

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CONTENTS

1 PURPOSE

2 SCOPE

3 DEFINITIONS & ABBREVIATIONS

4 RESPONSIBILITIES

5 PROCESS

6 REFERENCES / RELATED DOCUMENTS

7 RECORDS

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1. Purpose
The purpose of this procedure is to establish a uniform and consistent method for the identification of environmental
aspects of AZIMUTH business activities, products and services within the defined scope. This shall ensure the
appropriate methodology is adopted:
➢ To identify environmental aspects related to the company activities.
➢ To determine those that can control and those it can influence.
➢ To determine those aspects that has or can have significant impact(s) on the environment (significant
environmental aspects).
➢ To determine the best control measures implementation and resources required to minimize the impact on
the environment to the acceptable limit matching with legal requirements or less.

2. Scope
This procedure applies to all activities, products & services that are under the control of AZIMUTH. It shall be
applicable to each relevant & function of AZIMUTH for the implementation of this process.

3. Definitions and Abbreviations

Terms Definition
Environment Surrounding in which an organization operates , including air, water, land, natural
resources, humans and their interrelation.
Environmental Element of an organization’s activities or products or services that can interact with the
Aspect environment.
Environmental Any change to the environmental, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially
Impact resulting from the organization’s environmental aspects.
Normal Routine planned production processes or related activities.
Conditions
Abnormal Situations which are planned or expected but which differ from the normal production
Conditions processes or activities.
QHSE-MR Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Management Representative.
QHSE-MS Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management System.

4. Responsibilities
Managers and supervisors are responsible for ensuring the identification of environmental aspects process is
conducted, regularly reviewed and remedial issues identified and action. The QHSE manager shall monitor the
progress on a regular basis.
If at any time an employee considers that there is a serious impact in their area or there are deficiencies in existing HSE
measures, or an Opportunity for Improvement has been identified, the employee must inform their line supervisor as
soon as possible.

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5. Process
The identification of environmental aspects and the evaluation of associated environmental impacts is a process can be
deal with in the following steps.

5.1 Identification of activities, products & services

5.1.1 Identification of environmental aspects should be performed by departmental heads, in consultation
with their team members, for each individual process/facility with defined parameters and shall
include the environmental aspects of goods and services and equipment used by the facility.
5.1.2 Every process involve input (e.g., materials, waste, energy) a value-added transformation, and outputs
(e.g. finished product, consumption or reuse of materials, waste, emissions, discharge, noise, light), is
to be completed during the environmental aspect of indication process by supervisor using Inventory
of tasks form (refer to Risk Assessment procedure).
5.1.3 The following are to be considered for the identification of the activities, products & services:
➢ Normal conditions
➢ Abnormal Conditions
➢ Emergency Conditions
➢ Any planned modifications to the existing facilities
➢ New projects

5.2 Identification of the environmental aspects of each activity, products and service

5.2.1 The environmental aspects for each of the identified activity, product and service shall be identified by
identifying:
➢ All inputs into the process/activity (raw material, fuel, etc.)
➢ All outputs from the process/activity (products, release to the land, release to the water, wastes..
etc)
5.2.2 The environmental aspects identification approach shall consider:
➢ Emissions to the air (NOx, Sox, CO2)
➢ Release/Spills to the land/land contamination (oil, chemicals…)
➢ Release/Spills to the water (chemicals, fuels, other hazardous substances…)
➢ Consumption/Use of raw material, energy and natural resources (electricity, water…)
➢ Waste (solid and liquid, hazardous & non-hazardous)
➢ Noise, Light
➢ Other local environmental and/or community concern/issue

The identification process includes situation arising out of normal, abnormal & emergency situations and this shall be
recorded in the Environmental Aspects/ impacts register.

5.3 Identification of the environmental impacts

5.3.1 The environmental impact(s) associated with each aspect will be identified, these could be:
➢ Pollution of the air, Pollution/contamination of the water, Contamination of the land
➢ Depletion of resources, Nuisance (Odor, noise…)

5.4 Evaluate significance of impacts

An Environmental Aspect shall be considered to be significant if it is rated equal or greater than “4” by using the
following rating matrix:

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LIKELIHOOD
High chance 4 8 12 16

Considerable Chance 3 6 9 12

Moderate Chance 2 4 6 8

Low/very low chance 1 2 3 4

SEVERITY Light Moderate Severe Catastrophic

5.5 Significant Impact List

➢ Significant Aspects and Impacts that are equal or greater than “4” are to be placed in the significant aspects
and impact register.
➢ The identified significant aspects shall be considered while setting Objectives and Targets.
➢ The results of the identification and evaluation of the environmental aspects will be recorded using
Environmental Aspects/ Impacts register.

5.6 Aspects and Impacts review:

➢ Environmental aspects and impacts shall be reviewed and updated whenever there is a change to the facility,
process, materials used or new products activity and services add or deleted. If there are no changes then the
Environmental aspects and impacts shall be reviewed at least annually.

➢ The original of the completed forms is to be forwarded to the QHSE manager and a copy to be maintained at
the facility. The QHSE manager will review the completed form received to determine which environmental
aspects need attention.
➢ Environmental impact assessment study may be required if the impact classified under the requirements of
the local laws.

6 References/Related Documents
• ISO 14001
• Environmental law 4/2004
• Risk Assessment Procedure

7 Records
• AZI-IMSF-004: Inventory of Tasks
• AZI-IMSF-018: Environmental Aspect/ impact Register