Checklist for ISO14001:2004

PDO/2014

ISO14001:2004 Requirements

Standard
ISO 14001:2004 Requirements
Clause
Environmental  Environmental Policy must commit
Policy to continual improvement,
prevention of pollution and
compliance with regulations and
other requirements
 Documented, implemented and
maintained
 Communicated to “all persons
working for or on its behalf” (e.g.,
employees, contractors, etc.)
 Available to Public
Planning
Environmental  Identify the environmental aspects
Aspects of its activities, products and
services
 Determine those aspects that have
or can have significant impact(s)
on the environment (i.e. significant
environmental aspects).
 The organization shall document
this information and keep it up to
date.
Legal & Other  Identify and have access to the
environmental applicable legal requirements and
requirements other requirements to which the
organization subscribes related to
its environmental aspects, and
 Determine how these requirements
apply to its environmental aspects.
Objectives,  Establish, implement and maintain
targets & Environmental Objectives and
programmes(s) Targets and Programs to achieve
them.
Implementation & Operation
Competence,  Requires that any all persons
training & performing tasks associated with
awareness significant environmental impacts
to be competent
Clarifications & actions
 Display the PDO HSE Policy at all
operational and administrative locations.
 Each Site/Cluster shall have a register for
Aspects and Impacts and update it
regularly.
 PDO environmental specifications capture
the legal requirements.
 All Applicable legal requirements are
available on the intranet; HSE
documentation web page.
 People in the Clusters need to be able to
know what are the legal and other
requirements related to their
environmental aspects (for example STP
operator needs to understand the legal
requirement of his environmental aspects
in this case (effluent discharge). It is not
necessary that he rehearse the limits but
he should know what the applicable
requirements are and where to get them.
 Ensure that copies of all relevant
environmental permits are available within
the Cluster and the permits are up to date.
The mentioned conditions in this permits
need to be understood by the concerned
people.
 Ensure availability/access of quarterly
review & targets (Past Records).
 HSE Training matrixes for staff need to be
developed and kept up to date.
 Contract holders need to monitor
competence /training requirements as per

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ISO 14001:2004 Requirements Clarifications & actions
Clause
 Identify Training Needs provide the contract HSE plan.
training and keep records  All interior staff shall attend the
Environmental Awareness course if their
 People working for or on behalf job has a potential environmental impact.
of the company need to know:
a) the importance of conformity
with the environmental policy
and procedures and with the
requirements of the
environmental management
system,
b) the significant environmental
aspects and related actual or
potential impacts associated
with their work, and the
environmental benefits of
improved personal
performance,
c) their roles and responsibilities
in achieving conformity with
the requirements of the
environmental management
system, and
d) The potential consequences of
departure from specified
procedures.
Documentation List of documentation/records as  Attention to be paid on the required
required specifically by ISO14001: documentation
 Documented information on
environmental aspects and
impacts
 Records of identified applicable
environmental legal requirements
 Documented policy, objectives,
and targets and programmes
 Documented roles, responsibilities
and authorities
 Records on competence and
performed training of own
employees and of
relevant personnel working on its
behalf, e.g. contractors.
 Documented procedures for
operations and activities that may
cause significant environmental
impacts.
 Documenting of information to
monitor performance, applicable
operational controls and conformity
with objectives and targets.
 Records to track calibration and
maintenance of monitoring and
measurement equipment.
 Documented changes resulting
from corrective and preventive
action

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ISO 14001:2004 Requirements
Clause
 Documenting evaluation of
compliance with environmental
legal requirements
and other applicable environmental
requirements
 Documented internal audit
programmes and records from
audits
Operational  Must identify and plan operations
control associated with significant aspects
so they are consistent with the
Environmental Policy, and
Objectives and Targets
 Operational Controls are used to
minimize impacts to the
environment and prevent pollution
 Must establish, implement and
maintain documented procedures.
 Procedures and requirements
must be communicated to
suppliers and contractors
Emergency  Establish, implement and maintain
preparedness procedure to identify potential
and response emergency situations and
accidents
 Respond to actual emergency
situations and accidents, and
prevent or mitigate adverse
environmental impacts
 Review and revise procedures,
especially after an accident or
emergency occurs
 Periodically test procedures
Clarifications & actions
Examples of previous audit findings:
 Consumable and waste materials (e.g.
oils and chemicals) shall be stored on
hard, impermeable surfaces with sufficient
bunding capacity to sufficiently contain
any spills.
 Oil drums shall be stored in bunded area.
 All effective measure to prevent oil leaks
shall be evident.
 Bund wall area shall be clear & clean.
 STP’s laboratory reports shall be available
with the area services as required by the
SLA. Area services should be aware of
the legislative standards (waste water
discharge standard, drinking water
standard in case managing Reverse
Osmosis Plant (RO Plant).
 All operating STP’s shall have operating
flow meter.
 The following shall be reviewed in regards
to waste consignment notes:
a) Disposed amount of waste shall be
identical in both Contractors soft
copy and hard copy written by hand.
b) Transporters signatures availability.
c) Yellow copy of CN should be
returned to the originator.
d) Availability of NORM material record
at storage facility.
e) Plans for performing integrity checks
on the oily waste storage area
should be in place.
 Ensure chemical storage facilities in
station to be to comply with requirements.
 An emergency plan for all activities/areas
is available.
 All emergency equipments in the LECC
e.g. Escape hoods, good order for
immediate use.
 LECC room shall be in good order:
 Updated phone list.
 Computers shall have PDO System
access.
 Properly functioning communication tools
e.g. Walkie talkies.
 Cluster staff shall be fully aware of the
post emergence exercise reporting
requirements as described in GU 288.
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ISO 14001:2004 Requirements
Clause
Checking
Monitoring &  Formal process for tracking
Measurements environmental performance on a
regular basis.
 Monitoring equipment must be
calibrated, maintained and records
kept
Evaluation of  Systematic process for evaluating
Compliance compliance with applicable
regulations and other requirements
 The organization shall keep
records of the results of the
periodic evaluations.
Non  Investigate and determine causes
conformity, of actual non conformities and to
corrective and take action to prevent recurrence,
preventive  Investigate potential non
actions conformities and assess the need
for implementing preventive
actions
 Review effectiveness of corrective
and preventative actions.
Internal Audit  Audit programme(s) shall be
planned, established, implemented
and maintained, taking into
consideration the environmental
importance of the operation(s)
concerned and the results of
previous audits.
Clarifications & actions
 Monthly data report for oily waste and
waste consignment note shall be inline.
 Scheduled environmental tests between
Production Chemistry and Cluster shall be
conducted on time & updated.
 Monthly Environmental data report and
area source data shall coresspond e.g.
Data from waste contractor  area
services  MSE2 shall all be identical.
 All analytical instruments shall be
calibrated and calibration records
maintained.
 Daily Checklists (Site inspections) shall be
completed daily as required by PDO
procedure.
 Ensure systematic evaluation of
compliance.
 All ISO-14001 action items shall have
evidence of close out.
 Deviation from the limits/target e.g. STP
parameters shall be properly handled and
resolved.
 Environmental non conformance need to
be shall be properly handled and
resolved.
 Ensure audit findings are properly tracked
and closed.