Regulatory Compliance and Auditing Category
The Phylmar Group, Inc.
1) Objectives
Develop a system to select and prioritize sites for environmental, health, and safety (EHS) audits
Why?
- Cannot audit all operations
- Need to set priorities based on risk management concepts
System should:
- Apply standard criteria to all sites and prioritization decisions
- Generate reproducible results
- Consider quantitative and qualitative data
2) System Concepts
System rates each audit site according to types of risk….
- Inherent risk (IR): fixed due to nature of operations
- Manageable risk (MR): changeable due to management
…..and risk control activities
- Risk control (RC): EHS programs
Audit site rating is derived from …
Iris Environmental
Iris Environmental provides strategic environmental consulting for New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. in Fremont, California. This automobile manufacturing operation is an innovative joint venture between General Motors and Toyota. Multiple projects have been undertaken to assess possible hydrocarbon release areas and to engineer solutions for hydrocarbons detected in soils and ground water beneath the facility. Environmental considerations have also been addressed for multiple plant expansions. Iris Environmental is currently assisting NUMMI meet their state and federal air pollution regulatory requirements with an air emission inventory database developed for compliance …
