# Presentation: 379204

##  Environmental Management System (EMS)Internal Assessment at BNL

** ****Environmental Management ****System (EMS)****Internal Assessment ****at BNL**

- February 11, 2008
**Bet Zimmerman**, PNNL
- EMS-A, CEP

## Assessment Team

- AUDIT TEAM
- Bet Zimmerman, PNNL ESH&Q (lead)
- David Skipper, Environmental Protection and Waste Management, ORNL
- Both have taken EMS auditor training
- Continuing exchange program
- BNL Point of Contact:  John Selva

**Notes:**
 Introduce selves, whether first time at ORNL

## Purpose and Scope of Assessment

**Purpose**: Evaluate EMS
- Intent
- Implementation (including effectiveness)
- Maintenance, and
- Continual improvement where needed

## Purpose and Scope of Assessment

**Approach**:
- Success-oriented but HARD look
- Most likely to add value if people are totally open and honest
- We will poke around a lot, look for weaknesses, best practices, and share our professional judgment and suggestions on what could be improved

## Purpose and Scope of Assessment

**Approach**:
- Evaluate existing systems compared to the ISO 14001:2004 standard, your EMS program description and procedures
- Conclusions will be based on objective evidence
- Will provide summary of findings at closing meeting on Friday

## Approach

- An assessment plan and schedule have been developed with input from BNL
- Assessment based on sample process
- Not 100% review.  Sampling of people, processes and documents
- Different auditors look at different things, different strengths
- Opportunities at daily debrief to discuss, provide clarification, request additional documents/interviews etc.

## Purpose and Scope of Assessment

**Scope**: BNL, all operations.  Plan to focus on Elements:
- Communication
- EMS Documentation
- Control of Documents
- Operational Control, including clear flow down to workers
- Emergency Preparedness and Response

## Purpose and Scope of Assessment

**Scope** - Organizations:
- Nuclear and Particle Physics: C-AD, Magnet, Instrumentation, Physics  (sample each division here)
- Basic Energy Sciences: Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics & Material Science (CMPMSD), Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
- Light Source (NSLS I.  NSLS II is still in design mode.)
- Life Sciences: Biology, Medical, NASA operations
- EENS: Environmental Sciences Department, Energy Sciences and Technology Department, Nonproliferation and National Security Department
- F&O: Plant Engineering, Safeguards & Security, Central Fabrication Services, Emergency Services, Staff Services
- Environmental Restoration
- ES&H / Directors Office - All of ESH and Balance of Plant (primarily CEGPA, Quality Management Office and Information Technology Division)

## Scheduled Interviews

- Ackerman
- Adams
- Bates
- Bauer
- Bou
- Carr
- D’Ascoli
- DiNardo
- Dirker

- Lebel
- Lee
- Looney
- Lowenstein
- Ludlam
- Lynch
- Misewich
- Petersen

- Emrick
- Falco
- Ferrone
- Gill
- Goode
- Henn
- Hill
- Karol

- Radeka
- Schlagel
- Schwaner
- Searing
- Selva
- Taylor
- VanEssendelft
- Wirick
- Various other

## Applicable Auditing Guidelines

- ISO 14001:2004
- ISO 19011:2002 – Guidelines for quality and/or EMS auditing
-  SBMS Subject Area, Environmental Assessments
- BNL EMS Manual/Program Description, polices, procedures, instructions and records are included in the audit scope

**Notes:**
Check name of 19011 – does audit procedure refernece this?????

## Schedule

- Desk Audit: Week of 02/04/08
- Entrance Meeting: 02/11
- Interviews: 02/11-15.  Daily debrief with Selva et al
- Exit Meeting: Friday, 02/22 – 2:00 – 3:30, Blg 490.  Review findings.
- Finalize draft report:  03/07
- Receive BNL comments: 03/21
- Final report: 03/28
- NSF-ISR (registrar) audit week of June 16

## Questions? Concerns?