Outside Sun Sun implemented its Audit Program beginning in FY99. The program is designed to ensure that the necessary EHS programs are being implemented at each Sun site.
Individual sites audit their own compliance with applicable laws.
However, every two years, Corporate EHS administers a management systems assessment to determine each major site's EHS programs and their alignment with Sun's EHS Guidelines and Performance Standards. We have already visited our Broomfield site during FY 2000 and will visit the East Bay and Paris sites later this fiscal year. The management component of the audit deals with many issues, some legal in nature, in the hope of preventing serious financial, legal or other consequences. For example, if Sun installs a new laboratory in an existing building, the audit would disclose whether there is a system in place to obtain environmental review of the proposed facility modifications. Such reviews are not required by law, but they eliminate the need for expensive retrofits when EHS needs are discovered after construction.