Information Handbook

Procedure

Environmental Aspects, Impacts and its

Evaluation

Authorization:

Name Org. Unit Date Signature

Prepared by: Prashant Verma RC IN BT 30.01.2018 Sgd. Prashant

Verma

Reviewed by : Satyanarayan Nayak RC IN BT 30.01.2018 Sgd. Satyanarayan

. Nayak

Authorized by: Devidas Kulkarni RC IN BT 30.01.2018 Sgd. Devidas Kulkarni

Scope: IN BT

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1 Purpose
To identify environmental aspects of the activities, products, and services; evaluate the
impacts in order to determine the significant aspects.
2 Scope
Refer cover page for details of applicability of this procedure.

3 Terms and Definitions, Abbreviations

Nil

4 References
- ISO 14001:2015, Clause 6.1.2
- EHS Governance Model HR ES link
5 Responsibility
- Refer EHS Governance Model for responsibilities of Sector EHS representative and
Div EHS Officer.
- EHS Working Group:
EHS working group appointed by the Factory / Site EHS officer, in consultation with the
respective Factory heads / Project Manager / other experts as needed, is responsible to:
a) Identify the environmental aspects and its impacts due to the activities, products and
services in the Factory / Site
b) Decide the criterion for determination of significant aspects
c) Evaluate the impacts accordingly and determine significant aspects
6 Methodology
The detailed methodology for identifying aspects and determining which aspects have
significant impacts on the environment is described below.

Sr.
Activity Responsibility
No.
1. Identify the environmental aspects either controlled or influ- EHS working
enced by the factory / sites, by way of interviews and/or in- group
spection / measurement and/or review of records, associated
with each of the activity carried out by taking cognizance of:
- Department flow process chart
- Legislative requirements
- Air emissions
- Soil contamination
- Effluent generation
- Ground-Water Contamination
- Effluent disposal (Solid & Liquid)
- Energy utilisation
- Past incidents
- Raw material consumption

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Sr.
Activity Responsibility
No.
- Impact of operations on environment
- Existing environmental management practices
2. Based on whether the activity leads to or has the potential to EHS working
lead to any environmental damage, classify these environ- group
mental aspects as under:
- Normal operating conditions
- Abnormal operating conditions including start-up and
shut-down
- Emergency conditions and accidents
3. Finalize the details under Item 1 & 2 above with EHS work- Factory / Site
ing group for adequacy and completeness (use attachment 7 EHS officer
(a), also refer sample on Pg 6)
4. Evaluate identified environmental impacts with EHS working Factory / Site
group on the basis of Environmental Concerns on a scale EHS officer
of 1 to 5 as follows:
- Scale of the impact (S)
- Severity of the impact (S)
- Probability of occurrence of impact (P)
- Duration of the impact (D)
Refer Annexure 1 for various criterion for evaluation of im-
pacts as per the SSPD model.
5. Evaluate identified environmental impacts with EHS working Factory / Site
group on the basis of Business Concerns as follows: EHS officer
Probable Business Opportunities:
An aspect is identified as significant when there is a busi-
ness opportunity by way of revenue generation / resource
saving of a significant amount per annum. The EHS working
group shall discuss and finalise the estimated revenue gen-
eration / savings with their factory heads / project managers.
Legal Requirements:
An aspect is identified as significant if its impact requires any
legal compliance.
Interested Party’s Concern:
Interested parties include public, suppliers, customers,
stakeholders, government bodies and employees. Any as-
pect is considered as an ‘interested party concern’, if there
are three or more complaints on the same aspect from the
same interested party within a calendar year.
The evaluation of the aspect will also depend on existing
controls in place and whether the aspect is a start up or shut
down activity.

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Sr.
Activity Responsibility
No.
6. Classify impacts leading to an Emergency Conditions as Factory / Site
significant irrespective of their evaluation based on Business EHS officer
or Environmental Concerns.
7. Identify impacts which are significant on the basis of cut-off Factory / Site
score of SSPD (multiplication of the allocated values of EHS officer /
scale, severity, probability & duration). EHS working
group
Note :
This shall be done by taking into consideration feedback re-
ceived through site-visits & interviews with concerned per-
sonnel by EHS Working Group. Feedback received is ana-
lysed activity wise with respect to environmental impacts and
is considered as significant when the SSPD Score is greater
than 40. The EHS Working Group shall have the discretion
to select Aspects as significant with a score lower than 40.
9. For significant environmental aspects, establish: Factory / Site
- Objective / Target to reduce its significance EHS officer
- Operational control procedures
- Environment Management Programmes (as per attach-
ment 7 (b), also refer sample on Pg 7), as applicable
10. Retain the completed ‘evaluation of aspects and impacts’. Factory / Site
EHS officer
11. Review and update above evaluation of aspects and impacts Factory / Site
on minimum annual basis (or earlier as required) taking into EHS officer
consideration:
- Any changes in the existing processes.
- Any changes in factory / site layout with respect to ma-
chinery and equipment (old/new).
- Any new process, service, product or activity introduced.

7 Attachments

a) Aspect Impact Evaluation Sheet V: IN BT/ENV/F-03

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ANNEXURE 1: Criteria for evaluation of impacts

Weight SCALE SEVERTIY PROBABILITY DURATION

1 Within Very Low: Occurs at Lasts for less

workplace. least once a than or up to
Pollution due to the activity
month one hour
causes no irritation to eyes or
ears or discomfort to breathing.
The pollutants do not contaminate
land, water or air.
2 Within spe- Low: Occurs at Lasts for more
cific De- least once a than one hour
Pollution due to the activity
partment. week but less than
causes slight irritation to the eyes
eight hours
or minor noise pollution, which is
within prescribed levels, or slight
suffocation. Pollutants to a small
extent contaminate land, water or
air
3 Within a Moderate: Occurs more Last for 8 hours
Production / than once a but less than
Pollution due to the activity
Site Cell. week 24 hours
causes some irritation to eyes,
higher noise level but which is
within prescribed levels or some
suffocation leading to throat irrita-
tion or cough. Pollutants contami-
nate land, water or air to the ex-
tent that it could be easily avoided
by rectifying the situation.
4 Within the High: Occurs once Last for more
Site / Fac- daily but not than one day
Pollution due to the activity
tory prem- continuously but less than
causes damage to eyes, ears,
ises seven days
throat, lungs or brain, amputation
of a part of the body. Pollutants
contaminate land, water or air
permanently and which are non-
bio-degradable or non-recycled.
5 Outside the Very high: Occurs daily Last beyond
Site / Fac- and continu- seven days
Pollution due to the activity
tory prem- ously
causes death of human beings or
ises
animals. Pollutants contaminate
land, water or air on a large scale.

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