Audit Question Set Section 4.2 Environmental Cases

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These questions can be used as an aid to assure that your project adheres to the policy briefed in clause 4.2 of the Statute Policy mandated by Defence Regulators which states;

Delivery Teams or equivalents shall establish and maintain through-life environmental cases that provide a compelling, comprehensible and valid argument that the Product, System or Service delivers Sound Environmental Performance.

- Policy Clause 4.2 Environmental Cases
These questions address ASEMS Part 1, Clause 4.2 and DSA 01.1, Elements A, B and K.
Applicable Legislation, Defence Regulations, Policy and Guidance
  1. How has your Environmental Case addressed relevant certification, standards, regulatory and legislative requirements and where are the details recorded?
  2. How have you monitored and updated requirements as necessary and where are details of changes recorded?
Information Management
  1. How is your Environmental Case made available to those needing access to it and where is it published?
  2. How are users of the Environmental Case made aware of any changes to its content?
Self-Assurance
  1. How have you assured that your Environmental Case contains all relevant requirements, including updates?
  2. How have you assured that all relevant stakeholders have access to up to date copies of your Environmental Case?

Covers assurance for policy clause

Environmental Cases

Delivery Teams or equivalents shall establish and maintain through-life environmental cases that provide a compelling, comprehensible and valid argument that the Product, System or Service delivers Sound Environmental Performance.

4.2

Assures Procedures

GMP01

Contracting for Safety and Environmentally Sound Products, Systems or Services

This generic procedure serves to outline the process of managing contracting for safety and environmentally sound PSS.

GMP02

Communication

Effective communication of the principles, goals and outputs of the Delivery Team’s Safety Management System and Environmental Management System is essential to the success of managing safety and environmental risks. It is important to ensure that relevant responsibilities are understood and that actions should be carried out in a coordinated and efficient way.

GMP04

Document and Record Control

This generic procedure offers guidance on document and record control at a project level.

EMP01

Environmental Management Plan

A fully resourced plan to facilitate proactive environmental management should be developed. It is likely that aspects will be known to the Delivery Team prior to commencement of the POEMS Process. This procedure should allow the Delivery Team to budget and resource tasks that ensure products, systems and services deliver sound environmental performance.

EMP05

Impact Priority Evaluation now merged with EMP04

This procedure, EMP05. Impact Priority Evaluation, has now been merged with EMP04. A new EMP05 is under development and information on its release will be provided in due course.

EMP07

Environmental Impact Management

This procedure focuses on the management and reporting of high and medium priority environmental impacts associated with the project.