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Water Pollution

Discharge

1 What is the name of the 2 What are its specific objectives related to the Priority Unwanted
critical control for Water
Event (PUE)?
Pollution Discharge?
Water Pollution Emergency Response Effective emergency plans to prevent discharge of polluted waters

3 What are the critical 4 What are the activities 5 What can be sampled from
the set of activities for
control performance
within the management
requirements to meet the systems that support verification, providing a
objectives? having the critical control clear image of the critical
able to do what is required? control status?
Polluted water discharge scenarios are Annual review and update of emergency Record of Management of Change
identified including the specific controls plan that ensures any new probable (MOC), review if probable water
to mitigate the risk.(e.g. emergency scenario is assessed for environmental discharge scenarios identified and
basins, bunds, shut-off valves, spill kits) impact and addressed with controls addressed
Emergency controls are regularly Inspection and maintenance records of
inspected and maintained emergency equipment
Teams are trained on how to manage Training records and material for
emergency water discharges emergency response teams

Emergency plan addresses containment Annual review and update of emergency Records of Management of Change
of firewaters including estimated plan that ensures any new probable (MOC) include fire risk impacts, are
volumes, distribution and means of fire scenario is assessed for impact to identified and adequately addressed (e.g.
containment (e.g. portable containment the environment and addressed with changes of firewater distribution flow
dams, wall barriers, bunds) controls and volumes)
Emergency controls for firewater Inspection and maintenance records for
containment are regularly inspected and firewater containment equipment
maintained Training material for emergency
Teams are trained on how to deal with response teams, check how firewaters
emergency water discharges are managed

Third party remediation contractors Quarterly review of contractors Record of licenses/certifications for key
identified and certified for collecting, that ensures validity of licenses and contractors are not expired and contact
treating or disposing of polluted waters certifications numbers are up to date

Emergency plans include crisis and Annual review and update of crisis and Procedures are reviewed at minimum
stakeholder management procedures stakeholder management procedures annually and relevant info is up to
that includes contacts, roles and date (e.g. contact numbers, agencies,
responsibilities Identified personnel is trained on their roles response times)
and responsibilities
Training records of identified personnel
are up to date and specific

6 What is the target performance for critical 7 What is the critical control performance
trigger for shutdown, critical control review or
control?
investigation?
Emergency plans include probable water discharge scenarios Uncontrolled pollution of waters resulting from an emergency
and the controls to avoid pollution

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