Environmental Compliance Auditing and EMS Support
US Navy BUMED and NAVFAC Atlantic
EI provided compliance auditing and environmental management system (EMS) support to the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) and the Atlantic Division of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) for a large Navy hospital facility that includes 32 buildings on 110 acres and many underground and above ground storage tanks. Hospital operations included the storage and handling of hazardous waste, regulated medical waste, radioactive materials and occasional mixed waste. As a result, RCRA compliance was particularly important. Other relevant regulations included Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, Pollution Prevention Act, and National Environmental Policy Act.
EI performed a facility audit and gap analysis, which identified all regulatory compliance requirements, and provided action items to improve the EMS’s conformance with EO 13148. EI helped identify and rank environmental aspects, considering all federal and state compliance issues such as use of priority chemicals. EI also provided assistance in maintaining a database to store aspect and impact information; selecting objectives and targets; identifying critical processes/practices; developing standard operating procedures; developing an internal EMS auditing plan; developing an EMS manual, procedures and other materials. As part of this project, EI developed and provided training to senior management, environmental staff and general BUMED personnel.
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