Making the audit work for you

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5000171

Wilczynski, E J

These slides presented at an Environmental Auditing Conference, focus on one aspect of environmental auditing: its important role in the even broader practice of Environmental Management. The use of audits by the Department of Energy will be examined within the context of sound environmental management to illustrate the delicate practice of Making the Audit Work for You.'' A summary of the main points to be covered follows. (1) Brief description of DOE Environmental Audit process; disciplines covered, DOE Orders reviewed, management/operations evaluated. (2) Brief discussion of DOE/Secretary Watkin's Tiger Team initiative as the cornerstone of his plan to strengthen the Department's Environment, Safety, and Health (ESH) programs. (3) Examples given of the types of findings presented in each of these areas, along with brief examples of root causes, lessons learned, trends, and noteworthy practices. (4) Discussion of the relationships between environmental audits, safety and health assessments, and management and organization assessments. (5) Discussion of Environmental Auditing/Assessment and its recurring role in the Environmental Management continuum. (6) DOE is cited as an example of an organization that uses audits as a powerful environmental management tool to help achieve its objectives and multiple goals.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5000171
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-20071; CONF-9110275-1-Vugraphs; ON: DE92002721
• Resource Relation: Conference: Environmental auditing conference, Seattle, WA (United States), 22-23 Oct 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENT
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AUDITS
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
US DOE
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
US ORGANIZATIONS
990300* - Information Handling
290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment
Health
& Safety