Assignment: ENMT Plan
Environmental Management plans should always be integrative, and often are centered on an environmental management system (EMS). Examine the following ENMT/EMS Plan and answer the following questions about this plan and how it relates to the concepts we have covered in the ENMT program:
Environmental Management System Plan Prepared by: Environment, Health, and Safety Division Environmental Services Group, March 2009.
(1) What was the driving force of this plan? Was that driving force a policy or regulations or both? Explain your answer with appropriate reference to the EMS plan.
(2) Explain the difference between a compliance-based approach and performance-based approach. How would the two approaches differ in managing ambient air quality standards?
(3) Discuss one ENMT key words (other than EMS) used in this document that you have covered in your ENMT program. Explain the significance of that key word in the larger context of environmental management as well as how they are used in this document.
(4) Examine the "Environmental Compliance Management Plan" within the EMS plan you have read and provide a general multimedia approach to managing engineered nanomaterials.
(5) Write a brief "Environmental Compliance Management Plan" for your home and yard based upon what you have learned in the ENMT program, including environmental laws, regulations, & policies, aligned with ethical principles in sharing this earth with 7.4 billion people.