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ASTM E 2365 : 2014

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Standard Guide for Environmental Compliance Performance Assessment
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

04-10-2021

Language(s)

English

Published date

14-02-2014

1.1Overview—This guide is an organized collection of information and series of options for industry, regulators, auditors, consultants and the public, intended to measure compliance with environmental performance standards against established benchmarks. It focuses on compliance with air, water, waste prevention, waste management, and toxic reduction standards for facilities in the United States. While the guide does not recommend a specific course of action, it establishes a tiered framework of essential components, beginning with those standards where a deviation presents the greatest potential public health, environmental, and business risks. In each identified pathway, at each tier or step of analysis, the guide outlines ways to identify compliance options and reduce pollution in iterative steps. The goal in using the guide is to lower environmental, public health and business risks from Tiers 1 and 2 to Tiers 3 and 4, by evaluating the performance standards described in this guide. While this guide provides a simplified framework of explicit steps for users, a qualified professional should conduct detailed, site-specific risk analysis. This guide may act as a starting point for organizations with limited experience in systematic environmental assessment. As facilities develop their specific plan framework, they will find that risk is weighted by more than just a few parameters. For each facility risk is the complex interaction among location, size, history, surrounding community and ecological zones.

1.2Differences Among Standards—This guide focuses on compliance with environmental performance standards in the United States. As such it includes a unique, risk-based method to analyze specific groups of legal requirements, as well as risk reduction techniques, sometimes called “pollution prevention.”

1.2.1Use of this guide provides a system to evaluate the relative priority of compliance and pollution prevention activities. Unlike environmental management systems, it provides a framework to triage critical issues, based on consideration of actual risk of harm to public health and the environment.

1.2.2Environmental regulatory requirements in the United States are administered primarily by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the parallel State and Local Agencies with similar regulatory authority. Certain other Federal regulatory agencies and State and local counter parts may also have legal requirements relating to environmental performance standards. Examples include the Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Agriculture (USDA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Unlike certain international standards, this guide uses the major groups of environmental regulatory standards in the United States for air and water quality, waste management, release prevention, and toxic materials use reduction, in order to organize the compliance analysis framework.

1.2.3This guide derives general information about regulatory requirements from common elements of Federal, State and local programs, including statutes, regulations, guidance and policies. Since agencies may have overlapping authorities and different emphasis for particular issues such as waste management, the user should consult the applicable program for detailed interpretation of specific requirements in a particular jurisdiction.

1.2.4Pollution prevention is a specific term used in United States environmental compliance management programs. The term usually refers to source reduction actions. Unlike the term “prevention of pollution,” which is used in certain international environmental management standards, pollution prevention does not generally include end-of-pipe or top-of-stack control actions.

1.3Limitations of this Guide—Given the variability of the different types of facilities that may wish to use this guide, and the existence of State and Local regulations that may impose requirements greater than those required by USEPA, it is not possible to address all the relevant standards that might apply to a particular facility. This guide uses generalized language and examples to guide the user. If it is not clear to the user how to apply standards to their specific circumstances, it is recommended that users seek assistance from qualified professionals. An Environmental Regulatory Compliance Audit, such as Practice E2107, may assist a facility with areas of non-compliance and potential liabilities. This can be a starting point for development of facility specific environmental compliance management programs.

Committee
E 50
DocumentType
Guide
Pages
24
PublisherName
American Society for Testing and Materials
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

ASTM E 2107 : 2020 Standard Practice for Environmental Regulatory Compliance Audits
ASTM E 2107 : 2006 : R2014 Standard Practice for Environmental Regulatory Compliance Audits

ASTM F 1127 : 2001 : R2007 Standard Guide for Containment by Emergency Response Personnel of Hazardous Material Spills
ASTM E 1990 : 2014 Standard Guide for Performing Evaluations of Underground Storage Tank Systems for Operational Conformance with 40 CFR, Part 280 Regulations
ASTM E 2107 : 2006 Standard Practice for Environmental Regulatory Compliance Audits
ASTM E 1526 : 1993 Standard Practice for Evaluating the Performance of Release Detection Systems for Underground Storage Tank Systems (Withdrawn 2002)
ASTM E 2107 : 2006 : R2014 Standard Practice for Environmental Regulatory Compliance Audits
ASTM F 1127 : 2007 Standard Guide for Containment of Hazardous Material Spills by Emergency Response Personnel
ASTM F 1127 : 1988 : R1996 Standard Guide for Containment by Emergency Response Personnel of Hazardous Material Spills
ASTM E 1609 : 2001 Standard Guide for Development and Implementation of a Pollution Prevention Program (Withdrawn 2010)
ASTM E 2107 : 2000 Standard Practice for Environmental Regulatory Compliance Audits
ASTM E 1990 : 1998 Standard Guide for Performing Evaluations of Underground Storage Tank Systems for Operational Conformance with 40 CFR, Part 280 Regulations
ASTM F 1127 : 2007 : R2013 Standard Guide for Containment of Hazardous Material Spills by Emergency Response Personnel
ASTM F 1127 : 2001 Standard Guide for Containment by Emergency Response Personnel of Hazardous Material Spills
ASTM E 1990 : 2021 Standard Guide for Performing Evaluations of Underground Storage Tank Systems for Operational Conformance with 40 CFR, Part 280 Regulations
ASTM E 1990 : 2016 Standard Guide for Performing Evaluations of Underground Storage Tank Systems for Operational Conformance with 40 CFR, Part 280 Regulations
ASTM E 1609 : 1994 Standard Guide for Development and Implementation of a Pollution Prevention Program

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