Fostering Continuous Improvement, Best Practices and New Strategies at INL

1. Fostering Continuous Improvement, Best Practices and New Strategies at INL Bruce Angle & John Irving 2007 ISM Workshop, Brookhaven National Laboratory November 28, 2007

2. INL’s Experience • Environmental Management System recognized as part of contractor organization since Fall 1999. • ISO 14001 Registered • Bechtel, June 2002 (5 surveillance audits) • Battelle, November 2005 (4 surveillance audits) • ISM Verification • Bechtel BWXT, June 2001 • Battelle Energy Alliance, November 2007

3. Using a Common Infrastructure Sharing a Common Perspective Using Activity-based Compliance Best Practices …

4. Sharing a Common Perspective • A Common Goal to ‘Facilitate’ Work • Environmental, Safety & Health departments view themselves as ‘support’ organizations • Program Environmental Leads work directly with line organizations • Using A Common Language • Work instructions understood by the work force, not in language of Federal, State, or Local laws, regulations, or ordinances (i.e., activity-based, not media-based)

5. Communications Business Systems Corrective Action System Work Control Document Control Training Records Requirements Flow Down Using a common infrastructure ISMS Requirements ISMS / EMS Requirements EMS Requirements

6. Air emissions Asbestos Discharging wastewater Waste generation Energy use Build a new R&D facility on the desert site Operating a new facility Releases toxic air pollutants Worker Health / Notifications Consumes landfill space Depletes natural resources Prepare Permit-To-Construct Purchase approved chemicals Identify controls to reduce waste disposal Incorporate energy saving into operations Activity-Based ComplianceUnderstanding the Relationship … Work Activity Hazard / Aspect Project Work Control & Mitigation Impact / Compliance

7. Environmental Checklist HaRPS PEPs PREPS Integrated Hazard Identification System “Tools” • Environmental Checklist • PREPS • PEPs • HaRPS Integrating ES&H

8. INL / Summary • Sharing common perspectives places everyone on the same ‘level’ playing field with the same shared goals and common language • Using a common infrastructure allows the best use of resources across multiple disciplines • Using an activity-based compliance approach allows for the use of common language and integration into the work control processes

9. What you can use • What Improved INL’s ISMS? • Sharing a common perspective • Sharing a common infrastructure • Using activity-based compliance approach • How to obtain information on INL’s EMS • Contact: • Bruce Angle, 208-626-8745, bruce.angle@inl.gov • John Irving, 208-526-8745, john.irving@inl.gov • INL EMS website: http://www.inl.gov/ems/ • What Can Others Use? • Examples (e.g., Checklist, Safety Gear Pack) • Tools to identify hazards

10. The End … … no, just continual improvement