Environmental impact is any change to the environment whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an enterprise's activities, products or services. Specific project/site may include hydro storage dams, canals, rivers, spillways, drainage sites, workshops, waste disposal sites, power stations, maintenance sites. Issues, which broad environmental plans and procedures may address, include, but are not restricted to: National, State or local government; local government/regional development plans; water resources; industry/cross industry; business/enterprise cultural, heritage; conservation/flora/fauna; waste disposal; coastal protection; ground water protection; irrigation; salination control; pollution/litter control; river/surface water systems; chemical management; biological control, ie blue green algae; corporate or enterprise. Environmental risks may include: impact of mismanagement of chemicals; impact of mismanagement of biological agents; detrimental impact on limited water resources; spillage; waste disposal; detrimental impact on water catchment areas (urban and non-urban); detrimental impact on rivers, waterways and channels; unsatisfactory water and waste water treatment processes; unsatisfactory trade waste treatment and disposal processes; poor construction processes; planning deficiencies. Environmental legislation may include: Relevant federal by-laws; relevant State/Territory legislation; relevant local government by-laws; relevant government or quasi government policies and regulations. Incidents of environmental impact may include: emissions to air; releases to/of water; releases to land; vibration and noise; disposal of waste; contamination of land; impact on communities; destruction of habitat; use of energy sources; waste generation processes and technologies; impact on culturally significant sites; and may involve the implementation of emergency responses. Environmental management documentation may include: information on applicable environmental laws or other requirements; compliant records; training records; process information; process operational log books,; inspection, maintenance and calibration records; relevant contractor and supplier information; incident reports; information on emergency preparedness and response; records of significant environmental impacts; chain of custody and compliance records; audit results; management reviews. Stakeholders may include: the enterprise; government (all levels); industry - extractive, other utilities, manufacturing, etc.; community action groups; environmental conservation groups; land care groups; primary producers; the general community and individuals; ATSI groups. Generic terms are used throughout this Training Package for vocational standard shall be regarded as part of the Range Statement in which competency is demonstrated. The definition of these and other terms are given in Volume 2, Part 1. |