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Environmental Management System Guidance Manual (July 2007)

The updated 2007 "Environmental Management Guidance Manual" was designed to assist small and medium sized businesses and other organizations in developing and implementing an environmental management system (EMS).  An EMS is a systematic, dynamic program which incorporates environmental responsibilities and management into the day-to-day operations at a facility.

 

This "plain English" manual is designed in a workbook style taking an organization step-by-step through an easy-to-follow process of developing and implementing an EMS.  The manual contains a number of EMS documents and records along with blank forms and tables for your use.  It is based, in part, on the Clean Corporate Citizen (C3) program requirements for EMS and the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 14001 EMS standard.

 

Copies of the 2007 edition of Environmental Management System Guidance Manual can be purchased for $13.10 each.  To order a copy, complete the "Guidance Manual Order Form" and mail it along with a check for $13.10 payable to the State of Michigan at the address provided.

 

This web site contains a complete version of the guidance manual and allows you to down load it by chapter.  A number of tables and forms are available in a Word format and are listed by number for each respective chapter. 

 

Cover Page

Disclaimer

Table of Contents

Preface

 

Chapter 1:    Environmental Policy Development
   Form 1.1 -  EMS Management Commitment
   Form 1.2 -  EMS Project Team

   Form 1.3 -  EMS Environmental Policy

 

Chapter 2:  Environmental Program Development 
   Form 2.1 -  EMS Environmental, Legal and Other Requirements
   Form 2.2 -  EMS Identification of Activities, Products and Services
   Form 2.3 -  Process Information - Operations Units
   Form 2.4 -  Buildings and Surroundings Information
   Form 2.5 -  EMS Aspects and Impacts
   Form 2.6 -  EMS Aspect and Impact Analysis for Significance
   Form 2.7 -  EMS Objectives and Targets

Chapter 3:  Operations and Activities of Significant Impact
   Form 3.1 -  EMS Operations and Activities Procedure Listing

Chapter 4:   Environmental Reporting and Recordkeeping
   Form 4.1 -    EMS Records and Recordkeeping

 

Chapter 5:   Environmental Training and Tracking
   Form 5.1 -    EMS Training and Tracking

 

Chapter 6:   Emergency Preparedness and Response
   Form 6.1 -    EMS Emergency Preparedness and Response

 

Chapter 7:   Internal Communication
   Form 7.1 -    EMS Internal Communication

 

Chapter 8:   External Communication
   Form 8.1 -  EMS External Communication

 

Chapter 9:  Environmental Self-Audits and EMS Audits

 

Appendix A:  Elements of a C3 EMS

Appendix B:  Pollution Prevention

Appendix C:  Procedures for C3 Application

Appendix D:  C3 to ISO 14001

Appendix E:  Acronyms

 

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