Environmental management

Environmental management

Comprehensive environment protection practices that aim to prevent or reduce damages to the natural environment as a result of energy productions. These activities include emergency planning, environmental response, compensation and liability, community right to know, regulations for owners and operators of permitted hazardous waste facilities, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, and use prohibitions.

Industry: Oil & gas; Energy

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Environmental management

As low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)

Energy; Environmental management

An approach to radiation protection to control or manage exposures (both individual and collective to the work force and the general public) and releases of radioactive material to the environment as ...

Asbestos-containing waste materials

Energy; Environmental management

Mill tailings or any waste that contains commercial asbestos and is generated by a source subject to the provisions of this subpart. This term includes philtres from control devices, friable asbestos ...