Training Your Personnel: Level 4

Appendix 7.15


Grey Skies Manufacturing Limited - Register of Significant Environmental Effects

 

Aspect

Sub-Aspect

Impact on Environment

Event Probability

(1 to 3)

Scale of Impact

(-3 to +3)

Significance


Index

Processes

New Coating Process

Operation of curing oven

Waste heat lost to local atmosphere

3

1

3

Storage of large quantities of paint

Solvent emissions (see above)

3

2

6

Waste containers, solid paint waste, waste sludge, used gunwash and oil / water condensate

 

Special waste

3

1

3

Scrap metal components

Spill / leak wastage disposed as special waste

-

-

-

Extraction System

Removal of odours and fumes from plating shops

Beneficial impact on health of employees

-

-

-

Effluent Treatment Plant

Consumption of hazardous chemicals to dose waste streams from plating tanks

Indirect impacts on environment associated with production and transport of hazardous chemicals

-

-

-

Trade effluent discharged to foul sewer

3

-1

-3

Settlement tank

Filter cake disposed of to landfill as special waste

3

1

3

Discharge of untreated effluent in event of breakdown

 

Damage to sewer

 

2

2

4

Testing

Discharge of test solutions into drainage system

 

May act as respiratory poisons in flora and fauna

 :

3

2

6

Plated Components

Improved useful life of components

Reduces impact on environment

3

-1

-3

Scrap components (contaminated waste)

Special waste

3

1

3