Environmental Management System Risk Register

Environemental Management System - Risk Register - Aspect and Impacts Register - 17 December 2007.
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Risk (Pre-Control)
ID
Activities
General Description
Aspects
Impact
Consequence
Frequency
Risk (Post-Control)
Risk Level
Control Measure
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
ACTION/COMMENTS
All Activity Areas
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Use of energy for heating,

Resource Consumption /
cooling and lighting across
Depletion of natural resources
Energy (electricity and gas use)
all UWS activities
Use of energy for heating,
Emissions / Air conditioning
cooling and lighting across
units, gas etc
all UWS activities
Use of potable water
across all UWS wide
activities
Use of potable water in
cooling towers
Water
General waste
Waste Generation / General

waste
Management of Contractors, Lessees and Entities

Management of
contractors, lessees and
entities
Management of
contractors, lessees and
entities
Release / Water
Local release of ozone depleting

substances and other
contaminants (CO2 equivalent and
Legionella)
Contamination (direct or indirect)

of soil, groundwater and surface
water
Use of landfill space or
incineration resulting in
atmospheric releases
Building Management
and Control System/Load
Management Control
System in some places
Air Conditioning
Maintenance Schedules
UWS Procurement
Procedure and Tender
Board Policy
Draft Architecture and Building

Services Policy and Manual to be
finalised and approved
Grounds and
Maintenance Contracts
Written into contracts to only mow

when required
Grounds and
Maintenance Contracts
Noise rating on machinery
DRAFT Waste
Management Procedure
Grounds staff only use Roundup

Bioactive - biodegradable and frog
friendly
Hazardous Materials
Register/Asbestos
program/WMS for
removal/UWS Asbestos
Safety Procedures
Emergency spill
response procedure TO
DO/Asbestos
program/Code of
Practice
As created by all UWS activities As created by all UWS activities
As created by all UWS activities Legal non-compliance
Buildings, Maintenance and Grounds

Use of materials for
building, maintenance and Other Resources (building
materials, hazardous
construction activities
substances etc.)
Generation of dust, fumes Emission / To air of dust, fumes Change in local air quality
and particles during
and particulate matter
maintenance, construction
and grounds activities
Use of plant and machinery Emission / noise
Disturbance to local community

and fauna
Regulated waste
Waste Generation / Regulated Use of landfill space or
(hazardous)
Waste
Asbestos waste (buildings Waste Generation / Asbestos Use of landfill space or
on site may contain
Waste
asbestos)
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Storage of chemicals and

hazardous materials
Leaks and Spills / hazardous & Contamination (direct or indirect)

toxic substances,paints,
water
solvents, pesticides, fertilisers
etc.
September 2007
Water conserving
devices in new
projects/replacements
Comprehensive cooling
tower maintenance
schedules
DRAFT Waste
management
procedure/Recycling
contracts
SOME required to have

WMS/ ISO certified/
EMS and P in place
SOME required to have
WMS/ ISO certified/
EMS and P in place
UWS approach to energy

consumption is ad hoc - recommend
an energy audit conducted by
consultant
A/C units still use CFCs - further

work required to quantify leaks
Risk level reduced due to recycling

initiatives recently implemented - will
only improve if funding is granted
Procedures and EMS inductions

required
Procedures and EMS inductions

required
Water audit required - no systematic

plan currently in place - EMP to
address
Non Compliant - cooling towers water
release requires Sydney Water
wastewater permit
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Risk (Pre-Control)
ID
Activities
General Description
Aspects
Impact
Spillage of fuels or other

solvents and paints,
including from vehicles on
access roads and car
parks/ Spillage and use of
fertilisers and other
chemicals
Wash down of plant,
machinery and equipment
Release / Hydrocarbons into the Contamination (direct or indirect)

Environment /Run-off of
water
fertilisers and other materials
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Grounds clearance
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Delivery of materials
Vegetation Clearance / general Disturbance/destruction of flora

and fauna
grounds maintenance
Resource Consumption / fuel Depletion of natural resources
use
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Construction and
refurbishment of buildings
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Release / Wash down water

including concrete washout
Runoff / of sediment
Construction and
refurbishment
Construction and
refurbishment / compliance
with consent
Resource consumption /
Maintenance of gas supply maintenance of leaks
infrastructure/ energy
supply infrastructure
Construction and
Construction and
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water

water
Aesthetic impact and visual
intrusion
Legal non-compliance
Risk (Post-Control)
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
Control Measure
ACTION/COMMENTS
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
Emergency spill
response procedure TO
DO
Emergency spill
response procedure /
Fleet washed off campus
Designated areas natural bushlands
Electric vehicles x 2
Contract Documents
Master Plans in
development
QA
Gas Boiler / A/C

Check in contracts that appropriate

codes are referred to.
Purchasing procedure/ IT
equipment Disposal
Policy
Recycled paper NOT currently used also paper audit to be conducted

refer draft EMPs
Electric vehicles
CPTED program
Appropriate permits
emergency spill
response procedure
UWS Shuttle bus service

at Penrith/ other services
State Govt
Gas rental
Maintenance contract
DRAFT Waste
Spill Kits to be supplied to CWF

grounds vehicles -$
Office and General Teaching Areas

Use of office stationery, IT Resource Consumption
consumables
(paper, stationery, IT
consumables and IT hardware
etc.)
Delivery of materials,
Emission / Greenhouse gas
transport to and from the
emissions (car use, fuel use etc)
site by staff and students,
and inter-campus/on-site
travel
Use of lighting (outside and Emission / light
inside)
Depletion of natural resources and

other impacts relating to life-cycle
analysis of products
Use of office /lecture

theatre amenities
Transport to and from the
site by staff and students
Waste Generation / sewage
Transport to and from the

site by staff and students,
and delivery of materials
Resource Consumption / fuel

use
Compliance with Trade Waste

Permit
water
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Use of gas
Leaks and Spills / fuel
Change in local air quality
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Use of extractor fans in

kitchens
General waste (including
packaging waste)
Emission / To air of
smoke/odours
waste
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Leaks and Spills / car use

within car park areas
Nuisance issues and disturbance

to fauna
Kitchen/Catering facilities
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September 2007
Dictated by Community Prevention

Through Enviornmental Design
Program
Risk (Pre-Control)
ID
Activities
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General Description
Aspects
Impact
Production of waste
(including chemical and oil
related waste)
Biodegradable kitchen
waste
Waste Generation / Industrial

and hazardous waste (oils,
chemicals etc.)
Waste Generation /
Biodegradable waste

Composting (+ve impact)
Storage and use of

cleaning materials and
kitchen oils
Production of waste water
from kitchen and amenities
Leaks and Spills / (cleaning

materials and oils etc.)

water
Depletion of natural resources and
energy use
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Waste Generation /
biodegradable waste
Resource Consumption / fuel Depletion of natural resources

use
Emission / Greenhouse gas
Risk (Post-Control)
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
Control Measure
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
Kitchen oil recycled off

site by contractor
NIL COMPOSTING:
included in general waste
No SOPS - OH&S
committee just formed
Electric vehicles x 1 for

stores at Kingswood
Experiments/pracs
conducted at a microlevel - inductions and
SOPS
Comprehensive Fume
Cupboard Maintenance
Contract
Grease
traps/dishwashers AAA
ratd
Electric vehicles x 1 for
stores at Kingswood
ACTION/COMMENTS
Laboratories
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Use of materials for

research activities (food
and cleaning materials)
Other Resources (including
hazardous and toxic materials)
Use of extraction units
Emission / To air of dust, fumes Change in local air quality

(volatile organics) and
particulate matter
Production of waste
(including chemical and
hazardous waste)

and hazardous waste (filters,
chemicals etc.)
Production of clinical waste Waste Generation / Clinical

Waste

Incineration resulting in
Storage and use of

Leaks and Spills / (Hazardous Contamination (direct or indirect)
laboratory supplies (acids, and toxic materials etc.)
water
alkalis and hazardous
chemicals)
Storage and use of radioisotopes
Emissions / To air from

radioactive isotopes
Storage and use of fuels

Emissions/ Leaks and Spills
and gases (e.g. LPG, gas
cylinders)
Transportation to and from Resource Consumption / fuel
field trips, delivery of
use
materials
OHS/R&A Action Plan in place as

result of EMS report - consequnetly
reduces risk
OHS/R&A Action Plan in place

consequently reduces risk
Low level radioisotopes only at

Campbelltown and Parramatta
OHS Draft Laboratory

Safety Guidelines
Contracted
buses/student
transport/store vehicles
Contracted
buses/student
transport/store vehicles
Local release of radiation

Transportation to and from Emission / Greenhouse gas
field trips, delivery of
materials
UWS OHS Draft

Laboratory Safety
Guidelines/UWS
Hazardous Substances
and Dangerous Goods
Procedures
Stericorp clinical waste
contractors at all
campuses
UWS OHS Draft
Laboratory Safety
Guidelines/UWS
and Dangerous Goods
Procedures
UWS OHS Draft
Laboratory Safety
Guidelines/UWS
and Dangerous Goods
Procedures
Fume Cupboards not all compliant CWF and OHS issue to be

invesitgated but from an
environmental perspecitve risk is
reduced by maintenance schedules
September 2007
Risk (Pre-Control)
ID
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Activities
General Description
Agricultural and Horticultural Activities

Use of materials to
enhance/enable crop and
livestock growth
Aspects
(pesticides, fertilisers, seed,
feed etc.)
Impact
Consequence
Frequency
Use of plant and machinery Emission / To air of dust, fumes Change in local air quality
Use of plant and machinery Emission / Greenhouse gas

Use of water for farming
activities and amenities
Use of water for farming
activities and amenities

Runoff / to surface and
groundwater
Resource consumption / water Contamination (direct or indirect)
water by salinity
Wash down of plant,
Release / Wash down water
machinery and equipment including chemicals
water
Transport of crops and
Transportation / (consumption Depletion of natural resources
animals for sale
of energy)
Application of fertilisers and Emission / To air of dust, fumes Change in local air quality
pesticides and ploughing
(from spraying pesticides etc)
fields etc.
Application of fertilisers and Runoff / to surface and

pesticides etc.
groundwater
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Risk Level
ACTION/COMMENTS
Work practices - on an
as needs basis
Hawkesbury Water
Reuse Scheme / EMP
Use of potable water low
Hawkesbury Water
Reuse Scheme / EMP
HWRS monitoring in place
HWRS water only wash

downs
Wash downs of pesticides etc?
By UWS vehicles
Workcover Code of
Practice/UWS
Guidelines for the
Storage and Handling of
Fertilisers and Fertiliser
Blends /UWS Hazardous
Substances and
Dangerous Goods
Procedures
Workcover Code of
Practice/UWS
Guidelines for the
Blends /UWS Hazardous
Substances and
Dangerous Goods
Procedures
Pesticide/fertiliser storage not

adequate - needs $
Stored under cover and locked
Decline in surface and

groundwater quality
Emission / Explosion caused by Change in local air quality

fire or combustion
Frequency
Storage and use of fuel and Leaks and Spills / (oil and fuel, Contamination (direct or indirect)
other chemicals
fertilisers and pesticides etc.)
water
Storage of fodder and

materials leading to
spontaneous combustion
UWS Farm Safety

Guidelines/Workcover
Code of Practice/UWS
Guidelines for the
Blends
Work practices cultivating in optimum
conditions and regular
servicing on machinery
Consequence
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Risk Level
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Risk (Post-Control)
Control Measure
Workcover Code of
Practices/UWS
Guidelines for the
Blends /Hazardous
substances and
Dangerous Goods
Procedures/ Draft UWS
Emergency spill
response procedure
UWS Farm Safety

Guidelines
September 2007
Risk (Pre-Control)
Activities
ID
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Aspects
Production of waste
(containers (pesticides etc) waste (inert and solid)
& other non-chemical and
some biosolids))
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Production of waste
(including chemical and
clinical waste)
Undertaking general
farming activities
(ploughing, excavation etc.)
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60

and hazardous waste (filters,
chemicals etc.)
Land use / including noncultivated land
General farming activities Emission / Noise

(use of plant and
machinery etc.)
General farming activities Runoff / of sediment
(use of plant and
machinery etc.)
General farming activities Disturbance of natural flora
(movement of livestock,
and fauna
storage of fodder and grain,
distribution of organics,
etc.)
Disposal of carcasses
Waste Generation / Burial of
wastes
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General Description
Water Management and Reuse

Water Treatment Plant
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Impact
Consequence
Frequency
Risk (Post-Control)
Risk Level


Destruction/ Disturbance of
threatened flora
Workcover Code of
Practice / UWS
Guidelines for the
Blends / DRAFT Waste
DRAFT Waste

water
Refer to aspects register

within EMP
Refer to aspects register within

EMP
Maintenance of water
supply infrastructure
Extraction of groundwater
and surface water
Research and field works
within protected sites
(including water bodies and
wetlands)
Irrigation of lawns, fields
and agricultural areas
maintenance of leaks
Resource consumption / use
of groundwater supply
Disturbance of natural
environment
Green waste
Waste Generation /Green

Waste

Decline in conditions of water
bodies and associated ecology
Emission / Contaminated water Contamination (direct or indirect)

water
Gorunds and Landscape

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Buildings
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HWRS
Recycling and re-use of

Waste Generation /
equipment and other
Recycling/Re-use waste
materials
Surface water management Emission / Release of water
and storage
and sediments to environment
Reduction of sedimentation and

control of flooding (+ve)
Risk Level
ACTION/COMMENTS
Staffing shortages at Hort. No one to

handle this aspect.
As above
ENDANGERED CUMBERLAND
PLAIN vegetation :Fencing to be
examined / in a position to apply for
external funding once site
assessment completed /
management group formed/ voluntary
bush regeneration 2006
UWS Farm Safety

Guidleines
Not able to monitor however none observed
REDUNDANT
Venison sold/Offal taken

to Bushes Pet Foods Burial Pit
Burial pit in Yarramundi paddocks access?
HWRS EMPS,SOPS,
OHS committee
Water now teritary treated NOT

secondary
Stormwater reticulation
Buffer Zones
Comprehensive Water
Quality Monitoring
Program/ Soil Monitoring
Program
DRAFT Waste
Waste management
procedure/Contracts
Composting (+ve impact)
Reduction in raw materials (+ve

impact)
Frequency
Positive Impacts
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Consequence
NSW Threatened
Species Conservation
Act 1995 /EPBC
ACT/Fenced off areas
Disturbance to local community

water
Distribution and promotion of
weeds, exotic species, vermin and
pests
Control Measure
September 2007
At Hort. No instrumentation - depend

on HWRS monitoring ascheme
General farming activities now leased
out in high risk areas (Yarramundi
and Clarence Paddocks)
Risk (Pre-Control)
Activities
ID
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HWRS
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HWRS
Office and General
Teaching areas
General Description
Aspects
Distrubance/Improvement /
Surface water management Natural flora and fauna
and storage
Water harvesting
conservation (+ve)
Impact
Improvement of ecology by
creation of habitat (+ve)
Conservation of potable water

supply (+ve)
Reduction in raw materials (+ve
Recycling and re-use of
Waste Generation /
equipment and other goods Recycling/Re-use waste (paper impact)
etc)
Risk (Post-Control)
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
September 2007
Control Measure
Hawkesbury Water
Recycling Scheme wetlands
EMP - to identify and
monitor reductions in the
use of potable water and
thus cost savings
Waste management
procedure/Recycling
contracts
Consequence
Frequency
Risk Level
ACTION/COMMENTS

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Environemental Management System - Risk Register - Aspect and Impacts Register - 17 December 2007.

All Activity Areas

Use of energy for heating,

Waste Generation / General

Management of Contractors, Lessees and Entities

Local release of ozone depleting

Contamination (direct or indirect)

Draft Architecture and Building

Written into contracts to only mow

Noise rating on machinery

Grounds staff only use Roundup

As created by all UWS activities As created by all UWS activities

As created by all UWS activities Legal non-compliance

Buildings, Maintenance and Grounds

Disturbance to local community

Storage of chemicals and

Leaks and Spills / hazardous & Contamination (direct or indirect)

SOME required to have

UWS approach to energy

A/C units still use CFCs - further

Risk level reduced due to recycling

Procedures and EMS inductions

Procedures and EMS inductions

Water audit required - no systematic

Spillage of fuels or other

Release / Hydrocarbons into the Contamination (direct or indirect)

Vegetation Clearance / general Disturbance/destruction of flora

Release / Wash down water

Contamination (direct or indirect)

Contamination (direct or indirect)

Designated areas natural bushlands

Gas Boiler / A/C

Check in contracts that appropriate

Recycled paper NOT currently used also paper audit to be conducted

UWS Shuttle bus service

Spill Kits to be supplied to CWF

Depletion of natural resources

Office and General Teaching Areas

Depletion of natural resources and

Use of office /lecture

Waste Generation / sewage

Transport to and from the

Resource Consumption / fuel

Compliance with Trade Waste

Leaks and Spills / fuel

Change in local air quality

Use of extractor fans in

Change in local air quality

Leaks and Spills / car use

Change in local air quality

Nuisance issues and disturbance

Use of landfill space or

Dictated by Community Prevention

Waste Generation / Industrial

Use of landfill space or

Storage and use of

Leaks and Spills / (cleaning

Contamination (direct or indirect)

Resource Consumption / fuel Depletion of natural resources

Kitchen oil recycled off

Electric vehicles x 1 for

Depletion of natural resources

Use of materials for