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Questions a Site Environmental Officer should ask themselves?

• What are the impacts that my company is having on the environment?
• How do I identify and reduce these impacts?
• Does my company comply with state and federal environmental legislation, regulations and policies?
• Does my company need an Environmentally Relevant Activity Licence?
• Does the company have a spill contingency plan as distinct from an emergency plan?
• How comprehensive, out of 10 is the spill contingency plan?
• Does the company have a dedicated spill response team?
• What do I have to do on a daily basis to protect the environment?
• How many people are trained/competent in responding to spills?
• How do I control a dust issue?
• Does the company have a chemical register?
• Does it define spill quantities in terms of spill significance – what is a small/big spill?
• How many different chemicals do you have on site?
• How many chemicals in vessels greater than 200 litres?
• Can we control the environmental impact of a fire?
• Does your company have sufficient PPE to contain a major spill?
• When was the last time the company ran a spill incident simulation?
• How do I handle a complaint from the public?
• Will our activities affect our neighbours?
• How do we check if we have an environmental noise issue?
• Where does our storm water discharge to?
• Who is responsible for restocking the spill kits?
• Are spill kits easily recognised?
• Does the company have a full set of site and drain maps?
• How does your company store/dispose of its waste? Is it within EPA guidelines?
• If you had an environmental incident, do you have enough evidence to prove due diligence?
• Does your company report environmental near misses? If yes, what actions are taken with the information?
  

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