In 1994, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) implemented a new audit tool
developed by the US Department of Defense (DOD) called "The Environmental
Assessment and Management Guide" (TEAM Guide). The TEAM Guide uses an
extensive menu of checklists to determine compliance. In November 1994, the
USACE Portland District conducted a TEAM audit of the North Pacific Division
Laboratory in Troutdale, Oregon. The results showed serious deficiencies in
environmental management and compliance that ultimately contributed to closure
of the facility. Opportunities to improve the TEAM Audit process were identified
and included the following:
1. Ensure that each facility develops an Environmental Management Plan using
either ISO 14001 or the Global Reporting Initiative Environmental Standards
2. Utilize professionally-trained and independent auditors to examine
Environmental Management Plans prior to conducting additional TEAM Audits
3. Change TEAM Audit intervals from 5-years to 3-years to increase facility
oversight and be in agreement with audit intervals used by other DOD agencies
4. Continue to document "Findings" by using severity levels, photographs, and
suggested corrective actions in TEAM Audit reports
5. Report environmental management and compliance audit results directly to
senior management and hold managers accountable for corrective actions
6. Involve labor representatives on audits; use them to develop appropriate
corrective actions; communicate to all employees the program's value. / Graduation date: 2002
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/29573 |
| Date | 14 September 2001 |
| Creators | Hepler, Jeffrey A. |
| Contributors | Neumann, Catherine M. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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