ENSC-3717EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pollution Prevention, Environmental Monitoring, Redone

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Once it is determined that the risk is acceptable, it must be managed. Normal controls must be in place, for example: environmental monitoring;updated procedures;training and reporting; When risk reduction measures are viable, changes must be made, for example: The cycle of risk assessment is re-done iteratively until it is decided that the risk is acceptable. Discontinue the activity: if this continues to negatively affect the four main areas of harm: people, assets, environment, production. Technology: the more complex the technology, the more people will need to design and run it, and the more difficult it will be to predict the risks. Human factors: human behaviour, human error and sabotage are difficult to predict. Professional judgment was employed to assess the following: Probability that remedial action will be successful. Pollution prevention: chemical manufacturing is looking for harmless substitutes, coupled with with recycling: reduce the risk before cleaning up the consequences.

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