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Gauging Our EHS Sustainability Performance
Amtrak EHS Annual Report 2010 | 33
Positive Findings are operational practices and designs exceeding
compliance requirements or enhanced environmental protection that
promotes pollution prevention, creates efficiency, and/or reduces Amtrak’s
risks.
Good Management Practices are practices that help improve internal
operations by implementation of basic concepts.
Potential Violations are findings based on environmental law and regulation.
A PV finding indicates less than full compliance with applicable
requirements.
Management Practice Findings are an indication that the facility is not fully
following Amtrak standards or best business practices or policies, but does
not rise to the level of a PV.
A facility is responsible for developing and implementing a Corrective Action Plan
to address all Management Practice and Potential Violation findings noted during
an audit. The Responsible Amtrak Official (RAO) works with the Division Senior
Environmental Coordinator (SEC), the Environmental Coordinator (EC), and the
Environmental department to develop and implement corrective actions in a
mutually accepted time frame. The RAO is required to issue status reports on the
CAP until all findings are closed. PVs discovered during the audit must be
corrected as soon as possible, but within 60 days. MP findings discovered during
the audit must be corrected as soon as possible, but within six months.
Upon audit completion, an Audit Score is determined based on an assessment of a
facility’s Environmental Management System and the number and type of findings
noted during the audit. The EMS Audit Score is used to gauge how effective
facility programs are in regard to environmental compliance and industry
conformance.
Environmental FACE Program
The Amtrak Facility Assessment Compliance Evaluation (FACE) Program helps
the company assess, report, and correct environmental non-conformance at
facilities and equipment locations that are not included in the Environmental Audit
Program. During FY10, 48 FACE reviews were performed as part of the Amtrak
EMS.
The FACE Program is an evolution of the Environmental Audit Program designed
to assess facilities and operations that present a lower environmental risk than
sites included in the Audit Program. By evaluating and managing potential
environmental impacts of Amtrak operations, the company reduces its
environmental risks. The FACE Program covers approximately 120 facilities,
including 60 substation sites in the Northeast Corridor, as compared to a