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Phase II
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Step 1: Clarify EMS Jargon
One of the first hurdles you will encounter during an aspect analysis is achieving a comfort level with the EMS "jargon". The first step is to take a look at a few terms that you or your employees may not have seen before:
Operation/Activity - something that an organization does (e.g., equipment maintenance).
Environmental Aspect - parts of your operations and activities that interact with the environment and cause an environmental impact (e.g., solid waste generation - rags, etc.).
Environmental Impacts - changes (effects) to the environment, positive or negative, resulting from your utility's operation and activities (e.g., reduction in landfill space - disposing of rags).
Another way to think about it is this way: the aspects are the causes and the impacts are the effects. For example, the burning of gasoline in your car can cause air emissions which affect the air quality.
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Reminder
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Understanding EMS jargon is critical because to manage your identified impacts, you must identify and manage the operations and/or activities that cause the impacts and clearly understand this relationship.
Aspects = Causes
Impacts = Effects
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