NASA Procedures and Guidelines
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NPR 8553.1B Eff. Date: September 22, 2009 Cancellation Date:	NASA Environmental Management System (Revalidated 8/28/2014)
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Appendix C: Documents, Procedures, and Records

C.1 Agency Level

a. EMS Documents and Documented Procedures:

(1) NASA NPDs and NPRs (paragraphs P.3, P.4, and Appendix F).

(2) Objectives and Targets and EMPs (paragraph 3.3).

(3) Metrics (paragraphs P.5 and 5.1).

b. Procedures (written or non-written).

(1) EFR procedures (paragraphs 5.2 and 5.5).

(2) Declaration of Conformance (paragraphs 1.1 and 1.2, Chapter 6).

c. EMS Records:

(1) Results of HQ Environmental Management Division-led EFRs (paragraphs 5.2 and 5.5).

(2) Management review results (Chapter 6).

(3) Metrics reports (paragraph 5.1).

C.2 NASA Centers

a. EMS Documents and Documented Procedures:

(1) Objectives and targets for high-priority environmental aspects (paragraph 3.3).

(2) Environmental management programs (paragraph 3.3).

(3)Roles, responsibilities, and authorities for implementation of EMS (paragraph 4.1).

(4) EMS procedures applicable to tenants (paragraph 1.1.5).

(5) Operational Control procedures associated with high-priority environmental aspects (paragraph 4.6).

(6) Procedures to track, monitor, and measure the key characteristics of operations associated with EMS objectives and targets and associated with high-priority environmental aspects (paragraph 5.1).

(7) Metrics (paragraph 5.1).

(8) Declaration of Conformance (Chapter 6).

b. EMS Procedures (written or non-written):

(1) Identification of applicable Federal, State, local, facility-specific, and permit-driven legal and other requirements (paragraph 3.2).

(2) Communications procedures (paragraph 4.3).

(3) EMS training procedures (paragraph 4.2).

(4) EMS documentation (paragraph 4.4).

(5) Document control (paragraph 4.5).

(6) Operational Control procedures for activities associated with EMS high-priority environmental aspects (paragraph 4.6).

(7) Emergency preparedness (paragraph 4.7).

(8) Nonconformance and corrective action tracking (paragraph 5.3).

(9) EMS internal audit procedures (paragraph 5.5).

c. EMS Records:

(1) Activities, products and services, aspects, impacts, and Risk Matrix results (paragraph 3.1).

(2) EMS training records (paragraph 4.2).

(3) Compliance activity records in accordance with legal and other requirements (paragraph 5.2).

(4) Calibration and maintenance records (paragraph 5.1).

(5) Results of tests of emergency response procedures (paragraph 4.7).

(6) Results of independent Declaration of Conformance assessments, Center-led annual EMS reviews, and reviews of compliance with local regulations (paragraphs 5.2 and 5.5).

(7) Communication with external parties (paragraph 4.3).

(8) Decisions made with regard to external communication of high-priority environmental aspects (paragraph 4.3).

(9) Changes in the documented procedures resulting from corrective and preventive action (paragraph 5.3).

(10) Management review results (Chapter 6).

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