Environmental audit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009723",
  "term": "Environmental audit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Environmental Audit",
  "definition": "1. An independent assessment (not conducted by EPA) of a facility's compliance policies, practices, and controls. Many pollution prevention initiatives require an audit to determine where wastes may be reduced or eliminated or energy conserved. Many supplemental environmental projects that offset a penalty use audits to identify ways to reduce the harmful effects of a violation.\n\n2. An environmental audit usually refers to a review or investigation that determines whether an operating facility is in compliance with relevant environmental regulations. The audit may include checks for possession of required permits, operation within permit limits, proper reporting, and record keeping. The typical result is a corrective action or compliance plan for the facility.\n\n3. An independent assessment of the current status of a party's compliance with applicable environmental requirements or of a party's environmental compliance policies, practices, and controls.",
  "abbreviation": "EA",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "Waste and Cleanup Risk Assessment Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/environmental-audit/"
}