Management |
- Is the management team supportive, understand the value and are committed to effective measurement?
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Operations |
- Is there an adequate operating and support structure in place?
- Is the personnel trained and competent?
- Are operating procedures and processes in place and adequately defined?
- Is there an effective system alarm response process in place?
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Calibration and Validation |
- Are all relevant parties’ calibration and validation requirements considered?
- Are the calibration procedures adequate?
- Are the calibration software packages in place and effective?
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Sampling and Analysis |
- Sampling and analysis – what is needed, who needs it and who action?
- Are sample take–off points adequate for effective sampling?
- Is a laboratory set up for sample analysis?
- Are procedures in place for gas sampling?
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Reporting |
- Is there a production reporting system for regulators set up?
- Who needs what, when and how in terms of third parties?
- Are the legal environment requirements in the procedures and processes as well as the monitoring and reporting plan in place and the uncertainties?
- Have all the measurement issues for integrated pollution prevention control (IPPC) been addressed?
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Documentation |
- What is needed, by whom and is there a regulation body requirement?
- Is an effective log keeping system in place?
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Data Management, Validation and Security |
- Is measurement data to the required resolution to meet all requirements?
- Is there a data validation process?
- Is all data held securely and backed up and easily retrieved?
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Software Control |
- Is there a software control process in place?
- Who maintains operating system software e.g. flow computers?
- Are all software packages/programmes used in measurement controlled?
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Mis-measurements |
- Are mis-measurements clearly defined?
- Are procedures in place to identify a mis-measurement?
- In terms of mis-measurement reporting, who needs what, when and how?
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Dispensations |
- Is the purpose of dispensations defined?
- What constitutes a dispensation and who gives them?
- Is there a reporting process in place?
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Compliance and Auditing |
- What needs to be audited, by who and when and are they competent?
- Are measurement audits needed and who does them and how often?
- Are environmental audits carried out and who does these and how often?
- Is there a suitable process to effectively audit allocation systems?
- Adequate process in place to agree, track, close out & report audit findings?
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Equipment |
- What needs to be certified, by whom and how often?
- Are sufficient spares being held, controlled and maintained to ensure availability of the system(s)?
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