During the internal audit of the system according to the ISO 14001 standard, the auditor requests the recording of environmental aspects. The person responsible for the system provides you with this record. The auditor observes that in the open-air area, where the metal sheets are stored, and the workshop, where they are cut, noise, waste generated by the remains of the sheets, and environmental aspects have been identified as environmental aspects. the lubricants used in cutting that have already lost effectiveness. Auditor: Earlier I observed some large dark stains on the floor next to the oil tanks in the warehouse. Have they not identified soil contamination as an environmental aspect? Environmental manager: No, those stains have been there for a long time, and we are going to change the tanks next year. The auditor returns the record of environmental aspects to the person responsible for the system and proceeds to make some notes.

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