Purpose and Application

1. To establish and document the process for identifying and having access to the environmental legal and other requirements associated with Missouri S&T's activities.
2. This procedure covers the activities of the university including instruction, teaching activities, research activities and administrative and business activities.

Definitions and Scope

1. Legal Requirements are environmental legislation established by the federal, state, or local government
2. Other Requirements are environmental requirements to which Missouri S&T chooses to comply.

Roles and Responsibility

1. The responsibilities associated with the identification of environmental legal requirements are outlined in the table listed below.

           The table below was extracted from the Structure and Responsibility Matrix
 

Clause	Title	Areas	Responsibility	Authority
4.3.2	Legal and Other Requirements	Establish & maintain the procedure for identifying legal requirements	EMS Coordinator/EHS / EMS Sub-Committee	Management Representatives
		Identify legal requirements	EHS	EHS Director
		Make legal requirements accessible to campus & keep them up to date	EHS	EHS Director
		Ensure compliance	Missouri S&T Departments/EHS Director	Management Representatives

Procedure

1. Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) will identify and list the applicable legal and other requirements associated with each environmental aspect. A list of applicable requirements can be found on the Legal & Other Requirements Summary .
2. The EHS Director will ensure the identified legal and other requirements are made accessible to the campus.
3. EHS will periodically review legislation and proposed environmental regulations to ensure that those requirements that apply to the university are kept updated and obsolete documents are disposed of.
4. EHS will stay updated on legislation through the quarterly update of the "Super Reg" CD ROM, UM System Updates for major legislation that impacts the University of Missouri System, and trade journals, periodic training, and technical associations.
5. The Monitoring & Measuring Procedure defines the methodology for ensuring that Missouri S&T remains compliant with these requirements.

    Objective Evidence

Record	Location	Retention Time	Disposition
Legal & Other Requirements Summary	EMS Website	Until Updated	Update
Environmental Regulations	EHS	Until Updated	Update, if hard copy dispose of old revision