API 9000 : 1998

SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION
SECTION 2 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION
2.1 Background
2.2 Practical Implementation
2.3 Pollution Prevention Management Practices
      2.3.1 Management Commitment
      2.3.2 Prevention of Spills and Accidental Releases
      2.3.3 Inventory of Releases and Assessment of
              Impacts
      2.3.4 Pollution Prevention Opportunities and
              Approaches
      2.3.5 Pollution Prevention in Research and Design
      2.3.6 Industry and Public Outreach
SECTION 3 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR OPERATING AND PROCESS
            SAFETY
3.1 Background
3.2 Practical Implementation
3.3 Operating and Process Safety Management Practices
      3.3.1 Management Commitment
      3.3.2 Impact Assessment and Resolution
      3.3.3 Sound Work Practices
      3.3.4 Contractor Safety
      3.3.5 Use of Standards
      3.3.6 Documentation of Information
      3.3.7 Safe Transportation Practices
      3.3.8 Incident Investigation
      3.3.9 Fitness for Duty
      3.3.10 Health and Exposure Assessments
      3.3.11 Management of Change
      3.3.12 Management System Assessments
SECTION 4 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR COMMUNITY AWARENESS
4.1 Background
4.2 Practical Implementation
4.3 Community Awareness Management Practices
      4.3.1 Management Commitment
      4.3.2 Assessment of Employee and Contractor Concerns
      4.3.3 Communications Training
      4.3.4 Education
      4.3.5 Dialogue With Employees and Contractors
      4.3.6 Effectiveness Evaluation
      4.3.7 Assessment of Community Concerns
      4.3.8 Education Program
      4.3.9 Dialogue With Local Citizens
      4.3.10 Openness Policy
      4.3.11 Effectiveness Evaluation
SECTION 5 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR CRISIS READINESS
5.1 Background
5.2 Practical Implementation
5.3 Crisis Readiness Management Practices
      5.3.1 Assess and Update Hazards
      5.3.2 Emergency Response Plans
      5.3.3 Communication Procedure
      5.3.4 Twenty-Four-Hour Capability
      5.3.5 Employee Training Programs
      5.3.6 Community Coordination and Response
      5.3.7 Coordination for Recovery
SECTION 6 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP
6.1 Background
6.2 Practical Implementation
6.3 Product Stewardship Management Practices
      6.3.1 Management Commitment
      6.3.2 Goals and Responsibilities
      6.3.3 Evaluation and Assessment of Product Impacts
      6.3.4 Transport of Products
      6.3.5 Communication of Product Information
      6.3.6 Product Design, Manufacture, and Distribution
SECTION 7 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR PROACTIVE GOVERNMENT
            INTERACTION
7.1 Background
7.2 Practical Implementation
7.3 Proactive Government Interaction Management Practices
      7.3.1 Providing Information
      7.3.2 Identifying Proactive Opportunities
      7.3.3 Development of Positions, Policy, and Supporting
              Information
      7.3.4 Conducting Ethical Advocacy Activities
      7.3.5 Participating in Appropriate Pilot Projects
      7.3.6 Participating in Intercompany and Industry
              Activities
SECTION 8 - MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION
8.1 Background
8.2 Practical Implementation
8.3 Resource Conservation Management Practices
      8.3.1 Management Commitment
      8.3.2 Communications
      8.3.3 Efficient Operations
      8.3.4 New Technology
      8.3.5 Planning
APPENDIX A - SELF-ASSESSMENT FORMS
Tables
1 - Management Practices for Pollution Prevention and
    Corresponding API EHS Guiding Principles
2 - Management Practices for Operating and Process Safety
    and Corresponding API EHS Guiding Principles
3 - Management Practices for Community Awareness and
    Corresponding API EHS Guiding Principles
4 - Management Practices for Crisis Readiness and Corresponding
    API EHS Guiding Principle
5 - Management Practices for Product Stewardship and
    Corresponding API EHS Guiding Principles
6 - Management Practices for Proactive Government Interaction
    and Corresponding API EHS Guiding Principles
7 - Management Practices for Resource Conservation and
    Corresponding API EHS Guiding Principle
APPENDIX B - RESOURCE MATERIALS
B.1 - Examples of Resources for Pollution Prevention
         Industry Resources
         Other Private Sector Resources
         Federal Government
         International Groups
         State Government Agencies
         Sector Specific Resources
         Exploration & Production Operations
         Refining, Marketing and Transportation Operations
B.2 - Examples of Resources for Operating and Process Safety
         Industry Resources
         Other Private Sector Resources
         Federal Government
         State Government Agencies
         Sector Specific Resources
         Exploration & Production Operations
         Transportation Operations
B.3 - Examples of Resources for Community Awareness
         Industry Resources
         Other Private Sector Resources
         Federal Government
         State Agencies
         Potential Partnering Organizations
B.4 - Examples of Resources for Crisis Readiness
         Industry Resources
         Other Private Sector Resources
         Federal Government
         State Government Agencies
         Sector Specific Resources
         Exploration & Production Operations
B.5 - Examples of Resources for Product Stewardship
         Industry Resources
         Voluntary Standards
         Federal Government
         State Government Agencies
B.6 - Examples of Industry Resources for Proactive Government
      Interaction
         Industry Resources
         Other Petroleum Industry Trade Associations that
         Sponsor Cooperative Projects with Government Agencies
         Federal Government Agencies
         State Government Agencies
B.7 - Examples of Resources for Resource Conservation
         Industry Resources
         Federal Government
B.8 - State Resources
         API State Petroleum Councils
         Allied Associations
         Selected State Government Agencies

Intended as a bridge between APIs Guiding Environmental Principles and individual company activities for the improvement of environmental health and safety performance. Gives a mechanism for measurement of progress in implementing the management practices. These practices, self assessments and resource material materials are organized round the following strategic elements: prevention of pollution, operating and process safety, community awareness, crisis readiness, product stewardship, proactive government interaction and conservation of resources.