What is a reasonable time frame for a system to be 'mature enough' to audit?

[Marc]

Originally posted by Randy

> I think Marc still has an audit matrix on his free stuff
> that I did.

You posted it as an attachement in a thread, didn't you?

 

[Marc]

Originally posted by Dean P.

I think Tom is implying that, having many hazardous chemicals in house will create the need for spill response plans, emergency plans, etc. as they fall under 4.4.7. These items, however, generally fall under regulatory compliance issues, so we must have these plans in place whether or not we choose to go ISO-14001.

This is what I have found to be the case. I haven't yet had a client which had not already identified fed, state and local regulations and were complying.