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EHS Guidelines: Infrastructure

This collection of Industry-Sector Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines includes sub-sectors in infrastructure, offering guidance on managing related environmental, occupational, and community health and safety risks. Technical guidance is available for transportation, energy distribution, healthcare, tourism, telecommunications, waste management, and essential infrastructure for water and sanitation services.

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The EHS Guidelines for Airlines cover activities related to passenger and cargo airline operators, focusing on flight operations (such as loading and unloading of passengers and cargo) and aircraft maintenance, including engine services, accessory parts overhaul, and aircraft washing, repainting, and testing.

The EHS Guidelines for Airports apply to the planning, construction or expansion and operation of commercial airport facilities. It includes activities associated with approach, landing, taxiing and take-off, as well as ground operations and activities within the airport terminal and ancillary facilities.

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The EHS Guidelines for Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Terminals cover land and shore-based petroleum storage terminals receiving and dispatching bulk shipments of crude oil, gasoline, middle distillates, aviation gas, lube oil, residual fuel oil, compressed natural gas, liquid petroleum gas, and specialty products from pipelines, tankers, railcars, and trucks for commercial distribution.

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The EHS Guidelines for Gas Distribution Systems include information relevant to the distribution of low pressure natural gas from the city gate to residential, commercial, and industrial users.

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The EHS Guidelines for Health Care Facilities include information relevant to major HCF, such as large district-level or general hospitals with multiple specialties or trauma facilities; minor or specialized HCF, such as primary care centers, specialist clinics, outpatient, ancillary and ambulant facilities; and temporary HCF, such as field hospitals, disaster-related temporary facilities, and alternate health care sites. Ancillary facilities may include medical laboratories and research facilities, mortuary centers, and blood banks and collection services.

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The EHS Guidelines for Ports, Harbors, and Terminals are applicable to marine and freshwater ports, harbors, and terminals for cargo and passengers.

The EHS Guidelines for Railways are applicable to activities typically conducted by rail infrastructure operators dedicated to passenger and freight transport, focusing on rail operations, covering construction and maintenance of rail infrastructure as well as operation of rolling stock, such as locomotives and rail cars, and locomotive maintenance activities.

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The EHS Guidelines for Retail Petroleum Networks include information relevant to retail petroleum networks primarily dedicated to the sale of petroleum-based automotive fuels, and which may provide limited vehicle repair and washing services.

The EHS Guidelines for Shipping include information relevant to the operation and maintenance of ships used for the transport of bulk cargo and goods. These guidelines apply to vessels operated with fossil fuels and do not address issues specific to nuclear-powered vessels.

The EHS Guidelines for Telecommunications are applicable to telecommunications infrastructure such as fixed line and wireless voice and data transmission infrastructure, including long distance terrestrial and submarine cables (e.g. fiber optic cables), as well as radio and television broadcasting, and associated telecommunications and broadcasting installations and equipment.

The EHS Guidelines for Toll Roads include information relevant to construction, operation and maintenance of large, sealed road projects including associated bridges and overpasses.

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The EHS Guidelines for Tourism and Hospitality Development contain information relevant to tourism and hospitality facilities, including business and city hotels, resorts, ecolodges, and other accommodation and catering facilities.

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The EHS Guidelines for Waste Management Facilities cover plants dedicated to the management of municipal solid waste and industrial waste, including waste collection and transport; waste receipt, unloading, processing, and storage; landfill disposal; physico-chemical and biological treatment; and incineration projects.

The EHS Guidelines for Water and Sanitation include information relevant to the operation and maintenance of potable water treatment and distribution systems, collection of sewage in centralized systems, such as piped sewer collection networks, or decentralized systems, such as septic tanks subsequently serviced by pump trucks, and treatment of collected sewage at centralized facilities.