Remedial Action for Hazards is Implemented Accordingly (SO4-AC1)

Preventative actions are steps taken to ensure that a problem does not occur.

Corrective actions are steps that are taken to address a problem. This is compared with preventative actions taken to avoid a problem in the first place. Corrective action is an action planned or taken to stop something from recurring. Corrective actions are steps that are taken to address a problem. This is compared with preventative actions taken to avoid a problem in the first place.

Remedial action is action proposed or taken to remove nonconformity. Remediation is the act of correcting an error or stopping something bad from happening, e.g. “contamination clean-up actions”. The main requirements for a Remediation Plan are to outline which remediation methods are necessary, and why.

A Remedial Action Plan is a guideline that proposes a series of procedures, in order to perform contamination clean-up actions over a period of time. When pollution exists on a property, at levels requiring clean-up, it is important to design the most appropriate course of action to carry out the environmental remediation process.