A chemical organisation has a plant at which they have to clean several vessels 4–5...

A chemical organisation has a plant at which they have to clean several vessels 4–5 times per day, and during the process, they release for 5–10 minutes some water vapor with a strong acid smell.

You are the audit team leader and are auditing the plant, as part of a second-stage initial certification audit. When auditing the environmental aspects register, you see that the emission of that acid vapor has not been evaluated as a significant aspect. You raise a nonconformity.

At the closing meeting, only two people are present: the Health & Safety supervisor and a sales analyst, neither of whom has participated in the audit.

You: Good evening, could you please inform the managers that we are ready to start with the closing meeting?

H & S Supervisor: Good evening. We are sorry to inform you that the Sales Manager was involved in a serious car accident, and the General Manager and the Environmental Manager have had to leave urgently to attend the emergency.

Sales Analyst: They have asked us to listen to what you need to say and to sign whatever we need to sign. However, the Environmental Manager said that he will not accept the nonconformity related to the acid smell and requests you not to include it in the audit report. Here is a note in which he explains why.

Which one of the following would be your preferred response to the final comment made by the Sales Analyst?