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Virginia Regional Environmental Management System (V-REMS)

Virginia Regional Environmental Management System (V-REMS). Partnering for Environmental Results Businesses for the Bay Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony. November 8, 2007. Growth of the Partnership. Diversity of V-REMS Participants. Strategy. Continual Process.

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Virginia Regional Environmental Management System (V-REMS)

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  1. Virginia Regional Environmental Management System (V-REMS) Partnering for Environmental Results Businesses for the Bay Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony November 8, 2007

  2. Growth of the Partnership

  3. Diversity of V-REMS Participants

  4. Strategy Continual Process Improvecommunication, trust, and support between regional stakeholders Address local and regional community and environmental priorities Address Priorities Improve Communications Achieve Results Leverage Resources Achieve “on the ground” results more efficiently than any existing mechanism Leverageresources ($$ and in-kind) and share best practices and information

  5. Business Case for Partners • Leverages resources (over $1MM in 2006) and expertise • Establishes a positive framework for dialogue on regional environmental issues • Improves information exchange and environmental best practices sharing, leading to cost-effective environmental management • Provides needed tools to address individual andregional environmental, social, and economic issues

  6. Partner & Workgroup Efforts Storm water: Workgroup actively engages regulatory community regarding programs & tools to tackle Chesapeake Bay watershed issues Land Conservation/Encroachment: Partners placed over 1,400 acres into protective easement supporting Governor Kaine’s Land Conservation Initiative Air Quality: Partner project to test and verify NOx absorbing concrete at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir

  7. Goal--Reduce stormwater pollution from V-REMS partners’ operations, improving water quality in Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. Quick Facts: Stormwater • Polluted stormwater runoff destroys animal/plant habitat & threatens public health • Primary approach to controlling stormwater – using Best Management Practices (BMPs) The Challenge: Reducing point & non-point source stormwater pollution A Solution: Leveraging the V-REMS Collective Knowledge & Experience with BMPs

  8. Projected Metrics of Success Accomplishments • Eight V-REMS partners received Businesses for the Bay Excellence Awards • Several successful stormwater BMPs were implemented by V-REMS partners including bio-retention areas • 50 voluntary BMPs implemented. • 10 bio-filtration areas built. • $1.4 million saved due to stormwater improvements. • 25,000 people educated about the importance of stormwater management • Over 15 V-REMS partners involved in stormwater workgroup efforts

  9. Projected Metrics of Success Accomplishments • Major lighting initiatives were implemented at Fort Lee, DSCR, Fort AP Hill, Virginia National Guard • DuPont hosts plant-wide energy fair ~ where at DSCR presented its Global Electric Motors car • 7,880 MWh of electricity saved • $472,701 saved in annual energy expenditures • Emission reductions: • 1,970,134,242 lbs. CO2 emissions • 28,996 lbs. VOCs • 4,093,304 lbs. NOx • 9,389,953 lbs. SOx • 186,865 lbs. carbon monoxide • 151,425 lbs. particulates • 13,204 grams mercury • Over 11 partners involved in workgroup

  10. Projected Metrics of Success Accomplishments & Projections • Installation of 20 E-85 fueling stations along the I-95 / I-64 Virginia crescent • >3,700 vehicles will have access to E-85 fueling stations annually. • Conserve 33,400 barrels of crude oil annually • Reduce 1,100,000 lbs of CO2 emissions annually • $240,000 in annual savings through lower fuel costs • Partnered with VA DGS to secure $450,000 for seven E-85 stations • Working with EPA to leverage a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) agreement

  11. Projected Metrics of Success Accomplishments * Received two CSB grants, ($274,000 and $203,000. The first was used to: • 20,000 students breathe cleaner air • 197 buses retrofit in Richmond & Hopewell school districts • Raised $288,000 to fund retrofit ($274K, EPA and $14K, VA DEQ) • 50% reduction, hydrocarbon emissions and 40% reduction, CO annually • Anti-idling policies reduce idling by over > 6000 hrs annually = $18,000 in fuel cost savings • retrofit 170 buses in Richmond & 27 buses in Hopewell school districts • train members of districts to inspect & install DOC • implement anti-idling policies

  12. Keys to Success • Partners focus on individual and regional goals • Emphasizes building trust across partners • Includes state and federal regulatory agency participation and endorsement • Relies on an informalparticipation process • Promotes creative and innovative voluntary approaches to (environmental) challenges • Benefits from the support of neutral facilitator

  13. Contact Questions: Jimmy Parrish (DSCR) Jimmy.Parrish@dla.mil Amy Alton (GETF) Amy.Alton@getf.org Visit: www.vrems.org

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