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The DOE Perspective on Environmental Management Systems

The DOE Perspective on Environmental Management Systems. Andy Lawrence Deputy Assistance Secretary for Environment US Department of Energy March 9, 2005. Overview. DOE Office of Environment Environmental Management Systems at DOE Multiple Initiatives all are Part of EMS

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The DOE Perspective on Environmental Management Systems

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  1. The DOE Perspective onEnvironmental Management Systems Andy Lawrence Deputy Assistance Secretary for Environment US Department of Energy March 9, 2005

  2. Overview • DOE Office of Environment • Environmental Management Systems at DOE • Multiple Initiatives all are Part of EMS • Integrated Management of ES&H

  3. DOE Office of Environment • Who are we and what do we do? • Policy and Guidance • National Environmental Policy Act • Environmental Radiation Protection • Air and Water • Historic and Cultural Resources • RCRA and CERCLA • Environmental Management Systems and Pollution Prevention

  4. DOE’s Perspective on EMS • It’s a “gotta” and • It’s an “oughta”

  5. EMS Status at DOE

  6. EMS Self-Declaration and Report Letters • The Process • DOE O 450.1 requirements • Report letters • Guidance in DOE G 450.1-1 • The intent • Will be discussed in a plenary session this afternoon

  7. Integrated Management • Integrating “Environment” • Regulatory Compliance • NEPA • Pollution Prevention • Integrating ES&H…. • DOE P 450.4: Integrated Safety Management

  8. Compliance and EMS • Compliance should be an outcome of a well-functioning EMS • We should be able to achieve beyond compliance results through EMS “common sense” • Our compliance performance is being monitored

  9. Multiple Environmental Initiatives: The Role of EMS • Environmental Compliance Management Improvement Initiative • Green Purchasing • Federal Electronics Challenge • New P2 Strategic Goals

  10. Environmental Compliance Management Improvement • An Initiative of the President’s Management Council • Described in more detail in a presentation yesterday afternoon • How can DOE further improve our regulatory compliance record? • How can we share our success stories and our lessons learned with other Federal agencies?

  11. Green Purchasing • EO 13101 directs Federal agencies to purchase: • Products manufactured with recycled-content material • Environmentally preferable products (EPP) • How can we promote compliance purchasing as the list of EPP products grows?

  12. Federal Electronics Challenge • Created by OFEE and EPA in 2002to promote improved energy and environmental management of electronic assets by Federal agencies • DOE sites that have joined as FEC partners, to date, include BPA, LLNL, and SNL • MOU Promoting Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Federal Electronic Assets signed Nov.15, 2004 by the OFEE and 11 Federal agencies, including DOE

  13. Federal Electronics Challenge(cont.) • DOE serves on the Federal Electronics Stewardship Working Group (FESWG) • Path Forward: • Promote DOE sites’ participation as FEC Partners • Embed FEC goals in the new Pollution Prevention Strategic Goals for waste prevention, recycling, and environmentally preferable purchasing • Facilitate access by DOE elements to training and other support available through the FESWG

  14. New P2 Goals for DOE • Secretary’s 1999 Leadership Goals expire in 2005 • EH currently formulating P2 strategic goals for 2006 and beyond

  15. What We Are After • An Integrated System to Manage Environmental Responsibilities • Incorporation of environmental elements into EMS, for example: • Regulatory compliance • Energy use • Resource consumption • Waste generation • Ecosystem protection • Cultural resource protection

  16. What We Are After (cont.) • An Integrated System to Manage ES&H Responsibilities • Integrate EMS into ISMS • ISMS is the Department’s ‘umbrella’ ES&H management framework • Reflect ES&H needs throughout the planning and budget process • Identify ES&H needs • “Balanced priorities” among ES&H needs • “Balanced priorities” between ES&H and programmatic needs

  17. Conclusion • What all of you are doing, in building and sustaining EMSs, is vitally important to the Department • EMS provides a broad and consistent framework to manage today’s environmental issues – and tomorrow’s • EMS provides the tools to further improve DOE’s performance: • Our environmental performance • Our program performance

  18. For additional information: Steven Woodbury202-586-4371steven.woodbury@eh.doe.gov Andy Lawrence202-586-6740andrew.lawrence@eh.doe.gov

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