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EMS DoD Instruction Overview

EMS DoD Instruction Overview . Briefing for the ? June ?, 2008. EMS DoD Instruction Purpose. EO 13423 Section 3(b) excerpted:

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EMS DoD Instruction Overview

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  1. EMS DoD InstructionOverview Briefing for the ? June ?, 2008

  2. EMS DoD Instruction Purpose • EO 13423 Section 3(b) excerpted: • “implement within the agency environmental management systems (EMS) at all appropriate organizational levels to ensure (i) use of EMS as the primary management approach for addressing environmental impacts of internal agency operations and activities, including environmental aspects of energy and transportation functions, (ii) establishment of agency objectives and targets to ensure implementation of this order, and (iii) collections, analysis, and reporting of information to measure performance in the implementation of this order” • EMS DoD Instruction “implements policy, assigns responsibility, and prescribes procedures for achieving conformance with Environmental Management Systems (EMSs)” as required by EO 13423

  3. EMS DoD Instruction Highlights • Policy • Institutionalizes DoD EMS Work Group • Energy and Transportation aspect consideration in EMS • Provides definitions including Appropriate Facility/Organization, Audits, Qualified parties • Responsibility • EMS is everyone’s responsibility – goes beyond Environmental Functional Area • Clarifies OSD and Component Responsibilities • Maximize Use of Cross-Functional Teams • EMS Conformance • DoDI requires internal and external audits • Conformance will be formally re-declared every 3 years based on external audit

  4. EMS DoD Instruction Development • Developed with the assistance of EMS Component representatives • Components provided formal comments which have been reviewed by both the DoD EMS and DoD EO 13423 Implementation Working Groups • DoD has begun the formal SD 106 DoDI coordination process and hopes to have the EMS DoDI signed for publication by December 2008

  5. Path Forward with EMS DoDI • Achieve Full Conformance and Implementation • Integrate the goals of EO 13423 into EMS • Publish EMS Instruction • Improve EMS Awareness Outside of Environmental Functional Area

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