October 2007 P2 Conference Call

18 October 2007

1\. DOE Order 450.1 Revision -- Josh Silverman, 202 586 6535
[**josh.silverman@hq.doe.gov**](mailto:josh.silverman@hq.doe.gov)

More than ninety comments and observations were made during the
pre-REVCOM review of draft O 450.1A. The collated comments and the
responses to them will be distributed to the P2 conference call
participants within the next one to two weeks. The comments have
resulted in changes to the draft order. RevCom review of the revised
order is still expected to begin in November.

2\. Pollution Prevention, EPP, and EMS Reporting -- Josh Silverman, 202
586 6535
[**josh.silverman@hq.doe.gov**](mailto:josh.silverman@hq.doe.gov)

The Pollution Prevention Tracking and Reporting System (PPTRS) is
temporarily unavailable due to maintenance. We apologize for any
inconvenience, and will send another message to registered system users
when the PPTRS is returned to service.

3\. ORNL's Chemical Management Center -- Susan Michaud, 865 576 1562,
[**sun@ornl.gov**](mailto:sun@ornl.gov)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) Chemical Management Center (CMC)
was created to address concerns that the Laboratory's largest hazardous
waste stream consisted of excess, unused chemicals. The CMC is
co-located with the 90-day RCRA accumulation area. Chemicals must be in
their original containers, be in good condition, and not be contaminated
in order to be accepted into the CMC. CMC personnel suggest how owners
can dispose of time or temperature sensitive items, gases, drugs, and
precious metals -- items the CMC does not accept.

The CMC inventory is made available to labs and the CMC can access lab
inventories to either suggest that the lab check out CMC's stock or act
as a broker of items the CMC cannot accept but someone else could use.
The procurement office maintains a link to the CMC inventory but
purchasers are not required to determine if the CMC can meet their
needs.

4\. Dissolvable Personal Protective Equipment -- Bob Wingo, 505 665
0216, <wingo@lanl.gov>

Los Alamos National Laboratory launched a pilot project to investigate
the benefits of using dissolvable rather than launderable personal
protective equipment (PPE). To date, the benefits are that the
dissolvable PPE is lighter weight than its launderable counterpart, is
puncture proof, and is estimated to save \$430,000 if used on a limited
site-wide basis. The used PPE is returned to the vendor for the
dissolving process; the effluent from that process meets the municipal
solid waste acceptance criteria. Any residual radioactive contamination
in the PPE is picked up in the dissolving process through an ion
exchange column.

5\. OFEE 2008 Environmental Symposia -- Beverly Whitehead, 202 586 6073,
[**Beverly.Whitehead@eh.doe.gov**](mailto:Beverly.Whitehead@eh.doe.gov)

The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE) determined that
there is sufficient interest to conduct "East" and "West" 2008
Environmental Symposia. The East event will take place 2-4 June at the
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland; the West event is
scheduled for 10-12 June in West Yellowstone, Montana. At this point,
the program tracks will be the same at both locations but consideration
is being given to adding tracks in water conservation and agriculture to
the West event. The DOE P2 Workshop will be held in conjunction with the
East event and may also be offered at the West event.

6\. Electronic Stewardship Update -- Jeff Eagan, 202 586 4598,
[**Jeff.Eagan@hq.doe.gov**](mailto:Jeff.Eagan@hq.doe.gov)

The Energy Star 4.0 guidelines are being incorporated into EPEAT; DOE is
committed to acquiring equipment that meets the guideline. The IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1680 Standard for
Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products (including laptop
and desktop computers, and monitors) will be integrated into the FAR
(Federal Acquisition Regulations) as an interim final rule; a provision
will also be developed for the DEAR (Department of Energy Acquisition
Regulations).

The upcoming Electronics Reuse and Recycling Campaign will run a full
twelve months as opposed to four months in past years. During the last
campaign, 16 DOE facilities recycled 625,000 pounds of electronics
equipment which resulted in DOE winning the National Agency Award and
two facilities received awards as well.

A Federal Electronics Partnership (FEC) conference call is scheduled for
Thursday, **1 November at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. The subjects of the call
are the annual reporting and award application processes.** The call in
number is 1-866-299-3188; the conference code 899999. In addition to
participating in the conference call, contact Jeff for assistance in
completing the FEC awards process.

7\. Pantex Moratorium Pilot Project Update -- Craig Snider, 806 477
5906, [**csnider@pantex.doe.gov**](mailto:csnider@pantex.doe.gov)

DOE Headquarters continues to review the pilot protocol. In the
meantime, Q&A material is being prepared in anticipation of any
congressional inquiries.

Note: The next P2 conference call is scheduled for 15 November 2007.
Please give me a call with any issues or areas you'd like to see raised
during the P2 calls.