Winter 2003-2004 ISSUE #16 

FedFacs


an environmental bulletin for federal facilities 

Feds Embrace Pollution Prevention 

Printed on Recycled Paper 

Afamiliar adage asserts, “an ounce of 

prevention is worth a pound of cure.” 

This certainly holds true for federal agencies which use pollution prevention 

(P2) and environmental stewardship 

strategies in their facility operations. 

The federal government is the nation’s 

largest consumer of raw materials, power, 

water and other products, and also generates harmful wastes which may adversely 

impact people and the environment. The 

increasing costs and comprehensive regulatory requirements for managing waste 

create incentives for federal facilities to 

reduce the amount of hazardous materials 

used and wastes generated. 

Federal agencies have reduced their 

environmental impacts and costs associated with managing wastes by incorporating P2 into facility operations and their 

environmental 

Some activities are voluntary, but many 

are required by statute, regulation or 

Executive Order. 

Most recently, Executive Order 13148 

requires federal agencies to “comply with 

environmental regulations by establishing 

In side 

3 EMS and P2 

6 Partnerships 

9 Green Procurement 

10 Healthcare 

11 E-Cycling 

13 Green/Alternative Power 

14 P2 

20 In the Spotlight 

23 Selected P2 Internet Resources 

24 Post-ROD Issues; Enforcement News 

26 In Brief 

27 Federal Agency Compliance Tracking 

System (FACTS) 

28 Upcoming Events 

ABOUT THIS ISSUE... 

Several months ago we asked our federal 

facility partners, sister agencies, states and 

others to tell us about pollution prevention 

(P2) and stewardship activities being developed and implemented at federal facilities. 

We received many responses and this issue 

spotlights some of the innovative programs 

and practices employed throughout the federal government. We’ve featured a few pollution prevention and stewardship areas, 

including recycling, environmentally preferable purchasing, energy efficiency and 

alternatives, partnerships, and healthcare. 

Our goal is two-fold: to applaud and showcase some of the good work being done 

around the federal government; and promote and provide information to others interested in implementing similar programs or 

strategies at their facilities. 

PARTNERING FOR 

POLLUTION PREVENTION 

By Ken Zarker, Chair, National Pollution 

Prevention Roundtable 

Twenty years ago, 

the federal government helped popularize the idea that “pollution 

pays” and is the path 

toward a more sustainable 

future. Today, more than ever, the federal government is in a leadership position to help maintain and foster the 

efforts of both public and private entities 

alike. Key to continued success of many 

pollution prevention programs is strong 

partnerships between federal, state and 

local Continued on page 2 

Environmental 

emphasize pollution prevention as a Spotlight means to both achieve and maintain 

environmental compliance.” Pollution 

prevention therefore, can also be an effective compliance strategy by eliminating 

or reducing pollution to begin with, 

rather than having to store, treat, or otherwise deal with it after it is created. 

For instance, federal facilities which 

minimize or eliminate RCRA waste will 

not be responsible for treating, transporting, and storing that waste. A facility that 

avoids using chemicals found on the Toxic 

Release Inventory will have nothing to 

report to EPA. By implementing energy 

saving strategies, a facility can lower its 

electric bill and reduce pollution caused 

by power generation. Pollution prevention strategies are endless, but the overall benefit can be summed up as less 

time, energy, and money spent on reporting, storing, and treating pollution and 

waste. 

The federal government is also in a 

unique position to demonstrate leadership by embracing and employing P2 and 

environmentally sustainable strategies 

in facility operations. By purchasing 

“green” (less toxic and environmentally 

“friendly” products and materials), the 

government creates demand for goods 

and products with recycled content standards in its procurement contracts. 

P2 is a sound strategy to help facilities 

avoid pollution control costs, reduce environmental liability, and improve production efficiency. In the last few years, federal agencies significantly increased their 

P2 and environmental stewardship activities, cultivated new P2 partnerships, 

and continue to look for new ways to 

improve efficiency, reduce waste, and 

build P2 strategies into facility operation. 

We highlight a few of these activities in 

this issue, and look forward to hearing 

about more innovative practices in the 

future. 

management systems. 

and implementing...policies that 

prevention 

and secure environmental 

governments, 
ENVIRONMENTAL SPOTLIGHT 

Continued from page 1 

community groups, industry and business. 

As chair of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR), and P2 Section Manager of the Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality, I’ve watched the 

genesis and growth of pollution prevention programs here in Texas, and also 

nationally. Many of these programs 

evolved from partnerships among a variety of groups, whose collective experience 

and dedication made impressive inroads 

integrating pollution prevention into 

facility and governmental operations. 

Partnerships – especially those among 

governmental entities – may be even 

more critical now since many state and 

local programs are facing significant budget cuts and reductions to their core pollution prevention programs. 

Some of the best opportunities to partner with federal facilities are through 

national and regional pollution prevention networks, such as NPPR. The 

Roundtable is the largest pollution prevention membership organization in the 

United States, and provides a national 

forum for promoting the development, 

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The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable is the largest organization in the United States 

devoted solely to pollution prevention. The Roundtable promotes the development, implementation, and evaluation of efforts to avoid, eliminate, or reduce pollution at the source. For more 

information about the NPPR, and how you and your organization can get involved, visit 

http://www.p2.org. To learn more about the NPPR Federal Facilities Discussion Group, visit: 

http://www.p2.org/federal 

The National Environmental Assistance Providers’ Summit will be held April 17 - 22, 2004 in 

Baltimore, Md. For more information visit: http://www.p2.org/summit2004 

implementation, and evaluation of efforts 

to avoid, eliminate, or reduce pollution at 

the source. 

The Roundtable’s membership 

includes state, local, tribal and federal 

governments, non-profit organizations, 

trade associations, academic institutions, 

private industry, small business development centers, and NIST-sponsored manufacturing extension programs. Public sector members, located in every state and 

internationally, operate programs that 

provide pollution prevention information 

and technical assistance to thousands of 

industrial, commercial, and agricultural 

facilities each year. This information 

helps many facilities reduce operational 

costs and improve environmental compliance. The result is improved efficiency, 

increased competitiveness, and a better 

environment. 

Much of the Roundtable’s work is done 

through workgroups and discussion 

groups. These groups focus on a variety of 

P2 issues and strategies, including P2 

policy and program integration, research 

and technology transfer and innovation, 

education and training, and small business. Homeland security, energy efficiency, healthcare, and environmentally 

preferable purchasing are also specific 

focus areas for discussion groups. 

In 2003, NPPR formed a Federal Facilities Discussion Group. The Federal 

Facilities Discussion Group is exploring 

ways to build closer relationships 

between federal facilities and P2 communities, better integrate P2 into environmental management systems, share best 

P2 practices among federal facilities, as 

well as develop and collaborate on P2 projects. I encourage environmental practitioners at federal facilities to personally 

get involved, and share your projects and 

innovations with your colleagues. 

Federal facilities will be interested in 

the NPPR’s most recent P2 Policy Paper 

on Homeland Security. This paper begins 

to define the relationship between pollution prevention and homeland security, 

explores roles the pollution prevention 

community can play in improving homeland security, and provides specific pollution prevention recommendations to the 

federal government, state agencies, 

industry, and other Continued on page 9 

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE SUMMIT: 

Prevent Pollution, Achieve Compliance and Innovate 

for Environmental Results 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is co-sponsoring with the National Pollution Prevention 

Roundtable a spring conference entitled “National Environmental Assistance Summit” to be held 

April 19-22, 2004, in Baltimore, Md. The Summit will convene individuals who work in the environmental assistance arena. Industry, small business and trade association representatives are 

encouraged to attend and provide their perspectives on environmental assistance. Sessions will 

focus on pollution prevention, compliance assistance, environmental policy innovations, environmental management systems, sustainability and best practices. Three EPA Offices, (Compliance, 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics and the National Center for Environmental Innovation) have 

worked with the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable. The goal of the Summit is for members 

of the environmental assistance community — those who create, fund, deliver and receive it to 

learn from each other how best to improve environmental performance. For more information or to 

register for the conference, go to: http://www.p2.org/summit2004. 

2 FEDFACS 
EMS and P2 

How is an EMS Like a Christmas Tree?


Over the last few months, I’ve come to 

realize that folks are always looking 

for understandable, day-to-day analogies 

to explain the environmental management system (EMS) concept. Years ago, 

when EMS was really coming on the 

American radar screen, I used the analogy, “An EMS is like a Christmas tree” to 

help explain an EMS. I’m resurrecting 

this analogy here and hope it helps. 

A Recognizable Image 

When someone says “Christmas tree”, an 

image immediately comes to mind. Even 

though there are many variations of tree, 

differences are small enough that an 

overall basic image comes to mind. 

When one says, “EMS”, a particular 

approach to dealing with environmental 

issues should come to mind, especially 

when using a recognizable model such as 

ISO 14001. Actually, ISO 14001 elements 

are so well defined and used in the only 

real globally recognized model, that saying “ISO 14001” is equivalent to naming 

the tree a Douglas Fir. 

A Simple Framework 

A Christmas tree itself is rather plain and 

generic, and without adornment serves 

no real purpose. You would be hard 

pressed to find a home or business that 

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went through the trouble of getting a tree 

and left it as is. On the other hand, the 

tree is the essential infrastructure for 

ornaments and decorations, making it 

unique to the home. Although these 

adornments are what make the home festive, and add the most value to the tree, 

without the tree itself, there is only a 

messy, unorganized pile of ornaments. 

The EMS, then is the framework upon 

which a facility builds its environmental 

management efforts. Although the EMS 

model is the framework, it needs “ornaments” to serve the organization. Ornaments in 

ance procedures, operational controls) 

and specialty items such as energy reduction objectives or NEPA applications. The 

degree of complexity is driven by the 

organization’s goals and character more 

so than the tree structure itself. 

Performance vs. Process 

The best decorated tree does not guarantee a festive home, but it sure goes a long 

way to helping that cause. And, without 

ornaments, the tree doesn’t have a chance 

to succeed in this purpose. 

An EMS will not guarantee improved 

environmental perforthis context A commitment to preventing mance, but it will cerare aspects, pollution is a cornerstone of an tainly help the facility’s 

objectives, chances. And, without 

procedures, effective EMS and should be using the EMS to supetc., – basic reflected in an organization’s port activities and meet 

EMS ele- policy, objectives and other EMS specific goals, it is nothments. As ing more than a framewith the elements. work. 

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the risk of having a messy, unorganized


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efforts. 


Ornaments vary from basic, typical 

items such as lights and garland, to more 

specialty and unique items such as special ornaments and keepsakes. In an 

EMS, there are basic elements (compliEPA, in conjunction with the Executive Order 13148 Inter-Agency Workgroup, is developing a tool 

to assist federal facilities incorporate green purchasing into the development and implementation 

of their environmental management system (EMS). Many federal facilities are currently either 

developing or implementing their EMS in anticipation of the December 2005 deadline set by Executive Order 13148. These activities are an excellent opportunity to assist in EMS development by 

providing information on how green purchasing programs relate to the various elements of the EMS 

framework. EPA expects this effort to result in: 1) greater interest by federal facilities in including 

green purchasing in their EMS; 2) EMS-based management tools that can help federal facilities 

maximize benefits of their green purchasing program; 3) case studies showing how federal facilities are incorporating green purchasing into their EMS. 

The last item is where you can help. EPA would like to learn how your facility integrated green 

purchasing into its EMS. If you have examples and case studies about how your facility did this, 

please send them directly to EPA contractor Tom Wallace at: wallacet@saic.com. For more information, please contact: Holly Elwood, U.S. EPA at: elwood.holly@epa.gov, (202) 564-8854; Carole 

Bell, SAIC, EPA Contractor at: bellca@saic.com, (401) 848-4756; or Tom Wallace (434) 293-8728. 

Lessons Learned 

So what does this analogy tell us? 

Without “personalizing” and actually 

adding substance to and nurturing the 

EMS model chosen, an organization cannot expect notable performance improvements. 

If we want the EMS to do something 

specific, we need to build those requirements into the elements. For example, if 

we want a tree to fit a colonial theme, it is 

up to us to add the right ornaments. If we 

want an EMS to ensure proactive community involvement, it has to be built in as a 

specific requirement. The EMS element 

prompt for an external communication 

procedure alone will not do that. 

The EMS infrastructure, even when 

“decorated”, does not guarantee performance, but it surely goes a long way in 

that direction. It is certainly better than 

having nothing at all. But, unlike a tree, 

if properly nurtured, the EMS, hopefully, 

will not die every year! 

Ed Pinero, Office of the Federal 

Environmental Executive 

FEDFACS 3 
EMS and P2 

EMS and P2 Efforts Change Regulatory Status at 


Defense Supply Center, Richmond 

The Defense Supply Center, Rich- In past years, 58 commercial oil fired 

mond’s (DSCR) environmental man- boilers used at DSCR emitted 100 tons of 

agement system (EMS) not only ensures sulfur dioxide, and were regulated under 

compliance with Executive Order 13148, Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Sulfur 

but also enhances mis- dioxide is linked to 

sion performance, acid rain, a potential 

reduces pollution, and DSCR’s P2 efforts also detriment to local, 

underscores its com- state, and regional 

mitment to environ- impacted their regulatory watersheds and 

mental stewardship. forests. 

DSCR’s P2 efforts also compliance requirements DSCR’s P2 efforts 

impacted their regula- shifted them from a 

tory compliance under the Clean Air Act. major source subject 

requirements under 

the Clean Air Act. 

DSCR is a 600-acre warehouse and 

office facility located just south of Richmond, Va. Residential communities surround the Center. As part of the Defense 

Logistics Agency, DSCR procures, stores, 

and distributes aviation spare parts for 

the Department of Defense. DSCR also 

manages the Ozone Depleting Substances reserve and hazardous property 

storage. 

to CAA Title V permit 

requirements, into the 

CAA’s Synthetic Minor category. As a synthetic minor, DSCR agreed to limit and 

control the number of hours it ran its 

boilers and generators. Emissions from 

the same boilers were reduced to slightly 

over seven tons. 

This reduction in air emissions has 

allowed the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) to issue 

DSCR one operating permit to cover the 

operation of all the boilers, instead of the 

multiple ones previously needed. 

DSCR was able to achieve these 

results by retrofitting the boilers to burn 

#2 fuel oil and natural gas, both having 

a lower sulfur content than the previous 

fuel source. Also, boiler operation was 

reviewed and modernized to ensure 

maximum operating efficiencies. The 

compliant control and operation of these 

boilers are part of DSCR’s evolving 

EMS. 

The Center’s pollution prevention 

efforts have benefited the local and 

regional environment and its communities, saved taxpayer dollars by saving 

operational and material costs, and freed 

both DSCR and VADEQ to spend time 

and effort on other more pressing environmental and mission related matters. A 

win-win all around. 

Questions about this initiative may be 

addressed to Jimmy Parrish, DSCR Environmental Office, 804-279-6949, Jimmy. 

Parrish@dla.mil. 

San Antonio Missions Receive ISO Certification


San Antonio Missions National Historical Park recently became the first unit 

of the Department of Interior’s National 

Park System (NPS) to have an environmental management system (EMS) in 

place in accordance with Executive Order 

13148, and registered under the ISO 

14001. 

San Antonio Missions has been 

involved in environmental protection and 

committed considerable time and 

resources to correct regulatory problems 

found in park-wide audits. In 2001, the 

park volunteered to participate in an EPA 

environmental management review. Joyce 

Stubblefield of EPA Region 6 served as the 

on-site coordinator for the review. The 

resulting report offered several recommendations including the selection of an 

EMS framework for the park. After consultations with Dr. Michael Schene, Environmental Officer for the NPS Intermountain Region, the ISO 14001 

standard was adopted to guide future 

park EMS efforts. 

Dr. Schene and a contractor assisted 

the park in the implementation process. 

A Compliance Improvement Management System (CIMS) multi-disciplinary 

team consisting of Dan Steed, Chief 

Ranger and team leader; Gloria Gonzales, Administrative Officer; Elizabeth 

Dupree, Chief of Interpretation; David 

Vekasy, Chief of Maintenance; Michael 

Johnson, Acting Chief of Professional Services; and Kurt Schoenberger, Park 

Safety Advisor was established. Initially, 

an Environmental Policy Statement was 

developed and signed by Superintendent 

Stephen E. Whitesell and the members of 

the CIMS Team. This policy guides all 

environmental initiatives in the park and 

was distributed to all employees, partners, and interested parties. San Antonio 

Missions was certified as ISO 14001 compliant on June 5, 2003. 

This past August, Federal Environmental Executive John Howard visited 

the park with members of his staff and 

EPA representatives to learn more about 

the park’s EMS, its importance to protecting human health and the environment, 

and its role in improving overall park 

management. 

For additional information contact 

Joyce Stubblefield at: stubblefield.joyce@ 

epa.gov. 

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EMS and P2 

P2 at Brookhaven National Laboratory


Since Brookhaven National Laboratory initiated its pollution prevention (P2) program at its Upton, Long 

Island site in 1991, it has saved money 

and reduced waste from its routine laboratory operations by 70 percent. Its 

environmental stewardship policy, the 

keystone of Brookhaven’s environmental management system, integrates P2 

into all work planning. In 2001, 

Brookhaven became the first national 

laboratory to be ISO 14001 certified. 

Brookhaven’s P2 Council is a lablevel committee, and is essential in the 

development, management, and promotion of laboratory-wide P2 initiatives 

and waste minimization policies and 

programs. It is chaired by a P2 Coordinator, and has representatives from 

each of Brookhaven’s nine directorates. 

Top-level management participates in 

P2 decision-making. This broad, participatory approach has resulted in 

improved awareness and participation 

by all employees from a variety of 

offices. Participation of scientific staff 

especially has increased. 

The P2 Council also manages 

Brookhaven’s Return-On-Investment 

(ROI) program, which is key to demonstrating continued improvement of 

Brookhaven’s EMS. Annually, the Council reviews and ranks lab-wide P2 proposals according to established criteria 

and funding allocations. The criteria 

support Laboratory goals, regulatory 

requirements, and DOE orders. Key criteria include: 1) reduction or elimination of priority waste streams; 2) toxicsuse reduction; and 3) good return on 

invested funds as measured by the payback period. Each year, the criteria are 

reviewed and modified as necessary. 

Proposals are submitted on a standard 

form, which allows comparison of different P2 proposals, and requires cost-savings calculated using a conservative 

payback period method. 

Cost savings are starting to accumulate. In FY ‘01, Brookhaven funded 

seven P2 ROI projects, investing 

approximately $113,000. The annual 

cost savings is calculated at $155,000. 

In FY ‘02, the P2 Council allocated 

approximately $120,000, with the ROI 

calculated at $268,000, and an average 

payback period of five months. In FY 

‘03, P2 projects cost $96,055 to implement, but savings are estimated to be 

$88,069 per year. 

P2 programs have included projects 

to improve facility operations (such as 

retrofitting hydraulic hoses with steelbraided hoses and using vegetablebased hydraulic oils), and aid scientific 

researchers (such as the purchase of a 

digital-imaging system to minimize the 

generation of hazardous, industrial and 

radioactive wastes). 

In FY ‘03, projects included the 

installation of double-walled oil-storage 

tanks to replace 55-gallon drums, which 

permitted the purchase of recycled oil 

for the Lab’s fleet. The initial $4000 cost 

will have a payback period of one and a 

half years. Brookhaven’s Medical 

Department is also using a sealing 

shroud to isolate cooling water from air 

in the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer exhaust system. The shroud is 

expected to reduce radioactive airborne 

emissions and lower off-site exposure. 

The project improves environmental 

compliance, lowers monitoring costs and 

has a payback period of approximately 

one year. 

Brookhaven is a U.S. Department of 

Energy laboratory and conducts 

research in the physical, biomedical, 

and environmental sciences, as well as 

in energy technologies. It also builds 

and operates major facilities available 

to university, industrial, and government scientists. 

For more information, please contact 

Lab staff: Peter Pohlot (631) 344-5660; 

George Goode (631) 344-4549; or John 

Selva (631) 344-4549; or visit the Lab’s 

P2 Website at: http://www.bnl.gov/ 

esd/pollutionpreve/ 

P2 Quicknotes 

EPP TEAM TO 

CREATE MODULE FOR 

FEDERAL EMS 

In accordance with Executive Order 13148, 

all federal facilities are required to have 

environmental management systems in 

place by December 2005. EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Team is 

developing a guide for federal agencies on 

how to integrate green purchasing into 

their EMSs. This guide will be posted on 

EPA’s EPP and EMS Website and included 

in training provided to federal facilities by 

the Office of the Federal Environmental 

Executive. For more information on the 

guide or Federal EMS, please contact 

Holly Elwood at: elwood.holly@epa.gov or 

202-564-8854. 

P2 AND NATIONAL 

SECURITY 

Homeland security is a national priority 

and what better way to achieve real security than to reduce or eliminate potentially 

harmful chemicals? A new P2Rx topic hub, 

produced by the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable, covers the 

what, why, and how pollution prevention 

projects within a facility add value to 

national and local security efforts. For 

more information please visit: http://www. 

glrppr.org/hubs/toc.cfm?hub=505&sub 

sec=7&nav=7 

FEDFACS 5 
Partnerships 

EPA, DoD, and States Find Common Ground through 


Partnerships 

Regional EPA offices are increasingly 

joining state regulators and military 

installations to form voluntary environmental partnerships, reinforcing the idea 

that working collaboratively can be more 

productive than working independently. 

Formal EPA-DoD-State partnership 

agreements with charters backed by state 

governors, regional officials and military 

installation commanders now exist in 

more than half the 50 states. 

Designed to promote sustainability 

and pollution prevention as the best way 

to protect and conserve resources, partnerships pool ideas, best practices, lessons 

learned and sometimes even funds to 

address environmental problems. The 

partners agree by their charters to meet 

regularly and support the pollution prevention and sustainability missions of all 

participants. 

Partnerships open communication 

among regulators, DoD and EPA in a collaborative, non-threatening way. They 

attract participation by senior decisionmakers, leverage scarce resources by 

sharing funding, training and technical 

assistance, and recognize civilians, soldiers, sailors and airmen for their contributions to pollution prevention and environmental stewardship. Partnerships also 

ners to discuss 

state environmental regulation and amendments early in 

the defining 

stage. In some 

cases, states ask 

for input from 

their environmental partners 

before they circulate drafts for 

wider public comment. 

Formally 

chartered in 

2000, the Virhelp DoD installations develop EMSs that 

improve regulatory compliance, and 

reward environmental performance 

through state performance-based incentive programs. 

Texas was among the first to charter a 

pollution prevention partnership with 

DoD and EPA in 1997 (see related article 

on TXEP on page 7). In July 2002, the Illinois/DoD P2 Partnership officially became 

an environmental partnership to reflect 

its expanded focus. The shift enables partginia-EPA-DoD 

P2 Partnership has become a model for 

others considering their own state partnering arrangements. Maryland followed 

by signing its agreement with EPA and 

DoD in 2002. Pennsylvania and now the 

District of Columbia are planning formal 

agreements of their own. 

In the Great Lakes Region, all six 

states in EPA Region 5 (Chicago) are part 

of DoD and EPA partnerships on various 

levels. All but Minnesota, without a large 

military presence, have formal partnership charters. 

In addition to the nearly 30 states 

which have formal charters with DoD and 

EPA, other types of partnerships have 

enjoyed success. The Southeast Natural 

Resource Leaders Group (SENRLG), a 

regional partnership, is committed to 

resolving natural resource conservation 

and sustainability issues. A guiding SENRLG principle is to “ensure responsive, 

coordinated Federal processes and decision-making, thereby demonstrating a 

standard for ‘good government’ that produces better overall results for our citizens 

and their environment.” SENRLG is a collaboration of regional federal environmental agency executives and regional DoD 

military service leaders in the southeast. 

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK AND 

INFORMATION EXCHANGE (DENIX) 

DENIX is the central platform and information clearinghouse for environment, safety and 

occupational health (ESOH) news, information, policy, and guidance. Serving the worldwide 

greater Department of Defense (DoD) community, DENIX offers ESOH professionals a vast 

document library, a gateway to web-based environmental compliance tools, an interactive 

workgroup environment, a variety of groupware tools and an active membership community 

numbering thousands. DENIX provides ESOH professionals an up-to-date, multi-functional 

resource to assist in preserving and protecting the natural environment, achieving greater 

energy efficiency, providing a safer and healthier work environment and meeting readiness 

and compliance needs of Congressional and DoD ESOH requirements. Visit DENIX at: 

https://www.denix.osd.mil/ 

Continued on page 12 

6 FEDFACS 
Partnerships 

The Texas Environmental Partnership: 

Where Purple is Green 

The term purple refers to “joint-ness” or 

cooperation between military 

branches. When colors run together – 

blue (Air Force), green (Army), and brown 

(Navy) – it is said that purple is the 

result. The Texas Environmental Partnership (TXEP) is proud to be purple. 

TXEP promotes environmental stewardship and enhances mission readiness 

through pollution prevention, reduction 

and conservation. Representatives from 

all DoD installations in Texas, and federal facilities such as NASA Johnson 

Space Center, Veterans Administration 

Hospitals, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 

Pantex and others meet quarterly to discuss environmental issues and develop 

proactive joint strategies where possible. Critical to TXEP is membership of 

the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and EPA Region 6 in 

Dallas. 

In 2002, the Texas Pollution Prevention Partnership (TXP3) expanded its 

mission to include environmental and 

compliance issues that might affect DoD 

installations and other federal facilities. 

TXP3’s past efforts were rewarded with 

White House “Closing the Circle” and 

former Vice President Gore’s “Hammer” 

awards. The TXEP was chartered in 

August 2002 as an extension of TXP3. 

Involvement and leadership from Texas, 

DoD and other federal facilities defines 

the Partnership by focusing on environmental performance and implementation. It is co-chaired by Israel Anderson 

(TCEQ) and Dr. Thom Rennie (Air Force 

Center for Environmental Excellence 

Central Region Environmental Office 

and DoD REC Region 6.) 

While P2 remains a core focus of 

TXEP, EMSs, sustainability, encroachment, air and water quality, and natural 

and cultural resources are part of its 

holistic approach. Recently, TXEP 

formed two subgroups to address air 

and EMS implementation issues. The 

EMS group partners with TCEQ and 

the Multi-State Working Group on 

Environmental Management Systems 

to develop a performance-based 

approach to EMS. 

This partnership has created training opportunities, developed a joint 

auditing strategy, and conducted mock 

EMS audits, which help installations 

meet their chosen EMS standard. More 

than 120 TXEP members and installation staff participated in TCEQ sponsored performance-based EMS training. 

Camp Mabry, Texas Army Guard and 

Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi participated in Texas EMS mock audits to 

both prepare for actual audits, and to 

train auditors. 

This past October, TXEP member 

Fort Hood hosted an environmental 

summit where community leaders from 

regional governments, businesses and 

non-governmental organizations discussed how to balance training needs 

with habitat and environmental protection. In 2002, NASA Johnson Space 

Center partnered with TCEQ on a Consumer Pollution Prevention workshop. 

Attendees learned to change driving, 

energy consumption, and purchasing 

habits to lessen environmental impact, 

and save money – which ultimately 

saved $10,000, 200 kilowatt hours of 

energy, 124 gallons of gasoline, 3000 

pounds of CO2, and reduced solid waste. 

The P2 program at Randolph Air Force 

Base, led by Michael Redfern, has 

achieved resource savings of $2.4 million, while diverting 38 percent of the 

base’s waste. 

P2 is a key to building strong and 

effective partnerships. The reductions 

and cost savings realized by a strong 

commitment to P2 programs increases 

the enthusiasm to tackle issues such as 

habitat protection and natural and cultural resources preservation. Perhaps 

these issues can also be addressed by 

understanding that there are both environmental and economic benefits 

involved in each. 

For more information, please contact: 

Rob Borowski Clean Texas Coordinator, 

TCEQ, rborowsk@tceq.state.tx.us; or 

Dr. Thomas Rennie, AFCEE Central 

Region Environmental Office, 

thomas.rennie@brooks.af.mil 

JOINT SERVICE P2 OPPORTUNITY HANDBOOK 

The Joint Service P2 Opportunity Handbook identifies “off-the-shelf” P2 technologies, management practices, and process changes that reduce hazardous and solid waste. The handbook 

was prepared jointly by the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC), under the direction of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO-N45) and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE), the Army 

Environmental Center (AEC), Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), the Defense Logistics Agency 

(DLA), and the Coast Guard (USCG). 

There are more than 250 individual data sheets represented in 15 waste and emission areas, 

including air pollution, bio-based products, hazardous material and waste management, petroleum, oils, and lubricants, solid waste management, solvent alternatives, storm and waste water, 

and sustainable development. Each entry provides, among other details, an overview of the 

product and regulatory compliance impacts, suggested alternatives and their advantages and 

disadvantages, economic analysis of product usage, and vendor information. 

This tool can be found at: http://p2library.nfesc.navy.mil/p2_opportunity_handbook/ 

introduction.html 

FEDFACS 7 
Partnerships 

DoD-EPA Region 4 Partnership Opens Up Communication


EPA’s Region 4 (Atlanta) comprises the 

southeastern states and has the 

ronmental regulatory agency, state 

research universities and providers of 

ally through technology transfer and 

idea-sharing forums. The Partnership’s 

largest concentration of military installa- technical assistance are also members. A quarterly newsletter, RESOURCES, 

tions in the United States. It is the only steering committee provides ongoing describes partnership activities and sucEPA region where a DoD P2 partnership guidance and direction. cessful strategies. Web resources, listexists in every state, and to a great The military installations, in meeting serves, and e-mail also help disseminate 

extent, installations and states rely on their environmental challenges while information. EPA, DoD, universities, and 

and benefit from these partnerships. maintaining combat readiness, ironically the Waste Reduction Resource Center are 

The DoD Region 4 P2 Partnership had too much P2 information for the also resources for Region 4 states. All of 

took form when the region’s states, DoD small environmental staffs to sift these resources cost the user virtually 

facilities and EPA recognized each branch through. One of the partnership’s first nothing. 

of the military was independently tack- objectives was to develop, distribute, and The regional partnership takes pride 

ling P2 problems and looking for solu- analyze a needs survey to determine in its achievements. In its priority survey, 

tions which already existed. Coordinating regional P2 priorities. Once these needs the Partnership identified and prioritized 

efforts and sharing ideas was crucial. were narrowed down to about a dozen pressing areas of state and regional conEstablished in 2000, the partnership manageable and fundable projects, the cern, obtained DoD funding, and impleis a military and civilian working group partnership sought universities to con- mented solutions accordingly. Partnerfocused on P2 and related issues. Repre- duct the needed research and training. ship goals have also evolved; after 

sentatives are from each military instal- These projects—EMS training and focusing on P2 in all media areas, the 

lation within the eight states of Region 4, implementation, optimization of build- Partnership realized that P2 was ultiArmy and Air National Guard, Army ing deconstruction, a watershed advi- mately just one way to reach the primary 

Corps of Engineers, Army Reserves, sory board, prescribed burning on goal of sustainability. The Partnership 

Defense Logistics Agency, Air Force Cen- military facilities, and in-vessel bio- will continue to reevaluate priority areas 

ter for Environmental Excellence, Army treatment systems among others, have to ensure that installation needs are met. 

Southern Regional Environmental Office, been underway or completed in the past For more information, contact ChrisSouthern Region Naval Facilities Engi- two years. Their results have been or tine Steagall, Program Coordinator, Env. 

neering Command, and Marine Corps will be disseminated to the appropriate Research and Service Unit; U. of S.C. 

Regional Environmental Coordination Region 4 installations. (803) 777-7463 or visit: http://wrrrc. 

Office. EPA Region 4, each state and envi- Many issues can be addressed region- p2pays.org/DoDPartnership. 

Georgia honors DoD for P2 Partnership


The Georgia Pollution Prevention Division (P2AD) and Department of 

Defense (DoD) are celebrating the fifth 

anniversary of the Georgia P2AD/DoD 

Pollution Prevention Partnership. 

The Partnership advances P2 as a primary environmental compliance tool, is a 

model for other partnerships, and was a 

catalyst in creating the first regional DoD 

P2 partnership in the country (see related 

article above). Members include the Army 

Southern Regional Environmental Office, 

regional environmental coordinators 

(RECs) from each military service, representatives of the military installations 

and commands in Georgia, U.S. EPA 

Region 4 (Atlanta) and P2AD. 

As a result of this collaboration, innovative waste reduction initiatives have 

been developed and implemented at 

installations, and communication 

between the military and state government has improved. 

For example, Fort Stewart in 

Hinesville, Ga. recycles over 17 different 

types of materials totaling approximately 

2,750 tons, and generates approximately 

$190,000 in revenue per year. The site 

also accepts recyclables from several 

neighboring communities. 

Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) in 

Kingsbay, Ga. recycles lime sludge (a 

water treatment plant waste by-product) 

as a soil conditioner. In 1997-8 it diverted 

52 percent of all non-hazardous waste to 

recycling or other beneficial use. 

Robins Air Force Base (Warner Robins 

Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC)), the 

largest industrial complex in Georgia, 

reduced in flightline vacuum waste from 

approximately 125 tons to 84 tons, and 

disposal costs from $204,000 to $97,000 

per year. 

With support from EPA Region 4, 

P2AD provides free and confidential environmental technical assistance for P2, 

resource conservation, waste reduction, 

by-product reuse and recycling. P2AD’s 

clients include manufacturing industry, 

commercial businesses, agriculture, public institutions, and federal facilities. 

8 FEDFACS 
Green Procurement 

Making Green Procurement Work For You


With hundreds of “green” product categories across the supply spectrum, 

purchasers are thinking “green”, buying 

“green” and saving green. Now the tools 

exist to make “green purchasing” an integral and normal part of your purchasing 

process. 

Federal, state and local governments 

purchase the majority of their products 

and services through contracts – and 

together spend over 600 billion dollars a 

year. Collectively, government entities 

have, and can continue to create a catalyst for more green products in the marketplace. Purchasing “green” products 

through contract mechanisms also 

enables governments to specify product 

attributes – including “green” or environmentally preferable — and require bidders and contractors to find and provide 

the products matching these requirements. 

For instance, when the Pentagon 

wanted to build a new parking lot, contract officers told bidders they would 

receive a price deferential for each environmental attribute they added to the 

parking lot, such as recycled-content 

asphalt and low levels of volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs). The winning contractor found these materials and other products that fit Pentagon specifications. 

The point of this example is that once 

you know what to ask for, contractors, 

and their suppliers, will find what you 

need. The following tools will help you 

identify what environmental attributes to 

ask for and what products and services 

will meet your price, performance and 

environmentally preferable criteria. 

U.S. EPA’s Environmentally 

Preferable Purchasing (EPP) 

Homepage 

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/epp 

This website answers purchaser questions about what EPP is and how they 

can find the best product or service that 

benefits both human health and the 

environment. From case studies, to a 

glossary of environmental purchasing 

terms, to a complete tool suite that can 

help purchasers “green” everything 

from meetings to cafeterias, EPA’s EPP 

web site should be a purchaser’s first 

stop on the road to purchasing “greener” 

products and services. 

U.S. EPA’s Database For 

Environmentally Preferable 

Goods and Services 

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/epp/ 

database.htm 

This database contains information or 

links to: 1) contract language and specifications created and used by federal and 

state governments and others to buy 

environmentally preferable products and 

services; 2) environmental guidelines and 

standards for products; 3) vendor lists of 

product brands that meet these standards; and 4) other useful sources of 

information on the environmental preferability of products and services (e.g., U.S. 

E.P.A. Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Updates, guidance documents, 

fact sheets, case studies, and miscellaneous information useful to government 

purchasers). 

Center for a New American 

Dream Procurement Strategies 

Website 

http://www.newdream.org/procure 

The site provides general information 

about environmentally preferable purchasing and specific information about 

how state and local governments can 

reduce the environmental impacts of 

their purchasing decisions. 

Green Meetings 

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/green 

meetings/index.htm 

“Green” meetings minimize negative 

impacts on the environment. By using 

EPA’s green meeting planning site, you 

can access information to assist you in 

organizing your conference to be 

“greener”. 

ENVIRONMENTAL SPOTLIGHT 

Continued from page 2 

groups whose work impacts homeland 

security. 

I would also like to encourage the federal facility community to develop new 

networks and partnerships by meeting 

with P2 colleagues at NPPR annual conferences and events. These forums provide members an opportunity to 

exchange the latest in P2 research, policy 

funding opportunities, and technical 

expertise. One such upcoming opportunity is the National Environmental Assistance Providers’ Summit in April 2004 – 

the first event of its kind hosted by the 

U.S. EPA and NPPR. The summit will 

convene government, industry and nongovernmental organizations which work 

on pollution prevention, compliance assistance, environmental policy innovations, 

environmental management systems, 

and sustainability. 

As we move forward on several fronts, 

federal facilities will play a key role in new 

and innovative environmental programs. 

Developing “performance-based” regulation will take a collective commitment to 

produce better environmental results. 

Many of the tools exist today, including 

sectoral pollution-prevention “covenants,” 

environmental performance indicators, 

market trading of emissions permits, 

third-party certification of environmental 

performance, regulatory flexibility, and 

frameworks for sustainability. 

Many P2 leaders advocate these 

approaches on grounds not just of ecoefficient cost reduction, but of the potential for introducing more environmentally 

benign innovations in production 

processes and products – for a “greening 

of business” and even a long-term term 

shift toward “sustainable enterprise.” 

Federal facilities play a critical role in 

this effort and the P2 community will 

commit to making this happen. 

FEDFACS 9 
Healthcare 

NIH Going Mercury Free


The National Institutes of Health 

(NIH), an agency of the Department 

of Health and Human Services, is the 

primary federal agency dedicated to 

medical research. Its main campus, 

located in Bethesda, Md., is the largest 

biomedical facility in the world, consisting of over 4,000 laboratories, a 325-bed 

research activities. The Clinical Center 

is now considered virtually “mercuryfree.” 

In 2001, an expanded effort – the 

“Mad as a Hatter?” Campaign for a Mercury Free NIH, was initiated to extend 

the mercury reduction program to all 

NIH laboratories and facilities in the 

research hospital U.S., and increase 

(the Clinical Center), employee awareness 

and a large Ambula- through a new web 

tory Care Research site and volunteer 

Facility. pledge program. This 

In 1995 the NIH ongoing campaign led 

began a voluntary P2 to the replacement of 

program that included an initiative to 

eliminate mercury in medical devices 

used in the Clinical Center. Key to the 

success of this initiative were early 

efforts to inform medical professionals 

and researchers about mercury hazards 

and convince them of the suitability and 

availability of mercury-free devices in 

clinical applications and research. 

Arrangements were then made to procure mercury-free thermometers and 

blood pressure devices, and collect and 

recycle the mercury from the discarded 

items. This led to the removal of over 

1,500 devices without a single spill or 

interruption in patient care and 

several thousand additional mercury 

thermometers and substitutions of mercury in biomedical reagents. Mercury 

contamination in facility infrastructure 

is also being addressed by development 

and implementation of improved protocols for assessment and remediation of 

mercury in laboratory decommissioning 

projects. 

NIH employee volunteers also carried the campaign to homes, schools and 

communities via exhibits, presentations, health fairs and other outreach 

efforts. This outreach activity was one of 

several P2 programs that resulted in 

the NIH receiving the Significant 

VA BECOMES PART OF HEALTHY HOSPITALS INITIATIVE 

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the largest integrated healthcare network in the 

country, committed to reducing its environmental impact by becoming a “Champion for Change” 

in the innovative Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E) program. The VA is now the first government-owned healthcare system to commit to the proactive goals of the voluntary H2E program. The program is designed to help health care facilities reduce their environmental impact 

while saving money, reducing liability and increasing compliance. The H2E program has set 

ambitious goals of eliminating the use of mercury in health care by 2005, cutting health care 

waste in half by 2010 and reducing the use and production of toxic and hazardous substances. 

To date, more than 460 H2E Partners and 55 Champions, representing nearly 1,800 health care 

facilities, have signed on to help achieve these goals. In the program, “Partners” are individual 

hospitals and healthcare facilities, while “Champions” are larger, multi-facility healthcare networks and associations. Operating nearly 170 hospitals across the country, the VA is also one of 

the largest healthcare systems to become an H2E Champion. Hospitals for a Healthy Environment 

is a joint program of the American Hospital Association, EPA, Health Care Without Harm and the 

American Nurses Association. 

For more information about H2E, go to http://www.h2e-online.org/ 

Achievement Award for a Federal Facility from Businesses for the Bay, a voluntary pollution prevention organization made up of more than 500 

businesses, industries, government 

facilities and other organizations in the 

Chesapeake Bay watershed. In recognizing this award, Governor Parris N. 

Glendening, then Governor of Maryland, specifically cited the NIH’s mercury reduction campaign as setting “a 

high standard for environmental outreach and education.” 

Other federal facilities are welcome 

to join the mercury-free campaign. 

Generic versions of campaign graphics 

and promotional materials can be made 

available by contacting Captain Edward 

Rau, NIH, (301) 496-7775, raue@mail. 

nih.gov. 

Campaign Web site: http://www. 

nih.gov/od/ors/ds/nomercury/ 

WHY SHOULD FEDERAL


FACILITIES FOCUS 


ON MERCURY 


ELIMINATION?


• Mercury is a “bad actor”. Exposure to 

mercury can cause potentially serious 

damage to the nervous system and 

other adverse health effects. In the 

environment it is considered a Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) 

chemical – a high priority for pollution 

prevention. 

•	 Elimination is feasible. Suitable alternatives are available for almost all uses 

of mercury and its compounds. 

•	 High return on P2 investment. Eliminating use of mercury prevents potential 

spills and contamination of plumbing 

systems and other facility infrastructure. The costs of carrying out a facilitywide mercury elimination campaign 

can be far less than cleaning up a single spill. 

10 FEDFACS 
E-Cycling 

Federal Electronics Challenge: Putting Electronic 

Products in Their Place 

The Federal Electronics Challenge 

(FEC), launched in May 2003, is in a 

year-long pilot phase and is setting the 

stage for purchasing and end-of-life 

strategies that will encourage environmentally sound electronics management at all federal facilities and agencies. 

Electronic waste (e-waste) is the 

most rapidly growing waste problem in 

the world, and is posing new environmental and human health threats. Ewaste includes used and obsolete electronics, such as computers, printers, 

mobile phones, and fax machines. As 

one of the largest consumers of electronics products, the federal government 

has a unique opportunity to set the pace 

for environmentally sound electronics 

procurement and end-of-life management. 

The Federal Electronics Challenge is 

a purchasing, operations, and end-of-life 

management challenge issued for federal facilities or agencies that want to: 

1) purchase greener electronics products; 2) manage their electronic assets 

in an environmentally sound manner; 

3) receive assistance to change their 

current practices; and 4) gain national 

recognition for their efforts. 

The Challenge is open to all federal 

agencies and facilities. FEC is sponsored by the Office of Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE), U.S. EPA, 

Department of Defense, General SerGET INVOLVED! 

vices Administration, and Federal Network for Sustainability, with additional 

agencies likely. FEC “Partners” learn 

the importance of applying environmentally sound electronics management 

principles throughout a product’s life 

cycle stages—from the acquisition and 

procurement of environmentally preferable products to the operations and 

maintenance phase to end-of-life management of those products. 

After completing a baseline survey, 

Partners set realistic goals to improve 

the management of their electronic 

assets and will track their progress. 

Depending on a Partner’s commitment 

level and achievements, Partners can 

qualify for a bronze, silver, or gold 

award. The more the partners do, the 

higher the recognition they will receive; 

Gold Partners receive White House 

recognition. Partners will also receive 

technical assistance, networking opportunities, and additional tools and 

resources as they work to reduce their 

environmental footprint. 

WHAT’S IN ELECTRONIC 

PRODUCTS? 

Electronic products are made up of a combination of precious and other metals, engineered plastics, glass, and other materials—all valuable resources that are all too 

often sent to landfills without a second 

thought. Some electronic products contain 

hazardous or toxic substances. Products 

containing cathode ray tubes (CRTs), circuit 

boards, batteries, and mercury switches 

can contain lead, mercury, cadmium, 

chromium, and some types of flame retardants, which can pose serious environmental risks if not properly managed. This growing, changing product stream presents new 

challenges and responsibilities in designing 

and managing electronic products to 

reduce their life-cycle environmental 

impacts. 

The FEC Steering Committee is seeking partner facilities in Washington, D.C., Great Lakes and 

West Coast regions for the pilot phase. FEC welcomes information from the electronics industry, 

recyclers, and non-government organizations. 

For more information on how you can sign up to become a partner, get involved as a stakeholder in the Federal Electronics Challenge, or to learn more about reducing your electronic 

waste impact, visit: http://www.federalelectronicschallenge.net or contact Charles Johnson at: 

johnson.charles@ofee.gov, or Christopher Kent at kent.christopher@epa.gov. 

FEDFACS 11 
E-Cycling 

NIH Sets E-cycling Record


P2 Quicknotes 

FLOURESCENT LAMP 

RECYCLING 

Flourescent lamps can help facilities 

reduce energy consumption – they use one 

quarter the energy of incandescent lamps 

and last as much as ten times longer. However, flourescent lamps contain the toxic 

element mercury, and when broken or 

improperly disposed of can release mercury into the air, water and soil. Recycling 

spent-mercury lamps offers an environmentally sound alternative to expensive hazardous waste disposal. Hospitals for a 

Healthy Environment (H2E) outlines a 

process for flourescent lamp recycling. You 

don’t have to be a hospital to take advantage of these guidelines. Visit them at: 

http://www.h2e-online.org/tools/mercury. 

htm 

AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 

As part of the annual America Recycles Day 

initiatives in the Washington, D.C. Metro 

area, the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive in conjunction with several 

other federal agencies, District of Columbia 

Recycling Program, private industry, and 

non-governmental organizations sponsored 

a two-day electronics collection and recycling event. The event, which was open and 

free of charge to all residents and government employees in the D.C. metro area, was 

held at the Carter Barron Amphitheatre in 

Rock Creek Park on Friday, November 14, 

2003 and Saturday, November 15, 2003. The 

purpose of the event was to educate consumers about the environmental benefits of 

electronics recycling, and to encourage 

them to recycle electronics by providing 

them with an opportunity and outlet to do 

so. More than 66,700 pounds of electronics 

were collected by 75 local citizens and volunteers from the federal agencies, D.C. government, private businesses and not-forprofit organizations. 

As part of a regional pilot project to 

improve collection and recycling of 

electronic equipment, the EPA and the 

Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) were looking for an agency 

to host and publicize an electronics recycling (e-cycling) event. The National 

Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services, volunteered and subsequently 

scheduled the event as part of its Earth 

Day celebrations in April 2003. 

Open to government employees and 

the local community, the event provided 

an opportunity to recycle all types of personally owned electronics – from cell 

phones to televisions and computers. The 

operators of White Flint, a nearby shopping mall, generously offered the use of 

one of their parking lots for the collection 

site and provided free advertising for the 

event on their website and electronic 

marquee sign at the mall entrance. Volunteers also distributed posters and flyers to advertise the event. 

The first indication of success came 

well before the event’s scheduled start as 

“e-junk” began arriving by car, truck, bike 

and from pedestrians. Two additional service lines were opened to handle the 

increased volume of material, which continued throughout the event, and after 

drop-off areas were closed. An estimated 

670 deliveries of electronics were made 

that day, totaling 34 tons of equipment. 

According to Jim Richmond, MDE representative, this set a new statewide record 

for the largest amount of e-cyclable materials collected in a single day event. 

Most equipment collected will be disassembled in facilities located in the U.S. 

and recycled. Some equipment in working condition will be refurbished and 

donated or sold. For example, 103 of the 

collected cell phones and related accessories will be given to the Wireless Foundation and reconfigured as emergency 

call phones, or used in abuse prevention 

programs. 

Lessons learned from this event will 

also be “recycled” by other federal and 

state agencies for application at future ecycling events. The NIH e-cycling event 

publicity website is still on-line at 

http://www.nih.gov/od/ors/ds/ecycle/. Its 

content may be copied without permission. Contact Captain Ed Rau at the NIH 

(301) 496-7775 for additional information. 

EPA, DOD, AND STATES FIND COMMON GROUND


THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS


Continued from page 6


(Also see related article on the DoD 

Region 4 Pollution Prevention Partnership on page 8) 

In the west, the state of Washington 

Environmental Forum (WEF) is a group 

of senior military commanders and leaders from regional and state environmental agencies which play significant roles 

in each other’s environmental progress. 

Members from Fort Lewis served on the 

Washington Governor’s advisory panel to 

formulate the Washington State Sustainability Plan, published in March 2003. 

Partners are now transforming WEF into 

a Washington sustainability forum, 

reflecting its new direction. 

The Pennsylvania/DoD Cooperative 

Multi-Site Agreement (CMSA), comprised of the Pennsylvania Department 

of Environmental Protection, the Departments of Army, Navy, Air Force, and the 

Defense Logistics Agency, agreed in 1998 

to assess, remediate and resolve Pennsylvania’s contaminated Formerly Used 

Defense Sites. A CMSA goal was to remedy or resolve issues for all covered sites 

by 2010. In 2003, hundreds of sites needing further study were resolved, and 

CMSA members feel that agreement 

terms are being exceeded. 

For more information about state 

partnerships, contact Adrian Miller of 

the Army Northern Regional Environmental Office, 410-436-2427, or visit 

http://aec.army.mil/usaec/reo/nreo00. 

html 

12 FEDFACS 
Green/Alternative Power 

Alternative Fuels Clear Air at NASA Glenn Research Center 


The NASA Glenn Research Center 

(GRC) in Cleveland is reminiscent of 

a small town from the 1940s. Rows of 

small brick buildings and crabapple 

tree-lined roads are interspersed with 

odd metal structures for propulsion 

research. In this small, confined town, 

exhaust constantly emits from delivery 

trucks and personnel shuttles, from 

forklifts in enclosed warehouses, and 

even from propulsion testing facilities. 

Several years ago, these exhaust 

emissions were mostly from unleaded 

gasoline and diesel. In addition to their 

long-term impact on global warming 

and acid rain, fossil fuel emissions also 

cause bad odors, and stop workers in 

their tracks. The odor issue propelled 

an alternative fuel project to quick completion at GRC. 

JP-8 (a kerosene-based fuel in military and airline use) replaced the costly 

hydrogen fuel in NASA’s Aero-Acoustical Propulsion Lab (AAPL). When AAPL 

staff lit JP-8 to run hot tests, complaints would flood in from surrounding 

buildings, depending on the wind direction. According to the facility engineer 

at AAPL, the odor was a noxious barbecue-type smell, like lighter fluid, and 

gave people headaches. AAPL was faced 

with the prospect of shutting down or 

finding an alternative fuel. 

At its next normal maintenance 

interval, the AAPL combuster was 

changed out to accomodate lighter-thanair, odorless compressed natural gas 

(CNG). CNG is also a fossil fuel, but 

emits 90 - 97 percent less carbon monoxide, and 35 - 60 percent less nitrogen 

oxide than gasoline. In over nine 

months of operation, AAPL has not 

received a single complaint. 

Other fuels were also considered. 

Propane was rejected because it is heavier than air and creates a fire hazard if 

fumes escape. Two renewable alternative fuels are being used or studied at 

GRC: bio-diesel from soybeans and 

ethanol (“E85”), a corn product. 

Biodiesel replaced diesel in a difficult 

to re-start truck whose batteries were not 

charging properly and kept running when 

parked and making deliveries. A ninemonth pilot program at GRC studied one 

vehicle using various diesel to biodiesel 

percentages. Fuel-line freeze-up is a big 

concern in northeast Ohio winters, so a 

widespread Midwest formula – 20 percent 

biodiesel to 80 percent low-sulfur diesel 

(called “B20”) - was chosen. The winter’s 

coldest weather conditions were no probEPA POWERS UP THE GREEN WAY 

EPA recently announced the acquisition of “green” power for the EPA Headquarters facilities at 

Federal Triangle in Washington, D.C. The power will come from wind farms and landfill gas facilities in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. EPA’s Federal Triangle facilities use 40 million 

kilowatt hours of electricity per year. 

This is EPA’s largest green power purchase to date and reflects its continuing efforts to reduce 

the environmental impact of EPA’s facilities. With this purchase, EPA will have green power at nine 

locations: Richmond, Calif.; Golden, Colo.; Manchester, Wash.; Chelmsford, Mass.; Cincinnati, 

Ohio; the New York Regional Office; Edison, N.J.; Houston, Texas; and the Federal Triangle Buildings in Washington, D.C. Soon, EPA will also have green power at its new laboratory in Research 

Triangle Park, N.C. GSA’s National Energy Center assisted EPA with this procurement. 

More information on Green Power at EPA facilities can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

greeningepa/energy/greenpwer.htm or http://www.epa.gov/greeningepa 

For more information on the EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program, visit: www.epa.gov/ 

greenpower 

lem for this fuel mix. During warmer 

weather, a test vehicle was able to run on 

100 percent biodiesel with no problem, 

except making the driver hungry. He said, 

“It smelled like French fries.” 

Drivers say the truck runs just as well, 

or better, on biodiesel. Biodiesel acts as 

a solvent, cleaning out the lines. The 

fuel filter clogs the first time biodiesel is 

run through, but once the contaminants 

are cleared out by the biodiesel, there 

are no more filter problems. Biodiesel 

also reduces emissions, and is 

biodegradable and nontoxic. 

GRC also uses biobased fuel E85. 

E85 is 85 percent ethanol blended with 

15 percent gasoline. Ethanol is 100 percent grain alcohol produced by fermenting plant sugars, primarily corn, since it 

is most easily converted to sugar. Compared to gasoline, E85 emits 40 percent 

less carbon monoxide and 80 percent 

less sulfate. In the 1880s, Henry Ford 

designed a car that ran only on ethanol, 

and the Model T was designed to run on 

either ethanol or gasoline. 120 years 

later, there are over 160 fueling stations 

offering E85 in 24 states. 

GRC recently converted a 10,000 gallon underground storage tank to E85, 

and installed an E85 dispenser. The 

Center uses E85 in twelve E85-compatible vehicles, and will replace older vehicles at future intervals. 

Over half of GRC’s owned and leased 

fleet of 145 vehicles uses some form of 

alternative fuel. All 36 diesel vehicles, 

stationary diesel storage tanks, and all 

equipment using the tanks, like generators, use B20 biodiesel. Thirty-eight 

vehicles use CNG: shuttle buses, cargo 

vans, passenger vans, pick-up trucks, 

and passenger cars. One forklift will be 

used for a CNG emissions study, with a 

goal of converting several forklifts from 

propane to CNG to improve indoor emissions for workers. 

To learn more about alternative fuel 

usage at NASA/GRC, please contact 

their P2 Team at: 216-433-8441. 

FEDFACS 13 
P2


TVA and Environmental Stewardship


The Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA) is a public power company, but 

it does much more than generate power. 

It supports economic development and 

manages the natural resources of the 

Tennessee River Basin through integrated resource management. TVA 

strives to balance and optimize the competing demands of river navigation, 

flood control, power supply, land use, 

water quality and recreation. 

TVA’s eleven watershed teams are 

striving to maintain good environmental 

stewardship practices throughout the 

290,000 acres of public lands, including 

11,000 miles of shoreline in the Tennessee River Basin. Watershed teams 

have a broad mission: improve and protect water quality, guide shoreline development and improvement, provide recreational opportunities, while ensuring 

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both economic development and environmental protection. 

Watershed teams communicate with 

stakeholders when developing and 

implementing land management plans 

for TVA reservoirs. These plans direct 

where development and environmental 

protection is most appropriate in order 

to sustain the balance. The Reservoir 

Operations Study is another example of 

how TVA is listening to stakeholders 

and reevaluating its policies on managing the river system. 

TVA also participates in partnerships 

to improve water quality across the Valley. With 50 initiatives located throughout the Valley, TVA targets efforts where 

it will accomplish the most benefit for 

stakeholders by making resource 

improvements, protecting existing 

resources, and anticipating growth. 

The Tennessee Growth Readiness 

Program and the Tennessee Valley 

Clean Marina Initiative help communities learn how land use decisions affect 

water quality and supply, comply with 

regulatory requirements, and make 

informed decisions about managing 

growth. The related article (see page 

15) describes these programs in more 

detail. 

Since 1999, TVA has not received federal appropriations and has funded 

environmental stewardship activities 

through power revenues. TVA provides 

power to large industries and 158 power 

distributors that serve 8.3 million consumers in seven southeastern states. 

For more information about TVA and 

its stewardship initiatives contact Buff 

Crosby at TVA, (423) 751-7687 or visit 

TVA’s web site at www.tva.com. 

SUSTAINING TVA’S NATURAL HERITAGE 


The TVA Regional Natural Heritage Project, 

initiated in 1976, contains data on a variety of 

biologically-related disciplines including 

aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals, 

threatened and endangered plant and animal 

species, natural areas, wetlands, caves, 

waterfalls, champion trees and animal gathering areas in the multi-state TVA region. 

This information is used to assist scientific 

research and improve natural areas, as well 

as protect biological diversity by guiding 

development away from sensitive areas. Currently, the database contains over 30,000 

individual records. 

Because the Natural Heritage database 

is integrated into TVA’s environmental review 

process, decision makers can identify, minimize or eliminate potential conflicts between 

proposed development and critical natural 

resources. Project biologists and their partners regularly inventory populations of federally listed plants or animals on TVA lands to 

determine population numbers and vigor, 

identify population trends, and plan appropriate protection and enhancement for them. 

Inventory data is further used to prioritize 

areas on TVA lands appropriate for inclusion 

into TVA’s Natural Areas program. As a 

result, the Natural Heritage Project now 

manages a world-class system of nature 

preserves spanning approximately 13,000 

acres in five states. These natural areas protect listed plants and animals for future generations, while other areas are publicly 

accessible for passive recreation, nature 

appreciation, and other educational programs. 

Recently, Dr. William Redmond, the 

retired founder and leader of the TVA 

Regional Natural Heritage Project was presented the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s “Conservation 

Award”. In 1993, the TVA Heritage project 

received The Nature Conservancy’s first Outstanding Heritage Program award. 

For more information about this program, 

contact Peggy Shute at TVA, (865) 632-1661 

or visit TVA’s web site at www.tva.com. 

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Partnering for Better Water Quality 

and Sustainable Development 

FEDERAL FACILITY P2 

REQUIREMENTS 

Federal facilities should recognize that pollution prevention is not merely a goal or an 

aspiration. Rather, pollution prevention is a 

specific obligation outlined in numerous 

statutes and executive orders. 

The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 

defines pollution prevention as any practice 

that “reduces the amount of any hazardous 

substance, pollutant, or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released 

into the environment (including fugitive 

emissions) prior to recycling, treatment, or 

disposal” and “reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated 

with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.” 

The Act further states, “...pollution 

should be prevented or reduced at the 

source whenever feasible; pollution that 

cannot be prevented should be recycled in 

an environmentally safe manner whenever 

feasible; pollution that cannot be prevented 

or recycled should be treated in an environmentally safe manner whenever feasible; 

and disposal or other release into the environment should be employed only as a last 

resort and should be conducted in an environmentally safe manner.” 

Specific statutes and executive orders that 

provide for pollution prevention include: 

•	 Clean Air Act (CAA) §7402-7405, §7412-

7418 

•	 Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) §6907-6908, §6921-6927, 

§6931, §6981 

•	 Clean Water Act (CWA) §1251-1256, 

§1342, §1381 

•	 Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) §13103-

13106 

•	 Emergency Planning and Community 

Right to Know Act (EPCRA) §11001-

11005, §11021-11023 

•	 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) §136 

•	 National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) §4331, §4363, §4363, §4368 

• Executive Order 13148 

• Executive Order 12088 

• Executive Order 12856 

The Tennessee Growth Readiness 

Program helps local communities 

within the TVA seven-state region learn 

how land management decisions impact 

water quality and how to make informed 

choices about growth and development. 

TVA manages the program for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, and 

works with the University of Tennessee The goal is for communities 

environmentally responsible marina and 

boating practices along the 11,000 miles 

of shoreline in the Tennessee Valley. The 

Initiative improves water quality through 

non-regulatory, collaborative P2 and 

other source reduction strategies with 

marina operators, other regulatory agencies, watershed organizations and the 

marine industry. CMI 

focuses on: 1) sewage 

Water Resources management; 2) fuel 

Research Center and 

the Southeast Water- to evaluate their existing management; 3) solid 

waste and petroleum 

shed Forum to deliver growth and development recycling and disposal; 

training, materials 

and support to plan- regulations and revise 4) vessel operation, 

maintenance, and 

ners and public works these to better protect their repair; 5) marina sitofficials. The program ing, design and mainbegan as a pilot, and water resources. tenance; 6) stormadapted strategies


from other watershed


programs. The program teaches planners


and public works officials about the com­


plex issues and choices surrounding land-


use and water quality, how to educate oth­


ers in their communities, and how to


design a Site Planning Roundtable


process. Community specific maps and


data help explain how current and future


land-uses may exacerbate existing water


quality problems. The goal is for commu­


nities to evaluate their existing growth


and development regulations and revise


these to better protect their water


resources. Officials from over 300 commu­


nities have participated in the program,


and many are considering revising their


codes and ordinances to improve water


quality in the region.


For more information about the Tennessee Growth Readiness Program, 

please call Joel Haden at TVA, (865) 632-

2132, or visit the program’s website at 

http://tgr.utk.edu. 

The Tennessee Valley Clean 

Marina Initiative (CMI) is a regional, 

voluntary certification program developed 

by TVA Resource Stewardship and its 

watershed partners to promote sound, 

water management 

and erosion control; 

and 7) boater education. With the help of 

the TVA Watershed Team, marina operators assess their operations and facilities 

and identify areas for improvement. 

Teams also conduct workshops, and provide useful resource material, including 

information on environmentally friendly 

marine products. Participants get recognition through a variety of media, and 

also are allowed use of the CMI logo. Certified marinas are reporting observable 

improvements in water quality in and 

around their marina basin. The Initiative 

has broad participation among marinas 

and boaters, and new partnerships 

among federal, state and other regional 

entities have also been forged. This program may be a model for other parts of 

the southeast United States. Currently, 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(Nashville District) and the Mississippi/Alabama Sea Grant Consortium are 

developing Clean Marina programs based 

on this model. 

For more information about this initiative contact Linda Harris at (423) 876-

4178 or visit TVA’s web site at: 

www.tva.com. 

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EPA Partners with Manufacturers and Retailers for Cleaner


Marine Engines 

EPA and New Jersey’s Department of 

Environmental Protection recently 

entered into a formal agreement with 

local trade and retailers associations 

through which the parties will work to 

ensure that by 2005, 95 percent of the 

two and four-stroke marine engines sold 

in these states are low-polluting. EPA 

hopes to sign a similar agreement with 

other local, regional trade associations, 

and the New York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation. 

Conventional two-stroke marine 

engines powered most outboard engines 

and personal water craft. These engines 

often emit dark smoke containing hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides, which contribute to the formation of ground-level 

ozone or smog. Unburned gasoline is also 

released directly into the water from such 

engines, and contaminate water bodies 

with toxic chemicals such as benzene, 

toluene, xylene and ethylene. 

This program can potentially benefit consin, Rhode Island, Vermont, Florida, 

federal entities which own and operate Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Conboats with outboard engines. Four- necticut, Massachusetts and Maryland. 

stroke and direct


fuel-injected


two-stoke


engines are com­


mercially avail- The parties will work 


able at practically any marine to ensure that by 2005, 


retailer. Being 95 percent of the two
 part of a clean


marine engine and four-stroke marine 


program also 

provides oppor- engines sold in these 

tunities for fed- states are low-polluting. eral agencies to 

New federal mandates for 

low-emission engines take 

effect in 2006, but those 

participating in the clean 

marine engine programs 

are committed to beating 

that deadline for the vast 

majority of engines they 

make and sell. 

For more information on 

clean marine engines or 

how to set up your own 

clean marine engine program, visit http://www.epa. 

gov/docs/Region2/clean 

marine/index.html or contact EPA Region 2 Clean 

partner with 

states and industry. 

EPA has established clean marine 

engine agreements with the marine 

industry and state governments in WisMarine Engine Project coordinator Tristan Gillespie at: gillespie.tristan@epa. 

gov. 

FEDERAL FACILITIES PROGRAM MANAGERS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


HEADQUARTERS 290 Broadway, 21st Fl. shelton.anthony@epa.gov REGION 7 

Greg Snyder, Director New York, NY 10007-1866 Phone: 404-562-9639 (MR) Diana Jackson 

Planning, Prevention, & malone.kathleen Phone: 404-562-9636 (AS) IA, KS, MO, NE 

Compliance Staff 

US EPA 

Federal Facilities Enforcement Office 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20460 

snyder.greg@epa.gov 

Phone: 202-564-4271 

Fax: 202-501-0069 

@epa.gov 

Phone: 

Phone: 212-637-4083 

Fax: 212-637-4086 

REGION 3 

Jose Jimenez 

DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV 

Fax: 404-562-9598 

REGION 5 

Lee J. Regner 

IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI 

US EPA Region 5 

Office of Enforcement & Compliance 

Assurance 

US EPA Region 7 

Enforcement Coordination Office 

901 North 5th Street 

Kansas City, KS 66101 

jackson.diana@epa.gov 

Phone: 913-551-7744 

Fax: 913-551-9744 

US EPA Region 3 77 West Jackson Blvd REGION 8 

REGION 1 Office of Environmental Programs Chicago, IL 60604-3507 Dianne Thiel 

Anne Fenn 1650 Arch Street regner.lee@epa.gov CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY 

CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT 

US EPA Region 1 

Office of Environmental Stewardship 

1 Congress Street 

Suite 1100, Mail: SPP 

Boston, MA 02114-2023 

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029 

jimenez.jose@epa.gov 

Phone: 215-814-2148 

Fax: 215-814-2783 

REGION 4 

Phone: 312-353-6478 

Fax: 312-353-5374 

REGION 6 

Joyce F. Stubblefield 

AR, LA, NM, OK, TX 

US EPA Region 8 

999 18th Street 

Denver, CO 80202-2466 

thiel.dianne@epa.gov; 

Phone: 303-312-6389 

Fax: 303-312-6044 

fenn.anne@epa.gov Mark Robertson US EPA Region 6 

Phone: 617-918-1805 

Fax: 617-918-1810 

Anthony Shelton 

AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN 

Compliance Assurance & 

Enforcement 

REGION 9 

Larry Woods 

REGION 2 

Kathleen Malone 

NJ, NY, PR, VI 

US EPA Region 2 

Compliance Assistance Section 

US EPA Region 4 

Environmental Accountability 

Division, Federal Facilities 

61 Forsyth St., SW 

Atlanta, GA 30303-8960 

robertson.mark@epa.gov 

Division 

1445 Ross Avenue 

Dallas, TX 75202 

stubblefield.joyce@epa.gov 

Phone: 214-665-6430 

Fax: 214-665-7446 

Tom Kelly 

AZ, CA, HI, NV, Pacific Islands 

US EPA Region 9 

Cross-Media Division 

75 Hawthorne St, CMD-2 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

woods.larry@epa.gov; 

kelly.thomasp@epa.gov 

Phone: 415-972-3857 (LW) 

Phone: 415-972-3856 (TK) 

Fax: 415-972-3562 

REGION 10 

Michele Wright 

AK, ID, OR, WA 

US EPA Region 10 

Office of Enforcement & Compliance


(OEC-164)


1200 6th Avenue


Seattle, WA 98101


wright.michele @epa.gov


Phone: 206-553-1747


Fax: 206-553-7176


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Ovens Decrease Solvent Use at Los Alamos


At Los Alamos National Laboratory 

(LANL) staff are encouraged to find 

and adopt methods for reducing waste 

and preventing pollution. In two cases, 

ovens reduced the need for solvents; they 

are used to test the oil content of asphalt 

samples, and to clean glassware for 

experiments. 

Before construction materials are 

used at the Laboratory, samples are 

tested. Asphalt aggregate is tested to 

determine the percentage of oil in the 

sample. In the past, oil was removed from 

samples by soaking and rinsing them in 

Stoddard solvent, a hazardous waste. A 

new binder oven now removes oil without 

solvent, with more accurate results and 

at a lower cost. 

The binder oven eliminates about 55 

gallons of solvent waste per year, and 

labor costs are reduced by approximately 

$24,000 per year. It reduces disposal costs, 

storage space requirements, and time 

spent completing the waste documentation. Employees are no longer exposed to 

organic solvent, so health risks and the 

need for safety supplies are reduced. Samples are tested almost three times faster, 

and materials not meeting specifications 

are identified and rejected more quickly. 

The binder oven also reduces the chance 

for human error during sample preparation by providing quantitative analysis of 

oil content for each sample. 

A different oven cleans glassware in 

several organic chemistry labs at LANL. 

A high-temperature oven decomposes 

organic compounds, and organic vapors 

in the exhaust are destroyed by a catalytic oxidizer system. The new ovens 

eliminate the need to clean glassware 

with oxidizing acids or solvents such as 

acetone, methanol, or dichloromethane to 

remove organic residue. Old methods 

exposed employees to hazardous chemicals, required cleaning chemicals and 

rinse water to be treated as hazardous 

waste, and did not always completely 

remove residue, contaminating glassware 

for future experiments. 

Binder oven at LANL. 

After the oven cleans the glassware, 

researchers rinse it once to remove any 

inorganic compounds. Cleaning glassware with the high-temperature oven 

requires 50 percent less rinse water, is 

expected to reduce 50 kg of hazardous 

waste per year, and save approximately 

100 hours of staff time. 

For more information about LANL’s 

use of ovens at their labs, or its vehicle 

maintenance shop P2 strategies, please 

contact Sonja Salzman at: ssalzman@ 

lanl.gov 

NATIONAL GUARD AND ILLINOIS PARTNER ON WEAPONS CLEANING SYSTEM


The Illinois Army National Guard (ILARNG) is using a centralized, 

ultrasonic aqueous weapons cleaning facility to cut down on hazardous solvent impregnated cleaning cloths and wipes generated 

during weapons cleaning operations at its 54 armories throughout Illinois. 

The ILARNG contacted the Illinois Waste Management and 

Research Center (WMRC), a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, to find a replacement for hazardous solvents it was 

using. WMRC suggested the elimination of hazardous solvents altogether. Aqueous detergents worked well removing oils and greases 

from weapon surfaces, but failed to remove carbon built-up on interior 

operating surfaces. Heating the aqueous cleaners still failed to 

remove the built-up carbon. The combination of heat, detergents and 

ultrasonic agitation proved most effective at removing oil, dirt and 

carbon from the most confined weapon surfaces. 

The cleaning system consists of an overhead gantry which moves 

a rack of ten weapons through a three-tank cleaning process. The 

first tank cleans, with the aid of two 24-inch stainless steel probe-type 

ultrasonic transducers. The second tank rinses the weapons, and the 

third tank introduces hot air to assist drying. Cleaning and rinsing 

baths are heated to180 degrees. 

For cleaning, the hand guards, bolt assembly and charging handle 

are removed from the each weapon; the barrel assembly remains 

attached to the receiver assembly, is disassembled, placed in a stainless steel mesh screen bag and attached to the weapon. Weapons are 

placed in the storage rack, which is inverted and lifted into each tank 

in turn. After drying, the soldier collects his weapon, blows off any 

remaining moisture with an air compressor, lubricates and reassembles the weapon. 

An ultra filtration membrane system reclaims spent cleaner solution and rinse water. Reclaimed water and detergent is returned to the 

cleaning system and the contaminants, the oil dirt and carbon, are 

concentrated for disposal. 

This weapons cleaning system has operated for a year with no 

major problems. The system design allows unit armorers to operate 

the system with minimal instruction. Facility personnel inspect and 

perform maintenance on the system after each training period. 

Jon Casebeer is the ILARNG point of contact for questions 

pertaining to this system and can be reached at: (217) 761-3794, 

Jon.Casebeer@il.ngb.army.mil. Mike Springman is the WMRC point of 

contact and can be reached at: (618) 466-3806; wmrc@piasanet. 

com. 

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U. S. Air Force Adopts Lead-Free Ammo for Training


TThe U. S. Air Force recently adopted 

lead-free ammunition for training at 

base small arms ranges. The transition to 

lead-free ammunition is a P2 strategy 

that solves multiple environmental, 

safety, and health problems, while 

enhancing the training mission at little to 

no additional cost. 

Conventional lead-containing ammunition poses serious potential and actual 

environmental, safety and health problems at small arms ranges. The Air Force 

began its search for an alternative to 

lead-containing ammunition in 1998. 

While improved range design features 

could reduce some problems, the best 

approach was to eliminate lead-containing ammunition and replace it with leadfree ammunition for training wherever 

possible. 

A small number of Air Force’s problem 

ranges initially tested several types of 

commercially available lead-free ammunition. The Air Force later teamed with the 

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in 

Crane, Ind., and procured 5.56mm and 

9mm lead-free ammunition from several 

companies, and continued testing at the 

NSWC ballistic laboratories. 

The ammunition selected is accurate 

and reliable in training, and is usertransparent to the firer of the weapon. It 

contains no lead or toxic heavy metals (in 

either the projectile or the priming composition), functions reliably in unmodified 

weapons, and is cost-competitive with 

conventional ammunition. 

Lead-free ammunition also means 

range staff airborne lead exposure limits 

are no longer applicable, and time-consuming, expensive range cleaning and 

abatement is no longer necessary. Further, safety is enhanced because the new 

ammunition is free from ricochet risk, 

and environmental lead contamination of 

soil, ground water, and surface water cannot occur. In addition, future small arms 

range designs will be simplified and more 

cost-effective. 

The Air Force contracted with the 

Winchester Division of Olin Corporation 

and the Federal Cartridge Corporation 

for 9mm and 5.56mm calibers of ammunition respectively. This ammunition 

should be in full use by late 2004. Adoption of lead-free training ammunition in 

12 gauge shotgun and 7.62mm NATO are 

imminent. 

For more information about the Air 

Force’s lead-free ammunition program, 

please contact: Dennis Kirsch, P.E., Randolph Air Force Base, TX. (210) 652-3240; 

dennis.kirsch@randolph.af.mil 

One of Fort Hood’s flagship P2 programs is its tanker purge facility. Since 

late 2002, Fort Hood, a U.S. Army installation in central Texas, has eliminated the discharge of over one million gallons of water into sewer systems, and saved thousands of gallons of water. 

A tanker purge facility is key to keeping Army operations moving 

smoothly. Large tanker trucks move fuel to vehicles in the field and from 

unit to unit, and must be cleaned periodically to keep fuel from becoming 

contaminated. During high operational phases, like the current one with 

Iraq, tanker cleaning times increase greatly. 

In the past, tanker cleaning required a great deal of water as well 

as time, sometimes as much as eight hours for each tanker. During 

cleaning, soldiers were not available to train, and tankers were not 

available for missions. Tankers used to be cleaned by filling the fuel 

tank with water, pouring in a cleaning solution and manually agitating 

the tank by driving it. This process was repeated four to five times 

before the tank was clean. Vast amounts of water were used – often 

20,000 gallons of water to clean each tanker. The fuel-contaminated 

water was directly released into sewer systems, sometimes without 

even adequately cleaning the tank. 

The new purge facility system uses a closed loop, high-pressure 

washstand that can accommodate two 5,000 gallon trucks; each truck is 

completely cleaned in 1.5 hours. Up to 45 tanker trucks can be cleaned in 

a month, even at times of high turn-over. The system recycles all water in 

a closed loop system and can be used many times. By heating water to 

150 degrees, water more thoroughly cleans the tank, and is then flushed 

and filtered into another 

holding tank where fuel 

residue is skimmed off. Both 

water and fuel can be recycled and reused, and only 

five to ten gallons of water 

are lost. Nothing is discharged into the storm 

water system. 

Construction on this facility will continue into 2004. It will be enclosed 

in a structure built with agriboard, a sustainable, energy efficient, panelized building material made of compressed wheat straw. The panelized 

system can be erected in one fifth the time of conventional normal stud 

wall building, which saves considerable dollars on labor costs. When 

completed, the purge facility will be a model for other military installations involved in sustainability and pollution prevention projects. 

Fort Hood is the largest armored military training installation in the 

U.S. Army. Encompassing 214,351 acres, it is home to the III Corps, 1st 

Cavalry Division, 4th Infantry Division, 13th Corps Support Command, and 

eight other brigade-size units. The Fort Hood-supported population, 

which includes retirees, survivors, and their family members, is approximately 170,745. 

For more information about Fort Hood’s tanker purge facility, contact 

Randy Doyle, P2 Program Manager, Fort Hood. (254) 287-1099; randy. 

doyle@us.army.mil 

FORT HOOD TANKER PURGE FACILITY 

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NASA Technology Reduces Smokestack and 


Automotive Emissions


Thanks to NASA, a new method for 

reducing smokestack and automotive 

emissions may soon be in use throughout 

the country. Originally created for satellite lasers to measure the chemical 

makeup of the Earth’s atmosphere, the 

smokestack and automotive catalytic converter application of 

Low-Temperature Oxidation Catalysts Originally created for 

oped an oxidation technology that would 

work at very low temperatures. LTOC 

technologies were then adapted for 

higher temperature applications like 

smokestack emissions and the internal 

combustion engine. 

An automotive catalytic converter 

using LTOC technology has met initial 

EPA requirements 

(LTOC) enables the and California emisdestruction of pollutant use in space, NASA’s sion standards for 

gasses, such as carbon the automotive 

monoxide and hydro- LOTC technology after-market. The 

carbons, as well as some has been adapted LTOC catalytic connitrogen oxides. verter does not 

Developed at for use on Earth. require a warm-up 

P2 Quicknotes 

THE POLLUTION PREVENTION RESOURCE 

EXCHANGE (P2RX) 

P2RX is a consortium of eight regional pollution prevention information centers and 

has 

http://www.p2rx.org. P2Rx produces “topic 

hubs” designed to provide an overview, 

process information, P2 options, and best 

documents (links) of the industrial sector or 

the topic being covered. Jean Waters has 

more information at: 402-595-1826 or 

jwaters@mail.unomaha.edu . 

WHAT’S NEW AT THE 

P2 INFORMATION 

CLEARINGHOUSE? 

The Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC) is a free service of the U.S. 

EPA dedicated to reducing or eliminating 

industrial pollutants in the environment. 

PPIC provides copies of EPA pollution prevention publications and supports clients in 

accessing Internet-based P2 resources. To 

visit s 

resources, go to: http://www.epa.gov/ 

opptintr/library/ppicindex.htm 

several resources available at 

PPIC’ homepage and its new 

organic compounds; removal of carbon 

monoxide and formaldehyde from 

houses and other buildings; and 

removal of carbon monoxide and 

formaldehyde from automobile, aircraft 

and other vehicle interiors. NASA is 

still accepting license inquiries for 

available LTOC applications. 

For more information about NASA 

LTOC technologies, please contact: 

Chris Rink, NASA Langley Research 

Center; (757) 864-6786; christopher.p. 

rink@nasa.gov 

NASA’s Langley


Research Center,


Hampton, Va., LTOC technology is


expected to reduce formaldehyde and


carbon monoxide concentrations in


smokestack emissions by approximately


85 to 95 percent, while reducing auto-


motive pollution emissions by approxi­


mately 30 percent. 


Current pollution remediation technologies are typically very expensive to 

implement and maintain. The catalyticbased formaldehyde remediation system will be relatively inexpensive to 

implement and maintain within continuously operating facilities. It will reduce 

the time and cost associated with industrial compliance with current and 

future federal pollution standards. 

NASA originally called on Langley 

researchers to develop a technology for 

space-based carbon-dioxide laser systems. To maintain carbon dioxide lasers 

in space for atmospheric research, 

NASA needed a catalyst system that 

would affect the oxidation of carbon 

monoxide, a by-product of carbon-dioxide laser operation, under the cold vacuum of space. 

Although the need for a carbon dioxide laser in space gave way to solid-state 

lasers, the NASA research team develperiod to function 

and uses significantly fewer precious metals than current 

commercial products, which reduces the 

overall cost of an after-market product by 

25 percent. 

Most modern automobiles are 

equipped with catalytic converters that 

treat engine exhaust before it leaves the 

car. Current technology requires the 

exhaust to reach a high temperature 

before the catalytic converter begins to 

work. LTOC begins to operate at a much 

lower temperature or as soon as the car 

is started. 

Because of its low-temperature oxidation capabilities, the NASA catalyst 

begins to work almost immediately 

enabling destruction of toxic gases even 

when the catalytic converter is cold. 

Through NASA’s technology commercialization program, Automated Controls Technologies, Inc. (A.C.T.) of Fairmont, W. Va., is the exclusive licensee 

for the NASA LTOC smokestack application. A.C.T. officials expect to have 

products on the market in early 2004. 

Airflow Catalyst Systems Inc., 

Rochester, N.Y., is the licensee for the 

internal combustion application. 

Other LTOC technologies include: 

sensors for carbon monoxide or volatile 

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In the Spotlight


EPA Region 10 Recognizes 

Northwest Environmental 

Projects 

F

ederal facilities are among the winners of EPA Region 10’s (Seattle) 

recently announced first annual “Champions for Environmental Leadership 

and ‘Green’ Government Innovation” 

awards program. Eleven facilities were 

recognized for their cooperative efforts 

and their “green” projects. Region 10 

thanks all 2003 recipients, and reminds 

other facilities in its region to think 

about 2004 submissions. The call for 

nominations will go out in early 2004. 

The awardees for 2003 are: 

Elmendorf Air Force Base, 

Alaska — Air Quality Innovations and 

Hazardous Waste Reutilization. The Air 

Program saved an estimated $1.5 million dollars in administrative record 

keeping costs. Elmendorf partnered 

with the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) and recycled 

over two million pounds of hazardous 

wastes generated by Alaska military 

installations. 

Department of Energy, Richland, 

Wash. Operations Office — Water 

Distribution, Hanford Mortar-Lining. 

The mortar-lining technique is an environmentally friendly, cost-effective, 

trenchless pipeline rehabilitation 

process extending the life of existing 

waterlines with a thin- coated, cementlike mortar applied inside the pipeline. 

Flow rates tripled from 460 gallons per 

minute to 1,403 gallons per minute. 

DOE continues to mortar-line Hanford’s 

degraded pipes to ensure water service. 

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska — Alternative Energy. 

Energy management and generator 

improvements were made at Wonder 

Lake Ranger Station, Toklat Road 

Camp, and Eielson Visitor Center. The 

new propane generators are operated 

for eight hours every fifth day, instead of 

daily as with the older generators. 

There are significant reductions in 

noise, spill hazards, and exhaust emissions, and fuel consumption was 

reduced by about 60 percent. 

U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS), 

Whidbey Island, Wash. — Recycling 

and Alternative Fueled Vehicles. Combined P2 efforts by NAS employees 

diverted 111 million pounds of solid 

waste and compostable materials from 

the waste stream, representing a 65 percent reduction in solid waste over a 13 

year period. NAS currently uses 16 electric vehicles, which significantly reduce 

emissions, noise, and fossil fuel consumption, and save approximately 130 

man-hours and $6,100 dollars per user 

per year, and $858 in fossil fuel usage. 

U.S. Army - Fort Lewis, Wash. — 

Installation Sustainability Program. 

Between 1994 and 2001, Ft. Lewis 

reduced hazardous material usage and 

waste from 600,629 pounds to 254,578 

pounds. The Installation Sustainability 

Program (ISP) set 12 strategic goals to 

guide program efforts through 2005. A 

full version of the ISP report can be 

found at: http://www.lewis.army.mil/ 

publicworks/ftInternet/ftLewisInfo/ 

sistainability/SustainabilityAnnual 

Report.pdf 

Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA), Renton, Wash. — Leadership 

in Energy and Environmental Design 

(LEED) Tracon Building and Green 

Power Purchasing Program. Seatac Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) is the first FAA building to meet 

LEED standards and receive LEED’s 

Certification Gold Level. The TRACON 

project includes: energy and water efficiency; reduction or elimination of toxic 

or hazardous building materials; recycling; environmentally preferable materials, and indoor air quality improvement with environmentally safe 

material, equipment and construction 

processes. The Green Power Purchasing 

program stormwater management plan 

removes 80 percent average annual 

post-development total suspended 

solids, and 40 percent post development 

phosphorus. Overall potable water savings is at least 30 percent. 

Eielson AFB, Alaska — Refuse 

Derived Fuel Program (RDF) and Community Support. Eielson instituted a 

process to use waste paper and cardboard materials in conjunction with coal 

in coal fired machinery. This re-use of 

70-80 tons per month of waste paper 

products collected from the Base and 

neighboring communities has saved 

Eielson approximately $1.2 million dollars in tipping fees and coal costs in the 

past six years. 

General Services Administration 

(GSA), Auburn, Wash. — Renewable 

Energy Program. GSA, in partnership 

with Bonneville Power Administration 

completed two photovoltaic projects at 

GSA facilities in 2002 – a five kilowatt 

system at the U.S. Courthouse/Federal 

Office Building in Richland, Wash., and 

a 2.5 kilowatt system at its fleet management building in Auburn, Wash.. 

Electrical cost savings are estimated at 

$1200 a year. These projects help offset 

energy needs during peak summer 

month consumption, reduce dependency 

on fossil fuels and purchased electricity, 

and are cleaner and more efficient than 

traditional forms of energy. 

Bonneville Power Administra�

tion (BPA), Portland, Ore. — Water 

and Wastewater Energy. BPA’s Water 

and Wastewater Program serves 

medium and small sized communities in 

Washington state. Clustering multiple 

projects resulted in energy savings 

ranging from 13 to 38 percent at modified plant areas. Savings average 

500,000 kilowatts per facility, and 

reduces approximately 70 tons of carbon-dioxide per year. This also equates 

to planting 19 acres of trees or taking 14 

automobiles off the roads. 

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In the Spotlight (continued) 

Northwest Fisheries Science 

Center (NOAA), Seattle, Wash. — P2 

and Waste Reduction. By installing a 

nitrogen/protein analyzer to replace the 

hazardous Kjeldahl Method, NOAA dramatically reduced hazardous waste, 

chemical usage, employee exposure to 

hazardous materials and cost. Approximately 400 pounds of hazardous waste 

are eliminated annually at an approximate cost of $1200 dollars. Other 

extraction systems reduce methylene 

chloride, PCBs and pesticides. 

For more information about these 

awards please contact: Michele Wright 

at wright.michele@epa.gov. 

EPA’s Performance Track 

Salutes DOE and 

DynMcdermott 

The U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE) and DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company, located in 

New Orleans, are charter members of 

EPA’s most comprehensive voluntary 

protection program, the National Environmental Performance Track. DynMcDermott is hailed as a model for program members, and recently won 

renewal of its contract to manage and 

operate the U.S. Strategic Petroleum 

Reserve (SPR). According to DynMcDermott, company employees were largely 

responsible for the renewal because of 

their efforts in environmental, safety, 

and health areas. 

Performance Track promotes environmental performance which exceeds 

regulatory requirements. All federal 

facilities and U.S. companies with a 

proven record of regulatory compliance, 

an operational environmental management system, a demonstrated commitment to continued environmental 

improvement, and outreach to the local 

community and the public may be eligible to join. Benefits for members include 

recognition on a national scale; low priority for routine inspections; use of the 

Performance Track logo; networking 

opportunities; and access to regulatory 

changes that reduce reporting requirements and administrative costs. 

The SPR was established in 1973 to 

prevent commercial oil supply disruptions which may disrupt the U.S. economy. It is located in deep underground 

salt caverns along the Gulf Coast of 

Texas and Louisiana, and contains the 

world’s largest stockpile of crude oil. 

DynMcDermott, an ISO 14001-certified company with 500-1000 employees, 

is responsible for storing and distributing the SPR’s crude oil in the event of a 

national energy emergency. In its application to Performance Track in 2000, it 

noted significant reductions in hazardous materials consumption and hazardous waste, and committed to achieve 

more reductions in the upcoming three 

year period. 

DynMcDermott submitted its annual 

performance report for Performance 

Track in July 2002, and described a 

SPR-wide pollution prevention assessment to determine opportunities for 

waste reduction and recycling, and proposals for P2 projects. The projects will 

address DOE’s P2 and energy efficiency 

goals for reducing hazardous waste, and 

reducing sanitary waste through recycling. 

Highlights of their recycling campaign include the following: 900 pounds 

of telephone books and 94 pounds of 

Mardi Gras beads recycled; 3,208 

pounds of excess paint given to the city 

of Freeport, La.; 80 pounds of excess 

mixed paint used as a curing agent and 

to paint a helicopter pad; 356 pounds of 

spent wireline grease generated from 

cavern work reused; over one million 

pounds of used asphalt and 270,000 

pounds of dirt from landfill disposed by 

donating it to the local parish landfill. 

A 960 pound reduction in hazardous 

solid waste was met and surpassed, and 

a goal of 15 percent recycling for total 

solid waste has been almost reached, 

and air emissions reductions were met 

and surpassed two years ahead of the 

commitment date. 

As part of its community outreach, 

the SPR’s environmental committee collaborates with emergency planning 

committees, mutual aid associations, 

local fire departments, and other local 

groups. An annual site environmental 

report is made available to the media, 

libraries, elected officials and other 

interested parties on DynMcDermott’s 

website: www.spr.doe.gov. 

DynMcDermott’s environmental 

committee conducted quarterly meetings with community advisors, continues to work with a local non-governmental organization assisting in an 

annual local shoreline cleanup campaign, is a major corporate sponsor for 

DOE’s Louisiana Regional Science 

Bowl, and maintains a business and 

education partnership with an “at risk” 

junior high school. Each SPR site adopts 

a non-profit organization in the community and provides gifts to needy families 

or individuals during the Christmas 

season. Over 70 environmental/P2 

awards were given to DynMcDermott 

contractor employees through the company’s Pollution Prevention Awareness 

Program. 

Currently, there are 17 other federal 

facilities in Performance Track. Applications are accepted twice annually; the 

next application period will be February- April 30, 2004. Application forms 

are found at http://www.epa.gov/ 

performancetrack/apps/app.htm. For 

more information, please contact Luctrician Booth at (202) 566-2867, or 

booth.luctrician @epa.gov. 

Visit Performance Track at: http://www. 

epa.gov/performancetrack. 

In the Spotlight continued on page 22 

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT 

Continued from page 21 

Federal Facilities Recognized 

with National P2 Award 

The National Pollution Prevention 

Roundtable’s Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) award was 

given to two federal facilities at an 

award ceremony in Washington, D.C. 

this past September. A contractor at the 

Los Alamos National Laboratory was 

also recognized with an MVP2 award. 

The MVP2 award is a national award 

given to organizations which demonstrate exemplary environmental stewardship and P2 efforts. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(COE), Alaska District and Jacobs Engineering won their award for an asphalt 

recycling project in Kodiak, Alaska. By 

using recycled contaminated material 

as a base course for road paving, the 

P2 Quicknotes 

EPA AWARDED A 

BLANKET PURCHASE 

AGREEMENT (BPA) 

Corporate Express was awarded a BPA for 

all desktop and non-electronic office supplies EPA purchases using a purchase card. 

In a BPA, an agency agrees to purchase 

products from a designated vendor. EPA tailored its agency-specific e-catalog to meet 

specific environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) needs. This gives EPA 

employees access to green office supplies 

through a commercially owned, agency 

specific e-catalog. Using the BPA will 

greatly increase EPA’s purchase of green 

office supplies and will increase purchase 

of office supplies mandated by JavitzWagner

the system. 

purchasers are buying and how to improve 

-O’Day (JWOD). The BPA will also 

increase purchasing from small business 

vendors, give EPA access to group discounts, and allow for better tracking of all 

office supply purchases made with purchase cards. This will help EPA learn what 

WHITE HOUSE CLOSING THE CIRCLE AWARDS: 2004 

The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive (OFEE) is inviting nominations for the 

2004 White House Closing the Circle (CTC) Awards. This program recognizes Federal 

employees and their facilities for efforts which resulted in significant contributions to or 

have made a significant impact on the environment. The awards focus on waste prevention, recycling, and green purchasing activities under E.O. 13101, pollution prevention 

and environmental management under E.O. 13148, and green/sustainable buildings 

under both executive orders. The complete directions, including information on agencies’ internal awards programs and changes to the 2004 award categories, can be found 

on OFEE’s web site: http://www.ofee.gov/ (click on the “Closing the Circle Awards Nomination” button on the left side of the home page). If you have any questions call us at 

(202) 564-1297. Good Luck! 

COE minimized waste streams, provided a remote Alaskan community with 

a paved road and decreased remediation 

costs. Transporting the 31,500 tons of 

material by truck and barge to the nearest suitable landfill in the state of Washington would have consumed substantial fuel and resulted in air emissions, 

as well as increasing the ecological risk. 

By not utilizing thermal treatment, 

504,000 gallons of fuel was avoided 

along with the associated emissions of 

450 pounds of carbon monoxide and 

1,850 pounds of particulates. The estimated cost savings are more than $1.5 

million in direct savings, and there were 

also secondary benefits to the local economy. 

The Naval Facilities Engineering 

Service Center in Port Hueneme, Calif. 

received an award for their project 

“Cost-Effective Protection of Ground 

Water Resources from MTBE and Other 

Fuel-related Water Pollutants.” This 

innovative project developed P2 technology for underground storage tanks, and 

is the product of five years of collaboration between the federal government, 

academia, and industry. One site using 

this technology documented cost savings of over $30 million. U.S. Representative Lois Capps personally presented 

the award at the ceremony. U.S. Senator 

Dianne Feinstein sent a letter of congratulations. 

Finally, KSL’s staff at Los Alamos 

National Laboratory (LANL) was recognized for pollution prevention improvements to the vehicle maintenance shop 

at LANL. Shop employees identified the 

root cause of most oil leaks – failure of 

aluminum fittings – and replaced them 

with sturdier, although more expensive, 

steel ferrules. This resulted in over 70 

percent fewer spills. Contaminated soil 

was significantly reduced, and LANL is 

able to treat it on-site using innovative 

approaches developed by the auto shop 

employees. Spills inside the shop are 

cleaned with self-cleaning and reusable 

oil-digesting bacteria. Bio-based, nontoxic hydraulic fluid made from soybean 

extract has replaced petroleum-based 

fluid used in forklifts at radiological control areas outside. If fluid leaks do 

result, it simply degrades into the soil. 

LANL has also installed a hot water 

parts washer, which saves time, enables 

LANL to recycle oil and water, and 

reduces employee exposure to solvents. 

Projects at LANL resulted in yearly 

labor savings of approximately $40,000 

and avoided costs of more than $80,000. 

KSL received letters of congratulations 

from U.S. Senators Pete Domenici and 

Jeff Bingaman. (Also see the article on 

page 17 about other P2 strategies at 

LANL.) 

NPPR anticipates applications for 

next year’s MVP2 awards to be accepted 

until May 15, 2004, and winners notified by July 15. Awards will be presented during National Pollution Prevention week, which will be September 

20-26. For further information, visit 

NPPR’s website at: http://www.p2.org. 

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Selected P2 Internet Resources


http://www.epa.gov/p2 

This is the U.S. EPA’s primary P2 website. Links 

to many other P2 resources can be found here. 

http://www.ofee.gov


Office of the Federal Environmental Executive –


promotes sustainable environmental stewardship throughout the federal government. 

http://www.p2.org/ 

National Pollution Prevention Roundtable – is 

the largest membership organization in the 

United States devoted solely to P2. The Roundtable’s mission is to provide a national forum for 

promoting the development, implementation, 

and evaluation of efforts to avoid, eliminate, or 

reduce pollution at the source. 

http://www.p2gems.org/ 

P2 GEMS – A database containing full text 

research documents, research summaries, 

citations, and names of experts and resources. 

Publicly funded P2 clearinghouses and 

research centers across the United States are 

making special databases and P2 research 

summaries available on the Web. 

http://www.p2rx.org/ 

Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange 

(P2Rx) – This network consists of nine regional 

pollution prevention centers that offer a variety 

of resources, including information for specific 

industry sectors, training, libraries, referrals and 

research. Through P2Rx, the nine centers are 

laying the groundwork for a seamless national 

network of easily accessible, high-quality P2 

information. 

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/ 

library/ppicdist.htm 

This is EPA’s Pollution Prevention Information 

Clearinghouse (PPIC). This site contains EPA 

publications about pollution prevention. Many 

documents are available electronically, but 

some documents must be requested from EPA. 

http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/ 

The objective of EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program (EPP) is to encourage, 

motivate, and assist Federal agencies to include 

environmental concerns, along with price and 

performance, as a factor in their purchasing 

decisions. The EPP Web site provides guidance, 

case studies, tools, and other resources to help 

agencies procure environmentally preferable 

products and services. These products have 

reduced effects on human health and the environment when compared to others serving the 

same purpose. 

http://www.epa.gov/p2/ 

programs/PBT.htm 

EPA’s Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic 

(PBT) Strategy focuses attention on reducing 

risks from highly toxic substances that can build 

up in the food chain to levels harmful to human 

health. This website contains information about 

preventing PBTs. 

http://www.p2pays.org/ 

The Waste Reduction Resource Center (WRRC) 

provides technical Pollution Prevention (P2) 

support to the states in EPA Regions III and IV. 

http://www.assistancecenters.net/ 

Compliance Assistance Centers – In addition to 

compliance assistance, many of these sites also 

contain P2 information. 

http://www.nrc-recycle.org/ 

The National Recycling Coalition, Inc. (NRC) is 

a nonprofit organization committed to maximizing recycling to achieve the benefits of resource 

conservation, solid waste reduction, environmental protection, energy conservation and 

social and economic development. 

http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/ 

The Department of Energy's Federal Energy 

Management Program works to reduce the cost 

and environmental impact of the Federal government by advancing energy efficiency and 

water conservation, promoting the use of distributed and renewable energy, and improving 

utility management decisions at Federal sites. 

http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/ 

DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

Network/Smart Communities Network. Information on green buildings, land use planning, 

and other sustainable practices. 

FAA ENVIRONMENTALLY 

PREFERABLE PRODUCT 

WEB RESOURCES 

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

is actively reducing its hazardous materials usage and hazardous waster generation through several initiatives. The FAA’s 

affirmative procurement program encourages facilities to purchase and use environmentally preferable products and services. To assist in promoting these 

programs, the Office of Environment and 

Energy created a product substitution 

guide to identify environmentally preferable alternatives for hazardous materials 

used by the FAA. The FAA’s Environmental 

Substitution Guide can be found at 

http://www.aee.faa.gov/aee-200/sub_ 

guide/begin.htm. 

The products identified in this guide are 

either non-hazardous or have more favorable environmental, safety, and health 

properties than currently used products. 

The products are organized into the following categories: Adhesives, Cleaners/Solvents, Corrosion Preventive Compounds, 

Lubricants, Pesticides, Electronics Cleaning and Flux, and Freeze Spray. A new section covering Affirmative Procurement was 

added with the 2003 edition. 

A number of P2 brochures and handouts have been made available to the FAA 

community. These were developed in 

preparation for P2 week and America 

Recycles Day at FAA Headquarters. Part of 

promoting “green” awareness requires 

information distribution to FAA employees 

and their concerned public. 

For P2 week, a new FAA Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Landscaping Guide was developed and distributed throughout the FAA. The 

Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Landscaping Guide and information on 

recycling can be found at http:// 

www.aee.faa.gov/aee-200/recycle2.htm. 

For more information contact: frank. 

lanzetta@faa.gov [202-267-3497]. 

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Enforcement News


EPA and DoD Resolve Post-ROD Issues


On October 2, 2003, EPA and DoD successfully resolved a nearly three-year 

post-Record of Decision (ROD) dispute 

that will now expedite decision-making at 

dozens of military Superfund cleanup 

sites for years to come. The ROD documents the approach that will be used to 

cleanup pollution at a site. EPA and DoD 

disagreed over the appropriate EPA oversight role in determining what actions 

are needed to implement and maintain 

land use controls which help ensure the 

cleanup remains protective after the remedy has been selected. 

Land use controls typically allow some 

pollution to remain in place, as long as it 

can be managed safely and effectively, 

and not compromise human health or the 

environment. For instance, it may be best 

to cap a military landfill containing trash 

and other wastes rather than removing 

its contents, which can be quite expensive 

and unnecessary to ensure site safety. 

However, for the cap to continue to be 

safe, its integrity must be maintained. 

Land use controls help ensure, as part of 

the long-term maintenance of the remedy, 

that trees would not be allowed to grow in 

the cap and that service men and women 

or others did not dig through the cap 

inadvertently. Because land use controls 

are part of the remedy, EPA insists that 

land use controls be fully evaluated, 

designed, and implemented, just as the 

physical part of the remedy. In addition, 

EPA has an important oversight responsibility to ensure that they are and 

remain safe. 

After lengthy negotiations first with 

the Navy, and later with the Army, EPA 

and the Navy agreed to a set of principles 

(the Navy Principles). The Navy Principles include land use controls in a ROD 

and guarantee a role for EPA in implementation and maintenance decisions of 

these controls. Because of EPA’s and the 

Navy’s hard work and good faith negotiations, they, along with the Army and the 

Defense Logistics Agency, reached a resolution that streamlined the information 

needed on actions required to ensure land 

use controls are safe. An EPA/DoD task 

force will soon examine further efficiencies and economies for site management 

and oversight. 

EPA also agreed to give full and fair 

consideration to a new, alternative performance-based approach suggested by 

the Air Force. EPA will assess the Air 

Force’s approach on a site-specific basis 

and see how and whether the service’s 

proposed principles might be used to 

reach resolution regarding Air Force 

cleanups. 

For further information, contact Sally 

Dalzell at U.S. EPA at (202) 564-2583. 

Enforcement Roundup 

ALJ Finds Penalty Appropriate 

in CAA NESHAP Case Against 

Fort Jackson 

In an Initial Decision dated September 

12, 2003, Administrative Law Judge 

(ALJ) William Moran found EPA Region 

4’s (Atlanta) proposed penalty was appropriate, and assessed the full civil penalty 

of $85,800 for Clean Air Act (CAA) 

NESHAP-Asbestos violations at the U.S. 

Army Training Center, Fort Jackson, S.C. 

The violations included failure to provide 

written notice prior to the renovation 

activity; failure to inspect facility for 

asbestos prior to the renovation; failure to 

use trained personnel during the renovation; and failure to keep removed 

asbestos material wet until collected for 

disposal. Fort Jackson stipulated it was 

liable for the violations, but raised as a 

defense that the EPA Administrator had 

not properly delegated authority to make 

the required CAA Section 113(d)(1) concurrence (with the U.S. Attorney General) on any Section 113(d) action involving violations greater than one year old. 

Fort Jackson also challenged application 

of the CAA Section 113(e) penalty assessment criterion of “size of business,” as 

well as the overall appropriateness of the 

penalty. ALJ Moran rejected Fort Jackson’s arguments, and found the delegation of authority exists and was properly 

made from the EPAAdministrator. Citing 

the EPA Environmental Appeals Board 

(EAB) decision in U.S. Army, Fort Wainwright Central Heating and Power Plant, 

the ALJ held that consideration of the 

“size of business” penalty criterion is 

appropriate, and that Region 4’s (Atlanta) 

application of the various CAA penalty 

policies in proposing its penalty was reasonable and based on the facts of the case. 

Region 6 RCRA Settlement 

Reached for FAA’s Mike 

Monroney Aeronautical Center 

On July 28, 2003, EPA Region 6 (Dallas) 

signed a Consent Agreement and Final 

Order (CA/FO) to address violations of 

the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) at the Federal Aviation 

Administration’s (FAA’s) Mike Monroney 

Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, 

Okla. The CA/FO requires FAA to pay a 

penalty of $67,210, and orders compliance. The CA/FO alleges 10 separate 

counts with the majority of violations 

relating to the facility’s failure to meet 

the permit exemption requirements for a 

RCRA generator. The counts in the 

CA/FO include failure to label, date, and 

close containers, failure to manage satellite accumulation areas appropriately, 

failure to update hazardous waste training, failure to maintain an adequate Contingency Plan, failure to make hazardous 

waste determinations, failure to label 

used oil tanks and containers, and failure 

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to comply with reporting requirements. 

EPA is pleased with the efforts that the 

FAA Mike Monroney Center has made to 

improve its hazardous waste management programs and to reduce the likelihood that similar violations will occur in 

the future. 

Region 8 Issues Order to BOR 

Regarding Four Bears Drinking 

Water Treatment Plant 

On October 14, 2003, EPA Region 8 (Denver) issued an Administrative Order on 

Consent (AOC) against the Department 

of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) 

for violations of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA) at the Four Bears Drinking 

Water Treatment Plant, N.D. After a July 

2003 meeting with BOR, an AOC was 

agreed to by the parties. The BOR owns 

and funds the plant, but it is managed 

and operated by the tribe. The public 

water system (PWS) violated SDWA turbidity standards in April 2003, and thus 

provided potentially unsafe water to its 

customers. The Four Bears PWS operators are not adequately trained on plant 

operations, and the AOC requires BOR to 

hold the tribe accountable and comply 

with the AOC. The AOC includes stipulated penalties for failure to comply, and 

if this does not occur EPA will consider an 

AO against the tribe. 

Region 8 Settles Action 

Against BIA UST Violations 

On August 27, 2003, EPA Region 8 (Denver) executed a Consent Agreement and 

Final Order (CAFO) settling a RCRA 

Subtitle I - Underground Storage Tank 

(UST) enforcement action against the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - Standing 

Rock Agency, Ft. Yates Law Enforcement 

Facility, Ft. Yates, N.D. The Ft. Yates 

facility is within the exterior boundaries 

of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation. The CAFO requires BIA to pay a 

$16,943 penalty, and conduct Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPs) worth 

at least $26,000. The SEPs will include 

removal of non-regulated heating fuel 

USTs, closure site assessments and, if 

necessary, corrective actions at any of the 

tank sites. The settlement also includes 

an environmental audit of all BIA owned 

or operated facilities at the Standing 

Rock Agency, including any of BIA’s grant 

or contract facilities. The settlement 

arises from an April 1, 2003, EPA Region 

8 administrative complaint alleging UST 

violations against Ft. Yates for failing to: 

maintain leak detection monitoring 

records; operate leak detection equipment in accordance with manufacturer’s 

instructions; and report and investigate a 

suspected release of regulated product 

(gasoline). 

Region 8 Issues SDWA 

Proposed Order to BIA 

Facilities on Pine Ridge 

Reservation 

On July 3, 2003, Region 8 (Denver) 

issued a proposed compliance order/proposed order with administrative penalty 

pursuant to sections 1423 and 1447 of 

the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). 

The Order, alleging violations of the 

SDWA Underground Injection Control 

(UIC) requirements for Class V wells, 

was issued to the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs (BIA), Pine Ridge Road Shop and 

Kyle Road Shop facilities on the Pine 

Ridge Indian Reservation in South 

Dakota. The Order may be the first 

instance of a combined penalty 

order/compliance order under the SDWA 

UIC program issued to a federal facility. 

The order proposed a penalty of $28,691 

for UIC violations including failure to 

permit or discontinue the well, failure to 

timely submit a permit application or 

requested information, and failure to 

close or retrofit the well to prevent 

underground source of drinking water 

(USDW) contamination. The Order also 

requires, within 30 days, submittal of 

closure plans for the Class V wells or 

submittal of a completed permit application for continued use of the existing 

Class V well/disposal system. 

FFEO Issues Policy on Listing 

Mixed Ownership Mine or Mill 

Sites 

EPA’s Federal Facility Enforcement 

Office issued its policy Listing Mixed 

Ownership Mine or Mill Sites Created 

as a Result of the General Mining Law of 

1872 on the Federal Agency Hazardous 

Waste Compliance Docket on June 24, 

2003. The Policy states that mixed ownership mine or mill sites created as a 

result of the General Mining Law of 

1872 generally should not be included 

on the published list of federal facilities 

which have been reported to the CERCLA 120(c) Federal Agency Hazardous 

Waste Compliance Docket (Docket). The 

Policy recognizes that individual mine 

or mill sites should be evaluated on a 

case-by-case basis, and that such sites 

should be considered for inclusion in 

EPA’s CERCLIS database. The policy 

can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/ 

federal/policymixownrshpmine.pdf 

FEDFACS ON THE WEB 

This and past issues of FedFacs can be 

found on EPA’

civil/fedfac/index.html 

gov/compliance/resources/newsletters/ 

s website at: http://www.epa. 

Editor’s Note: 

In the Summer 2003 issue, some information was inadvertently omitted. In our 

story on EPA Region 4’s “CWA/SPCC 

Compliance Assurance Initiative for Federal Facilities,” those wishing to find out 

more about the initiative can contact: 

Tony Shelton at (404) 562-9636. In our 

article “EPA Sponsored Environmental 

Management System Workshops,” Denver 

should have been among the cities where 

training has been given. 

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In Brief


EMRs at Texas FBOP/FMC and 

VA Medical Center — U.S. EPA Region 

6 (Dallas) conducted environmental management reviews (EMRs) at the Federal 

Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) Federal Medical Center (FMC), Fort Worth, and the 

Veterans Administration Medical Center 

(VAMC) in Dallas. The EMRs examined 

each facility’s environmental programs 

and management system to determine 

the extent protection programs and plans 

have been developed and implemented. 

The Dallas VAMC is one of 17 VA medical 

centers selected by the Department of 

Veterans Affairs Health Administration 

to participate in a cooperative partnership in which EPA conducts EMRs to help 

improve facility compliance. 

EPA staff worked with each facility to 

design the parameters and scope of the 

review prior to its visit. Reviews included 

an in-brief by the EPA team, a tour, interviews with appropriate staff from top 

management to staff level, and an outbrief. Both reviews were well received by 

the facilities. FBOP has requested further assistance from EPA Region 6 in 

designing its environmental management system. A draft report of the 

recently conducted VAMC EMR is in 

review by the EPA Region 6 EMR team. 

EPA Region 6 will also conduct EMRs in 

2004 at VA medical centers in Temple, 

Texas and the U.S. Army Camp Stanley 

Storage Facility in Boerne, Texas. 

The DoD Environmental Data Quality Workgroup and Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force jointly 

sponsored an invitational roundtable on 

the “Analysis of Perchlorate in Environmental Samples” on 23 October 2003, in 

Dallas, Texas. This roundtable enabled 

government and private sector experts 

(chemists) to examine problems/limitations with current perchlorate sampling 

and testing methods, discuss emerging 

technology, and recommend a path forward for developing, validating and promulgating (e.g., through SW-846) 

improved, performance-based perchlorate sampling and analysis methods. Participants included USACE, NAVFAC, 

AFCEE, AFIOH , EPA/ORD, EPA/OSW, 

EPA Regional staff, state regulatory 

agencies, academia, and private labs. 

More information can be found at: 

http://www.epa.gov/swerffrr/recent 

additions.htm. 

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Vendor Fair — For the 

third consecutive year, U.S. EPA Region I 

(Boston) organized a session entitled 

“Federal Focus on EPP” at the Massachusetts 9th Annual Buy Recycled and 

EPP Vendor Fair and Conference in 

Worcester, Mass. (October 8, 2003). Tailored for federal purchasing and facility 

staff, the session discussed EPA’s Federal 

Facilities Program, described environmental management systems (EMS), and 

explained how Environmental Management Reviews (EMRs) can prepare a 

facility to implement an EMS. A follow-up 

presentation explained how to incorporate EPP into an EMS. The session also 

presented an on-line purchasing system 

that tracks recycled content purchases (a 

requirement under RCRA section 6002), 

and provided tips on selecting a recycling 

service for obsolete electronics. The EPP 

Vendor Fair featured approximately 100 

exhibitors of “green” products and services. Over 800 attendees from universities, hospitals, and government agencies 

participated in the conference, making it 

the largest, longest running event of its 

kind in the nation. 

Government Senior Manager EMS 

Training — U.S. EPA Region 6 (Dallas) 

Federal Facilities Program sponsored two 

separate environmental management 

system (EMS) training for senior federal 

leaders in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. 

The training informed managers about 

EMS requirements and strategies at federal agencies. The first two-hour session 

was held September 15, 2003 at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Center in 

Fort Worth, and was attended by 35 

senior managers from several federal 

agencies. The second session was held 

September 29, 2003 during the monthly 

Dallas/Fort Worth Federal Executive 

Board meeting, and was attended by 29 

federal executives from 23 different agencies and bureaus. Dr. Gary Chiles of 

MWH, Inc. conducted both sessions. 

U.S. EPA Regions 5 and 7 Sponsors 

EMS Workshop — On August 5-7, 2003, 

EPA Regions 5 (Chicago) and 7 (Kansas 

City) hosted “Designing Your EMS: A 

Federal Facility Workshop” at the Region 

7 Offices in Kansas City, Kan. Over 100 

federal facility representatives from various agencies attended. Workshop participants learned basic ISO 14001 elements 

of an environmental management system 

(EMS), and the steps needed to implement an EMS at their facilities. The 

workshop included a panel of several federal facility representatives who shared 

their EMS implementation experiences 

at their facilities. David Coughey, Department of Energy’s Kansas City, Mo. Plant, 

outlined the EMS implementation timeline, resource commitment, benefits and 

lessons learned during certification. 

Steven Coyle, Robins Air Force Base 

(RAFB), Ga., explained the RAFB 

methodology for continuous process 

improvement including how they started, 

identified RAFB environmental aspects, 

and lessons they learned. Robert Lallier, 

NASA Glenn Research Center Plum 

Brook Station, Ohio, spoke about NASA’s 

implementation philosophy of integrating 

the pre-existing ISO 9001 Business Management System with the ISO 14001 

EMS system. He explained the process 

for achieving their ISO 14001 registration and identified the facility’s expected 

benefits and lessons learned. 

During the workshop’s breakout session, agencies were grouped together by 

similar mission/facility functions and discussed where they Continued on page 27 

26 FEDFACS 
Federal Agency Compliance 

Tracking System (FACTS) 

http://www.epa.gov/idea/fedfac 

The U.S. Environmental Protection FACTS is available as a partnership 

Agency’s Federal Facilities Enforce- site on EPA’s Online Tracking Informament Office (FFEO) released the final ver- tion System (OTIS), a web-based inforsion of the Federal Agency Compliance mation system providing facility-specific 

Tracking System (FACTS) on December 1, information on inspections, enforcement 

2003. FACTS, formerly known as the On- and compliance data. To use OTIS and/or 

line Environmental Compliance Status FACTS, a one time user registration is 

Report (ECSR), enables users to research, required; no username or password is 

track and monitor the environmental necessary. Non-registered users can 

compliance history and current status of obtain instructions and register at: 

individual regulated federal facilities from http://www.epa.gov/idea/otis/register by 

a single access point. Now EPA employees, selecting the link: Obtaining Gov’t 

registered federal, state, local and tribal Access/Registering for OTIS. To visit 

government agencies can view and ana- FACTS, go to: http://www.epa.gov 

lyze inspection, enforcement and compli- /idea/fedfac. 

ance data in EPA’s national database sys- Further instructions for using the 

tems, and query data by federal agency, new FACTS can be found in the link: 

EPA region and state. FACTS was first “About this Search Tool” located at the 

released as a pilot version on November top of the home page. If you have any 

30, 2002. Comments received during the questions or comments about FACTS, 

pilot period led to enhancements in the please e-mail Richard Satterfield at: 

new version, including the capability to satterfield. richard@epa.gov. Questions 

search for compliance and enforcement or comments pertaining to OTIS or 

information for a single facility, entire access problems during registration 

agency, or other federal government should be directed to Rebecca Kane at: 

entity. kane.rebecca@epa.gov. 

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were in the EMS process, problems 

encountered and solutions. This session 

allowed agencies to share information 

with their counterparts and develop a 

network to address issues and share 

information in the future. 

Immediately following the workshop, 

Martin Elliott, from the Army Office of 

the Director of Environmental Programs, provided Army personnel with 

updated guidance on implementing ISO 

14001. Please forward suggestions or 

comments for future conferences or 

workshops to Diana Jackson, Region 7, 

(913) 551-7744, jackson.diana@epa.gov 

or Lee Regner, Region 5, (312) 353-6478, 

regner.lee@epa.gov. 

Greening the Government Conference – U.S. EPA Regions I, II, and III 

and the Northeast Waste Management 

Officials (NEWMOA) sponsored the first 

comprehensive Greening the Government Conference on June 4-6, 2003 at 

the Rittenhouse Sheraton Hotel in 

Philadelphia (a green seal of approval 

hotel). The conference included topics 

such as: energy and water conservation, 

beneficial landscaping, and “green” 

building design, procurement, meetings, 

cleaning products, and cafeterias. 

Speakers were affiliated with federal 

agencies, states, academia, public interest organizations, private companies 

and consultants. Bill McDonough, internationally known designer, architect 

COMPLIANCE 

ASSISTANCE CENTER 

DEVELOPMENT 

CONTINUES 

EPA’s Federal Facilities Enforcement Office 

(FFEO) continues to develop an enhanced 

web-based Environmental Stewardship 

and Compliance Assistance Center for federal facilities. The existing compliance 

assistance center, FedSite (http://www. 

epa.gov/fedsite) will be expanded, and all 

federal government compliance assistance 

resources integrated into one, independent 

site eventually supported and directed by 

member agencies. 

Since late October, FFEO staff has been 

in discussions focused on the day-to-day 

operation of the expanded Center with representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers 

Construction, Engineering and Research 

Laboratory (CERL) located in Champaign, Ill. 

Staff from FFEO and CERL are drafting an 

interagency agreement for operation of the 

enhanced Center. CERL currently manages 

the DoD’s environmental web site, DENIX. 

Over the past decade, CERL has performed 

several federal facility environmental 

audits, and has proven capabilities and 

detailed knowledge of a variety environmental compliance issues using web-based 

technologies. The new Center is expected 

to be operational this spring. 

For more information about the Federal 

Facilities Environmental Stewardship and 

Compliance Assistance Center, please contact Mike Shields at: shields.mike@epa.gov 

or 202-564-9035. 

and proponent of the “Next Industrial 

Revolution” was the keynote speaker. 

Conference participants were given 

information and tools to help initiate 

“green” practices at their facilities, and 

discussed future options for developing 

a federal/state network to share and 

promote sustainable projects and programs. There is strong interest in 

designing an Eastern Federal Network 

for Sustainability similar to the successful Western Federal Network for Sustainability. EPA Regions I and II will 

lead the initial coordination of the Eastern Network. 

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Summit 

April 19–22, 2004 • Baltimore, MD. 

For registration and additional information, 

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8th Canadian Pollution Prevention 

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April 28-29, 2004 • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 

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