United States Office of Research and Office of Pollution EPrVQ25i'R-97i'Q03
Environmental Protection Development Prevention and Toxics October 1997
Agency Washington DC 20460 (7409)
ISO 14000
Resource Directory
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EPA/625/R-97/003
October 1997
ISO 14000 Resource Directory
Contract #68-3-0315
Work Assignment Manager
Emma Lou George
Technology Transfer and Support Division
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268-0001
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
Center for Environmental Research Information
Cincinnati, Ohio
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DISCLAIMER
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through its Office of Research and Development
funded and managed the research described here under Contract #68-3-0315 to Eastern Research
Group, Inc. It has been subjected to the Agency's peer and administrative review and has been
approved for publication as an EPA document. Mention of trade names or commercial products
does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
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FOREWORD
The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged by Congress with protecting the Nation's land,
air, and water resources. Under a mandate of national environmental laws, the Agency strives to
formulate and implement actions leading to a compatible balance between human activities and the
ability of natural systems to support and nurture life. To meet this mandate, EPA's research program
is providing data and technical support for solving environmental problems today and building a
science knowledge base necessary to manage our ecological resources wisely, understand how
pollutants affect our health, and prevent or reduce environmental risks in the future.
The National Risk Management Research Laboratory is the Agency's center for investigation of
technological and management approaches for reducing risks from threats to human health and the
environment. The focus of the Laboratory's research program is on methods for the prevention and
control of pollution to air, land, water and subsurface resources; protection of water quality in public
water systems; remediation of contaminated sites and ground water; and prevention and control of
indoor air pollution. The goal of this research effort is to catalyze development and implementation
of innovative, cost-effective environmental technologies; develop scientific and engineering
information needed by EPA to support regulatory and policy implementation of environmental
regulations and strategies.
This publication has been produced as part of the Laboratory's strategic long-term research plan. It
is published and made available by EPA's Office of Research and Development to assist the user
community and to link researchers with their clients. This publication was developed jointly with the
USEPA Standards Network, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
This report, ISO 14000 Resource Directory, funded through the Center for Environmental Research
Information, is a pollution prevention guide for government and nonprofit initiatives and projects
related to the developing ISO 14000 series of Environmental Management Standards.
E. Timothy Oppelt, Director
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
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ABSTRACT
This Directory provides information about current initiatives related to the developing ISO 14000
series of environmental standards. Interest in the standards among governments, nongovernmental
organizations, industry and the public is high and expected to grow as the standards become
finalized. A measure of this interest is the fact that even before the first of the ISO 14000 series
standards was issued, over 100 government and nonprofit organizations submitted information for
inclusion in this Directory. This number excludes the hundreds of private sector initiatives, not
included in this Directory, that are also underway. The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to
ISO Technical Committee 207 (the ISO Committee developing the ISO 14000 series standards),
for example, consists of hundreds of members from industry, government, consulting firms,
nongovernmental organizations, and academia. Dozens of private sector organizations have
emerged to offer training, consulting, and other services related to ISO 14000, while hundreds of
individual companies are investigating ISO 14000 to determine its implications.
The ISO 14000 is a global series of standards developed outside regulatory channels that has the
potential to revolutionize both the way industrial and other organizations manage environmental
affairs, the way regulatory agencies relate to the regulated community, and the way customers and
society at large relate to companies and other organizations. Whether this potential will be
realized is not yet clear. Much will depend on how industry, governments, and nongovernmental
organizations respond to, and use, the standards. If their potential is realized, the introduction of
the ISO 14000 series standards could be one of the most significant environmental developments
of our time.
This Directory is an effort by EPA to contribute to an understanding of the ISO 14000 series
standards. It does not attempt to promote or discourage use of the standards. Rather, it is
intended to facilitate communication among the many groups or individuals examining or using
the standards. A useful first step in improving our understanding of the standards is to provide a
forum where interested parties can communicate and learn from each others' experience.
The audience for this resource directory is anyone interested in the ISO 14000 series of
International Environmental Standards. Companies from large to small and government at all
levels could find the information contained in this directory useful.
This report was submitted in fulfillment of Contract #68-3-0315 by Eastern Research Group, Inc.
under the sponsorship of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This report covers a period
from January, 1997 to May 31, 1997.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 1-1
2. U.S. EPA Initiatives
Agency-wide Initiatives 2-1
Headquarters Initiatives 2-3
Regional Initiatives and Support 2-9
3. Other Federal Initiatives
Department of Commerce 3-1
Department of Defense 3-2
Department of Energy 3-4
Department of State 3-6
Food and Drug Administration 3-7
Federal Trade Commission 3-7
U.S. Postal Service 3-8
4. State Initiatives
Alphabetical Listings by State 4-1
5. Nonprofit Initiatives
Industry Associations 5-1
Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs) 5-3
Academic 5-7
6. International Initiatives
Multilateral Organizations 6-1
Alphabetical Listings by Country 6-3
7. Resources
U.S. National Standards 7-1
International Standards 7-1
Accreditation 7-1
Training 7-2
Clearinghouses 7-2
Publications 7-2
Internet Resources 7-2
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NOTICE
The purpose of this Directory is to provide information on government activities concerning ISO
14000 and/or Environmental Management Systems (EMS). It is therefore beyond the scope of
the Directory to include a comprehensive listing of all the private sector organizations and
initiatives also involved in ISO 14000 and/or EMS.
The ISO 14000 series of standards are copyrighted and can be obtained by contacting any of the
following organizations: ANSI, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 250-E Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel:
301-469-3363. ASTM, 100 Bar Harbor Dr., West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Tel: 601-832-
9721. Fax: 601-832-9666. ASQC, 611 East Wisconsin Ave., P.O. Box 3005, Milwaukee, WI
53201. Tel: 800-248-1946. Fax: 414-272-1734. NSF International, 2100 Commonwealth
Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105. Tel: 313-332-7333. Fax: 313-669-0196.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This Directory was prepared under the direction and coordination of Emma Lou George of the
U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development, National Risk Management Research
Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio, with assistance from Mary McKiel of the EPA Standards
Network, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, in Washington, DC.
Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG) of Lexington, Massachusetts, collected and compiled the
information contained in the Directory, and prepared and edited the material for publication.
Michael Cronin and Donald Fried-Tanzer, under the direction of Jeff Cantin, were the primary
ERG contributors to its development.
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INTRODUCTION
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Overview
This Directory provides information about
current initiatives related to the developing ISO
14000 series of environmental standards. Interest
in the standards among governments,
nongovernmental organizations, industry and the
public is high and expected to grow as the
standards become finalized. A measure of this
interest is the fact that even before the first of the
ISO 14000 series standards was issued, over 100
government and nonprofit organizations
submitted information for inclusion in this
Directory. This number excludes the hundreds of
private sector initiatives, not included in this
Directory, that are also underway. The U.S.
Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO
Technical Committee 207 (the ISO Committee
developing the ISO 14000 series standards), for
example, consists of hundreds of members from
industry, government, consulting firms,
nongovernmental organizations, and academia
(see Figure 2). Dozens of private sector
organizations have emerged to offer training,
consulting, and other services related to ISO
14000, while hundreds of individual companies
are investigating ISO 14000 to determine its
implications. At least two U.S. companies
certified to ISO 14001 while the standard was
still in draft form, and prior to the existence of
U.S. nationally accredited registrars.
The reasons for this interest in the ISO 14000
series standards are not hard to find. It is a
global series of standards developed outside
regulatory channels that has the potential to
revolutionize both the way industrial and other
organizations manage environmental affairs, the
way regulatory agencies relate to the regulated
community, and the way customers and society at
large relate to companies and other organizations.
Whether this potential will be realized is not yet
clear. Much will depend on how industry,
governments, and nongovernmental organizations
respond to, and use, the standards. If their
potential is realized, the introduction of the ISO
14000 series standards could be one of the most
significant environmental developments of our
time.
This Directory is an effort by EPA to contribute
to an understanding of the ISO 14000 series
standards. It does not attempt to promote or
discourage use of the standards. Rather, it is
intended to facilitate communication among the
many groups or individuals examining or using
the standards. A useful first step in improving
our understanding of the standards is to provide a
forum where interested parties can communicate
and learn from each others' experience.
What is ISO?
The International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) is a private sector,
international standards body based in Geneva,
Switzerland. The short form "ISO" is not an
acronym, but instead is derived from the Greek
isos, meaning "equal" (implying "standard").
Founded in 1947, ISO promotes the international
harmonization and development of
manufacturing, product and communications
standards. ISO has promulgated more than
8,000 internationally accepted standards covering
everything from paper sizes to film speeds. More
than 120 countries belong to ISO as full voting
members, while several other countries serve as
observer members. The United States is a full
voting member and is officially represented by
the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI), a nongovernmental, nonprofit standards
setting organization.
ISO produces internationally harmonized
standards through a structure of Technical
Committees (TCs). The TCs usually divide into
Subcommittees (SC), which are further
subdivided in Working Groups (WG) where the
actual standards writing occurs. For example,
ISO TC 207 is the ISO Committee developing
the ISO 14000 series of standards, SCI pertains
to Environmental Management Systems (EMS),
and SCI WG1 produced the ISO 14001 standard
(Figure 1 shows the structure of ISO TC 207).
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International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: 41-22-749-0111
Fax:41-22-733-3430
http://133.82.181.177/ikeda/ISO/home.html
Technical Committee (TC) 207: Environmental Management
Secretariat: Canada
Chair: Dr. Margeret Kerr
Secretary: James L. Dixon
Tel: 416-747-4103
Subcommittee 2:
Environmental
Auditing and
Related
Environmental
Investigations
Secretariat:
the Netherlands
Netherlands
Normalistic Instituti
Subcommittee 3:
Environmental
Labeling
Secretariat:
Australia
Standards Austral!
Subcommittee 4:
Environmental
Performance
Evaluation
Secretariat:
United States
American National
Standards Instituti
Subcommittee 5:
Life-Cycle
Assessment
Secretariat:
France
Association
Francaise de
Normalisation
Subcommittee 6:
Terms and
Definitions
Secretariat:
Norway
Norges
Standardise ringsfor
bund
WG1-Specification
WG2-General
Guidelines
Small and Medium
Sized Enterprises
Working Group
WG1-Auditing
Principles
WG2-Auditing
Procedures
WG^Audtor
Qualifications
WG4-Other
Investigations
WG1-Guiding
Principles for
Practitioner Programs
WG2-Self-Declaration
Claims
WG3-Guiding
Principles for
Environmental
Labeling Programs
WG1-Generic
Environmental
Performance
Evaluation
WG2-lndustry Sector
Environmental
Performance
Evaluation
WG1-LCA General Principles and
Procedures
WG2-Life-Cycle Inventory Analysis
(General)
WG3-Life Cycle Inventory Analysis
(Specific)
WG4-Life-Cycle Impact Assessment
WG5-Life-Cycle Improvement
Assessment
Working Group 1:
Environmental Aspects in Product
Standards
Convener: Germany
Deutsche Institute fur Normung
Working Group on Forestry
Chairman:
Ken Shirley
New Zealand Forest
Owner's Association
Figure 1. Structure of ISO Technical Committee 207.
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Figure 2. U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO TC-207
American National Standards Institute 212-642-4900
US TAG to ISO/TC 207
Chair: Joe Cascio 703 750 6401 Vice-Chair:
jcascio@gnet.org
Mary McKiel 202-260-3584
mckiel .mary@epamail .epa.gov
ST1 Environmental Management Systems
Chair: Joel Charm 201-455-4057 EPA Rep:
joel .charm @alliedsignal .com
Jim Home 202-260-5802
horne.james@epamail.epa.govl
ST2 Environmental Auditing
Chair: Cornelius (Bud) Smith EPA Rep:
203-778-6114
203-778-6487 Fax
Cheryl Wasserman 202-260-8797
wasserman.cheryl@epamail.epa.gov
ST3 Environmental Labeling
Chair: Jim Connaughton 202-736-8364 EPA Rep:
jconnaugh@sidley.com
Julie Lynch 202-260-4000
lynch.julie@epamail.epa.gov
ST4 Environmental Performance Evaluation
Chair: John Master 610-359-4810 EPA Rep:
610-359-4862 Fax
John Harman 202-260-6395
harman.j ohn@epamail .epa.gov
ST5 Life Cycle Assessment
Chair: James Fava 610-701-3636 EPA Rep:
favaj @wcpost2 .rfweston.com
Mary Ann Curran 513-569-7837
curran .maryann@epamail .epa.gov
ST6 Terms and Definitions
Chair: Christopher Bell 202-736-8 1 18 EPA Rep:
cbell@sidley.com
Mary McKiel 202-260-3584
mckiel .mary@epamail .epa.gov
SWG Environmental Aspects in Product Standards
Chair: Stanley Rhodes 510-832-1415 EPA Rep:
John Shoaff 202-260- 1831
shoaff.j ohn@epamail .epa.gov
For information on joining the U.S. TAG, contact ASTM at 610-832-9721.
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What are the ISO 14000
Series Standards?
The ISO 14000 standards are a series of
voluntary standards developed under the ISO
framework to address organizational
environmental management. Like the ISO 9000
series quality standards on which they are largely
modeled, the ISO 14000 series standards focus
on management systems rather than on
performance levels. Just as it is impossible to
define "quality" across a wide range of products,
it is difficult to define environmental performance
across a wide range of activities, products, and
services, as well as across differing national
regulatory systems. The ISO 14000 series
standards do not address the issue of
performance. Instead, they identify management
system elements that are intended to lead to
improved performance: a method to identify
significant environmental aspects; a policy that
includes a commitment to regulatory compliance,
the prevention of pollution and continual
improvement; environmental objectives and
targets for all relevant levels and functions in the
organization; procedures to ensure performance,
as well as compliance procedures to monitor and
measure performance; and a systematic
management review process. One of the issues
regulatory agencies and stakeholders must
consider is how these systems' conformance
requirements will interact with regulatory
performance requirements.
The ISO 14000 series of standards include
"specification" standard, ISO 14001. The rest
are guidance standards which provide optional
guidance for companies developing and
implementing management systems and product
standards. The ISO 14001 specification standard
"contains only those requirements that may be
objectively audited for certification/registration
purposes and/or self declaration purposes." The
various standards are at different stages of
development from published final International
Standards (IS) to New Work Item (NWI)
Proposals (see Figure 3).
ISO 14001, 14004, 14010, 14011/1 and 14012
are published final International Standards. For
the developing status of the other documents it is
best to consult one of the many newsletters or
Internet websites which track this information
(please see Chapter 7, Resources).
The ISO 14000 series of standards are
copyrighted and can be obtained by contacting
any of the following organizations: ANSI, 7315
Wisconsin Ave., Suite 250-E, Bethesda, MD
20814, Tel: 301-469-3363. ASTM, 100 Bar
Harbor Dr., West Conshohocken, PA, 19428,
Tel: 610-832-9721, Fax: 610-832-9666. ASQC,
611 East Wisconsin Ave., P.O. Box 3005,
Milwaukee, WI 53201, Tel: 800-248-1946, Fax:
414-272-1734. NSF International, 2100
Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105,
Tel: 313-332-7333, Fax: 313-669-0196.
Initiatives Described in this
Resource Directory
Application and acceptance of the ISO 14000
standards are still evolving, therefore very few
initiatives described in this Resource Directory
are tightly tied to the ISO standards themselves.
Organizations are not waiting, however, for all
the various standards to be finalized. Instead,
they are initiating a wide range of projects
revolving around the major themes addressed in
the ISO 14000 series standards: environmental
management systems, product and process life
cycles, extended producer responsibility, moving
beyond compliance, environmental performance
evaluation, third party certification, etc. For the
purposes of this Resource Directory the
definition of an "ISO 14000 Initiative" includes
both projects related formally to the ISO 14000
series standards and those more loosely related to
some of the major themes of the standards. With
this scope identified, a wide variety of
organizations were invited to submit information
about initiatives that would be of interest to
others tracking ISO 14000. The purpose of this
Directory is to provide information on
government activities concerning ISO 14000
and/or Environmental Management Systems
(EMS). It is therefore beyond the scope of the
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Directory to include a comprehensive listing of
all the private sector organizations and initiatives
also involved in ISO 14000 and/or EMS. Each
entry includes a description of the initiative
and provides the name, address and telephone
number of a contact person who is prepared to
discuss the results of their exploration with
others examining or using the standards. Where
possible, e-mail addresses and Universal
Resource Locators, or URLs addresses (World
Wide Web), have also been provided to facilitate
electronic communication. This Resource
Directory will also be available for download in
* .pdf format online at:
http://www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl/ceri.htm and in the
near future will be interactive to allow users to
access these resources directly through the
Internet.
EPA's Involvement with ISO
14000
ISO 14000 is a voluntary, private sector
initiative that EPA views has the potential to
achieve environmental benefits. EPA has been
involved in the development of the standards
since their inception. EPA's Mary McKiel is the
Vice Chairman of the U.S. Technical Advisory
Group (TAG) to ISO Technical Committee 207.
Moreover, EPA is represented on the Chairman's
Advisory Group and on the U.S. National
Accreditation Program for environmental
management systems standards (ISO 14001).
The chief mechanism for organizing EPA's
involvement with ISO 14000 is the Voluntary
Standards Network.
The Voluntary Standards Network was
established by Administrator Carol Browner in
1993 to address international voluntary standards
activities. A primary focus of the Network has
been to coordinate the Agency's participation in
the development of the ISO 14000 standards for
environmental management. This coordination
helps ensure that the Agency speaks with one
voice on important issues and activities as they
pertain to voluntary standards, such as the ISO
14000 series.
Key EPA activities to date have included:
Providing an information clearinghouse.
EPA activities such as this Directory are
intended to inform the regulatory community,
stakeholder groups, and other interested
parties (including industry) of key activities
taking place both within the ISO setting, and
among government agencies and nonprofit
organizations.
Evaluating the potential usefulness of ISO
14000 in a regulatory setting. A number of
projects are underway to evaluate whether
and how the ISO 14000 series standards
interact with regulatory requirements.
Numerous legal and practical issues remain
to be resolved in evaluating ISO 14000 as a
complement to regulatory programs. These
issues are being addressed in pilot projects
that will provide useful lessons for future
programs.
Assisting small and mid-sized companies.
A key issue facing small and mid-sized
companies will be how to adapt to the
requirements of ISO 14000 with fewer
resources than those available to the large
multinational companies that participated
heavily in the development of standards.
Organizing conferences. EPA
Headquarters held a one-day conference on
ISO 14000 in February, 1997 in
Washington, DC. The conference provided
an overview of the ISO 14000 standards, and
included presentations from EPA offices
involved in standards development and pilot
projects.
Other Initiatives Related to
ISO 14000
As illustrated in this Resource Directory,
other government agencies, state
governments, and nonprofit organizations are
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involved in a number of significant initiatives
related to ISO 14000. Included are:
Work groups and study groups established
by federal agencies, states, and multilateral
organizations to evaluate the potential role of
ISO 14000 in regulatory and nonregulatory
programs.
Initiatives by various departments of the
federal government and the U.S. Postal
Service to use ISO 14000 in facilities
management.
Inclusion of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 by the
Food and Drug Administration in
environmental management system
registration.
Development of tools for ISO 14000 by the
National Institute of Science and Technology
(NIST) Manufacturing Extension Programs
(MEP) which provide technical assistance to
small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Programs in over 28 states to include, or to
consider ISO 14001, as part of innovative
environmental management programs.
Industry and trade association programs to
acquaint their members with ISO 14000.
How To Use This Resource
Directory
This Resource Directory is intended principally
as a forum for users and interested parties to
learn about ISO 14000, to find out who is
involved in ISO 14000-related initiatives, and to
communicate with one another. The Directory
contains information primarily on initiatives
being developed by government and nonprofit
organizations. Other organizations are
developing useful directories of resources and
initiatives in the for-profit sector (see Chapter 7,
Resources). It is important to recognize,
therefore, that in addition to the resources listed
in this Directory, there exist numerous other
directories, newsletters, and other publications
related to ISO 14000, as well as a wide range of
private organizations that organize conferences,
provide training programs, and assist with
implementation of ISO 14000.
EPA hopes that the audience for this Resource
Directory will be able to use it in a number of
ways:
Review the Directory from beginning to end
to get an idea of the breadth and scope of
initiatives currently underway.
Reference the sections that include
organizations you work with to see what
initiatives are underway and learn how they
may affect you.
Find out about initiatives underway in your
local area by referencing the state-by-state or
regional EPA listings.
Look up organizations similar to yours to
find out what they are doing and learn from
their progress to date.
Reference the online version of this directory at
EPA's Technology Transfer webpage:
http://www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl/ceri.htm (to be in
place in early 1998) and use the search engine to
find entries by keyword.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Used in this Resource
Directory
EMS
E-mail
ISO
P2
Environmental Management
Systems
Electronic Mail
International Organization for
Standardization
Pollution Prevention
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SME
URL
Small to Medium Sized
Enterprises
Universal Resource Locator
Figure 3. Standards in the ISO 14000 Series Status as of June 1997
Organizational Evaluation
ISO 14001
ISO 14004
ISO 14010
ISO 14011/1
ISO 14012
ISO 14015
ISO 14031
Environmental Management Systems Specifications with
Guidance for Use
Environmental Management Systems General Guidelines on
Principles, Systems, and Supporting Techniques
Guidelines for Environmental Auditing General Principles on
Environmental Auditing
Guidelines for Environmental Auditing Audit Procedures Audit
of Environmental Management Systems
Guidelines for Environmental Auditing Qualification Criteria for
Environmental Auditors
Environmental Site Assessments
Evaluation of Environmental Performance
Final International Standard
Final International Standard
Final International Standard
Final International Standard
Final International Standard
First Working Draft
Committee Draft
Product Evaluation
ISO 14040
ISO 14041
ISO 14042
ISO 14043
ISO 14020
ISO 14021
ISO 14022
ISO 14023
ISO 14024
ISO 14025
Environmental Management Life Cycle Analysis Principles and
Framework
Environmental Management Life Cycle Analysis Life Cycle
Inventory Analysis
Environmental Management Life Cycle Analysis Impact
Assessment
Environmental Management Life Cycle Analysis Interpretation
Goals and Principles of All Environmental Labeling
Environmental Labels and Declarations Self Declaration
Environmental Claims Terms and Definitions
Environmental Labels and Declarations Self Declaration
Environmental Claims Symbols
Environmental Labels and Declarations Self Declaration
Environmental Claims Testing and Verification
Environmental Labels and Declarations Environmental Labeling
Type I Guiding Principles and Procedures
Environmental Labels and Declarations Environmental
Information Profiles Type III Guiding Principles and Procedures
Under vote as Final International
Standard
Committee Draft for ballot
Working Draft
Working Draft
Committee Draft for Comment
Draft International Standard
Under vote as Committee Draft
as above
Committee Draft
New Work Item
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ISO Guide
64
Figure 3. Standards in the ISO 14000 SeriesStatus as of June 1997
Guide for Inclusion of Environmental Aspects in Product Standards ISO Guide
Overall
ISO 14050 Terms and DefinitionsGuide on the Principles for ISO/TC
207/SC6 Terminology Work
Draft International Standard
ISO Standards Development Process:
(1) New Work Item proposal, (2) New Work Item assigned to Subcommittee, (3) Working Draft, (4) Committee Draft, (5)
Draft International Standard (or optional Final Draft International Standard), (6) International Standard.
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How To Update This
Resource Directory
Like the ISO 14000 standard development
process, this Resource Directory is a work in
progress. Over the coming months and years, it
will evolve dramatically as new initiatives are
added and other initiatives are completed or
discontinued. This Resource Directory will only
function well if it is maintained in an up-to-date
manner. For that the Agency must rely on the
user community. We therefore ask you, the users
of the Resource Directory, to help us keep it up
to date by informing us of:
New entries to add to the Directory.
Corrections to entries listed in the Directory.
Updates and changes in your activities.
New initiatives undertaken by your
organization.
Leads on new or existing initiatives that have
not been included in this Resource Directory.
Please use the form on the inside back cover of
the Resource Directory to submit updates,
corrections, and information on new initiatives.
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U.S. EPA
INITIATIVES
Numerous offices within the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
are examining the ISO 14000 series of standards and considering its effects upon
their program sand activities. The first part of this chapter lists initiatives
undertaken by EPA headquarters offices, sorted alphabetically by the lead EPA
office. The second part lists regional EPA initiatives, presented in numerical order
by EPA region.
1. Agency-wide Initiatives
2. Headquarters Initiatives
3. Regional Initiatives and Support
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AGENCY-WIDE
INITIATIVES
The Voluntary Standards
Network
The Voluntary Standards Network was
established by EPA Administrator Browner in
1993 to address international voluntary standards
activities. A primary focus of the Network has
been to coordinate the Agency's participation in
the development of the ISO 14000 standards for
environmental management. With the passage of
the National Technology Transfer and
Advancement Act in 1996, the Network also acts
a principal means by which the EPA Standards
Executive communicates policies and procedures
regarding national and international voluntary
consensus standards to the designated Agency
Standards Coordinators. The Standards
Coordinators are key points of contact for the
Network. The Network mechanism assists the
Agency in developing positions on the
development and implementation of standards,
including the ISO 14000 standards, and
identifying their applicability to EPA projects
and initiatives. The Network also provides
standards-related information and training to
EPA offices nationwide and works closely with
the EPA Trade and Environment Task Force on
issues involving international trade agreements
such as the World Trade Organization.
Coordination through the Network helps ensure
that EPA speaks with one voice on important
activities as they pertain to standards, such as the
ISO 14000 series. To date, there are over 160
members of the Network from across the Agency.
While the Network is administered by the Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, other Agency
Offices and Regions are actively involved and
take lead roles in the Network activities.
Addr: Mary McKiel, Director
Voluntary Standards Network
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(7409)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-3584
Fax: 202-260-0178
E-mail: mckiel.mary@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: Eric Wilkinson, Coordinator
Voluntary Standards Network
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(7409)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-3575
Fax: 202-260-0178
E-mail: wilkinson.eric@epamail.epa.gov
Voluntary Standards
Executive
Addr: Pep Fuller, EPA Standards Executive
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and
Toxic Substances, 7101
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-2897
Standards Coordinators
Addr: Jim Home, Standards Coordinator
Environmental Management System
(EMS) sub-TAG lead
EPA EMS Workgroup chair
Office of Water, 4201
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5802
Addr: Ken Feith, Standards Coordinator
Office of Air and Radiation, 6103
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-4996
Addr: Greg Mertz, Standards Coordinator
Office of International Activities, 2621
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5714
Addr: Jerry Newsome, Standards Coordinator
Office of Policy, Planning and
Evaluation, 2128
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-8666
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Addr: Elaine Koerner, Standards Coordinator
Office of Communication, Education and
Public Affairs, 1702
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-2623
Addr: Brian Riedel, Standards Coordinator
and
Chair of ISO 1400 I/EMS Task Group
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2201A
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5006
Addr: Dana Arnold, Standards Coordinator
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, 5306W
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 703-308-7279
Addr: David Scott Smith, Standards
Coordinator
Office of Administration and Resource
Management, 3207
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-1647
Addr: Emma Lou George
Office of Research and Development,
G77
26 W. Martin Luther King Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45268-0001
Tel: 513-569-7578
Agency Sub-TAG leads to the
US TAG
Addr: Cheryl Wasserman, Auditing
Sub-TAG lead
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance, 2251A
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-564-7219
Addr: Julie Lynch, Labeling Sub-TAG lead
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, 7409
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-4000
Addr: John Harman, Environmental
Performance Evaluation
Sub-TAG lead
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, 7408
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-6395
Addr: Susan McLaughlin, Environmental
Performance Evaluation sub-TAG
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, 7409
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-3844
Addr:
466
Mary Ann Curran, Life Cycle Analysis
sub-TAG lead
Office of Research and Development,
26 W. Martin Luther King Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Tel: 513-569-7782
Addr: John Shoaff, Standards Coordinator and
Environmental Aspects in Product
Standards & Terms & Definitions
sub-TAG lead
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, 7409
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-1831
Regional Coordinators
Addr: David Guest, Standards Coordinator
Region 1
One Congress Street
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
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Boston, MA 02203-0001
Tel: 617-223-5541
Addr: Jehuda Menczel, Standards Coordinator
Region 2
290 Broadway
New York, NY 10007-1866
Tel: 212-637-4045
Addr: Linda Mauel, Alternate Coordinator
Region 2
2890 Woodbridge Ave., MS-220
Edison, NJ 08837-3679
Tel: 908-321-6766
Addr: Jeff Burke, Standards Coordinator
Region 3
841 Chestnut Building
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-566-2761
Addr: David Abbott, Standards Coordinator
Region 4
100 Alabama Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404-347-2643
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202-2466
Tel: 303-312-6146
Addr: Bonnie Barkett, Standards Coordinator
Region 9
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: 415-744-1908
Addr: Nancy Helm, Standards Coordinator
Region 10
1200 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-553-8659
Addr: David Tetta, Standards Coordinator
Region 10
1200 Sixth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-553-1327
HEADQUARTERS
INITIATIVES
Addr: Catherine Allen, Standards Coordinator
Region 5
77 West Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60640-3507
Tel: 312-886-0180
Addr: Bob Clark, Standards Coordinator
Region 6
Fountain Place, 12th Floor, Suite 1200
1445 Ross Ave.
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
Tel: 214-665-6487
Addr: Chilton McLaughlin, Standards
Coordinator
Region 7
726 Minnesota Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Tel: 913-551-7666
Addr: David Schaller, Standards Coordinator
Region 8
Office of Air Quality Planning
& Standards (OAQPS)
OAQPS Web site. The OAQPS Web site is the
clearinghouse for EPA regulations regarding air
quality.
Addr: Tom Link, OAQPS Webmaster
U.S. EPA (MD-12)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: 919-541-5456
Fax: 919-541-0242
E-mail: link.tom@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oar/oa
Office of Air and Radiation
(OAR)
Natural Gas STAR Program. This voluntary
program is designed to cost-effectively reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases from the natural
gas industry. Developed as a partnership
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between the EPA and the natural gas industry,
the program addresses emissions of methane and
carbon dioxide through a series of cost-effective
best management practices.
Addr: Rhone Resch, Program Manager
U.S. EPA (6202J)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-233-9793
Fax: 202-233-9569
E-mail: resch.rhone@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.ctc.com
OAR Web site. The OAR Web site is the
clearinghouse for information on EPA's efforts to
protect and preserve air quality.
Addr: Tom Link, OAR Superstructure
Manager
U.S. EPA (MD-12)
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Tel: 919-541-5456
Fax: 919-541-0242
E-mail: link.tom@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oar
Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance
(OECA)
Environmental Leadership Program (ELP).
ELP is one of the 25 Reinventing Environmental
Regulations announced on March 16, 1995, by
President Clinton. A 1-year pilot phase was
completed in August 1996 that evaluated
opportunities for new tools using third party
auditing and alternative performance-based
management systems. The success of the 12
pilot projects demonstrated the effectiveness of
partnerships with state environmental agencies,
and the cooperative ability in conducting a
voluntary program with industry and federal
facilities.
The goals for the implementation of the full-scale
ELP by January 1997 include 1) better
environmental and human health protection by
promoting a systematic approach to managing
environmental issues and by encouraging
environmental enhancement activities; 2)
increased identification and timely resolution of
environmental compliance issues by ELP
participants; 3) multiplying the compliance
assistance efforts by including industry as
mentors; and 4) fostering constructive and open
relationships between agencies, the regulated
community, and the public.
The foundation for recognizing environmental
leaders will be the implementation of an
environmental management system (EMS), an
integrated, structured, and systematic approach
for identifying significant environmental impacts
resulting from an organization's activities,
products, and services. The intent is to achieve
compliance with environmental regulations,
provide an ability for continuous improvement,
identify opportunities for implementing pollution
prevention activities and practices, and
communicate effectively with outside
stakeholders on the organization's EMS and its
performance.
The 6-year ELP participation period is designed
to publicly recognize specific facilities or entities,
as well as offer benefits for participation through
reduced inspections, a self-correction period for
violations, and streamlined administrative
requirements. EPA anticipates that the ELP will
be coordinated in partnership with interested state
environmental agencies, in order to extend the
benefits offered on a state-by-state basis.
Facilities/entities will be required to conduct
compliance and EMS auditing in conjunction
with third party verification of the audits. EPA
will also make an annual environmental report
available to the public. This proposed
framework is currently available to all
stakeholders for review and comment.
Addr: Tai-ming Chang, Director, ELP
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Office of Compliance (2223-A)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-564-5081
Fax: 202-564-0050
E-mail: chang.
taiming@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://es.inel.gov/elp
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Addr: Debby Thomas, Deputy Director, ELP
See above
Tel: 202-564-5041
Fax: 202-564-0050
E-mail:
thomas .deborah@epamail. epa.gov
URL: http://es.inel.gov/elp
ISO 14001/EMS Task Group. This task group
is composed of representatives from all major
EPA offices and 8 Regions, the Department of
Justice, and 18 states (Alaska, Arizona,
California, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Washington, and Wisconsin).
The primary purpose of the task group is to
determine and make recommendations regarding
the relationship between ISO 14001, EMS
standards, compliance, enforcement, and
improved environmental performance. By fall
1997, EPA expects to solicit public comment on
metrics or indicators for evaluating
environmental performance in EMS pilots.
Addr: Brian Riedel, Counsel
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Office of Planning and Policy Analysis
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-564-5006
Fax: 202-501-0701
E-mail: riedel .brian@epamail. epa.gov
Office of Federal Activities
EMS Audit Procedural Guidelines. A sub-task
group of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group
(U.S. TAG) for ISO's EMS development
produced the EMS audit procedural guidelines. A
final draft currently out for comment will be used
in conjunction with ISO Standard Guidelines in
Environmental Auditing Principles, procedures
and qualifications set forth in ISO14010-12
related to environmental auditing. These
guidelines will assist auditors conducting ISO
14001 conformance audits and set boundaries for
EMS audits used for internal self-assessments,
self- certifications of conformity with ISO
14001, or by registrars for ISO 14001
registrations to ensure they are at once credible,
replicable, and not overly burdensome or
interpretive of the ISO standards. This document
will be revised as needed upon further review
within the United States and among key
stakeholder groups.
Addr: Cheryl Wasserman, Associate Director
for Policy Analysis
Office of Federal Activities, OECA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(2251-A)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-564-7129
Fax: 202-564-0070
E-mail:
wasserman.cheryl@epamail.epa.gov
Office of Policy, Planning, and
Evaluation (OPPE)
Indiana Small Business Pilot Project. Please
see Chapter 4, under Indiana, for full listing.
Addr: Carl Koch
U.S. EPA, Office of Policy, Planning
and Evaluation
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-2739
Fax: 202-260-9322
E-mail: koch.carl@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppe/isd/isd.htm
Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxics
Consumer Labeling Initiative. The Consumer
Labeling Initiative's goal is to foster pollution
prevention, empower consumer choice, and
improve understanding by presenting clear,
consistent, and useful safe use, environmental,
and health information on household consumer
product labels. This is a multi-phased voluntary
pilot project focusing on indoor insecticides,
outdoor pesticides, and household hard surface
cleaners.
Addr: Julie Lynch
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Pollution Prevention Division
(MC-7409)
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-4000
Fax: 202-260-0178
E-mail: lynch.julie@epamail.epa.gov
Environmental Accounting Project. The
Environmental Accounting Project is a
nonregulatory partnership program with a
mission of helping organizations highlight the
economic benefits of practicing pollution
prevention. Its objective is to encourage and
motivate businesses to understand the full
spectrum of their environmental costs, and
integrate these costs into strategic decision-
making.
Addr: Susan McLaughlin
Pollution Prevention Division (MC-
7409)
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-3844
Fax: 202-260-0178
E-mail: mclaughlin.susan@epamail.epa.
gov
URL: http://es.inel.gov/partners/
acctg/acctg.html
Environmentally-Preferable Public
Purchasing. The Environmentally Preferable
Purchasing Program implements Executive Order
12873 which requires EPA to "issue guidance
that recommends principals that Executive
agencies should use in making determinations for
the preference and purchase of environmentally
preferable products" and services. The
Program's goal is make environmental
performance a factor in Federal government
purchasing decisions, along with traditional
factors, such as product performance and cost.
Addr: Eun-Sook Goidel
Pollution Prevention Division
(MC-7409)
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M St. SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-3296
Fax: 202-260-0178
E-mail:
goidel.eun-sook@epamail.epa.gov
Expanding the Use of Environmental
Information by the Banking Industry Through
ISO 14000. This effort will initially be an EPA-
funded study to explore the potential utility of
ISO 14000-generated information for banks in
their risk management practices.
Addr:
Tel:
Fax:
Addr:
Ed Weiler
Pollution Prevention Division
U.S. EPA (7409)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
202-260-2996
202-260-0178
Brian Murray
Center for Economics Research
Research Triangle Institute
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Tel: 919-541-6468
Fax: 919-541-6683
E-mail: bcm@rti.org
Office of Research and
Development (ORD)
Environmental Technology Verification
Program. EPA has evaluated technology to
determine their effectiveness in preventing,
controlling, and cleaning up pollution. As a part
of the Environmental Technology Initiative, EPA
is now expanding these efforts by instituting a
new program, the Environmental Technology
Verification Program (ETV), to verify the
performance of a larger universe of innovative
technical solutions to problems that threaten
human health or the environment. ETV was
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created to substantially accelerate the entrance of
new environmental technologies into the domestic
and international marketplace. It supplies
technology buyers and developers, consulting
engineers, states, and EPA regions with data on
the performance of new technologies to
encourage more rapid protection of the
environment with better and less expensive
approaches. EPA will utilize the expertise of
both public and private partner "verification
organizations," including federal laboratories,
states, universities, and private sector facilities,
to design efficient processes for conducting or
overseeing performance tests of innovative
technologies.
Verification organizations will oversee and report
verification activities based on testing and quality
assurance protocols developed with input from
all major stakeholder and customer groups
associated with the technology area.
Addr: Penelope Hansen
U.S. EPA, ORD (8301)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-2600
Fax: 202-260-3861
E-mail:
hansen.penelope@epamail .epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/etv
Implementing EMS in the Metal Finishing
Industry. In this EPA-funded project, 11
organizations from the metal finishing industry
are piloting the implementation of the ISO 14001
Standard. The project will result in a publicly
available report, in addition to an EMS guidance
document for metal finishers. The metal
finishing report and guidance document will be
completed by December 1997.
Addr: Greg Ondich
U.S. EPA, ORD
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5753
E-mail: ondich.greg@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/etv
Addr: Craig Diamond
NSF International
2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Tel: 313-332-7341
Fax: 313-669-0196
Office of Water (OW)
EMS Demonstration Project. This EPA project
has provided seed money for 18 public and
private organizations to put an EMS in place
using ISO 14001 as a model. The program has
provided initial training and follow-up consulting
through NSF International. This initiative will
generate a series of reports on the various pilot
projects, which will be available through the OW
resource center in both hard copy and on the
Internet.
Addr: Jim Home
U.S. EPA, OW (4201)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5802
Fax: 202-260-1040
E-mail: horne.james@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: Craig Diamond
NSF International
2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Tel: 313-332-7341
Fax: 313-669-0196
EMS Implementation Guide for Small- and
Medium-Sized Organizations. EPA's Office of
Water and Office of Compliance, in conjunction
with NSF International, has developed an
implementation guide geared specifically to the
needs of small- and medium- sized organizations.
The elements of the document are based on the
ISO 14001 Standard. The guide is formatted and
written in such a way as to give these types of
organizations useful ideas on how to begin
implementing EMS and ways to find additional
helpful information.
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Using EMS To Meet Watershed Protection
Goals. This project seeks to contribute to the
attainment of watershed goals through a system-
based voluntary approach. Participants are linked
to achievement of watershed goals in the Arbor-
Middle Kron River Watershed. A joint project of
OW and the county government in Washtenaw
County (Michigan), the initiative involves
recruiting organizations to participate in training
and improving technical systems relevant to the
organization.
Addr: Jim Home
U.S. EPA, OW (4201)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5802
Fax: 202-260-1040
E-mail: horne.james@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: Anita M. Cooney
NSF International
2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Tel: 313-332-7333
Fax: 313-669-0196
EMS Implementation by Municipal
Governments. OW hopes to work with selected
municipal or county government organizations
that are willing to implement EMS for their
various activities, using ISO 14001 as a baseline.
Preliminary discussions with interested parties
have begun and an overall project implementation
plan is expected in Fall 1997. This effort will
demonstrate the relevance of EMS for public-
sector organizations.
OW EMS Implementation Workgroup. OW, in
conjunction with regional offices and states, is
forming a workgroup to explore possible ways to
encourage implementation of EMS by facilities
regulated under various parts of the water
program. The workgroup will concentrate on
issues relating to regulatory programs in areas
such as permitting, and explore the possible use
of incentives for facilities with good compliance
records that can also implement effective EMS.
ISO 14001 will serve as the baseline for this
effort, but the workgroup will also examine other
possible criteria that facilities may need to satisfy
as a condition for any type of regulatory or other
flexibility.
Addr: Jim Home
U.S. EPA, OW (4201)
401M Street SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-5802
Fax: 202-260-1040
E-mail: horne.james@epamail.epa.gov
Office of Federal Facilities
Enforcement
Code of Environmental Management
Principles for Federal Agencies (CEMP).
CEMP, an element of the Federal Government
Environmental Challenge Program established in
response to Section 4-405 of Executive Order
12856, is a set of five principles encouraging
federal agencies to be more aware and visionary
in their management of environmental protection
issues. The principles incorporate many common
elements of EMS, and ISO 14001 and several
other public and private sector documents were
used as background. A Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory (PNNL) team supported
EPA's Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement in
developing the CEMP. EPA has asked federal
agencies to endorse the principles and provide a
description of how they will be implemented at
the facility level.
Addr: Jim Edwards, Deputy Director
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Planning, Prevention &
Compliance (2261-A)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-564-2462
Fax: 202-501-0069
E-mail:
edwards.j ames@epamail .epa.gov
EMS Primer for Federal Facilities. EPA's
Federal Facility Enforcement and DOE's Office
of Environmental Policy and Assistance are
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jointly sponsoring the development of an
Environmental Management Systems Primer for
Federal Facilities with EPA's Office of Federal
Facilities Enforcement. A PNNL team is
supporting development. Topics covered will
include an introduction to EMS and federal
facility issues; the first steps in building an EMS;
regulatory issues; innovative regulatory
approaches; performance indicators; pollution
prevention; audits and conformity assessment
options; and the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). The primer is designed to be
concise, include extensive references, and provide
useful examples and concrete steps.
Addr: Andrew Cherry
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
(2261-A)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-564-5011
Fax: 202-501-0644
E-mail: cherry.andrew@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: Larry Stirling
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance, EH-41
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: 202-586-2417
Fax: 202-586-0955
E-mail: john.stirling@hq.doe.gov
(This entry is cross-listed under DOE initiatives
in Chapters.)
National Enforcement
Investigations Center
Compliance-Focused EMS. Since the late
1980s, civil multimedia compliance
investigations conducted by the NEIC have
increasingly involved identifying causes of
observed noncompliance. When investigated,
noncompliance most often appeared to be caused
by dysfunctional EMS. Through this work and
by participating in followup enforcement actions,
NEIC developed criteria for a compliance-
focused EMS that has been used as the basis for
several of the settlement agreements when EMS
improvements were required. The agreements
required the organization to document policies,
systems, procedures, and standards for 11
program elements, with the resulting document
serving as a guidebook to more detailed
procedures and processes located elsewhere at a
facility.
The intended result is to develop an EMS that
will both improve the organization's compliance
with applicable environmental requirements and
lead to improved environmental performance.
The elements were synthesized primarily from
EMS assessment protocols developed for the
Global Environmental Management Initiative
(1992) and a regulated industry (1994) by
Deloitte and Touche LLP of San Francisco; ISO
14001; National Sanitation Foundation EMS
standards (NSF 110-1995); and the due diligence
definition in the EPA policy regarding Incentives
for Self-Policing (60 FR 66710). Element
refinement continues through settlement
negotiations and discussions with EPA staff,
EMS consultants, and environmental personnel
from several companies with medium and large
facilities.
Addr: Steve Sisk
U.S. EPA-NEIC
Box 25227, Bldg 53
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
Tel: 303-236-3636 ext. 540
Fax: 303-236-2395
E-mail: sisk.steve@epamail.epa.gov
Project XL
XL projects are real world tests of innovative
strategies that achieve cleaner and cheaper results
than conventional regulatory approaches. EPA
will grant regulated entities regulatory flexibility
in exchange for their commitment to achieve
better environmental results than would have
been attained through full regulatory compliance.
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Addr: Jon Kessler
401 M Street, SW (MC 2129)
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-3761
Fax: 202-401-6637
E-mail: kessler.jon@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL
EPA REGIONAL
INITIATIVES AND
SUPPORT
Region 1
StarTrack. EPA's regional office in Boston is
conducting a groundbreaking experiment to
privatize compliance assurance for leading
companies. Built on the ISO 14000 model, the
region will be empowering third parties to certify
to three basic components: 1) an environmental
management system modeled on ISO 14001; 2)
facility environmental compliance and pollution
prevention audits; and 3) a commitment to
correct certain violations within an established
time frame. The third party will certify to each
component and provide a summary report. In
return, EPA will grant certified companies
limited penalty amnesty, no routine inspections,
simplified reporting and expedited permitting.
EPA plans to refocus resources previously
devoted to these sources to issues that pose a
greater risk to the environment.
Addr: Dave Guest, StarTrack Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 1 (SPE)
JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA. 02203
Tel: 617-565-3348
Fax: 617-565-4939
E-mail: guest.david@epamail .epa.gov
Addr: George Hawkins, Senior Advisor
U.S. EPA, Region 1 (SPE)
JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA. 02203
Tel: 617-565-9125
Fax: 617-565-4939
E-mail:
hawkins.george@epamail.epa.gov
Environmental Leadership Program-New
England. EPA's regional office in Boston is
conducting a regional environmental leadership
program to encourage and reward environmental
leadership and to experiment with alternative
models to achieve environmental compliance.
The region periodically requests applications for
businesses or other organizations that have
demonstrated a commitment to environmental
performance going beyond regulatory
compliance. Selected organizations receive
public recognition, and partner with the region to
experiment with alternative approaches. In many
cases, companies are experimenting with
approaches based on the ISO EMS, including
self-certification and mentoring EMS
implementation with customers and suppliers.
Addr: Gina Snyder, ELP Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 1 (SPE)
JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203
Tel: 617-860-4ELPor
Gina Snyder at 617-565 -9452
Fax: 617-565-4939
E-mail: snyder.gina@epamail .epa.gov
URL: http://es.inel.gov/elp
Compliance Leadership Through
Environmental Audits and Negotiation
(CLEAN). EPA's regional office in Boston has
launched an effort to improve environmental
management and performance in smaller
companies. In exchange for a commitment to
achieve performance, in part by adopting
pollution prevention practices, SMEs receive a
comprehensive compliance and pollution
prevention assessment by a partnership
comprising federal, state, and private sector
experts. The program is determining how these
assessments may include an analysis of EMS
based on 14000 to help these small companies
maintain compliance.
Addr: Austine Frawley, CLEAN Coordinator
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U.S. EPA, Region 1 (SPE)
JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203
Tel: 617-565-3231
Fax: 617-565-4939
E-mail:
frawley.austine@epamail.epa.gov
Region 3
ISO 14000 Project XL. The projects combine
the ISO 14000 standards with the requirements
of the Project XL initiative, thereby adding
greater environmental specificity to the usage of
ISO 14000 standards in the United States. As
the EMS is developed, EPA will focus on
defining superior environmental results,
establishing public involvement, developing
methods of pollution prevention, and improving
processes and results.
Addr: Alvin R. Morris
U.S. EPA Region 3
841 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-566-6701
Fax: 215-566-2301
E-mail: morris.alvin@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: Deborah Sabatini Hennelly
Lucent Technology
131 Morristown Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Tel: 908-630-2814
Fax: 908-204-8865
Region 4
Using ISO 14000 in the Paper Industry. The
Weyerhaeuser Flint River Operations paper mill
has signed a Project XL Agreement with EPA.
The Weyerhaeuser paper mill will implement
ISO 14000 at its Flint River site in Georgia. The
overall objective of this XL Agreement will be to
half the solid waste at the facility, cut energy
consumption, reduce the toxic waste stream, and
set records for low water usage for a paper mill
of its size.
Addr: David B. Abbott
U.S. EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404-562-9631
Fax: 404-562-9598
E-mail: abbott.david@epamail .epa.gov
Addr: William (Bill) Patton (Project XL)
U.S. EPA Region 4
61 Forsyth Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404-562-9610
Fax: 404-562-6598
E-mail: patton.bill@epamail.epa.gov
Region 5
Life Cycle Assessment Methodology. This
effort is developing and demonstrating Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) applications within industry
and government. Specifically, the focus has been
on streamlined LCA applications. Existing LCA
data is being analyzed using methods currently
employed by LCA practitioners. Areas of
demonstration include alternative adhesives for
auto interiors, recycled versus virgin newsprint
for newspapers, alternative cleaning systems,
fiberglass reinforced plastics, and composite
wood. The estimated completion date is
September 1997.
Addr: Mary Ann Curran
U.S. EPA,NRMRL
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
MS 466
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Tel: 513-569-7782
Fax: 513-569-7111
E-mail:
curran .maryann@epamail .epa.gov
Region 6
ISO 14000: A National Dialogue. This national
conference was one in a series of events designed
to facilitate a dialogue on issues surrounding ISO
14000 and its implementation. EPA Region 6
presented this conference in conjunction with the
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Global Environment & Technology Foundation
(GETF) and the University of Texas at Arlington
(UTA) on November 11-12, 1996, at the UTA
campus.
Addr: Bob Clark
EPA Region 6
Tel: 214-665-6487
Fax: 214-665-2168
Addr: Richard Cooper
GETF
Tel: 703-750-6401
Fax: 703-750-6506
Addr: Dr. Gerald Nehman
UTA
Tel: 817-272-2300
Region 8
EMS for Federal Facilities. EPA Region 8
conducted EMS reviews at selected federal
facilities in February 1997. In conjunction with
this activity, an EPA consultant offered training
in the ISO 14001 Standard.
Addr: Diane Thiel
U.S. EPA Region 8
Pollution Prevention Office (8P2-P2)
999 18th Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80202
Tel: 303-312-6389
Fax: 303-312-6741
E-mail: thiel.diane@epamail.epa.gov
Region 9
The Merit Partnership for Pollution
Prevention. The Merit Partnership for Pollution
Prevention is a "public-private partnership"
dedicated to the advancement of pollution
prevention technologies
and practices that both protect the environment
and aid economic growth.
Merit is developing a series of pilot projects to
demonstrate the environmental and economic
impacts of ISO 14001. The Merit ISO projects
will explore a number of issues, including the
effect of ISO 14001 on a company's
environmental insurance options, how ISO 14001
may affect companies' government procurement
opportunities, the accounting costs of the
development and implementation of ISO 14001,
and the effect of ISO 14001 on companies'
environmental compliance records.
Addr: Bonnie Barkett
U.S. EPA Region 9
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94195
Tel: 415-744-1908
Fax: 415-744-1873
E-mail: barkett.bonnie@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: John French
ENVIRON Corporation
One Park Plaza, Suite 700
Irvine, CA 92714
Tel: 714-798-3691
Fax: 714-587-5151
E-mail: jfrench@environ.org
Region 10
Evaluation of Policy Implications of ISO
14000 and Other EMS Standards. The overall
objective of this effort will be to examine how
ISO 14000 and other EMS standards can help
make regulatory activities more effective
(reducing pollution) and efficient (reducing the
costs of assistance, compliance, and
enforcement). This assessment will include a
review of existing pilot projects and initiatives on
a regional and national level, a review of the
professional literature related to standards
deployment, and an analysis of what this
information implies for policy making and
regulatory reform efforts currently underway
within the region.
Addr: John Palmer, Pollution Prevention
Manager
U.S. EPA Region 10 (01-085)
1200 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-553-6521
E-mail: palmer.john@epamail.epa.gov
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Environment and Society Group
Battelle Seattle Research Center
4000 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA 98105
Tel: 206-528-3290
Fax: 206-528-3552
E-mail: butner@battelle.org
URL: http://www.seattle.battelle.org
State of Washington Department of Ecology
ISO 14000 Leadership Project. Please see
Chapter 4, under Washington, for full listing.
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OTHER FEDERAL
INITIATIVES
Many federal agencies besdies EPA are also interested in the ISO 14000 series of standards.
These range from the Department of Commerce, which has an interest in how the standards may
affect trade and competitiveness, to the U.S. Army, which is considering using IO 14001
management systems principles to manage their facilities. This chapter includes initiatives funded
and managed by federal government departments and agenicies other than EPA. The listed
initiatives explore the use of ISO 14000 in their respective jurisdictions and also application of
ISO 14000 within the departments or agencies themselves.
1. Department of Commerce
2. Department of Defense
3. Department of Energy
4. Department of State
5. Food and Drug Admnistration
6. Federal Trade Commission
7. U.S. Postal Service
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
Informational Paper. The NIST has published
an informational paper on the evolving ISO
14000 series.
Addr: Mary Saunders
Office of Standards Services
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Building 820, Room 282
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: 301-975-2396
Fax: 301-963-2871
E-mail: mary.saunders@nist.gov
URL: http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/
210/216/environ.html
Interagency Committee on Standards Policy's
EMS/ISO 14000 Workgroup. The operating
guide for the workgroup is to provide information
and recommendations to the Interagency
Committee on Standards Policy regarding
development and implementation of the ISO
14000. The committee has chosen to focus its
initial efforts on four main areas: 1)
implementation and integration with other
systems and federal role in pilots; 2) metrics and
evaluation of proposed indicators, cost
measurement, and relationship to current
indicators; 3) technical assistance and the role of
federal government in providing technical
assistance to NGOs, SMEs, other state and
federal government bodies; 4) procurement and
ISO 14000 fit with policies, contracting issues,
and federal acquisition regulations. The
workgroup is co-chaired by Ms. Mary McKiel of
EPA and Mr. Larry Stirling of DOE.
Addr: Krista Johnsen Leuteritz
Environmental Projects Manager
Office of Standard Services &
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
NIST
Building 301 Room C-100
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: 301-975-5104
Fax: 301-963-2871
E-mail: kristin.leuteritz@nist.gov
Manufacturing Extension
Partnership (MEP)
Formerly the Manufacturing Technology Center
program, this partnership is a nationwide system
of manufacturing extension centers, state
planning nonprofit support, and coordinated
information, services, and resources. The
partnership is designed to bridge a technological
gap between sources of manufacturing
technology and the small- and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) that need to improve their
competitiveness through the use of appropriate
modern technologies, processes, and techniques.
Addr: Joyce Johannson
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
U.S. Department of Commerce/NIST
Building 224, Room Bl 15
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001
Tel: 301-975-5020
Fax: 301-963-6556
ISO 14000 Workgroup for the National P2
Roundtable. Please see Chapter 4, under North
Carolina, and Chapter 5, under Nongovernmental
Organizations, for full listing.
ISO 14000/EMS Gap Analysis Tool Suite. The
tool suite will include an implementation primer
that will detail protocol for implementation of an
EMS gap analysis with three appendices. A case
study of an EMS gap analysis used as a
screening tool by field engineers and consultants
for marketing, to present the benefits of ISO
14000 and EMS will be included. One initial
output from the screening tool will be a 1-2 page
letter with a visual attachment showing gaps in
conformance to ISO 14001. This gap analysis
will cover the main elements of the standard and
may lead to a detailed EMS gap analysis or an
implementation project. Also, the appendices
will illustrate the EMS gap analysis as a detailed
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ISO 14001 audit, and include an interpretation
guide (glossary of terms).
The tool will use a "look for ... and look at..."
type of format with a rating system for the field
engineer or consultant to rank the company on a
per-element basis. This project is being created
by a consortium of MEP centers, private firms,
and NIST-MEP.
Addr: Krista Johnsen Leuteritz
Environmental Projects Manager
Office of Standard Services &
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
NIST
Building 301 Room C-100
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: 301-975-5104
Fax: 301-963-2871
E-mail: kristin.leuteritz@nist.gov
Addr: Stan Carson
Environmental Program Manager
Lake Erie MEP
1700 North Westwood Avenue
Toledo, OH 43 607-1207
Tel: 419-534-3705
Fax: 419-531-8465
E-mail: stan.carson@eisc.org
GreenscoreTM. GreenscoreTM is an
environmental self-assessment tool.
Addr: Paul Chalmer
NCMS
3025 Boardwalk Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3266
Tel: 313-995-4911
Fax: 313-995-1150
E-mail: paul.chalmer@ncms.org
URL: http://www.ncms.org
Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing
(ECM). Please see Chapter 4, under Maine, for
full listing.
ISO 14000 Awareness for Maryland
Manufacturers. Please see Chapter 4, under
Maryland, for full listing.
Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center.
Please see Chapter 4, under Vermont, for full
listing.
DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE (DOD)
Environmental Management
Systems Committee
The Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of
Defense for Environmental Security has
established an Environmental Management
Systems Committee to examine the feasibility of
implementing EMS, such as the ISO 14000
series. In addition to work within the
Department, DOD is working with North
American Trade Organization (NATO) and
Partnership for Peace nations (Eastern European
nations, the newly independent Baltic/Slavic
states, Finland, and Sweden) to determine how
environmental management systems can be
implemented in the military. The purpose of
DOD analysis of environmental management
systems is to determine whether adoption of
environmental management standards will
improve the quality of DOD's environmental
programs through the application of uniform
quality management techniques.
Addr: Andrew M. Forth
3400 Defense Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-3400
Tel: 703-604-1820
Fax: 703-607-3124
E-mail: portham@acq.osd.mil
U.S. Army
Adoption of ISO 14000 Methodologies for
Environmental LCA being conducted on
weapon systems and materials. The Systems
Life Cycle Readiness Office, Armament
Research and Development Command, acts as a
bridge between the developer and the producer of
new materials and systems. Key aspects include
life cycle evaluations of producibility and
environmental impacts, costs, and risks. This
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office conducts environmental LCAs (research
and development, production, fielding and
storage, and disposal) of new components or
systems. It also works closely with operating
sites on environmental management plans and
initiatives on pollution prevention and
compliance. This parallels industry's life cycle
stages and activities as addressed by EPA,
Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry (SETAC), and ISO 14000.
Recent DOD guidance on Acquisition Strategy
has strengthened many areas of LCAs that are
parallel with emerging SETAC and ISO
guidance.
Addr: Lawrence R. Laibson
Systems Life Cycle Readiness Office
AMSMC-STA-AR-SRE
Building 172
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. 07806-5000
Tel: 201-724-2822
Fax: 201-724-4096
E-mail: llaibson@pica.army.mil
URL: http://www.pica.army .mil./orgs/slcro/
top.html
Total Quality Environmental Management
(TQEM) - Green Initiatives. This program is a
U.S. Army Armament Research, Development,
& Engineering Center (ARDEC) program that
provides linkage between current quality
initiatives and programs in environmental
stewardship. The pilot programs will be
implemented by industry and government
partners who will voluntarily adopt the ISO
14000 environmental management system
standards. By achieving ISO 9000/14000
certification, Army contractors and government
facilities will improve quality, reduce operations
costs, and develop products for both U.S. and
foreign military sales; enhance their competitive
position and facilities reputation; and reduce
government oversight. Finally, the pilot
programs will also offer an excellent opportunity
to partner with U.S. Army materiel contractors to
jointly pursue acquisition reform strategies.
Addr: Henry J. Van Dyke III
U.S. Army Armament Research
Development and Engineering Center
Industrial Ecology Center
Product Assurance
Attn: AMSTA-AR-ET(QA)
Building 172
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000
Tel: 201-724-4071
or DSN 880-4071
Fax: 201-724-6759
E-mail: henryv@pica.army.mil
URL: http://www.pica.army.mil/orgs/
eto/top.html
ISO 14001 Feasibility Initiative. The U.S.
Army is evaluating the applicability of the ISO
14001 standard to the facility's existing
environmental programs. With assistance from
Concurrent Technologies Corporation, this
initiative will explore the current status of the
environmental programs at the DOD facility,
identify the missing ISO 14001 requirements or
"gaps" between these programs and the EMS
standard; the standard requirements and the
associated costs and benefits of modification; and
realign and adopt ISO 14001 requirements.
Addr: John Thorns
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
1450 Scalp Avenue
Johnstown, PA 15904
Tel: 814-269-6805
Fax: 814-269-2798
E-mail: thoms@ctc.com
URL: http://www.ctc.com
Air Force ISO 14001
Workshops
A series of ISO 14001 primers and introductory,
overview, and implementation workshops for the
U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, in
conjunction with Concurrent Technologies
Corporation, will be initiated. Headquarters and
base-level training are to be provided. Training
will be specifically directed to DOD requirements
and mission-specific activities.
Addr: Joe Hollingsworth
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Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Suite 165
Fairborn, OH 45324
Tel: 513-429-6178
Fax: 513-429-6178
E-mail: hollings@ctc.com
URL: http://www.ctc.com
U.S. Navy EMS Evaluation
The U.S. Navy is evaluating EMS and ISO
14000 as they pertain to Navy operations to
identify and quantify any value added by their
implementation. This effort will lead to the
development of U.S. Navy policy on EMS and/or
ISO 14000.
Addr: Catharine Cyr
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
2211 South Clark Place
Arlington, VA 22244-5108
Tel: 703-602-5335
Fax: 703-602-2676
E-mail: cyrc@N4.opnav.navy.mil
Addr: Terry Bowers
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Arlington, VA 22244-5108
Tel: 703-602-4769
Fax: 703-602-5547
E-mail: bowerst@N4 .opnav .navy .mil
Naval Surface Warfare Center
(NSWC) Carderock ISO
14000 Implementation and
Certification
NSWC Carderock is pursuing its first ISO
14000 certification at its Philadelphia site. Gap
analysis has been completed and process
documentation is underway as of March, 1997.
ISO 14000 is being pursued in an attempt to gain
competitive advantage, to reduce risk in
environmental programs by establishing
consistent and repeatable processes, to reduce
dependence on personality-driven environmental
programs, and to establish a framework for
managing environmental impacts.
Addr: Sondra Gutkind
Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Carderock Division
Philadelphia, PA 19112-5083
Tel: 215-897-7828
Fax: 215-897-7030
E-mail: gutkind@oasys.dt.navy.mil
DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY (DOE)
Energy Facilities Contractors
Group (EFCOG) ISO 14000
Working Group
EFCOG is a self-directed group of senior level
contractor executives who manage and operate
DOE laboratories, manufacturing and production
facilities, and environmental restoration projects.
EFCOG member companies have joined together
for the purpose of exchanging management and
technical information in areas of mutual interest.
EFCO's objective is to promote, coordinate,
facilitate, encourage, and support information
exchanges between facilities on successful
programs, practices, procedures, and lessons
learned. The ISO 14000 Working Group (ISO
14000 WG) is a working committee whose intent
is to facilitate the objectives of EFCOG as
related to the particular area of EMS. The
purposes of the ISO 14000 WG include
promoting excellence in DOE EMS by sharing
information and lessons learned, facilitating the
exchange of information and experiences in
implementing the ISO 14000 series of EMS
standards, and communicating the implications
for integrating strategic environment, safety, and
health management programs into the daily
operations at DOE sites. Working group
participation will provide EFCOG member
companies the opportunity to exchange
information and to discuss the benefits of ISO
14000.
Addr: Larry Stirling
U.S. Department of Energy
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Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance, EH-41
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: 202-586-2417
Fax: 202-586-0955
E-mail: john.stirling@hq.doe.gov
Addr: George D. Greenly, Jr., CCM, QEP,
Chairman
Battelle-Pantex
P.O. Box 30020 (12-132)
Amarillo, TX 79120-0020
Tel: 806-477-5955
Fax: 806-477-5518
E-mail: ggreenly@pantex.com
Addr: Diane Meier, Vice Chair
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
L-197
20201 Century Boulevard, First Floor
Germantown, MD 20874
Tel: 301-916-7719
Fax: 301-916-7777
E-mail: meier6@llnl.gov
EMS Fact Sheets
DOE's Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance is developing a series of fact sheets
addressing topics related to EMS. The fact
sheets provide basic information and
communicate DOE's approach to EMS issues.
Topics in the series consist of frequently asked
questions; getting started; EPA's Code of
Environmental Management Principles (CEMP);
identifying environmental aspects and impacts;
and pollution prevention. A PNNL team is
supporting the project.
Addr: Larry Stirling
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance, EH-41
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: 202-586-2417
Fax: 202-586-0955
E-mail:
john.stirling@hq.doe.gov
Addr: Dr. Jean Shorett
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
901 D Street, SW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20024-2115
Tel: 202-646-7809
Fax: 202-646-7838
E-mail: je_shorett@pnl.gov
Environmental Management
Systems at DOE
DOE's Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance (EH-41) is actively evaluating uses of
the ISO 14001 EMS Standard in improving the
environmental sensitivity of DOE operations.
This effort comprises an expanding list of
activities, such as drafting and releasing a
Secretarial memorandum encouraging ISO 14001
use in the field; integrating EMS with DOE's
Integrated Safety Management System; preparing
EMS guidance documents and fact sheets; raising
awareness through panel discussions, invited
presentations, conferences, white papers, and
briefings; integrating EMS with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), pollution
prevention, and contract reform; organizing an
internal EMS Work Group, a baseline survey of
EMS awareness at DOE facilities, ISO 14001
training and technical assistance to sites; working
with DOE's Energy Facility Contractor Group
and posting a Web site on ISO activities linked to
DOE's home page. DOE is also collaborating
with EPA on EMS issues. DOE also works with
EPA's Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement to
produce an EMS Primer for Federal Facilities,
co-chairs an EMS Interagency Working Group
with EPA's Mary McKiel, and provides review
and comment on CEMP, which DOE has
endorsed.
Addr: Larry Stirling
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance, EH-41
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
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Tel: 202-586-2417
Fax: 202-586-0955
E-mail: john.stirling@hq.doe.gov
EMS Primer for Federal
Facilities
Please see Chapter 2, Headquarters Initiatives,
Office of Federal Facilities Enforcement, for full
listing.
Implementation of ISO 14001 at
Westinghouse-Managed DOE Sites.
Westinghouse is reviewing and modifying its
environmental management systems to ensure
they conform to the ISO 14001 standard at three
sites it manages for the Department of Energy:
the Savannah River Site, near Aiken, SC; the
West Valley Demonstration Project, near West
Valley, NY; and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,
near Carlsbad, NM. A fourth operation, Safe
Sites of Colorado (a Westinghouse and Babcox
and Wilcox joint venture), is also working to
ensure its EMS conforms to the standard. Safe
Sites of Colorado is a subcontractor for Kaiser-
Hill, the integrating contractor for the DOE at its
Rocky Flats site near Golden, CO.
Addr: Larry Stirling
Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance, EH-41
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: 202-586-2417
Fax: 202-86-0955
E-mail: john.stirling@hq.doe.gov
Addr: Tom DuPlessis
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Environmental Affairs Department,
Government ES&H Programs
11 Stanwix Street, Room 2181
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1384
Tel: 412-642-3990
Fax: 412-642-3224
E-mail: dupleste@westinghouse .com
Strategic and Program Planning for EMS
Initiatives. DOE has been a leader in evaluating
uses of the ISO 14001 EMS Standard in
improving management of its environmental
activities. Initiatives consist of EMS strategic
and program planning; linking EMS to other
agency initiatives (e.g., integrated Environmental
Health & Safety, NEPA, pollution prevention);
using ISO 14001 in streamlining internal
directives; analyzing statutory and regulatory
impacts; preparing EMS technical materials;
developing program and field implementation
strategies; developing fact sheets, briefings, and
guidance materials; coauthoring technical papers;
preparing presentations; and supporting internal
and interagency EMS working groups. Since
1994, a PNNL team has provided support in
developing these activities.
Addr: Larry Stirling
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Policy and
Assistance, EH-41
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585
Tel: 202-586-2417
Fax: 202-586-0955
E-mail: john.stirling@hq.doe.gov
Addr: Dr. Jean Shorett
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
901 D Street, SW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20024-2115
Tel: 202-646-7809
Fax: 202-646-7838
E-mail: je_shorett@pnl.gov
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
(DOS)
US-Asia Environmental
Partnership (US-AEP)
Led by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), US-AEP
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was founded in 1992 to assist in addressing
environmental degradation and sustainable
development issues in the Asia/Pacific region by
mobilizing U.S. environmental experience,
technology, and practice. The program brings
together 25 U.S. government departments and
agencies and thousands of businesses and
nongovernmental organizations that work with 35
nations and territories in Asia and the Pacific.
US-AEP activities focus on the objective of
promoting an Asian "clean revolution" the
extensive continuing development and adoption
of continuously less polluting and more resource
efficient products, processes, and services in the
Asian region. While individual US-AEP
activities seek practical solutions to local
problems, the cumulative effort positively affects
global environmental issues.
Addr: Lewis P. Reade, Director General
US-Asia Environmental Partnership
U.S. Agency for International
Development
Department of State
Washington, DC 20523
Tel: 202-647-5806
Fax: 202-647-1805
E-mail: lreade@usaid.gov
URL: http://www.usaep.org
US-AEP Clean Technology and Environmental
Management Initiative (CTEM). Under this
initiative, US-AEP works with Asian
governments, industries, professional
associations, and trade academic institutions to
promote cleaner methods of production.
Activities focus on incentives that persuade
companies to refine environmental practices;
enhancing the capacity of those businesses to
respond to incentives; and the transfer of
technology that takes advantage of the incentives
and capacities within a given business, industrial
sector or country. Through consultations,
seminars, workshops, and exchanges, these
activities promote the understanding and
adoption of voluntary standards for corporate
environmental management.
Addr: Julie Haines, Managing Director,
CTEM
U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership
1720 Eye Street, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-835-0333
Fax: 202-835-0366
E-mail: jhaines@usaep.org
URL: http://www.usaep.org
US-AEP Clean Technology and Environmental
Management Information Centers (CTEM).
CTEM Information Centers provide accurate and
timely information to the Asian business
community. Each center is staffed with an
information specialist who uses in-house print
and electronic resources, the Internet, and
personal contacts to promote the CTEM concept.
Addr: Mr. Enrico Rubio, Information
Specialist
G/F DAP Building
San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City
Metro Manila, 1601, Philippines
Tel: +63-2-635-2650
Fax: +63-2-631-5714
E-mail: ctem@mnl.cyb-live.com
Addr: Ms. Kavita Gandhi, Information
Specialist
SMA House
20 Orchard Road #02-00
Singapore 238830
Tel: +65-338-8787/331-1586 (DID)
Fax: +65-338-5906
E-mail: ctemsin@pacific.net.sg
Addr: Kerith McFadden, Information
Specialist
1720 Eye Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-835-8357
Fax: 202-496-9720
E-mail: kmcfadden@usaep.org
US-AEP Environmental Exchange Program
(EEP). US-AEP's EEP provides Asian
professionals and organizations with
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opportunities for addressing critical
environmental needs by identifying sources for
U.S. technology, observing and evaluating
facilities first-hand for their suitability, meeting
with potential partners, and conferring with U.S.
government and industry authorities. The
program helps link leading ISO 14000 experts in
the United States to top 5 industry leaders and
environmental professionals in Asia to discuss
EMS standards and their implications for
industry.
Addr: Administrative Manager
Institute of International Education
1400 K Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20005-2403
Tel: 202-326-7706
Fax: 202-326-7709
E-mail: eep@iie.org
URL: http://www.usaep.org
FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION (FDA)
Standards Policy Committee
The Standards Policy Committee is composed of
senior FDA management officials who set
agency-wide policy with respect to the
development and use of standards. FDA
employees actively participate with a variety of
private standards organizations, both domestic
and international. FDA develops product
standards, criteria for the assessment of test data,
and enforcement procedures, and also includes
ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 for quality and
environment management system registration.
Addr: Linda Horton, Director of International
Policy
FDA/Office of Policy
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15-74 (HF-
23)
Rockville, MD 20857
Tel: 301-827-3344
Fax: 301-443-6906
E-mail: lhorton@bangate.fda.gov
URL: http://www/fda.gov
FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION (FTC)
Environmental Marketing
Claims Guidelines
These 1992 guides are administrative
interpretations of laws administered by the FTC
to help public comply with the law covering
environmental marketing claims. Inconsistent
conduct may result in corrective action taken by
the FTC under §5 of the FTC Act, which
prohibits false or deceptive claims in advertising
or labeling. The guidelines focus on what
environmental claims mean to consumers and are
meant to bolster consumers' confidence in
environmental claims and reduce manufacturers
uncertainty about which claims might lead to
FTC law enforcement actions. The guidelines
address general environmental benefit claims and
the use of terms such as degradate, recyclable,
recycled, source reduction, refillable, and ozone-
safe claims.
Addr: Michael Dershowitz
Federal Trade Commission
Division of Advertising Practices
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580
Tel: 202-326-3158
Fax: 202-326-3259
URL: http://www.ftc.gov
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
(USPS)
Development of ISO
9000/14000 Protocol for Fleet
Maintenance Activities
USPS - Southeast Area is in the initial stage of
developing an ISO protocol that will blend the
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quality improvement aspect of ISO 9000 with the
environmental improvements associated with ISO
14000.
The USPS's Southeast Area fleet management
organization provides operations and
maintenance support to approximately 25,000
USPS-owned vehicles assigned throughout a
five-state area. By combining ISO 9000 and ISO
14000 protocol, USPS anticipates providing a
more uniform, cost effective process of fleet
management while improving the
environmentally sensitive aspects of operating a
large commercial fleet.
Developing this protocol should begin in early
1997, with : first article" roll out anticipated in
Fall 1997.
Addr. Robert Martin
Southeast Area Office - USPS
225 N. Humphreys Boulevard
Memphis, TN 38166-0860
Tel: 901-747-7635
Fax: 901-747-7482
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STATE
INITIATIVES
State governments are examining ISO 14000 and its relevance to state environmental complaince
and permitting activities. States are also providing technical assistance to organizations interested
in ISO 14000. Besides the initiatives directly managed by state governmental agencies, this
chapter includes other geographically based initiatives such as those of the national Institute of
Standards manufacturing Extension partnership Centers.
1. Alphabetical Listings by State
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MULTI-STATE WORK
GROUP
The Multi-State Work Group on environmental
management systems includes representatives
from California, Texas, Oregon, Arizona,
Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, and North Carolina. The Work
Group has prepared a voluntary project design
document, including a Project Evaluation Matrix,
which can be used by states and others in the
design of projects involving ISO 14001.
Addr: Dr. Robert Stephens
CAL/EPA
Dept. of Toxic Substances Control
Hazardous Materials Laboratory
2151 Berkeley Way, Room 515
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: 510-540-3003
Fax: 510-540-2305
ALABAMA
Department of Environmental
Management
Alabama is in the preliminary stages of
investigating possible application.
Addr: Richard E. Grusnick, Deputy Director
Alabama Department of Environmental
Management
P.O. Box 301463
Montgomery, AL 36130-1463
Tel: 334-271-7710
Fax: 334-271-7950
E-mail: adem(3>state.al.us
ARKANSAS
ISO 14000 Infrastructure
Development
Westark College Business and Industrial Institute
is partnering with the Arkansas Department of
Pollution Control and Ecology to develop ISO
14000 training. This training will support
efforts of Arkansas companies to develop and
implement EMS that can be certified to ISO
14000.
Addr: Mike Jones
Westark College
P.O. Box 3649
5210 Grand Avenue
Ft. Smith, AR 72413-3 649
Tel: 501-788-7763
Fax: 501-788-7780
E-mail: mjones@systema.westark.edu
CALIFORNIA
CAL/EPA ISO 14000 Pilot
Project
CAL/EPA will conduct two to four pilot
demonstration projects to test and evaluate the
utility of an EMS in achieving and maintaining
compliance with regulatory requirements,
continuing environmental improvement, and
streamlining regulatory procedures.
Addr: Robert Stephens, Chair
CAL/EPA Task Force on ISO 14000
Department of Toxic Substances Control
Hazardous Materials Laboratory
2151 Berkeley Way, Room 515
Berkeley, CA 94704
Tel: 510-540-3003
Fax: 510-540-2305
San Francisco Bay Area
Green Business Program
Businesses in full environmental compliance with
relevant multimedia regulations (air, land, and
water) and meeting program defined, industry-
specific standards for energy and water
conservation, solid waste reduction, and pollution
prevention will be recognized as "green." After
local governments certify the company as green,
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it may then use the program logo in its
advertising to attract environmentally conscious
consumers. This program does not include
standards for an EMS per se.
Addr: Jennifer Krebs, Senior Environmental
Planner
Association of Bay Area Governments
Oakland, CA 94604
Tel: 510-464-7977
Fax: 510-464-7980
E-mail: jenniferk@abag.ca.gov
COLORADO
Pollution Prevention Program
The Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment has included ISO 14000 as a
possible criterion in a proposed program that
would reduce government oversight and provide
financial incentives to companies who excel in
environmental performance.
Addr: Parry Burnap
Pollution Prevention Program
OE B2 PPU Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment
4300 Cherry Creek Drive North
Denver, CO 80222-1530
Tel: 303-692-3009
Fax: 303-782-4969
E-mail: parry.burnap@state.co.us
CONNECTICUT
Common Sense Initiative, and
StarTrack Pilot Project
As part of EPA's Common Sense Initiative,
Environmental Leadership Program and
StarTrack Initiatives in Connecticut, the state of
Connecticut is participating in pilot projects that
focus on EMS and ISO 14000.
Addr: Robert Kaliszewski, Ombudsman
State of Connecticut, DEP
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106-5127
Tel: 860-424-3003
Fax: 860-424-4077
E-mail: robert.kaliszewski@po.state.ct.us
URL: http://www.state.ct.us/dep
DELAWARE
Department of Natural
Resources
Delaware is tracking and investigating ISO
14000 activities of other interested states.
Addr: Nicholas A. DiPasquale, Director
Division of Air & Waste Management
Delaware Department of Natural
Resources
P.O. Box 1401
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19903
Tel: 302-739-4764
Fax: 302-739-5060
E-mail: ndipasquale@dnrec.state.de.us
FLORIDA
Florida Department of
Environmental Protection
(FDEP)
EMS help ensure compliance with state and
federal regulations and requirements, and can
serve as a mechanism to guide improvement in
environmental performance. FDEP is working
closely with the business community to foster a
cooperative spirit of putting well-crafted EMS in
place.
Addr: Michael Phillips
FDEP
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard (18)
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000
Tel: 904-921-9717
Fax: 904-488-7093
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E-mail: phillips_M@epic9.dep.state .fl .us
URL: http://www.dep.state.fl.us
GEORGIA
Pollution Prevention
Assistance Division (P2AD)
P2AD provides industry within the state
information regarding ISO 14000. This is done
through P2AD newsletters, assessments, and
participation in industry conferences.
Addr. Matt Barcaskey
Georgia P2AD
7 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive,
Suite 450
Atlanta, GA 30334
Tel: 404-651-5120
Fax: 404-651-5130
E-mail: p2ad@ix.netcom.com
URL: http://www.dnr.state.ga.us
IDAHO
Idaho Manufacturing
Alliance
The executive director currently conducts ISO
14000 training workshops across the state of
Idaho.
Addr: Jim Steinfort, Executive Director
Idaho Manufacturing Alliance
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725
Tel: 208-385-3689
Fax: 208-385-3877
E-mail: jsteinf@idbsu.bsu.edu
INDIANA
Small Business Pilot Project
The Indiana Department of Environmental
Management (IDEM) and EPA plan to undertake
three to five pilot projects as part of the
thermoset plastics sector of the Sustainable
Industry Project. The project has three distinct
goals: 1) to identify the problems faced by small
businesses trying to implement an EMS, 2) to
identify the infrastructure and support needed by
small businesses for EMS implementation, and 3)
to demonstrate a new regulatory regime for small
businesses.
IDEM and EPA have identified project resources
to help small businesses through the project,
including a) an IDEM grants program that in
place will help offset some of the costs in
implementing an EMS; b) technical assistance
from IDEM's Compliance and Technical
Assistance Program; c) additional technical
assistance from the Indiana Pollution Prevention
and Safe Materials Institute at Purdue
University; d) regional EPA technical assistance
from EPA Region 5; and, e) reporting and
permitting flexibility from IDEM and EPA.
Addr: Marc Hancock
Indiana Department of Environmental
Management
100 North Senate Avenue
P.O. Box 6015
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Tel: 317-233-1043
Fax: 317-233-5627
E-mail: mhanc@opn.dem.state.in.us
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppe/isd/indiana.htm
Addr: Carl Koch
U.S. EPA, OPPE
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: 202-260-2739
Fax: 202-260-9322
E-mail: koch.carl@epamail.epa.gov
URL: http://www.epa.gov/oppe/isd/isd.htm
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IOWA
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
(IWRC) EMS Assistance
Program
The IWRC provides ISO 14001 EMS
development assistance to small businesses in
Iowa.
Addr: Marci Carter
University of Northern Iowa
75 Biology Research Complex
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0185
Tel: 319-273-2079
Fax: 319-273-2926
E-mail: carterm@uni.edu
URL: http//www.iwrc.uni.edu
Waste Reduction Assistance
Program (WRAP)
Through on-site assessments, workshops, and
continual support, WRAP provides
nonregulatory, confidential, no-cost assistance
designed to reduce wastes and enhance a
company's bottom line. The program targets
Iowa business and industry with more than 100
employees or those classified as RCRA large
quantity generators.
Addr: Beth Hicks
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
900 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
Tel: 515-281-8927
Fax: 515-281-8895
E-mail: ehicks@max.state.ia.us.
URL: http://www.recyclelowa.org
KANSAS
Environmental Management
System
K.S.A. 60-332 et seq., enacted by the 1995
Kansas legislature, outlines the components of an
EMS. If a finding of violation occurs, a facility
that has implemented an EMS is afforded
consideration by the court or administrative
tribunal in determining whether to impose an
administrative, civil, or criminal penalty and the
severity of the penalty. The Kansas Department
of Health and Environment is actively
encouraging facilities to implement EMS.
Addr. Theresa Hedges
Kansas Department of Health and
Environment
Office of Science and Support
Building 283, Forbes Field
Topeka, KA 66620
Tel: 913-296-6603
Fax: 913-291-3266
KENTUCKY
Kentucky Pollution Prevention
Center's (KPPC) ISO 14000
Awareness
KPPC is facilitating ISO 14000 training through
contractors, partnerships with other assistance
providers, and by downlinking national
teleconferences. It has sponsored/presented two
2-day workshops in Louisville and Lexington,
KY. In addition, two 3-hour teleconferences
were downlinked in those two cities in October
1996. A presentation titled "An Overview of
ISO 14000" has been offered at conferences and
lecture series statewide. KPPC will continue to
provide training opportunities for Commonwealth
business as well as further identify its role in ISO
14000 implementation.
Addr: Cam Metcalf, Executive Director
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
420 New Academic Building
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Tel: 502-852-0965
Fax: 502-852-0964
E-mail: j cmetcO 1 @ulkyvm .louisville .edu
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URL: http://www/louisville.edu/org/kppc
Fax:
504-765-0742
LOUISIANA
Department of Environmental
Quality
Environmental Leadership/ISO 14000. The
Louisville Department of Environmental Quality
(LDEQ) Office of Secretary is developing an
Environmental Leadership Program/ISO 14000
initiative for Louisiana's business and industry.
A coordinator provides consultation and
workshops to educate interested parties regarding
U.S. government policy regarding ISO 14000,
including environmental management systems
(EMS).
Addr: Gary Johnson/Hugh Finklea
Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 82263
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2263
Tel: 504-765-0720
Fax: 504-765-0742
E-mail: garyj@deq. state.la.us
Environmental Leadership
Pollution Prevention Program
This is a cooperative effort between the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
and Louisiana's industry that encourages
companies to assume environmental leadership
roles by committing to minimizing their waste
streams in all media, and participating in
activities to enhance Louisiana's environment.
Addr: Charles Killebrew, Technical
Manager
Technical Program Support Section
Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality
Office of the Secretary
P.O. Box 82263
Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2263
Tel: 504-765-0720
MAINE
Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP)
As a component of the state's Environmental
Excellence: Maine Program, DEP works with
businesses developing EMS (including ISO
14000) to review gap analyses and provide
compliance assistance and regulatory review as
the plans are developed.
Addr: Ron Dyer
Maine DEP
STP#17
Augusta, ME 04333
Tel: 207-287-2811
Fax: 207-287-2814
E-mail: ron.e.dyer@state.me.us
Center for Technology
Transfer (CTT)
Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing
(ECM) Program. CTT is a private nonprofit
organization that works primarily with Maine's
metals and electronics industries to enhance their
competitiveness through training, technology
transfer, and technical assistance. ECM is one of
CTT's focus areas; pollution prevention
assessments, training, development literature,
conferences, and seminars were all initiated under
this program over the last 2 years. CTT will
work with its target industries to educate
companies on EMS and why they may or may
not want to become certified to ISO 14001.
Addr: Mark Arienti, P.E., Field Engineer
ECM Project
Center for Technology Transfer
190 Riverside Street
Portland, ME 04103
Tel: 207-871-8254
Fax: 207-780-1547
E-mail: marienti@mstf.org
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URL: http://www.ctt.org
EMS Development for
Industry - Electric Power
Sector
The Central Maine Power Company and the
Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania of Bulgaria
are working on a U.S. AID-funded effort to
develop EMS for major power plants in Bulgaria
and for the central electric utility system.
Bulgaria has adopted environmental standards
similar to those of western Europe and the United
States, however, both the plant equipment and
the management systems are dated in terms of
being able to meet these standards. This initiative
will help the management side of environmental
businesses. One major power plant was selected
for system development; at the discretion of the
Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania, the EMS
techniques will be transferred to the rest of the
system.
Addr: James H. Wazlaw
Central Maine Power International
One Grandview Place
Winthrop, ME 04364
Tel: 207-626-9749
Fax: 207-626-959
Addr: Hristo Shwabsky
Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: 359 2 980 1968
Fax: 359 2 875826
E-mail: nek.s.msp@mcrl .poptel.org.uk
Addr: Dr. Robert Ichord, Jr.
U.S.AID
320 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20523
Tel: 202-647-6962
Fax: 202-647-8274
(Cross-listed with International Initiatives,
chapter 6)
MARYLAND
Maryland Department of the
Environment (MDE)
MDE conducts various ISO 14000 training
programs for management and field personnel.
Addr: Mitch McCalmon
Maryland Department of the
Environment
2500 Broening Highway
Baltimore, MD 21224
Tel: 410-631-4499
Fax: 410-631-3896
ISO 14000 Awareness for
Maryland Manufacturers
Various agencies, public and private
organizations in Maryland are making significant
strides in identifying and providing ISO 14000
related information and awareness training
throughout Maryland. The Environmental
Engineering Program of the University of
Maryland's Engineering Research Center (ERC)
has begun an initiative to assist these efforts,
identifying potentially interested participants,
promoting the program, and assisting with
presentation as requested. Primary efforts to date
have been with the regional offices of the ER's
Technology Extension Service (an affiliate of the
Maryland NISTMEP), the Maryland Department
of the Environment, and various local technology
councils.
Addr: Paul Gietka
University of Maryland at Baltimore
618 West Lombard Street, 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
Tel: 410-706-3233
Fax: 410-706-3446
E-mail: pg26@umail.umd.edu
MICHIGAN
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Clean Corporate Citizen
Program
This program gives businesses tangible
incentives and benefits, such as faster permits,
expanded construction and operational waivers,
and plantwide applicable limits for air permits.
Such benefits are attainable by meeting three
criteria: 1) a demonstrated commitment to reduce
waste through a pollution prevention program; 2)
consistent compliance with all environmental
requirements and no outstanding unresolved
violations; and 3) a strong and effective EMS
such as ISO 14001.
Addr: Robert Basch, Chief
Technical Assistance Section,
Environmental Assistance Division
Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 30457
Lansing, MI 48909-7957
Tel: 517-335-7161
Fax: 517-373-3675
E-mail: baschr@deq.state.mi.us
MINNESOTA
Office of Attorney General
EMS Training. The initiative involves two
projects designed to improve EMS training. The
first project involves a series often seminars on
various aspects of environmental management
including ISO 14000; the primary audience is
larger businesses. The second project focuses on
smaller businesses and will include five separate
training sessions that incorporate environmental
management elements into small business
manufacturing excellence programs.
Banking/Insurance Initiative. This is an effort
to identify the risk reduction and competitiveness
advantages of good EMS and to inform bankers,
insurers, and investors of these advantages. ISO
14000 certification and implementation could
conceivably be used as a tool in measuring likely
improved performance.
Addr: Lee Paddock
Office of Attorney General
900 NCL Tower
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN 55101-2127
Tel: 612-296-6597
Fax: 612-297-4139
E-mail: lee.paddock@state.mn.us
MISSOURI
ISO 14000 Cooperation
Project
This project supports research and educational
activities within Missouri state government and
with nongovernmental groups, including a joint
relationship with the National Center for
Environmental and Information Technology in
St. Louis.
Addr: Steve Mahfood
Missouri Environmental Improvement
and Energy Resources Authority
P.O. Box 744
325 Jefferson
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Tel: 573-751-4919
Fax: 573-635-3486
NEBRASKA
Department of Environmental
Quality (NDEQ)
Quality Assurance Implementation for Technical
Policy and Independent Technical Oversight of
Low Level Radioactive Wastes Application.
NDEQ has the regulatory oversight and licensing
authority, in conjunction with the Nebraska
Health and Human Services (HHS), for licensing
commercial low level waste disposal under
10XFR Part 61 in the state of Nebraska. NDEQ
was charged with license review and independent
technical assessment under NDEQ title 132 and
NDOH Title 180. NDEQ developed a
comprehensive quality assurance program using
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NUREG 1293/NUREG 1383 andNQA-1. The
program incorporates requirements to address
NRC Reg. Guide 415. Over a seven year period,
the quality assurance implementation has been
successfully implemented to over 200 personnel
and covers all elements of technical review and
oversight process. NDEQ has successfully
implemented a "graded approach" to audits and
surveillance that had never been implemented to
this level for license review. It is unique for
government oversight for state regulatory license
review.
Addr: Jay D. Ringenberg , LLRW Program
Manager
Nebraska Department of
Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 98922
1200 N Street, Suite 400, The Atrium
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Tel: 402-471-3372
Fax: 402-471-2909
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Pollution
Prevention Program (NHPPP)
This nonregulatory pollution prevention program
offers technical assistance services such as
conferences and workshops, information
requests, onsite assistance, pollution prevention
information clearinghouse, internships,
educational curricula, pollution prevention
regulatory integration, and strategic partnerships.
Addr: Vincent R. Perelli, NHPPP Manager
New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services Pollution
Prevention Program
6 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301-6509
Tel: 603-271-2902
Fax: 603-271-2456
E-mail: perelli@deswmdpl.mv.com
NEW MEXICO
Green Zia Environmental
Excellence Program
The Green Zia program will recognize
businesses, institutions, and governmental entities
that have met specific criteria for achieving
environmental excellence: 1) long-term
compliance with all environmental regulations
and development of a pollution prevention plan;
2) achievement of specified pollution prevention
goals outlined in the plan; and 3) achievement of
additional goals and mentorship in pollution
prevention technologies for other businesses,
institutions or governmental entities. The criteria
for receiving recognition will be developed with
input from regulators and industry
representatives, and will include ISO 14000
conformance. The program should be
implemented in mid-1997.
Addr: Judy Kowalski
Forestry and Resources Conservation
Division
Energy, Minerals, and Natural
Resources Department
P.O. Box 1948
Santa Fe,NM 87504-1948
Tel: 505-827-7474
Fax: 505-827-3903
E-mail: jkowalski@emnrdsfstate.nm.us
NEW YORK
ISO 14000 Regulatory
Integration Pilot Program
The Department of Environmental Conservation
is developing two pilot projects with one small
business and one large business to explore how
ISO 14000 certification can be incorporated into
regulatory oversight programs.
Addr: William Eberle
NYSDEC
50 Wolf Road
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Albany, NY 12233-8010
Tel: 518-457-2553
Fax: 518-457-2570
NORTH CAROLINA
The North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Environmental Management Systems. The
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources has formed a
workgroup to look at the use of EMS.
Specifically, the group will be involved in pilot
projects, internal training, gaining support of
external groups, and policy development.
Addr: Ravila Gupta
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and Natural
Resources
P.O. Box 29569
Raleigh, NC 27626
Tel: 919-715-6507
Fax: 919-715-6794
E-mail: ravila_gupta@owr. ehnr. state .nc .us
ISO 14000 Workgroup for the National P2
Roundtable. The first official meeting of this
group was held in November 1996 as part of the
National Pollution Prevention (P2) Roundtable's
regular workgroup meetings. Some example
issues addressed were: How can P2 mesh with
the standard? Will P2 be included in the auditor
training and if so, how? What is the role of
technical assistance personnel? Can small- and
medium-sized manufacturers benefit from ISO
14000 and what are some of their implementation
issues? Will the standard lead to source
reduction? This workgroup will generate and
maintain an ISO 14000 e-mail list.
Addr: Ravila Gupta
P.O. Box 29569
Raleigh, NC 27626
Tel: 919-715-6507
Fax: 919-715-6794
E-mail: ravila_gupta@owr. ehnr. state .nc .us
Addr: Krista Johnsen Leuteritz
NIST/MEP
Building 301, Room C-100
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: 301-975-5104
Fax: 301-926-3787
E-mail: kristin.johnsen@nist.gov
URL: http://www.mep.nist.gov/
NORTH DAKOTA
Wetland Conservation
Strategy
This multifunctional program includes a variety
of incentive programs and demonstrations to
encourage restriction and preservation of the
state's substantial wetland resources.
Addr: Lee Klapprodt
North Dakota State Water
Commission
900 East Bird
Bismarck, ND 58501
Tel: 701-328-2750
Fax: 701-328-3696
E-mail: lklap@water.swc.state.nd.us
URL: http://water.swc.state.nd.us
OHIO
ISO 14000 Information
Gathering
The Ohio Office of Pollution Prevention is
presently gathering information about the ISO
14000 series of voluntary standards.
Addr: Andrea Futrell
Ohio EPA
Office of Pollution Prevention
P.O. Box 1049
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Columbus, OH 43216-1049
Tel: 614-644-2813
Fax: 614-726-1245
E-mail: andrea_futrell@central .epa. ohio .gov
URL: http://www.epa.ohio.gov/opp/
oppmain.html
OKLAHOMA
Department of Environmental
Quality
The Pollution Prevention Program provides
technical assistance to business and industry
across the state of Oklahoma. It also houses a
clearinghouse of up-to-date information on
pollution prevention advances in various
industries, reference materials, and journals. ISO
14000 activities consist of educating program
members about the standards.
Addr: Leisa Smith
Oklahoma Department of
Environmental Quality
1000 NE 10
Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1212
Tel: 405-271-1400 or 800-869-1400
Fax: 405-271-1317
OREGON
Environmental Action
Agreement Project
The Department of Environmental Quality's
Pollution Prevention Core Committee is
developing the framework of a program that will
provide regulatory incentives for companies that
demonstrate environmental performance beyond
that required by law. Details of how companies
qualify for participation and what types of
rewards will be offered are still being determined.
In order to qualify to be part of the
Environmental Action Agreement Project,
participants must have 1) an EMS in place that
assures compliance with mandated environmental
requirements, 2) some supplemental activities
that demonstrate protection of the environment
beyond that required by law, and 3) some
mechanism for public communication about the
facility's environmental performance.
Possible rewards include both a recognition
program and some regulatory relief, such as
expedited permit processing, reduced monitoring
and reporting frequency, and enforcement
discretion. A workgroup will convene to develop
these ideas and develop recommendations for
turning pilot efforts into a full-scale incentive
program.
Addr: Holly Schroeder
DEQ Northwest Region
2020 SW Fourth Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
Tel: 503-229-5585
Fax: 503-229-6945
E-mail: holly.schroeder@state.or.us
URL: http://www.deq.state.or.us
Addr: Marianne Fitzgerald, Coordinator
DEQ Pollution Prevention
811 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Tel: 503-229-5946
Fax: 503-229-5850
E-mail: marianne.fitzgerald@state.or.us
URL: http://www.deq.state.or.us
PENNSYLVANIA
Strategic Environmental
Management: Beyond
Compliance
Strategic Environmental Management is a
regulatory approach that incorporates ISO 14001
environmental accounting, full life-cycle
assessment, and performance measurements into
a pollution prevention approach to environmental
management.
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Addr: Marylou Barton
Department of
Environmental Management
Rachel Carson State Office Building
P.O. Box 8464
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8464
Tel: 717-787-7060
Fax: 717-787-9378
E-mail: barton .marylou@al.dep. state .pa.us
URL: http://www/dep.state.pa.us
Market-Based Audits of EMS:
Implementing ISO 14000
Those conducting the project are studying four
interrelated hypotheses concerning ISO 14000:1)
ISO 14000 will improve public knowledge and
reduce acceptability of industrial activities with
environmental impacts; 2) ISO 14000 will
improve internal management capabilities and
reduce compliance costs for companies over
other environmental management alternatives; 3)
ISO 14000 will improve risk management
practices and will lead to better relations with
insurers and a risk managers and to lower
premiums for certified companies; and 4) ISO
14000 will lead to decreased transaction costs of
regulation, both at the state and federal level. A
series of pilot studies in Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania are planned to test these
hypotheses.
Addr: Paul R. Kleindorfer
Wharton Risk Management and
Decision Processes Center
University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
School
1325 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
3 620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366
Tel: 215-898-5688
Fax: 215-573-2130
E-mail: kleindorfer@wharton.upenn.edu
URL: http: //opim. wharton .upenn.edu/risk/
Pennsylvania Environmental
Council
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is a
statewide education, advocacy, and policy
nonprofit organization that is promoting
discussion of ISO 14000 in Pennsylvania through
several mechanisms, including publication of
related articles in a quarterly newsletter and
hosting discussion groups with representatives of
government, business, industry, and
environmental interests.
Addr: Joanne R. Denworth
1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 900
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-563-0250
Fax: 215-563-0528
E-mail: pecphila@libertynet.org
URL: http://www.libertynet.org/~pecphila
TENNESSEE
Department of Environment
and Conservation (TDEC)
TDEC is following the development of the ISO
14000 standards and potential uses. In addition,
TDEC is participating, as an Environmental
Council of States (ECOS) representative, in
EPA's ISO 14000/EMS Task Group.
Addr: David L. Harbin, Assistant General
Counsel
Department of Environment and
Conservation
Office of General Counsel
L & C Tower, 20th Floor
401 Church Street
Nashville, TN 37243-1548
Tel: 615-532-0144
Fax: 615-532-0145
E-mail: dharbin@mail.state .tn.us
TEXAS
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Office of Pollution Prevention
and Recycling
The Office currently oversees multiple projects
analyzing EMS and its application. These
projects include analyzing potential inspection
protocols to incorporate EMS, analyzing the
relationship between EMS and environmental
economic performance in industrial facilities, and
incorporating EMS into voluntary
recognition/incentive programs.
Addr: Andrew Neblett, Director
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Recycling
Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission
P.O. Box 13087 (MC 112)
Austin, TX 78711-3807
Tel: 512-239-3166
Fax: 512-239-3165
E-mail: aneblett(3),tnrcc.state.tx.us
UTAH
Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ)
Utah's pollution prevention program serves as the
contact point for promotion and dissemination of
information related to ISO 14000. The pollution
prevention program will notify other DEQ
divisions and industrial groups and also serve as
a contact for communicating with these groups
regarding ISO 14000.
Addr: Sonja F. Wallace
Utah Department of Environmental
Quality
168 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4810
Tel: 801-536-4477
Fax: 801-536-0061
E-mail: eqoas.swallace@state.ut.us
VERMONT
Vermont Manufacturing
Extension Center (VMEC)
VMEC is a NIST-MEP center serving the
technical assistance needs of Vermont's
manufacturers.
Addr: Muriel Durgin, Director
Vermont Manufacturing Extension
Center
P.O. Box 500
Randolph Center, VT 05061-0500
Tel: 802-728-1312; in VT 800-MEP-
4MFG
Fax: 802-728-1456
E-mail: vmec@night.vtc.vsc.edu
URL: http://www.vmec.org
VIRGINIA
Department of Environmental
Quality
Virginia is tracking and investigating ISO 14000
activities of other interested states.
Addr: T. March Bell
Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 10009
Richmond, VA 23240-0009
Tel: 804-698-4417
Fax: 804-698-4019
WASHINGTON
Department of Ecology
Compliance Assurance and Environmental
Audits. Several "Beyond Compliance" related
initiatives that relate to ISO 14000 exist,
including an EPA ISO 14000 task group, an
environmental leadership program, and a
performance based permits system.
Addr: Greg Sorlie, Program Manager
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Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600
Tel: 360-407-6977
Fax: 360-407-6902
E-mail: gsor461@ecy.wa.gov
Addr: John Williams, Staff
Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 47600
Olympia, WA 98504-7600
Tel: 360-407-6968
Fax: 360-407-6902
E-mail: jowi461@ecy.wa.gov
ISO 14000 Leadership Project. This project is
sponsored by EPA Region 10 and the
Washington State Department of Ecology,
working in conjunction with the International
Standards Initiative, to clarify the environmental,
economic, and regulatory benefits of ISO 14001
certification. The project comprises four tasks: 1)
focus group discussions, 2) discussion forum, 3)
EMS analysis, and 4) final report.
Addr: Tom Eaton, Special Assistant to the
Director for Pollution Prevention
Department of Ecology
P.O. Box 1202
Olympia, WA 98504
Tel: 360-407-6086
Fax: 360-407-6989
E-mail: teat461@ecy.wa.gov
Addr: John Palmer, Pollution Prevention
Manager
U.S. EPA Region 10
P.O. Box 1202
1200 6th Avenue (01-085)
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-553-6521
E-mail: palmer.john@epamail.epa.gov
Addr: K.C. Ayers, Executive Director
International Standards Initiative
P.O. Box 1202
Issaquah, WA 98027-1202
Tel: 206-392-7610
Fax: 206-392-7630
E-mail: kcayers@isi-standards.org
URL: http://www.isi-standards.org
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin ISO 14000
Working Group
This group is composed of members of the public
and private sector with extensive knowledge of
ISO 14000. A number of interim reports have
been developed by the group and will form the
basis for a pilot study. The pilot effort of the
Wharton/LaFollette project will be the same pilot
effort as the Wisconsin ISO 14000 Working
Group project. Companies are expected to begin
participating in 1997.
Addr: Tom Eggert
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
P.O. Box 7921 MB/5
Madison, WI 53707
Tel: 608-267-2761
Fax: 608-267-5231
E-mail: eggert@dnr.state.wi.us
Wharton/LaFollette Joint
Research Effort
The states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are
working together with the Wharton Business
School and the LaFollette Institute of Public
Affairs to identify cost, benefits, and public
policy issues of ISO 14000. The research will be
supplemented by a pilot study, which will test out
assumptions and theories.
Addr: JeffSmoller
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources
P.O. Box 7921 MB/5
Madison, WI 53707
Tel: 608-267-5231
Fax: 608-267-5231
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E-mail: smollj @dnr. state .wi. us
Addr: Paul R. Kleindorfer
Wharton Risk Management and
Decision Processes Center
University of Pennsylvania/Wharton
School
1325 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
3 620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366
Tel: 215-898-5830
Fax: 215-573-2130
E-mail: kleindorfer@wharton.upenn.edu
URL: http: //opim. wharton .upenn.edu/risk/
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NONPROFIT
INITIATIVES
The nonprofit organizations in this chapter are divided into three sections. An industry section
lists organizations that promote communication about ISO 14000 in their respective industry
sectors. The section on nongovernmental initiatives includes nonprofit organizations representing
stakeholders with an interest in improved environmental performance, as well as nonprofit
organizations that directly provide ISO 14000 related services. Intitiatives based at academic
institutions includes training services, consulting services and the application of the ISO 14000
standards to the academic institutions themselves.
1. Industry Associations and Networks
2. Nongovernmental Organizations
3. Academic Organizations
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INDUSTRY
ASSOCIATIONS
Air & Waste Management
Association (AWMA)
Intercommittee Task Force on
ISO 14000
AWMA's Intercommittee Task Force on ISO
14000 will cosponsor an international forum, in
conjunction with the AWMA 1997 Annual
Conference, to be held in June 1997. The
forum, entitled AISO 14000 Environmental
Management Systems: Where we've been and
where we're going,@ will be held in Toronto,
Canada.
Addr: George D. Greenly, Jr., CCM, QEP
Battelle-Pantex
6900 1-40 West, Suite 130
Amarillo, TX79106
Tel: 806-353-4198
Fax: 806-353-4628
E-mail: ggreenly@pantex.com
URL: http://www.awma.org
American Petroleum Institute
Strategies for Today's Environmental Partner
ship (STEP). STEP represents the petroleum
industry's collective initiatives to improve
petroleum industry environmental, health, and
safety (EHS) performance, document and
communicate its achievements, and improve the
public's understanding of its performance. STEP
provides a unifying framework, through the
American Petroleum Institute (API), that the
industry can use to improve EHS performance in
a flexible, yet systematic manner; to share best
practices; to enhance operating efficiencies and
reduce costs; and to document performance
improvements.
Many companies, working collectively and
individually, have successfully used management
systems approaches to accomplish cost-effective
improvements on an ongoing basis. Individual
company and industry EHS performance and
efficiency are expected to improve as a result of
successful implementation of EHS management
systems, an expectation that several API
members with EHS management systems have
affirmed. Based on these successes, API
promotes the use of flexible EHS management
systems, which provide a means for integrating
EHS management into everyday business
operations, regardless of company size. API is
developing a template for an EHS management
system that can be used by its members as a
guide for their own systems.
Addr: Walter C. Retzsch
American Petroleum Institute
1220 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-682-8598
Fax: 202-682-8579
E-mail: step@api.org
URL: http://www.api.org/step/
American Society for Quality
Control (ASQC)
Energy and Environmental Division (EED).
EED produced the first American national
standard on quality assurance for environmental
programs, ANSI/ASQC E4-1994. Members are
active on several ISO Technical Committees,
including TC 176 and TC 207. EED has been an
active participant in the development of the ISO
14000 series of EMS.
Addr. John Dew, Vice-Chair
Administrative Services
Lockheed Martin Utilities Services
P.O. Box 1410
Paducah, KY 42001
Tel: 502-441-6759
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Fax:
E-mail:
502-441-6103
dewjr@ornl.gov
Electronic Industries
Association (EIA)
EIA has organized a variety of educational pro
grams to provide information to members
concerning strategic and practical considerations
applicable to ISO 14000. These education
programs include presentations, seminars, and
documents.
Addr. David Isaacs
Electronic Industries Association
2500 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22201-3834
Tel: 703-907-7576
Fax: 703-907-7501
E-mail: disaacs@eia.org
URL: www.eia.org
The Associated Industries of
Massachusetts/Massachusett
s Manufacturing Partnership
ISO 14000 Collaborative
The Associated Industries of Massachusetts is
working with the Massachusetts Manufacturing
Partnership to provide companies with a
comprehensive program designed to prepare for
ISO 14000 registration. The ISO 14000
Collaborative is an innovative program that
provides small manufacturers with the
opportunity to prepare for registration at an
affordable price. The program is led by world
class corporate education professionals
experienced in ISO 14000 training who follow a
proven method of interactive instruction over a
period of 12 to 14 months.
Addr: Beverly Cadorette
Massachusetts Manufacturing
Partnership
Corporation for Business, Work, and
Learning
101 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02110
Tel: 617-292-5100, ext. 285
Fax: 617-292-5105
E-mail: bcadorette@mmp.bssc.org
URL: http://www.mmpmfg.org
National Association of
Environmental Professionals
(NAEP)
ISO 14000 Working Group. The NAEP ISO
14000 Working Group is composed of NAEP
members from government, industry, the
financial community, and the consulting field
with an inter est in the development and
implementation of ISO 14000 standards. The
group's mission is threefold: 1) to participate in
the development and implementation of the ISO
14000 standards; 2) to promote and facilitate
communication among environmental
professionals on the impacts of these standards;
and 3) to promote the integration of NAEP
ethics, principles, interests, and practices into the
standards.
Addr: Phil Stapleton, Chair
Glover-Stapleton Associates
NAEP
1627 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-331-9659
Fax: 202-296-6270
URL: http://enfo.com/NAEP
Industrial Designers Society
of America (IDSA)
Environmental Responsibility Section. IDSA's
Environmental Responsibility Section is
dedicated to the exploration of environmentally
responsible design solutions and product
management systems. The tools being explored
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include Life Cycle Modeling, Design for the
Environment, Integrating Design with the EMS
of ISO 14000, and other strategies that may
move society toward a sustain able future.
Addr. John Paul Kusz, IDSA
301 South Home Avenue
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
Tel: 847-692-9590
Fax: 847-692-9590
E-mail: jpkusz@aol.com
Northeast Business
Environmental Network
(NBEN)
The Forum for Best Management Practices.
The forum will serve as a network providing
examples of best practices for pollution
prevention and compliance management.
Examples include the EPA self-policing
guidelines and ISO 14001. Participants exchange
their best practice examples based on a summary
model consisting often basic features; the best of
these examples will be summarized and
annotated in a manual to be published by NBEN
and posted to NBEN's Web page. NBEN fosters
sustainable development through the exchange of
practical information in regular meetings,
seminars, and over the Internet. Raytheon hosted
a conference discussing the forum on November
15, 1996, in Lexington, MA.
Addr: Jennifer Hill
NBEN
56 Island Street
Lawrence, MA 01842
Tel: 508-557-5475
Fax: 508-557-5493
E-mail: execdirector@nben.org
URL: http://www.nben.org.
National Center for
Manufacturing Sciences
(NCMS)
NCMS is a membership organization best de
scribed as a consortium of North American
manufacturing organizations whose main activity
is to put together and manage cooperative
research projects among its member companies.
Addr: Paul Chalmer
NCMS
3025 Boardwalk Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3266
Tel: 313-995-4911
Fax: 313-995-1150
E-mail: paul.chalmer@ncms.org
URL: http://www.ncms.org
NON- GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Alliance for Environmental
Innovation
The Alliance for Environmental Innovation is a
project of the Environmental Defense Fund and
the Pew charitable trusts. The alliance will
develop projects that 1) implement measurable
actions to reduce waste, prevent pollution, and
conserve resources while enhancing business
performance; and 2) create actionable models and
methodologies for other businesses to adopt.
Each project will identify environmental issues,
analyze solutions in the context of functional and
economic needs, refine new methodologies for
reducing environmental impacts, and develop
implementation options.
Addr: Ralph Earle
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Environmental Defense Fund
6 North Market Building
Fanueil Hall Marketplace
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: 617-723-2996
Fax: 617-723-2999
E-mail: ralph@ef.org
American Institute for
Pollution Prevention (AIPP)
AIPP is an educational, not-for-profit
organization that works with trade associations
and professional societies to promote pollution
prevention within industry and throughout
society. Many of AIPP's initiatives involve
EMS. AIPP's annual meeting includes updates on
ISO 14000 and discussions regarding if and how
companies are proceeding with implementation.
Addr: Julie Fero
American Institute for Pollution
Prevention
1616 P Street NW
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-797-6567
Fax: 202-797-6559
E-mail: cd001001@mindspring.com
URL: http://es.inel.gov/aipp/
Coalition for Environmentally
Responsible Economies
(CERES)
CERES promotes responsible corporate activity
for a safe and sustainable future for our planet.
The coalition engages environmental
organizations, the investment community, and
corporations in a dialogue about environmental
performance, both to forge a new and
meaningful dialogue with corporations about the
protection of the planet and to establish a
well-informed public that chooses where to invest
its capital based on environmental, not just
economic, performance. CERES is promoting
the creation of a widely-accepted mechanism for
corporate self-governance that will maintain
business practices consistent with the idea that
economic vitality and environmental
responsibility are compatible.
Addr. Randy Rice
CERES
711 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
Tel: 617-451-0927
Fax: 617-482-2028
E-mail: ceres@igc.apc.org
URL: http://www.ceres.org
Community Nutrition Institute
(CNI)
Joint Policy Dialogue on Trade and the
Environment. CNI is currently hosting a series
of facilitated policy dialogues between the
environmental and business communities in an
effort to promote consensus-based trade and
environmental policy. Dialogue participants
include the U.S. Council for International
Business, DuPont, National Association of
Manufacturing, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Chemical Manufacturing Association, and other
concerned business organizations.
Environmental nongovernmental organizations
include the Sierra Club, National Wildlife
Federation, World Wildlife Fund, Center for
International Environmental Law, National
Resources Defense Council, and others.
CNI's trade and environment team is currently
researching and drafting a discussion document
addressing ISO 14000 and the relevant trade and
environment issues related to this topic. The
paper will serve as a basis for a future dialogue
workshop, and copies will be made available
upon request to interested parties outside the
dialogue group
Addr.
Deborah Siefertt, Jake Caldwell, or
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Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:
David Wirth
Community Nutrition Institute
910 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-776-0595
202-776-0599
cnitrade@ige .ape .org
The Global Environmental
Management Initiative (GEMI)
GEMI is committed to Environmental Health and
Safety excellence throughout the business
community. GEMI's 21 member companies
represent a cross section of industry with over a
million employees and combined annual revenues
exceeding $400 billion. Established in 1990,
GEMI is a 501(c)(3) nonorganization. GEMI
produced an ISO 14001 EMS self-assessment
program in March 1996.
Addr. Tammy Marshall, Operations
Manager
1090 Vermont Avenue
NW Third Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-296-7449
Fax: 202-296-7442
E-mail: gemi@worldweb.net
URL: http://www.gemi.org
The Good Neighbor Project
for Sustainable Industries
This project helps to shape stakeholder
participation disclosure, input, and participation
by neighbors and workers by including these
elements in ISO 14000 environmental
management processes.
Addr. Sanford Lewis, Director
P.O. Box 79225
Waverly, MA 02179
Tel: 617-354-1030
Fax: 617-492-1635
E-mail: sanlewis@igc.apc.org
URL: http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/gnp
Green Seal Environmental
Partners Program
The program provides Agreen@ buying
assistance to businesses concerned about the
environmental impacts of their purchases.
Partners receive comprehensive, expert advice,
including lists of products recommended on the
basis of their environmental impact, product
performance, and packaging. Members include
large and small businesses, universities,
government agencies and nonprofit organizations;
participants number over 1000.
Addr: Michael Shor
Green Seal Environmental Partners
Program
1730 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20036-3101
Tel: 202-331-7337
Fax: 202-331-7533
E-mail: greenseal@aol.com
ANSI/GETFISO 14000
Integrated Solutions (IIS)
The American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) and the Global Environment &
Technology Foundation (GETF) developed this
program to serve as the primary disseminator and
facilitator of ISO 14000 information in the
United States.
IIS is composed of four services: training
(currently being done through a national network
of community colleges), ISO 14000
conferencing, publications, and an on-line
information service, IIS ON-Line. Each service
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promotes awareness, competence, confidence,
and skills for ISO 14000 implementation in both
public and private sectors.
Addr: Mary Clare Lynch
ANSI
11 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212-642-4956
Fax: 212-598-0023
E-mail: mlynch@ansi.org
URL: http://www.ansi.org
Addr: Jacqui Keller
GETF
7010 Little River Turnpike, Suite
Annandale, VA 22302
703-750-6401
703-750-6506
http://www.isol4000.org
2\300
Tel:
Fax:
URL:
GETF
GETF is a foundation committed to facilitating
the cooperative integration of enterprise,
technology, and the environment into sustainable
systems in the United States and abroad. GETF
facilitates strategic thinking, supports
environmental policy development, builds
consensus and knowledge sharing, and
encourages partnership building and
collaboration; GETF also provides training and
education about ISO 14000 standards.
Addr. Steve Wassersug, President
GETF
7010 Little River Turnpike
Suite 300
Annandale, VA 22302
Tel: 703-750-6401
Fax: 703-750-6506
E-mail: steve .wassersug@gnet.org
URL: http://www.isol4000.org
Addr: Lynne Rasmussen, Director of Legal
Affairs, GETF
7010 Little River Turnpike, Suite 300
Annandale, VA 22302
Tel: 703-750-6401
Fax: 703-750-6506
E-mail: lynne .rasmussen@gnet.org
URL: http://www.isol4000.org
Green Mountain Institute for
Environmental Democracy
(GMIED)
GMIED provides assistance to regional, state,
and local governments; comparative risk
projects; and place-based initiatives in the
development of environmental indicators and
program measures. GMIED also serves as a
clearinghouse for environmental indicator reports
and activities and produces a bimonthly
newsletter covering environmental management.
Addr: James R. Bernard
GMIED
104 East State Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Tel: 802-229-6077
Fax: 802-229-6076
E-mail: jbernard@gmied.org
ISO 14000 Legal Issues
Forum
The ISO 14000 Legal Issues Forum was
established by the U.S. Technical Advisory
Group in September 1995 to provide a vehicle of
discussion of legal issues arising in the
implementation of the ISO 14000 series of
standards. Under the co- chairmanship of David
J. Freeman of Battle Fowler LLP and Ira R.
Feldman of GT Strategies and Solutions, the
Forum has grown to a membership of over 200
individuals and organizations. Its members
include both governmental officials and
representatives of nonprofit groups.
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The forum meets bimonthly, with each meeting
devoted to addressing a specific topic of interest
to its membership. A participation fee of $75
entitles members to attend bimonthly meetings
and to receive detailed reports of the proceedings.
Addr: David Freeman
Battle Fowler LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212-856-7126
Fax: 212-856-7820
E-mail: dfreeman@battlefowler.com
Addr. Ira Feldman
GT Strategies and Solutions
1300 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-530-9770
Fax: 202-530-9772
E-mail: I@erols.com
Management Institute for
Environment and Business
(MEB)
Industrial Products, Inc.: Measuring
Environmental Performance (Case Study). In
1993, Industrial Products, Inc., was a highly
diversified privately-held manufacturing
company with two business objectives: increase
return on equity and decrease environmental
impact. This case examines management's
efforts to design and implement a management
system for measuring the impact of its operations
on the environment. The student gains an
understanding of the system, and is asked to
evaluate its effectiveness. The industrial
products management system illuminates the ISO
14000 series standards. A teaching note is
available.
Addr. Rebekah Paulson
Management Institute for Environment
and Business
1709 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-434-1980
Fax: 202-737-1510
E-mail: briann@wri.org
URL: http://www.wri.org/wri/meb
ISO 14000 Workgroup for the
National P2 Roundtable
The first official meeting of this group was held
in November 1996 as part of the National
Pollution Prevention (P2) Roundtable's regular
workgroup meetings. Some example issues
addressed were: How can P2 mesh with the
standard? Will P2 be included in the auditor
training and if so, how? What is the role of
technical assistance personnel? Can small- and
medium-sized manufacturers benefit from ISO
14000 and what are some of their implementation
issues? Will the standard lead to source
reduction? This workgroup will generate and
maintain an ISO 14000 e-mail list.
Addr: Ravila Gupta
P.O. Box 29569
Raleigh, NC 27626
Tel: 919-715-6507
Fax: 919-715-6794
E-mail: ravila_gupta@owr. ehnr. state .nc .us
Addr: Krista Johnsen Leuteritz
NIST/MEP
Building 301, Room C-100
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Tel: 301-975-5104
Fax: 301-926-3787
E-mail: kristin.johnsen@nist.gov
URL: http://www.mep.nist.gov/
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New England Environmental
Network
Nothing To Waste Initiative (NTW). The NTW
Initiative is a pilot environmental justice and
pollution prevention program designed to provide
and link necessary economic and environmental
resources to small businesses in low income
communities of color. NTW infuses pollution
prevention tools and continuous improvement
techniques into peer lending groups of four to ten
small business owners who are participating in
the business education and loan program of
Working Capital, a nonprofit community
development finance agency. With initial funding
from EPA, the NTW pilot has functioned as a
unique collaboration between local community
development corporations (Grove Hall CDC in
Roxbury, MA, and Green Island CDC in
Worcester, MA); Working Capital, Cambridge
Environmental, Inc.; and the New England
Environmental Network at Tufts University.
Addr: Marcy Goldstein-Gelb,
Massachusetts Director, Working
Capital
New England Environmental Network
99 Bishop Allen Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel: 617-576-8620
Fax: 617-576-8623
E-mail: wcapmgelb@aol.com
Addr: Rona Julien
U.S. EPA Region 1
Tel: 617-565-9454
The Pacific Institute
The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development,
Environment and Security is an independent,
non-profit center conducting research and policy
analysis in the areas of environment, sustainable
development, and international security. The
Institute focuses on the interrelatedness of many
of the problems facing our planet and seeks
comprehensive solutions to these problems.
Addr: Peter Gleick, President
Pacific Institute
1204 Preservation Park Way
Oakland, CA 94612
E-mail: pistaff@pacinst.org
The Rainforest Alliance
The Smart Wood Program. Initiated in 1989,
the program initially focused on tropical forests.
Today, Smart Wood works in all forest types
worldwide. The purpose of Smart Wood is to
provide independent, objective evaluation of
forest management practices, forest products,
timber sources, and companies, enabling the
public to identify products and practices that do
not destroy forests. Through certification and use
of the Smart Wood label the program provides a
commercial incentive for forest managers to
adopt sustainable forestry practices. Smart Wood
certifies forest products that come from
Asustainable@ or Awell managed@ forests
(Asources@); Smart Wood also certifies
companies that process, manufacture, or sell
products made from certified wood, through
Achain of custody@ certification.
Addr. Richard Donovan, Director
65 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012-2420
Tel: 212-677-1900
Fax: 212-677-2187
E-mail: smartwood@ra.org
URL: http://www.rainforest-alliance .org
The Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is tracking the application of
ISO 14000 to ensure that it is applied in a
manner that will result in increased
environmental protection and it reflects accurate
information about how ISO 14000-rated firms
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are promoting a high standard of environmental
performance.
Addr. Dan Seligman, Trade and
Environment Director
Sierra Club
408 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20016
Tel: 202-675-2387
Fax: 202-547-6009
E-mail: dan. seligman@sierraclub .org
URL: http://www.sierraclub.org
Addr: Jerry Speir, Director
Tulane Institute for Environmental
Law and Policy
Tulane Law School
New Orleans, LA 70118-5670
Tel: 504-862-8829
Fax: 504-862-8857
E-mail: jspeir@law.tulane.edu
Addr: John Audley
2247 Laeb
Political Science Department
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Tel: 317-494-7599
E-mail: audley@polsci.purdue.edu
ACADEMIC
Brown University
Brown Is Green (BIG) Program. BIG is an
environmental education and advocacy program
established to involve undergraduates in the
research and analysis of environmental problems
related to university operations and provide a
model for active learning that can be replicated
nationally. The students involved in this program
develop skills in incorporating environmentally
benign technology and methods into daily
operations. They also devise and test methods
for educating individuals within an organization
on the environmental effects of their behavior.
Addr: Kurt Teichert, Environmental
Coordinator
Brown University
Box 1943
Providence, RI 02912-1943
Tel: 401-863-7837
Fax: 401-863-3503
E-mail: kurt_teichert@brown.edu
URL: http://www.brown.edu/departments/
brown_is^green
Georgia Institute of
Technology, Economic
Development Institute (EDI)
EDI provides ISO 14000 information, training,
and implementation assistance through EDI's
Center for International Standards and Quality
(CISQ). Companies can enroll in a customized
implementation program that will help them
successfully prepare for ISO 14000 registration,
participate in the ISO 14000 discussion group (a
forum of business representatives who meet
periodically to share information and experiences
related to ISO 14000), and access current ISO
14000 information through CISQ's Standards
Information Service.
Addr: Donna M. Ennis
Georgia Tech/CISQ/EDI
151 6th Street, Room 143
Atlanta, GA 30332-0640
Tel: 404-894-0968
Fax: 404-894-1192
E-mail: cisq.mail@edi.gatech.edu
URL: http://www.edi.gatech.edu
Montana State University
Extension Service
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Montana Pollution Prevention Program. This
program provides pollution prevention technical
assistance to small businesses (automotive, wood
working, printers, hotels/motels, construction,
dry- cleaning), schools, Native American tribes,
local government, and agricultural operations.
Addr: Dr. Michael P. Vogel
Montana State University Extension
Service
109 Taylor Hall
Bozeman, MT59717
Tel: 406-994-3451
Fax: 406-994-5417
E-mail: acxmu@trex.oscs .montana.edu
URL: http://www.montana.edu/wated
University of Maryland
Environmental Finance Center (EFC). Part of
the Coastal and Environmental Policy Program at
the University of Maryland, EFC was created to
train, provide assistance, and act in an advisory
capacity to state and local governments on issues
related to environmental finance. Among other
activities, EFC advises local officials in forums
for frank discussions between local officials and
finance experts about financing difficulties
experienced by communities in meeting their
environmental demands.
Addr: Elizabeth Hickey
EFC
University of Maryland
Coastal and Environmental Policy
Program
0112 Skinner Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: 301-405-6383
Fax: 301-314-9581
E-mail: hickey@umbi.umd.edu
URL: http://www.mdsg.umd.edu: 80/mdsg/
envifin/index.html
Salt Lake Community College
The Environmental Training Center. The
Environmental Training Center provides
noncredit workshops in environmental health and
safety subjects. This includes 1- and 2-day
workshops on the ISO 14000 standard.
Addr: Neal K. Ostler, Center Coordinator
Millcreek Center
1521 East 3900 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
Tel: 801-957-4942
Fax: 801-957-3848
E-mail: ostlerne@slcc.edu
URL: http://www.slcc.edu/cce/hazwop.htm
SUNY Buffalo
The Science and Engineering Library at SUNY
Buffalo, in conjunction with other university
libraries, is compiling a list of print and
electronic resources related to the topic of
Environment and Business, including resources
for ISO 14000, Clean Products and Design, and
Life Cycle Assessment. The resources are
maintained on the Science and Engineering
Library Web site under Internet Resources by
Subject: Environment. Other fee-based
information services are also available from the
Science and Engineering Library upon inquiry.
Addr: Frederick W. Stoss, M.S., M.L.S.,
Associate Librarian
Science and Engineering Library
Capen Hall, Room 228-B
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260-2200
Tel: 716-645-2946 ext. 224
Fax: 716-645-3710
E-mail: fstoss@acsu.buffalo.edu
URL: http://wings.buffalo.edu/
libraries/units/sel/
Tulane Institute for
Environmental Law and Policy
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ISO 14000 From a Public Interest Perspective.
This initiative attempts to assess and respond to
developments in ISO 14000 implementation from
a nongovernmental and nonindustry perspective.
Addr. Jerry Speir, Director
Tulane Institute for Environmental
Law and Policy
Tulane Law School
New Orleans, LA 70118-5670
Tel: 504-862-8829
Fax: 504-862-8857
E-mail: jspeir@law.tulane.edu
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Economic Development Administration
University Center (EDA-UC). The University of
Wisconsin-Stout's EDA-UC provides service and
assistance in management system education,
training, and outreach to regional businesses and
industry on the implementation and operation of
systems based on international standards.
Addr: Dr. Wallace Carlson, Professor
Industrial Management
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI 54751
Tel: 715-232-5162
Fax: 715-232-1105
E-mail: carlsonw@uwstout.edu
Addr. Nancy Jennejohn,
EDA-UC Program Manager
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI 54751
Tel: 715-232-5023
Fax: 715-232-1985
E-mail: jennejohn@uwstout.edu
Vanderbilt Center for
Environmental Management
Studies (VCEMS)
VCEMS was formed to promote and develop
partnerships between industry, government, and
academia to explore new environmental
management practices and opportunities.
VCEMS' most recent initiatives include
incorporation of ISO 14000 principles into the
established environmental management
framework and to remove the Agreen wall@
barriers to sound environmental management
programs.
Addr. Paige Macdonald, Program Director
VCEMS, Vanderbilt University
1207 18th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
Tel: 615-322-8004
Fax: 615-343-7408
E-mail: macdonald@uansv5 .vanderbilt.edu
URL: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/vcems
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INTERNATIONAL
INITIATIVES
The international listings in this chapter include multilateral organizations with initiatives that
extend across national boundaries and a sampling of national initiatives based in other countries
that may be useful both as information resources as well as models for programs in the United
States.
1. Multilateral Organizations
2. Alphabetical Listings by Country
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MULTILATERAL
ORGANIZATIONS
Environmental Management
Secretariat for Latin America
and the Caribbean (LAC)
The purpose of the Environmental Management
Secretariat in the LAC region is to facilitate the
improvement of environmental management
through the application of three interrelated
instruments: research, horizontal cooperation,
and information systems (largely Internet based)
to support decisions by those engaged in policy
formulation and implementation and in activities
based on services or raw materials derived from
renewable resources.
The secretariat is also developing a focused
research program through competitive small
research grants to address the key environmental
management issues of the region.
Addr: Alexis Ferrand
Environmental Management
Secretariat
c/o CIID/IDRC
Casilla de Correo 6379
Montevideo, Uruguay
Tel: +598-2-922031/4 - 922037/44
Fax: +598-2-920223
E-mail: aferrand@idrc.ca
URL: http://www.chasque .apc.org/sema
Commission for
Environmental Cooperation
(CEC)
CEC was created to address regional
environmental concerns, help prevent potential
trade and environmental conflicts, and promote
the effective enforcement of environmental laws.
Current related activities of the CEC include a
study of North American experiences with
voluntary compliance, including ISO 14000 and
an examination of the interface between ISO
14000 and enforcement and compliance policies
and programs.
Addr: Linda F. Duncan, Head
Law & Enforcement Cooperation
Program
CEC
393 Rue St. Jacques Bureau 200
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 1N9
Tel: 514-350-4334
Fax: 514-350-4314
E-mail: lduncan@ccemtl.org
URL: http://www.cec.org
Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and
Development (OECD)
Sustainable Product Policies and Life Cycle
Management. The objective of the project is to
monitor initiatives and policies that favor the
diffusion of life cycle approaches among
economic factors. This entails following the work
that ISO and other organizations are carrying
out, and examining implications for the transfer
of information in the marketplace (e.g., through
ecolabelling initiatives and life cycle
assessments), product performance standards,
public purchasing of environmentally preferable
goods and services, and extended producer
responsibility.
Addr: Carlo Pesso
OECD
2 Rue Andre Pascal
75775 Paris
France
Tel: +33-1-45-24-16-82
Fax: +33-1-45-24-78-76
E-mail: Carlo.PESSO@oecd.org
URL: http://www.oecd.org/env/divppc.htm
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United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development
(UNCTAD)
Training Program for Officials Interested in
ISO in Developing Countries. Many businesses
operating in or trading with developing countries
are not fully aware of the developments in ISO
14000. A training guide is being developed by a
United Nations (UN) agency in Geneva,
Switzerland (the UN Conference on Trade and
Development), to provide information.
Benchmark Environmental Consulting served as
the consultant for the research and writing.
Addr:
Fax:
Addr:
Dr. John Cuddy, Coordinator
Sustainable Development Program
UNCTAD
Rm. E9077
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
+4122-907-0045
Dr. Harris Gleckman
Benchmark Environmental Consulting
470 Forest Ave, Suite 302
Portland, ME 04101
Tel: 207-775-9078
Fax: 207-772-3539
E-mail: benchmark@interramp.com
URL: www.greenchannel.com and
http://194.177.160.204:80/standards
/iso/14001/
United Nations Environmental
Program (UNEP)
UNEP Metadata Directory. The UNEP
Metadata Directory serves as a card catalogue of
environmental information. It contains card
entries (or metadata descriptions) of institutes
and datasets and allows users to search for
environmental information by institute name or
dataset (title), contact person (author), theme,
keyword, and location (subject), as well as other
criteria.
Addr: James McKenna, Program Officer
UNEP
P.O. Box 3052
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-623899
Fax: +254-2-624315
E-mail: mckennaj@unep.no
URL: http://www.grid.unep.no
United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
(UNIDO)
UNIDO is conducting several studies to make
recommendations for government policies and
strategies related to productivity, quality, and
environment in the Economic and Social
Commission for the LAC region. The studies pay
particular attention to the impact of ISO 14000
standards on industrial competitiveness and
policy recommendation.
Addr: Mr. Hessel Schuurman,
ECLAC/UNIDO
Associate Expert
P.O. Box 179-D
Santiago, Chile
Tel: +562-210-2417
Fax: +56 2-208-0252
E-mail: hschuurm@eclac.cl
US-AID
EMS Development for Industry - Electric
Power Sector. The Central Maine Power
Company and the Natsionalna Elektricheska
Kompania of Bulgaria are working on a U.S.
AID-funded effort to develop EMS for major
power plants in Bulgaria and for the central
electric utility system. Bulgaria has adopted
environmental standards similar to those of
western Europe and the United States, however,
both the plant equipment and the management
systems are dated in terms of being able to meet
these standards. This initiative will help the
management side of environmental businesses.
One major power plant was selected for system
development; at the discretion of the Natsionalna
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Elektricheska Kompania, the EMS techniques
will be transferred to the rest of the system.
Addr: Dr. Robert Ichord, Jr.
U.S.AID
320 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20523
Tel: 202-647-6962
Fax: 202-647-8274
Addr: Hristo Shwabsky
Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania
Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel: 359-2 980-1968
Fax: 359-2-875826
E-mail: nek.s.msp@mcrl .poptel.org.uk
Addr: James H. Wazlaw
Central Maine Power International
One Grandview Place
Winthrop, ME 04364
Tel: 207-626-9749
Fax: 207-626-9597
(Cross-listed with State Initiatives, chapter 4)
The United States
Environmental Training
Institute (USETI)
USETI is working in conjunction with
Environmental Pollution Control and Sanitation
Technology Company of Sao Paulo State
(CETESB) coordinating a Green Procurement
Policy project and P2/ISO 14000 courses.
Addr: Joel Riciputi
USETI
100 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Suite 106
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202-338-3400
Fax: 202-333-4782
Addr: Julia Alves
RuaMurupi, 195
Sao Paulo, Capital 05467-040
Brazil
Tel: +55-1 l-3030-6491or +55-1-3030-6490
Fax: +55-11-3030-6401
E-mail: juliaa@cetesb.br
World Bank
Informal Working Group on ISO 14000. This
group is addressing the possible implications on
environment and trade for the countries. No
documents have yet been published.
Addr: David Hanrahan
Environment Department (Room S3 069)
World Bank
1818 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20433
Tel: 202-458-5686
Fax: 202-477-0968
E-mail: dhanrahan@worldbank.org
COUNTRY INITIATIVES
Austria
EU Environmental Management and Audit
Scheme (EMAS). The objective of the scheme is
to promote continual improvements in the
environmental performance of industrial
activities by 1) establishing and implementing
environmental policies, programs, and
management systems; 2) evaluating the
performance of such elements; and 3)
establishing public information vehicles.
Addr: Johannes Mayer, Director
Dept. Information-Documentation-
Library
Federal Environment Agency
Spittelauer Laende 5, A
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1090 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +43-1-31304-3240
Fax: +43-1-31304-5400
E-mail: mayer@uba.ubavie.gv.at
URL: http://www.ubavie.gv.at
Institute for Ecological Research in
Economics. The institute conducts research in
the field of environmental management,
ecobalances, environmental accounting,
pollution, and ecodesign.
Addr: Dr. Christine Jasch
Institut fur Okologische
Wirtschaftsforschung
Rechte Wienzeile 19/5, A-1043 Wien
Austria
Tel: +0043-1-587-21-89
Fax: +0043-1-587-09-71
E-mail: ioew@magnet.at
Bolivia
Sustainable Development Networking
Programme (SDNP). SDNP comprises a
network of institutions related to sustainable
development and environment issues through e-
mail connectivity and Internet facilities. The
institutions are from the government, private,
academic, and international cooperation sectors.
Addr: Juan Pablo Arce, National Coordinator
Sustainable Development and
Environment Ministry
RDS/UNDP
P.O. Box 12814
La Paz, Bolivia
Tel: +591-2-317320
Fax: +591-2-317320
E-mail: sdnp@coord.rds.org.bo
URL: http://coord.rds.org.bo
Canada
The Health Sciences Centre (HSC). HSC is
currently implementing an ISO 14001 Pilot
Project in a 900 bed tertiary care teaching
hospital.
HSC is participating in the Canadian Standards
Association's (CSA) Pilot Project to implement
an EMS in conformance with the draft ISO
14000 series of environmental standards. HSC
already has several components of the system in
place: 1) an environmental policy and senior
management commitment to the policy, 2) an
initial environmental review of issues, and 3) a
performance reporting process.
During the next 12 months, the complete
specifications for all processes in the EMS will
be drafted in conformance with the ISO 14001
standard.
Addr: John Reimer, P.E.
Health Sciences Centre
Environmental Protection Department
Room MH 216
59 Pearl Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3E3L7 Canada
Tel: 204-787-4792
Fax: 204-787-4854
E-mail: j .reimer@awnet.com
URL: http://www/hsc.mb.ca (under
construction)
Canadian Departments of Environment and
Industries' National Environmental Training
Initiative. This initiative provides training
materials and other source documents on the
implementation of ISO 14000 voluntary
environmental management standards to small
and medium sized businesses.
Addr: Dennis Landry
13th Floor
351 St. Joseph Blvd.
Hull, Quebec K1A OH3
Tel: 819-994-7977
Fax: 819-953-7970
EMS Accreditation Program. The program is
governed by guidelines contained in Standards
Council of Canada (SCC) publications entitled
"Criteria and Procedures for Accreditation of
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Organizations Registering Environmental
Management Systems" (CAN-P-14), "Criteria
and Procedures for Accreditation of
Environmental Auditors Certification
Organizations" (CAN-P-1412), and, in the near
future, "Criteria and Procedures for the
Accreditation of Environmental Auditor Training
Courses and Providers" (CAN-P-1413). The
SCC is a federal crown corporation and a
nonprofit organization. All components of this
program operate on a full cost-recovery basis.
An advisory committee on EMS, made up of
experts in the field, oversees the accreditation
program and provides advice to SCC on matters
pertaining to the environment. The SCC's deputy
director of standardization is currently
responsible for the day-to-day operation of the
program; the manager of conformity assessment
will assume this responsibility in the summer of
1997.
Registrars submit a written application to the
SCC for accreditation, describing their
organization and resources and including a fee as
outlined in a published fee schedule. The
environmental auditor certifiers submit a similar
application as will the environmental auditor
course providers.
Addr: Don Wilson, P.E.
45 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, ON KIP 6N7
Canada
Tel: 613-238-3222, ext. 140
Fax: 613-995-4564
E-mail: dwilson@scc.ca
URL: http://www.scc.ca
Kyrgyzstan
Ecologist Club. The club manages independent
monitoring of Human Ecology in Kyrgyzstan and
neighboring regions.
Addr: Khodjamberdiev Igor, President
Tel:
Fax:
E-mail:
Ecologist Club
Khodjamberdiev, P.B.1451
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 720040
+3312-221041
+3312-288362
igorho@nlpub.freenet.bishkek.su
Romania
Advanced Interactive Training Course on
EMS. This course applies the principles of the
British Standard 7750 (BS 7750) and the
European Eco Management and Audit Scheme
(EMAS) in Romania.
The course is delivered over 3 days with the
participants implementing the first 2 stages of an
EMS, gaining commitment and policy
formulation and performing the initial review
during the month following the course. After a
month, they participate in a 2-day workshop
where they present achievements, receive an
attendance diploma, and receive training in
management for change.
Addr: Bogdan O. Paranici
Str. Academiei 27, et. 2, Apartment 5
70108, Sector 1
Bucharest, Romania
Tel: +40-1-312-66-39 or 615-02-32
Fax: +40-1-312-42-63
E-mail: oparanici@pcnet.pcnet.ro
Spain
Program of communication and interpretation
in protected natural areas. Make available
information and general services for visits to
natural areas, services of interpretation and
guided itineraries, formation and coordination of
a volunteer program, communication to the local
population and promotion of local participation
Addr: Mariano Soriano Urban, Ph. D
Institute de Ciencias Sociales y
Ambientales
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Oral. Martin Carrera
Ed. Dunia II, B-A
E-30011-Murcia
Spain
Tel: +34-908-36-19-37 or +34-968-26-97-91
Fax: +34-968-26-97-91
E-mail: murban@ctv.es
URL: http://ctv.es/USERS/murban
Sweden
Chalmers University of Technology, Managing
for Environmental Opportunities. Chalmers
University of Technology offers this program
through its executive education organization,
Chalmers Advanced Management programs
(CHAMPS).
The focus is business-oriented and covers issues
like scenario-based strategy development,
transformation of the enterprise to gain
environmental competitive advantage,
development and implementation of EMS such as
ISO 14000, and the EMAS. The program brings
together a faculty of internationally renowned
lecturers, NGOs, and industry cases with a mixed
group of participants. The program is divided
into two modules that is carried through in
Sweden and the Netherlands.
Addr: Peter Lindwall
CHAMPS
Chalmers Teknikpark
S-412 88 Gothenburg
Sweden
Tel: +4631-772-43-22
Fax: +4631-772-41-71
E-mail:
peter.lindwall@champs.chalmers.se
URL: http://www.champs.chalmers.se/
Switzerland
Quality Management Systems /Environmental
Management Systems (QMS /EMS). This
project introduces EMS in accordance with ISO
14001 to companies who already are in
accordance with ISO 9000 to ensure the most
efficient changeover process. The project
commenced January 1, 1995, and is working
closely with the primary certifier for EMS
accreditation for ISO standards in Switzerland.
Addr: Reto Felix
University of St. Gall
Institute for Management of Technology
(ITEM-HSG)
Unterstrasse 22
CH-9000 St. Gall
Switzerland
Tel: +41-71-228-24-14
Fax: +41-71-228-24-20
E-mail: reto.felix@item.unisg.ch
URL: http://www.unisg.ch/~item/
PROJECT/QM/ qmsems.html
United Kingdom
Centre for Environmental Technology. The
Centre is currently running three EMS oriented
projects in the United Kingdom (UK) and the
European Union (EU): 1) a pilot project to
investigate the application of a standard
methodology to implement the EU Eco-
management and audit scheme (EMAS) in
selected SMEs across the EU, 2) a UK study into
environmental threats and opportunities facing
SMEs and their associated management
strategies, and 3) a pilot study investigating the
barriers and opportunities facing enterprises
implementing EMAS and other EMS such as the
British standard BS 7750 and ISO 14001.
Addr: Ruth Hillary
Centre for Environmental Technology
Imperial College of Science, Technology,
and Medicine
48 Prince's Gardens
London SW72PE England
Tel: +44-171-589-5111
Fax: +44-171-581-0245
E-mail: r.hillary@ic.ac.uk
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RESOURCES
This chapter presents listings of ISO 14000-related resources rather than initiatives. These
resources may be useful sources of information to organizations exploring ISO 14000, and several
categories of resources are included. Each entry only briefly describes the resource; contact
information is provided for use in obtaining more details.
The entries included in this section are not endorsed or approved in any way by EPA. All
submitted entries that were applicable for inclusion in the Directory have been listed. Because the
purpose of this Directory is to provide information on government activities concerning ISO
14000 and/or Environmental Mnagement Systems (EMS), it is beyond the scope of the Directory
to include a comprehensive listing of all the private sector organizations and initiatives also
involved in ISO 14000 and/or EMS. Every effort has been made to ensure the information in
each entry is correct.
1. U.S. national Standards
2. International Standards
3. Accreditation
4. Training
5. Clearinghouses
6. Publications
7. Internet Resources
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U.S. NATIONAL STANDARDS
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
ANSI is the single, private sector certifier of U.S. national standards, and is the sole U.S. member body to
the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ANSI does not develop standards, rather ANSI
is responsible for providing U.S. input, through Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs), to international
standards development committees in ISO. Contact: Jane Schweiker, Director Public Policy and
Government Relations, ANSI, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 250-E Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel:
301-469-3363. E-mail: jschweik@ansi.org.
Three U.S. standards organizations, which are members of ANSI, cooperate in the administration of the
U.S. TAG for ISO 14000 standards. They are:
American Society for Testing & Materials Initiatives (ASTM)
ASTM is the primary administrator for the entire U.S. TAG to ISO TC207. Kathy Morgan, ASTM, 100
Bar Harbor Dr., West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Tel: 610-832-9721. Fax: 610-832-9666. E-mail:
kmorgan@local.astm.org. URL: http://www.astm.org.
American Society for Quality Control (ASQC)
611 East Wisconsin Ave., P.O. Box 3005, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Tel: 800-248-1946. Fax:
414-272-1734.
NSF International
NSF International is an authorized source for the ISO 14000 standards. Anita M. Cooney, NSF
International, 2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor MI 48105. Tel: 313-332-7333. Fax: 313-669-0196.
Information on these and other U.S. standards-setting bodies is provided through NIST (see page 3-1) or
ANSI.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Both the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
recognize the national standards-setting bodies that are members of ISO. Information on TC207 Member
Bodies and the countries they represent is available via the ISO home page: www.iso.org.
ACCREDITATION
ANSI-Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB)
National Accreditation Program (NAP) for ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards.
ANSI-RAB conducts the U.S. national accreditation program that accredits registrars and training course
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providers. Rick James, ANSI-RAB, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 250-E, Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel:
301-469-3360. Fax: 301-469-3361.
TRAINING
ISO 14000 training courses are offered by a wide variety of organizations and companies within the private
sector. Various federal and state agencies, universities, and other organizations may also offer in-house
training courses. Information about these courses may be obtained by contacting them directly. Training
course information within EPA may be obtained by contacting Eric Wilkinson, Voluntary Standards
Network, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (7409), 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460. Tel:
202-260-3575. Fax: 202-260-0178. E-mail: wilkinson.eric@epamail.epa.gov.
CLEARINGHOUSES
EPA's Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
PPIC disseminates information on the U.S. EPA's involvement with ISO 14000 via the Internet and EPA
and Pollution Prevention Division home pages. Susan Westerburg, US. EPA,. 401 M St., SW (MC
7407), Washington, DC 20460. Tel: 202-260-1758. Fax:202-260-4659. E-mail:
ppic@epamail.epa.gov.
World Data Center A (WDC-A) for Human Interactions in the
Environment
Data resources available include collections of international environmental agreements, integrated
assessment models of global climatic change, as well as the distributed international resources of CIESIN's
Information Cooperative. Dr. Roberta Balstad Miller, Director, CIESIN, 2250 Pierce Road, University
Center, MI 48710-0001. Tel: 517-797-2727. Fax: 517-797-2622. E-mail: ciesin.info@ ciesin.org URL:
http://www.ciesin.org
PUBLICATIONS
The ISO 14000 series of standards are copyrighted and can be obtained by contacting any of the following
organizations: ANSI, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 250-E Bethesda, MD 20814. Tel: 301-469-3363.
ASTM, 100 Bar Harbor Dr.,West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Tel: 610-832-9721. Fax: 610-832-9666.
ASQC, 611 East Wisconsin Ave., P.O. Box 3005, Milwaukee, WI 53201. Tel: 800-248-1946. Fax:
414-272-1734. NSF International, 2100 Commonwealth Blvd., Ann Arbor MI 48105. Tel:
313-332-7333. Fax:313-669-0196.
INTERNET RESOURCES
Mailing Lists
#ecdm
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The Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing mailing list is as a forum for discussing issues
regarding designs and manufacturing processes for products (including buildings) from an environmentally
friendly viewpoint. Methods for analyzing these products are also discussed. Post messages to
ecdm@pdomain.uwindsor.ca. The listserver address is: listserv@pdomain.uwindsor.ca.
URL: http://ie.uwindsor.ca/ecdmlist/welcome.html.
#govpub
This list promotes the dissemination of local and state government information online to exchange ideas and
information related to their efforts. Both the technical and policy issues of government information on the
Internet are addressed. Post messages to: govpub@listserv.nodak.edu. The listserver address is:
listserv@listserv.nodak.edu.
#iso!4000
This unmoderated list is designed for the discussion of the ISO 14000 certification guidelines for
environmental and related industries. Post messages to isol4000@quality.org. Listserver at
maj ordomo@quality.org.
#quest
The QUEST list (Quality, Environment, Safety in Management).
Post messages to quest@listserv.nodak.edu. Listserver at listserv@listserv.nodak.edu.
#regref-l
This list (Regulatory Reform List) is a moderated discussion group that is intended to foster an
interdisciplinary discussion about the reform of regulation. No one accepted definition of regulation exists
for the purposes of this discussion group, the term "regulation" is used broadly to include the full range of
legal instruments by which governing institutions, at all levels of government, impose obligations or
constraints on private sector behavior. Post messages to regref-l@cyberus.ca. Listserver at
majordomo@cyberus.ca. URL: http://www.cyberus.ca.
#tenep
The Electronic Network of Environmental Professionals (TENEP) moderated list. Post messages to
tenep@envision.net.
ISO Websites
International Organization for Standardization
Official ISO Online site. ISO information including Your guide to ISO Online, Introduction to ISO, ISO
structure, ISO members worldwide, ISO technical committees, ISO meeting calendar, ISO Catalogue;
What's new at ISO?, and Other Web servers providing standards information. For specific questions and
comments on this WWW server: webmaster@isocs.iso.ch. For general information and questions on ISO:
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT ADDRESS 1, rue de Varembe, Case postale 56, CH-1211 Geneve 20,
Switzerland. Tel: + 41 22 749 01 11. Fax: + 41 22 733 34 30. E-mail: central@isocs.iso.ch. URL:
http://www.iso.ch.
International Organization for Standardization
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Additional WWW server for the ISO (as of 4/30/97, faster access than official site). ISO information
including: How to place your order for ISO Standard Publications published by ISO in Geneva, What is
ISO?, Technical Committees, Newly Published ISO and IEC Standards, and ISO and IEC Draft
International Standards (DIS). H. Ikeda, Computer Engineering, Electronic Systems Division, Department
of Electric and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage,
Chiba263, Japan. Tel: +81 43 290 3352. Fax: 81 43 290 3039. E-mail: ikeda@hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp.
URL: http://133.82.181.177/ikeda/ISO/home.html.
International Organization for Standardization: Environmental Management
ISO site dealing with Environmental Management. Information on each of the subcommittees can be found
here as well. URL: http://www.iso.ch/menie/TC207.html.
U.S. Federal & State Government Websites
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) ISO 14000 information site
This site includes ISO 14000 and the Next Generation of Environmental Protection Tools, DEP Looking
for ISO 14000 Partners, Privatization of Environmental Regulation, So What is ISO 14000 Anyway?,
Going Green With Less Red Tape, ISO 14000: A Building Block for Redefining Environmental,
Sustainable Development, and Links to Others Sites With ISO 14000 Information.
E-mail: ASKDEP@al .dep.state.pa.us.
URL: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/pollprev/ISO14000/ISO14000.HTM.
President's Council on Sustainable Development site
This site includes a message from the Executive Director, General Information, Council Report, Vice
President's Speech, Task Force Reports, and Newsletters. E-mail: pcsd@igc.apc.org. URL:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/pcsd/index.html
Enviro$en$e
Enviro$en$e is a pollution prevention and environmental compliance assistance network. Its databases offer
full-text and multisite search tools to address technical and regulatory issues with information from a wide
spectrum of government, industry, academic, and public interest sources. URL: http://es.inel.gov/.
EPA's Partners for the Environment
EPA's Partners for the Environment Web site contains links to many other initiatives including 33/50,
Common Sense Initiative (CSI), Design for the Environment, Environmental Leadership Program, EPA
Standards Network, and Project XL. E-mail: anderson.joe@epamail.epa.gov. URL:
http://www.epa.gov/partners/.
The Public Sector Continuous Improvement Site
This site offers suggested reading material, a library of documents available online, organizations of
interest, and a guide to online resources. John Hunter, Webmaster, Public Sector Continuous Improvement
Site. E-mail: asqcpsn@aol.com. URL: http://deming.eng.clemson.edu/pub/psci.
International Websites
Canadian Standards Association
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This site includes: Background Standards Information, News and Information, and Member and Technical
Committee Services. Canadian Standards Association, 178 Rexdale Boulevard, Etobicoke (Toronto),
Ontario, M9W 1R3. Tel: 800-463-6726, 416-747 4000. Fax: 416-747-4149. E-mail:
webmaster@csa.ca. URL: http://www.csa.ca/toc-prog.htm.
Central European Environmental Data Request Facility (CEDAR)
This is a project of the Austrian Federal Ministry for the Environment providing information including
CEDAMSEP, Databases and Resources, CEDAR Mailing List Archives (INFOTERRA, ENVENG-L),
Environmentally Relevant Institutions, other interesting links, and CEDAR/ISEP staff. E-mail:
webmaster@cedar.univie.ac.at. URL: http://www.cedar.univie.ac.at/.
United Nations Environment Programme Geneva Executive Center (Switzerland)
This Web site is maintained by UNEP's Information Unit for Conventions (IUC) to make information from
secretariats more widely available. Many environmental resources including: Trade and the Environment
and other Web sites on environment and sustainable development. E-mail: Webmaster@unep.ch. URL:
http://www.unep.ch.
La Planete a Besoin de Nous
French and European Environmental Associations Directory. Tel: 33-01-42-63-34-62. E-mail:
adme@worldnet.fr. URL: http://www.worldnet.fr/~adme.
Manitoba Pollution Prevention
This home page has link to the Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment, which in turn links to all
provincial environment department home pages. URL: http://www.gov.mb.ca/environ.
Standards Council of Canada
This site includes an article on pressures to create sector specific standards for ISO 14000.
Http://www.scc.ca/consensu/fitall2307.html
Industry Websites
IAS Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Registration Program and ISO 14000 Page
International Approval Services (IAS) is a joint venture of the American Gas Association and the Canadian
Gas Association EMS Registration Program and ISO 14000 Page that includes: ISO 14000 Introduction;
Who - What - Where - When - Why - How of the ISO and ISO 14000; The U.S. Technical Advisory
Group (TAG) and Its Role in ISO; What Is An EMS?; ISO 14001 Guidance Document; Benefits of EMS
Implementation and Registration; and EMS Assessment Pilot Project. Cleveland Office (Main), 8501 E.
Pleasant Valley Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44131. Tel: 800-247-0802/216-524-4990. Fax: 216-642-3463.
URL: http://www.gasweb.org/gasweb/ias/isol4000.htm
Nongovernmental Organization Websites
The Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE)
CNIE is a national, nonprofit organization working to improve the scientific basis for making decisions on
environmental issues through creation of a new, non-regulatory environmental science and education
agency. E-mail: cnie@access.digex.net. URL: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/niewww/temp.html
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ISO 14000 West Coast Working Group
This site has the work of several committees from the West Coast of North America as well as general ISO
14000 information. URL: http://www.wcwg.org.
University Websites
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). This site details how to implement ISO 14000.
URL: http://www.ait.ac.th/AIT/som/as/ISO14000/index.htm.
Links
EcoNet World-Wide Web pages
This site contains links to the many environmental organizations. Information categories include EcoNet
News Of Note; EcoNet New and Featured Items; EcoNet Issue Resource Center (Web sites sorted by
category); EcoNet's Directory of Organizations; EcoNet's Environment Gopher; and a search engine for
EcoNet's Web site. There is no direct ISO 14000 information. E-mail: econet@igc.apc.org. URL:
http://www.igc.apc.org/econet.
GLOBE Resource Centre (GRC)
This site has links to Internet environmental business sites. E-mail: grcinfo@globe.apfhet.org. URL:
http://globel.apfnet.org/.
Quality Resources Online
This site provides a list of links to other Web resources (sites and mail lists) related to ISO 14000. E-mail:
help@quality.org. URL: http://www.casti.com/qc/html/isol4000.html.
ISO World
This site provides links to quality and EMS sites, and is the source of free Global Strategic Systems
Newsletters. E-mail: db700378@jnet.sumiden.co.jp. URL: http://www.omninet.
co.jp/isoworld/english/english.htm.
Centre for Economic and Social Studies for the Environment (CESSE)
Information includes activities; studies achieved and/or in progress; selected papers; training programs in
the field of environment; and a Directory of Best Environmental Directories. Universite Libre de Bruxelles
(ULB) 44, Avenue Jeanne, CP 124, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: +32-2-650 33 77. Fax: +32-2-650
46.91. E-mail: whecq@ulb.ac.be. URL: http://www.ulb.ac.be/ceese/cesse.html.
WWW Virtual Library Environment
This site has links organized by subject and includes a List O' Lists of Environmental Resources. URL:
http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/environment.html.
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