United States
                          Environmental Protection
                          Agency
                           Office of the
                           Administrator
                           [Mail Code 1 8O2]
EPA 1OO-F-98-O19
September 1998
(http://www. epa.gov)
 •EPA
 Project XL:
 Intel  Corporation
WHAT IS PROJECT
XL?
Project XL, which stands for "excellence and Leadership," is a national initiative that tests
innovative ways of achieving better and more cost-effective public health and environmental
protection. The information and lessons learned from Project XL will be used to assist EPA in
redesigning its current regulatory and policy-setting approaches. Project XL encourages
testing of cleaner, cheaper, and smarter ways to attain environmental results superior to those
achieved under current regulations  and policies, in conjunction with greater accountability to
stakeholders. Project XL has committed to a goal of 50 pilot projects. Because of it's limited
scope, it is vital that each project tests new ideas with the potential for wide application and
broad environmental benefits. As of August 1998, 9 pilot experiments are being implemented
and twenty additional projects are currently being developed.
SUMMARY OF THE
INTEL PROJECT
Intel's Fab 12 facility, which manufactures semiconductors (computer chips) in Chandler,
Arizona, is implementing an Environmental Management Master Plan that includes a facility-
wide cap on air emissions to replace individual permit limits for different air emissions sources.
Since Intel's products often have a very short life span, any production delays caused by the
need for separate permit reviews, can be critical and costly to the company. The Final Project
Agreement was signed onNovember 19, 1996. In this agreement, Intel committed to:
•  Maintaining air emissions for oxides of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide,
   particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds at a level that ensures the current
   facility, and any other manufacturing facility built at the site, is a "minor" air emissions
   source, as defined by the Clean Air Act
•  Using State health-based guidelines to establish enforceable emissions caps for emissions
   that affect the community adjacent to the facility; in addition, these health-based standards
   will be used voluntarily to set emissions levels to increase protection for those working in
   the facility
•  Reducing water consumption and the generation of solid, non-hazardous chemical, and
   hazardous waste
•  Establishing property line setbacks twenty times greater than required by local zoning
   authorities
•  Reducing vehicle miles traveled by employees
•  Participating in equipment donation and training programs

Intel is one of the first companies in the country to agree to make all its environmental data
publicly available on the Internet as part of a standard reporting mechanism at www.intel.com
SUPERIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
PERFORMANCE
Implementation of Intel's project in Chandler will protect the environment by:
•  Reducing up to 65 percent of the solid waste and up to 70 percent of the non-hazardous
   chemical wastes the facility generates by the year 2000
•  Recycling up to 65 percent of the fresh city water used at the facility
                             Recycling up to 100 percent of the wastewater used at the facility
                             Balancing limits on hazardous air pollutant emissions with health-based guidelines
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 FLEXIBILITY
Regulatory flexibility allows Intel to make operational changes without permit review, as long as
permit limits are met. The project includes multi-media performance-based permits that specify
performance levels for each regulated pollutant to be used at the new facility. This flexibility
allows Intel to bring products on line faster, a critical aspect in this "quick-to-market" industry.
Results from the first year show that Intel avoided millions of dollars worth of production
delays by eliminating 30-50 permit reviews a year.
 RESULTS
 ACHIEVED TO
 DATE
Results reported in May 1998

•  Reducing up to 63 percent of the solid waste and 48 percent of the non-hazardous chemical
   wastes
•  Recycling up to 65 percent of the fresh city water used at the facility
•  Recycling up to 99 percent of the wastewater used at the facility
 STAKEHOLDER
 INVOLVEMENT
Intel is working to ensure that stakeholders are involved in the environmental design and
impact assessment of its proposal, are kept informed, and have an opportunity to fully
participate in project development. Efforts so far have included:
•  Establishment of a Stakeholder Team to ensure the involvement of national, regional, and
   local non-governmental organizations as full partners in the project's implementation; this
   team has met once a quarter to review the project's progress reports.
•  A massive outreach effort to local citizens (including 25,000 hand-delivered notices)
•  Annual meeting held with the Stakeholder Team and open to the general public in April
   1998; semi-annual meeting planned in October 1998
•  The use of Intel and EPA websites to increase the transparency of project development and
   implementation
 APPROACHES TO
 BE TESTED
   The efficiency of performance-based caps in lieu of pre-construction review
   The effectiveness of community involvement in decision making as an incentive for
   improving environmental performance
   The role of innovative technology (e.g., remote sensing and environmental monitoring) as
   an incentive for improving environmental performance
   The value of incorporating non-regulated items into the regulatory permit process
 CONTACTS
FOR ELECTRONIC
INFORMATION
                           Regional:       Collen McKaughan, Region 9
                            EPA HQ:       Katherine Dawes
                            County:        Jo Crumbaker
                            State:          Karen Heidel
                            Company:       Jim Larsen
                                                       520-498-0118
                                               202-260-8394
                                                       602-506-6705
                                                       602-207-2204
                                                       602-715-0206
More information about Project XL is available on the Internet at
http://www.epa.gov/ProjectXL, via Project XL's fax-on-demand line at 202-260-8590, or via
Project XL's Information Line at 703-934-3239.
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