Winter 2005
ISSUE #18

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
an environmental bulletin for federal facilities
FedCenter Launched!
Federal Stewardship and Compliance Assistance Center Debuts
FedCenter
www.fedcenter.gov
FedCenter, the Federal Facilities Envi-
ronmental Stewardship and Compli-
ance Assistance Center, was launched in
October 2004. FedCenter is designed as
a one-stop technical and compliance
assistance center focused solely on the
environmental needs of the 32,000 fed-
eral facilities.
FedCenter assists federal facilities,
especially domestic civilian agencies,
which have significant compliance and
stewardship needs but lack adequate
resources to meet them.
FedCenter replaces FedSite, the envi-
Inside
2	EPA, Army Corps Watershed Agreement
3	Feds Commit to Environmental
Stewardship of Electronics
4-6 FedCenter.gov Features
7	EPA Green Power Purchase
8	National Guard Transforming with EMS
9	NPS San Antonio Missions Win Award
10	EMR News
11	In Brief and Enforcement News
ronmental compliance assistance center
for federal facilities and formerly
funded and managed by the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency. FedCen-
ter is an independently managed, web-
based environmental compliance
assistance site.
The new center contains most of the
content from the former FedSite,
including the virtual facility tour, but
has been vastly expanded and improved
with additional resources and informa-
tion. It is updated daily with new infor-
mation, and so far has generated nearly
6,000 site visits per month.
The new site is currently underwritten
by EPA's Federal Facilities Enforcement
Office (FFEO), and is a joint initiative of
FFEO, the Army Corps of Engineering
Research Development Center/Construc-
tion Engineering Research Laboratory
(ERDC/CERL) and the Office of the Fed-
eral Environmental Executive (OFEE).
EPA's FFEO initiated the idea of an inde-
pendent center, and worked for over a
year with the OFEE and ERDC/CERL to
develop and launch FedCenter.
Eventually, FedCenter will be funded
and directed by participating federal
agencies. This unique operational struc-
ture will permit federal agencies to
access expanded environmental compli-
ance information.
FedCenter representatives are
actively soliciting participation from all
federal agencies to join in governing,
promoting, financially supporting, and
guiding the Center's activities and con-
tent. (See related article p. 5)
The Center is designed to leverage the
federal government's collective knowl-
edge of environmental compliance and
stewardship by linking to and building on
existing or emerging resources of its
federal partners.	Continued on page 5
Environmental
Spotlight
Pinero Plots a Course as
Federal Environmental
Executive
In December 2002, I
began the most ful-
filling phase of my
career, as a presiden-
tial appointee in the
administration of
President George W.
Bush. I joined the
administration as the Deputy Federal
Environmental Executive, and since
September of 2004 and the departure of
former Federal Environmental Execu-
tive (FEE) John Howard, as the FEE. It
is indeed the ideal job.
First and foremost, it is an honor and
privilege to work in public service as a
presidential appointee. Secondly, I can
use all the experiences and skills I
developed in 24 years of working in the
environmental field. Last, but by no
means least, I help the largest organiza-
tion in the world, the United States
government, move towards more sus-
tainable, and mission-supporting, envi-
ronmental performance.
The Office of Federal Environmental
Executive (OFEE), created by Executive
Order in 1993, initially focused on recy-
cling and waste prevention. Its current
mission is even broader: promoting envi-
ronmental stewardship throughout the
federal government.
Sustainable environmental steward-
ship is attained through a commitment
to environmental management concepts
and strategies, and the promotion and
implementation of sustainable practices.
Sustainable practices include sustain-
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EPA, Army Corps Sign Watershed Management Agreement
On November 19, 2004, the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed the
Watershed Management Partnership
Agreement to promote watershed health,
economic sustainability, and community
vitality through effective management of
the nation's watersheds. This partner-
ship will foster innovative approaches to
the many challenges facing watersheds.
EPA's Acting Assistant Administrator
for Water, Ben Grumbles and Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works,
John Paul Woodley, Jr., signed the part-
nership agreement.
"This partnership with the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers will foster
innovative approaches to finding effec-
tive answers to the many challenges
and demands facing the nation's water-
sheds today and in the future," said
Grumbles. "Managing water resources
on a holistic watershed basis makes
good sense—environmentally, finan-
cially, and
socially. This
agreement will
enable EPA and
the Corps to
work together
to try to resolve
conflicts and seek consensus among the
many different interests within a water-
shed concerning the future of these crit-
ical national resources."
Woodley also praised the agreement.
"This partnership agreement is a great
example of the benefits that can be cre-
ated when federal agencies come
together to work toward a common goal
and share a common vision. By combin-
ing the organizational strengths and
capabilities of the Corps and EPA's
Office of Water as they relate to water-
shed health and management, we create
a win-win partnership for the agencies
and the nation."
The agreement focuses on sustain-
able economic development, protection,
and restoration efforts in a public inclu-
sive, and collaborative
manner at the national,
regional and local
watershed level. Other
objectives include facili-
tating communication
among all stakeholders
and interested parties, enhancing data
exchange, and promoting the develop-
ment of innovative approaches to water
resource and watershed management.
For a copy of the partnership agree-
ment and more information on wetlands
management, visit the Corps' Regula-
tory Branch website at: http://www
.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwo
/reg/, EPA's website at: http://www.epa
.gov/owow/wetlands/, or the wetlands
mitigation website at: http://www
. mitigationactionplan. gov.
is published by EPA's Federal
Facilities Enforcement Office.
EPA #300-N-05-003
Marie Muller, FFEO, Editor
Robin Foster,
Legin Group, Layout
Federal Facilities Enforcement Office
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance
U.S. EPA (2261A)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-564-2510
EPA PROPOSES TO MODIFY TRI
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
EPA announced the first of two proposed rules intended to reduce the time and resources
needed to submit annual reports to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). EPA believes the "Tox-
ics Release Inventory Forms Modification Rule" will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness
of the TRI program, while continuing to provide the public with the same high level of informa-
tion about chemical releases and waste management in their communities.
Comments on the proposed rule are due to EPA by March 11, 2005. For further information
on this proposed rule or ways to submit comments on EPA's proposal, visit the TRI Web Site at:
http://epa.gov/tri/tridata/tier3/formsmodrule.html or contact Ms. Shelley Fudge 202-566-0674,
U.S. EPA, Office of Environmental Information, TRI Program Division, Washington, D.C. (EST);
fudge.shelley@epa.gov or the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hotline,
Washington, D.C., (toll free) 1-800-424-9346 (EST). In Virginia or Alaska, call: 703-412-9810 (EST)
or (toll free) TDD: 1-800-553-7672 (EST).
Fax: 202-501-0069
Internet: www.epa.gov/compliance/
resources/newsletters/civil/fedfac/
index.html
This partnership will foster
innovative approaches to the
many challenges facing the
nation's watersheds.
FEDFACSONTHEWEB
This and past issues of FedFacs can be found on EPA's website at: http://www.epa
.gov/compliance/resources/newsletters/civil/fedfac/index.html or FedCenter at: http://
www.fedcenter.gov/resources/newsletters
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Federal Agencies Commit to Environmental
Stewardship of Electronics
MOU SIGNATORIES COMMIT TO:
~	Increase demand for more energy efficient and environmentally sustainable
electronic equipment that is cost-effective, while maintaining or improving
equipment quality and performance;
~	Promote the implementation of best life cycle management practices for elec-
tronic equipment and share best practices with those outside the federal gov-
ernment;
~	Reduce the economic and environmental life cycle costs of federal electronic
equipment;
~	Promote the market growth and infrastructure for the reuse, de-manufacturing
and recycling of obsolete electronic equipment; and
~	Coordinate and cooperate on other public and private sector efforts achieving
similar objectives.
In November 2004, the Executive
Office of the President, Departments
of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health
and Human Services, Homeland Secu-
rity, Interior, Justice, Transportation,
Veterans Affairs, Environmental Protec-
tion Agency and General Services
Administration signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) to develop and
promote common strategies for using
environmentally sustainable technolo-
gies and practices. The MOU is
intended to improve the quality, perfor-
mance and environmental management
of federal electronic assets throughout
their life cycle.
The federal government invests sig-
nificant resources in electronic assets.
In FY 2005, it is anticipated it will
spend approximately $60 billion on
information technology (IT) equipment,
software, infrastructure and services.
For computers alone, the federal gov-
ernment represents about seven percent
of the world demand. This provides a
tremendous opportunity to positively
influence the marketplace.
Electronics are also a new and
rapidly growing segment of the waste
stream. The United States discarded
more than 2 million tons of electronics
in 2001. Significant quantities of the
nation's IT assets are ending up in stor-
age closets, warehouses or landfills, or
overseas where there are less rigorous
environmental standards for disposal
than in the United States.
Most of the federal government's 1.8
million employees have a personal com-
puter. Given a three-year life cycle, the
government discards approximately
10,000 computers each week. The eleven
agencies and departments which became
charter signatories represent approxi-
mately $50 billion, or 83 percent of the
total annual IT budget for the federal
government.
The combined purchasing power of the
government will help transform the
availability of IT products and services
that are environmentally sustainable in
the marketplace.
Signatories are also in the Federal
Electronics Challenge (FEC). The FEC is
a voluntary partnership program that
encourages federal departments, agen-
cies and facilities to purchase more envi-
ronmentally-sound electronic products,
reduce impacts of electronic products dur-
ing use, and manage obsolete electronics
in an environmentally safe way. In addi-
tion to the 11 agencies and departments,
24 federal facilities from seven different
federal agencies, together representing
more than 25,000 employees, have signed
as partners to the FEC.
A list of the participating agencies
and facilities is on the FEC website,
http://www.federalelectronicschallenge
.net. The MOU is available at: http://
www.ofee.gov/finalmou.pdf.
CONTRACTS ISSUED FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY
RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT COMPUTER DISPOSAL
EPA awarded its first contracts to help federal agencies dispose of computers and other used
electronic equipment in an environmentally responsible manner. The "Government-Wide Acquisi-
tion Contracts (GWACs)for Recycling Electronics and Asset Disposition (READ)" provides federal
agencies with a dependable method of properly recycling and disposing of excess or obsolete
electronic equipment.
The GWAC is composed of eight contracts (three nationwide, three in the eastern U.S. and two
in western U.S.) awarded to small businesses. Contractors must maintain an audit trail to the
equipment's final destination to ensure reclamation and recycling efforts are documented.
The contracts will also maximize revenues from usable electronic equipment currently in stor-
age through a share-in-savings (SiS) program. Under SiS, the contractor will attempt to identify
opportunities to save costs associated with recycling efforts and share those savings with federal
agencies to offset the latter's recycling costs.
For more information on the READ program visit: http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin
_placement/0300115/f a ct. htm
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Welcome to FedCenter
Welcome, federal colleagues, to FedCenter.gov!
FedCenter.gov is your new address for comprehensive environmental
stewardship and compliance assistance information focused exclusively on
the needs of Federal government facilities like yours. FedCenter is a
collaborative effort of the U.S. Federal Environmental Executive, the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers'Construction Engineering Research Laboratory and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
FedCenter. gov's mission is to help federal agencies lead more by their own
environmental example.
FedCenter.gov replaces and will significantly expand on EPA's existing FedSite
(www.epa.gov/fedsite.) Through the new FedCenter, government agencies,
especially the civilian ones, can better pool their environmental expertise and
leverage their financial resources to create an assistance capability much
greater than any they could forge alone.
At first, FedCenter.gov will offer limited environmental information and
services. In the future it will increasingly develop and provide new information
capabilities, additional compliance assistance tools and fresh training
opportunities in accordance with your emerging needs and interests,
FedCenter will also draw heavily upon other government-supported
environmental assistance programs nationwide, including existing centers of
assistance opportunities supported by EPA and our Armed Forces,
While we are very pleased to give it a start, FedCenter.gov will eventually be
governed and directed by the various agencies who use and support it. For
more information, see About Us.
In short, FedCenter.gov offers all federal agencies a great new venue for
improving their environmental compliance and performance. It's vour Center.
Welcome aboard!
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Sincerely,
Thomas V. Skinner
Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of Enforcement &
Compliance Assurance
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Edwin Pinero
Federal Environmental
Executive
The Honorable J.P. Woodley
Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Civil Works)
U.S. Department of Defense

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I Announcements
FedFacs articles due
November 5
New FedCenter to be
Announced October 27,
2004
DoD Establishes Green
Procurement Program
(GPP)
Upcoming Events
2004 Environment and
Safety Conference
(11/03/2004)
Continuous Emission
Monitoring APT! 474
(11/08/2004)
Control of Particulate
Emissions APTI 413
(11/09/2004)
Environmental Excellence
Workshops (01/05/2005)
Good Neighbor
Environmental Board
(10/27/2004)
More Items...
Shown above is the home page for FedCenter, the new federal facilities environmental stewardship and compliance assis-
tance center. Center information is updated daily, and new content on EMS, green procurement, compliance, energy and
other facility information will be added soon.
FEDCENTER SERVICES: COMPLIANCE TRACKING TOOLS
FedCenter enables users to link to the latest EPA environmental compliance information on individual federal facilities. The Center offers links to com-
pliance tracking tools including the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) and the Federal Agency Compliance Tracking System (FACTS). OTIS
and FACTS can be used for many functions, including planning, targeting, analysis, data quality review, and pre-inspection review.
Check out the latest compliance information on your facility at FedCenter.gov.
Visit: http://www.fedcenter.gov/resources/complianceauditing/and click on links on right sidebar.
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FedCenter.gov
FEDCENTER LAUNCHED
Continued from page 1
By sharing limited resources and costs,
federal facilities can use FedCenter to
help them meet their growing environ-
mental compliance assistance needs.
The new center is managed under an
inter-governmental agreement with
ERDC/CERL. ERDC/CERL has previous
experience operating similar web-based
sites for the Department of Defense and
has worked with the federal community
in developing its popular environmental
audit protocols, the TEAM Guide.
Visit FedCenter at: http://www.fed
center.gov. For further information about
FedCenter please contact: Steve Luzzi,
Construction Engineering Research Lab-
oratory, Champaign, IL 61822, stephen.t
.luzzi@erdc.usace.army.mil; 217-373-5894
or 800-USA-CERL.
Fed
FEDCENTER'S MISSION:
~	Improve federal agency environmental compliance and promote environ-
mental stewardship;
~	Leverage federal environmental expertise and limited resources to meet
regulatory needs;
~	Implement the Presidential Management Council's initiative to improve
federal environmental, health and safety compliance and performance; and
~	Meet environmental management system (EMS) commitments under
Presidential Executive Order 13148.
Become a FedCenter Partner!
FedCenter provides environmental compliance and stewardship services for the U.S.
government. The site and its content is exclusively for federal agencies, and over time
will be directed and developed by a multi-agency, federal partnership.
FedCenter's success as a multi-agency partnership depends on the technical exper-
tise and financial support of member federal agencies. FedCenter is looking for more fed-
eral partners, and current members will be contacting your federal agency in the com-
ing weeks.
While FedCenter is initially being funded
by EPA, its activities over time will be
determined and directed by participating
federal agencies. In order to further
ensure the success of FedCenter, and truly
make this a federal government-wide part-
nership, agencies will be asked to con-
tribute and oversee the direction and activ-
ities of the Center.
Has your agency developed compliance assistance information that would be of
interest to other federal agencies? If so, please let FedCenter know and we may post it
and make it available to others.
Do you have an environmental success story? FedCenter plans to periodically show-
case environmental initiatives which improved environmental compliance.
By pooling limited environmental resources to direct and support FedCenter, partic-
ipating agencies will create a more effective compliance assistance resource focused
exclusively on their particular environmental needs.
Join the FedCenter Partnership!
FedCenter is your compliance assistance center. Help us make it more effective and
responsive by becoming a partner. To join, or get additional informa tion, please contact:
FedCenter at http:llwww.fedcenter.gov; or Mike Shields at 202-564-9035, shields.mike
@epa.gov; or Steve Luzzi at: 217-373-5894, stephen.t.liizzi@erdc.usace.army.mil.
FedCenter
FEDCENTER SERVICES
FedCenter.gov offers a wide assortment of
compliance assistance tools and informa-
tion in a number of vital environmental
areas:
•	Federal and state regulatory require-
ments for various facility activities
•	P2 opportunities and best management
pra dices
•	State environmental program links
•	Access to DoD and other environmental
assistance centers
•	Environmental conferences, meetings,
training, and workshops information
•	Applicable laws and Executive Orders
•	Industry sector-specific newsletters
•	Federal facility environmental compli-
ance information (OTIS/FACTS) links.
In time and after consultation with its fed-
eral partners, FedCenter will develop a vari-
ety of assistance services specific to fed-
eral agency needs, including:
•	EMS training and auditing
•	"Ask an Expert" hotline service
•	Vendor directories for green products
•	Regulatory "watch alert"
•	Subject-matter expert discussion lists
and various fee-for-service activities.
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FedCenter.gov
CORPS' ERDC/CERL PROVIDES TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR FEDCENTER
When EPA's Federal Facility Enforcement Office reached out to the fed-
eral community for help in implementing FedCenter, a central part of its
mission to assist, educate, and ensure that federal facility managers
have timely access to environmental regulatory information, it turned to
the Army Corps of Engineers' environmental information system experts
at the Environmental Research Development Center/Construction Engi-
neering Research Laboratory (ERDC/CERL).
For FedCenter.gov, ERDC/CERL is using state-of-the-art technology to
ensure the federal community gets environmental information quickly and
efficiently. ERDC/CERL's extensive knowledge and use of these tools in the
Corps' own information technology environment will provide a sturdy
foundation upon which to expand its support and enable federal facilities
to have the necessary tools to meet their environmental obligations.
This is not the first time ERDC/CERL has helped the federal environ-
mental community with its information-sharing needs. Since 1974,
ERDC/CERL has built a solid reputation of developing and fielding infor-
mation technology solutions for the federal environmental community.
This expertise and experience played a major role in EPA's decision to
entrust ERDC/CERL with this important mission.
The ERDC/CERL, located in Champaign, III., served for the past 12
years as developer and operator of the Department of Defense's pre-
mier environmental resource - the Defense Environmental Network &
Information eXchange (DENIX). DENIX serves as the central collabora-
tion platform and information clearinghouse for environment, safety and
occupational health news, information, policy and guidance forthe DoD
community.
Prior to this, ERDC/CERL pioneered one of the first online environ-
mental information systems, the Environmental Technical Information
System (ETIS), whose flagship product was the Computer-aided Envi-
ronmental Legislative Database System (CELDS), a database of fed-
eral and state regulatory abstracts. ERDC/CERL, in collaboration with
the EPA, Department of Energy and other federal agencies also
developed the EnviroText Retrieval System (ETRS), the successor to
ETIS.
For more information on the software, document management, col-
laboration capabilities and other technology used by ERDC/CERL on
FedCenter, please contact Steve Luzzi, FedCenter Site Manager at
ERDC/CERL, 217-373-5894, stephen.t.luzzi@erdc.usace.army.mil.
ENVIRONMENTAL SPOTUGHT
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and innovative waste prevention.
OFEE, with its small, committed
staff, helps the federal government be
better environmental stewards by
bringing agencies together to discuss
common issues and share ideas, raising
awareness, and acting as a liaison
between agency environmental efforts
and the Administration. As John
Howard used to say, "OFEE succeeds
when we connect the dots."
As a White House office and task
force, OFEE has the luxury of being
interagency, and can verbalize policies
in the context of daily agency opera-
tions. Having a connection to EPA
allows OFEE to partner and leverage
the immense environmental intellect in
that agency to support these efforts.
James Connaughton, Chairman of the
President's Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ), has indicated this Admin-
istration will continue to promote envi-
ronmental stewardship in the federal
government as a way to protect natural
resources and support mission efficiency.
With this reaffirmation of OFEE's priori-
ties and goals, we look forward to achiev-
ing the mission we began.
OFEE will continue, with even more
enthusiasm, its ongoing initiatives and
efforts. For the near future, we see
much development in sustainable build-
ings, electronics stewardship, and more
widespread green purchasing efforts.
For example, 2004 saw the launch of the
Federal Electronics Challenge, the
availability of government-wide green
purchasing training, and an exponential
growth in green building applications.
OFEE will also continue its strong
emphasis on environmental management
systems (EMS), now focusing on maxi-
mizing newly implemented systems to
meet environmental performance goals.
We will also work with agencies on veri-
fying their systems as the E.O. 13148
December 2005 implementation deadline
nears. To date, there are over a thousand
EMS implementations under way in the
federal community.
Another very important effort carry-
ing over into 2005 is the compliance man-
agement initiative stemming from a Pres-
ident's Management Council (PMC)
inquiry on agency compliance perfor-
mance. Overall, agencies are doing well
in regulatory compliance, but there is
always room for improvement. We are
working closely with agencies to help
them integrate compliance considera-
tions into environmental management
and agency operations.
OFEE is very excited to be an initial
partner on FedCenter, the new online
environmental stewardship and compli-
ance assistance center for federal facili-
ties. FedCenter will help agencies find
ideas and best practices to meet the
intent of the PMC Initiative. FedCenter
will eventually be a resource owned,
operated and used by the entire federal
community. We encourage agencies to
become FedCenter partners.
I look forward to working with the
entire family of federal agencies, depart-
ments, and organizations as we move
ahead in our efforts. In the two short years
I have been here, I can say with confidence
that the federal workforce is committed to
stewardship of our resources, as well as
looking for ways to accomplish our respec-
tive missions effectively.
Visit the OFEE on the web at:
http://www.ofee.gov
Edwin Pinero was appointed Federal
Environmental Executive in September
2004. Prior to joining this administra tion
in January 2003, Pinero was owner of
Pinero Consulting, an environmental man-
agement firm. He has also served as Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Environmental Sus-
tainability as well as being the State Energy
Director in the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection under then
Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge.
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EPA's Johnson and OFEE's Pinero Stress Environmental
Challenges at Joint Service Conference
Steve Johnson, EPA Deputy Administrator, and Edwin Pinero,
the new Federal Environmental Executive (FEE) were
keynote speakers at the 9th Annual Joint Services Environmen-
tal Management (JSEM) Conference & Exhibition held in San
Antonio, Texas in August 2004-. Both Johnson and Pinero dis-
cussed environmental challenges facing the federal community,
and approaches and opportunities for meeting these.
"National security, public health and environmental protec-
tion are clearly consistent and reinforcing public values, rather
than competing ones," Johnson said. "We are forever bound in
our national security and environmental missions."
Johnson, who praised the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD),
its services and the larger defense community for increasingly
making environmental stewardship and compliance a core com-
ponent of its work, also encouraged EPA and DoD officials to
communicate frequently and frankly at all levels, share knowl-
edge and technology, and partner to address issues of mutual
concern, such as perchlorate contamination, and the need to
ensure both safe, effective training at military ranges when
they're operating, and necessary clean up when they close.
"Together," he concluded, "we can make America safer, stronger
and environmentally sound."
The JSEM Conference was co-hosted by the U.S. Army Envi-
ronmental Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, and the Air Force
Center for Environmental Excellence, Brooks City-Base. The
JSEM brought together 4,000 professionals from military ser-
vices, industry, academia, local, state, and federal agencies to
share ideas, success stories, case histories, current trends, and
technologies for pollution prevention and hazardous waste man-
agement.
Joyce Stubblefield, Federal Facility Program Manager of U.S.
EPARegion 6 (Dallas) mans an EPA booth at JSEM Conference.
The next conference will combine two major events - the
JSEM Conference and the NDIA's Environment & Energy Divi-
sion's Annual Symposium. It will be held in April 11-14, 2005, in
Tampa, Fla. For information about the upcoming conference,
visit, http://www.jsemconference.com.
EPA Announces Nationwide Green Power Purchase
EPA announced a "green power" trans-
action involving biomass resources
(paper pulp) in Georgia and its
Research Triangle Park (RTP), N.C.,
facilities. This is the largest EPA green
power procurement to date.
EPA finalized a three-year contract
with Unicoi Energy Services of Mari-
etta, Ga., to provide RTP with 100 mil-
lion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable
energy certificates (RECs) annually —
equivalent to the energy consumed by
3,680 homes each year. Currently, EPA
annually purchases more than 220 mil-
lion kWh of green power for 26 of its
facilities, laboratories and offices, across
the nation. Green power now accounts
for 77 percent of EPA's estimated
national electricity consumption.
Executive Order 13123 "Greening
the Government through Efficient
Energy Management", encourages all
federal agencies to expand the use of
green power by developing renewable
energy projects, supporting the develop-
ment of renewable projects by others on
federal land, and purchasing electricity
from renewable energy sources. The
Order also requires that federal agen-
cies reduce their greenhouse gas emis-
sions 30 percent from 1990 levels by
2010.
EPA purchases green power through
a process utilizing RECs (green tags),
which are both cheaper and easier to
procure than delivered power. For a
more detailed explanation of green tags,
go to: http://www.epa.gov/greeningepa
/greenpower.htm#greentags. For more
information about EPA's Green Power
program visit: http://www.epa.gov
/greeningepa/greenpower.htm.
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EMS
National Guard Transforming with EMS
As Army National Guard leaders in
each of the 54 states and territories
put their heads together to learn more
about how to embrace mandated envi-
ronmental management systems
(EMS), one common message continues
to emerge: It's all about mission readi-
ness.
"Our goal is to enhance our ability to
provide quality training lands and facil-
ities to train soldiers," said Lt. Col.
Jerry Walter, chief of the environmental
programs division for the Army
National Guard. "Through EMS, we
strive for continuous improvement to
reduce mission and environmental
impacts."
Executive Order 13148, "Greening
the Government through Leadership in
Enviromental Management" in April
2000, requires, among other things,
that appropriate federal facilities have
environmental management systems in
place by Dec. 31, 2005. The Guard has
been actively pursuing ways to meet the
requirements of the Order and enhance
the training received by soldiers and
airmen.
"By adopting EMS and better man-
aging the environmental impacts from
our operations, we ultimately enhance
mission readiness through the ability to
provide realistic training," said Bill
Vagt, Environmental Program Manager
for the Alaska Army National Guard
and chairman of the National Guard
Bureau's Environmental Management
Committee.
Executive Order 13148 has been the
driving force behind the Guard's efforts
to integrate EMS into everyday opera-
tions and, according to Vagt, if imple-
mented correctly will lead to substan-
tive changes.
In the Army National Guard, each
state, territory, and also training facili-
ties in Massachusetts and Idaho are
developing an EMS. According to Wal-
ter, the National Guard already has
many strong environmental programs
that include elements of an environ-
Sgt. Ramon Nichols, an automotive mechanic with the Alaska Army National
Guard, gathers used shop rags and prepares them for disposal in the SmartAsh
burner which significantly reduces hazardous waste emissions at Camp Denali,
Fort Richardson, Alaska.
Sgt. Mike Cortez, a heavy mobile equip-
ment mechanic with the Alaska Army
National Guard stores used vehicle bat-
teries at the Combined Support Mainte-
nance Shop (CSMS) located at Camp
Denali, Fort Richardson, Alaska.
mental management system, but the
EMS process allows the Guard to bring
all these elements together systemati-
cally.
According to Lt. Col. Brian Rogers,
strategic planning officer for the Army
Guard's environmental programs divi-
sion, because EMS is a continual cycle
of planning, implementing, reviewing
and improving, it shifts the environ-
mental focus from a defensive, reactive
posture to one that is proactive and
based on sound planning and decision
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EMS
GUARD TRANSFORMING WITH EMS
Continued from page 8
Rogers also indicates that EMS may
offer the Guard additional benefits
including reductions in environmental
compliance costs, increased worker
safety, cleaner working environments,
increased operational readiness, and
improved community relations.
Currently, there is an extensive
effort to train state National Guard
leaders and require all soldiers and air-
men to become aware of the EMS.
Training is being offered for key leaders
as well as members of teams of soldiers
and airmen representing major func-
tional areas such as operations and
battle focused duty and wartime mis-
sions. It's a balance between our envi-
ronmental priorities and mission readi-
ness."
"Environmental management is
everyone's responsibility," said Eileen
Chabot, EMS manager for the New
Hampshire National Guard. "We want
the 'e' on EMS to stand for everyone".
Submitted by: Rick Breitenfeldt,
Office of Public Affairs & Strategic Com-
munications; National Guard Bureau,
703-607-2575; Rick.Breitenfeldt@ngb
.ang.af.mil. Walter Debany, NGB-PA,
also contributed toward this article.
Got an Article?
If you have an article about an environ-
mental activity or program at your
agency or facility, and you'd like us to
consider it for publication in the next
FedFacs, please contact: Marie Muller
at muller.marie@epa.gov. FedFacs is
published twice a year; articles should
be 500 words or less. The U.S. EPA
reserves the right to edit or decline any
article.
EMS may offer the Guard
additional benefits including
reductions in environmental
compliance costs, increased
worker safety, cleaner
working environments,
increased operational
readiness, and improved
community relations.
training, maintenance, logistics and
personnel support. Additional training
is being developed to reach all Guards-
man.
According to Lt. Col. Janet Noble,
Deputy Human Resources Officer with
the South Carolina National Guard, the
mindset of soldiers and airmen is evolv-
ing from "a misson first, dispose of or
recycle waste second", attitude to one
that calls for eliminating, reducing, or
reusing waste in the first instance—
without compromising mission success.
"We're changing the course and tak-
ing out good ideas and applying them,"
said Lt. Gen Roger Schultz, Director of
the Army National Guard. "In the end,
it's about a soldier — preparing them for
SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS TEAM WINS
EXCELLENCE AWARD
The San Antonio
Missions National
Historical Park's
Compliance
Improvement Man-
agement System
(CIMS) Team won
the Alamo Federal
Executive Board's
(FEB) Excellence in
Government
Awards Program
Teamwork award.
The Missions
Team was recog-
nized for its imple-
mentation of the
ISO 14001 interna-
tional standard for
environmental
management and
the park's subse-
quent acceptance into the EPA's National Environmental Performance Track Program.
San Antonio Missions is also a member of the Recycling Alliance of Texas, and strives to
increase its recycling efforts and support community cleanup projects to reduce dumping inci-
dents and prevent pollution in the park's environs.
Today, the 28 FEBs around the country act as regional hubs for government activity and
offices located outside Washington, D.C, Their goals include improving communications and effi-
ciency, reducing government costs and facilitating government services, as well as creating
partnerships with community groups. The Excellence in Government Awards Program recog-
nizes federal agency efforts in these areas.
For more information about the San Antonio Missions CIMS, please contact Dan Steed, Chief
of Resource Management and Visitor Protection at (210) 534-8875 extension 234 or:
Dan_Steed@nps.gov.
San Antonio Missions Team members: (from left to right)
Kurt Schoenberger, Gloria Gonzales, Dan Steed, David
Vekasy, James Oliver. Team members absent were Liz Dupree
and Mike Johnson.
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EMR
EPA Conducts EMR at the GSA Region 7
EPA Region 6 (Dallas) conducted an
environmental management review
(EMR) at the General Services Adminis-
tration (GSA) Region 7 Public Buildings
Service (PBS) located in Fort Worth,
Texas in September 2004.
An EMR is an third-party evaluation
of an organization's environmental pro-
gram and management
system, and is con-
ducted to determine
how well a facility has
developed and imple-
mented an EMS.
The EMR at PBS
focused on compliance
assurance and pollution
prevention, enabling systems, perfor-
mance and accountability, measurement
and improvement, and management com-
mitment.
The EMS for PBS is a cornerstone of
its environmental programs and will
allow PBS to analyze, control, and
reduce the environmental impact of its
activities, products and services.
GSA is developing a nationwide EMS
rather than focusing on any particular
facility or property. Most GSA properties
are office buildings, and in some form or
another all of these properties create
environmental impacts. However, the
environmental
impacts of office
buildings around
the country are
virtually identical
and it is more effi-
cient to implement
one national-level
EMS while GSA
regional offices design specific functions
relevant to their facilities.
The GSA PBS nationwide EMS
approach uses the International Organi-
zation for Standardization (ISO) 14001
Plan-Do-Check-Act model. GSA previ-
ously used the EPA Code of Environmen-
tal Management Principles (CEMP). ISO
14001 will allow GSA to enhance its
partnerships with customer agencies
also using ISO 14001 for its environmen-
tal management systems.
EPA Region 6 will provide an EMR
report and a follow-up to GSA within
six months after the final report. The
report will include observations and
recommendations to the EMS.
Larry Rexroat is the Supervisory
Environmental Scientist at the GSA
PBS Region 7 Fort Worth office and the
point of contact for their EMS. Keith
Raines, Director, GSA PBS Western
Service Center Operations and Nathan
Smith, Subject Matter Specialist-
Environmental at the GSA PBS head-
quarters office also participated in the
EMR.
For more information, contact:
Larry Rexroat, GSA PBS Region 7 at
(817) 978-7260 or Joyce Stubblefield,
EPA Region 6 at (214) 665-6430.
The EMS will allow PBS
to analyze, control,
and reduce the
environmental impacts.
DOE's Brent Smith Assists with EMRs
In fiscal years '03 and '04, Dr. Brent
Smith, Environmental Manager with
the Department of Energy (DOE),
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) Pro-
ject Management Office, provided lead-
ership and support to the EPA Region 6
(Dallas) Environmental Management
Review (EMR) Team.
The Team, with Smith's assistance,
reviews federal facility environmental
management systems (EMS) at federal
facilities and provides compliance assis-
tance to those needing to improve or
develop their own EMS. Dr. Smith
assisted Region 6 in meeting its require-
ments for a national EPA EMR initiative
with the Veterans Health Administration,
and is currently working with EPA on the
GSA Public Buildings Service Greater
Southwest Region 7 Fort Worth EMR.
Dr. Smith has over 25 years of expe-
rience in the environmental field, and
an extensive background in EMS. He is
a registered Environmental Manage-
ment Systems Lead Auditor, an Envi-
ronmental Manager, and a Certified
Environmental Professional in
Louisiana. He is also an EMS Trainer
for AQS Management Systems, and an
EMS Lead Auditor for the American
Petroleum Institute.
Smith also is a member of several
professional environmental organiza-
tions in Louisiana, is an Adjunct Assis-
tant Professor of Management at the
University of New Orleans, and the
author of numerous book chapters, jour-
nal articles, web pages, and newslet-
ters. Among his web pages is one dedi-
cated to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001
implementation in Louisiana (www.iso
louisiana.com).
The DOE's SPR Project Management
Office in New Orleans has been involved
in EMS efforts for several years. In 2000
it volunteered for an EMR for its sites in
Texas and Louisiana, which soon after
became ISO 14001 certified. The DOE
SPR senior leadership assisted EPA
Regions 4 (Atlanta) and 6 in training
senior federal managers in New
Orleans. The SPR became a charter
member of EPA's Performance Track
leadership program, is a Clean
Texas/Cleaner World Certified National
Leaders applicant, and received a White
House "Closing the Circle" award honor-
able mention in 2004.
Dr. Smith can be reached at (504)
734-4970 or brent.smith@spr.doe.gov.
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InBrief
Robert Gill Is New Director at Dallas Air Force Office
In August, 2004, Robert M. Gill became the director of the
Air Force Regional Environmental Office, Central Region,
in Dallas, Texas. The Regional Environmental Offices are
part of the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence
(AFCEE) at Brooks City-Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Mr. Gill represents the Air Force to state and federal
regional agencies in the 21 states that comprise EPA Regions
5 (Chicago), 6 (Dallas), 7 (Kansas City), and (8) Denver. His
duties include environmental program oversight, assistance
to major commands in resolving unusual or complex environ-
mental compliance problems, and protection of Air Force
interests in third party hazardous waste sites.
Mr. Gill came to the Dallas Regional Office from the
Naval War College, where he recently completed additional
graduate studies. His previous positions include Remedia-
tion Program Manager at the Massachusetts Military
Reservation, and Base Civil Engineer at Brooks Air Force
Base. Mr. Gill earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
Colo., and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State
of Arizona. He also holds a Master's degree in Engineering
Management.
Enforcement News
RCRA Consent Agreement and Final Order
with BIA Blackfeet Agency
The Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Blackfeet Agency, Facilities Management and Roads Com-
plex in Browing, Mont., entered into a RCRA consent agree-
ment and final order (CAFO) with EPARegion 8 (Denver) in
October 2004. The facility is located within the boundaries
of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.
EPA's June 2004 complaint issued to BIA alleged various
violations of RCRA hazardous waste requirements, includ-
ing failure to perform hazardous waste determination, fail-
ure to inventory property, and failure to comply with used
oil requirements. EPA Region 8 also issued a notice of viola-
tion (NOV) for Clean Water Act Spill Prevention, Control,
and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulation violations at the
facility.
The facility was required to pay a $34,381 penalty and is
now in compliance with RCRA. EPA Region 8 continues to
offer BIA assistance in developing an acceptable SPCC plan,
and has proposed entering into a SPCC Federal Facilities
Compliance Agreement to facilitate SPCC compliance at
BIA's Blackfeet Agency, Facilities Management and Roads
Complex or, more broadly, the BIA Rocky Mountain
Regional Office. For more information contact: Andrew
Cherry (202) 564-2589 or Amy Swanson (303) 312-6906.
EPA Fines D0I Water Treatment Facility For
Failing To Maintain Chemical Risk Plan
In late December 2004, U.S. EPARegion 9 (San Francisco) fined
the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) $7,500 for failing to
maintain its plan that outlines how its water treatment plant in
Yuma, Ariz, will respond to accidental chemical releases, as
required by the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. § 7412 (r)( 7)].
The DOI's Yuma desalting plant failed to maintain records
showing that its chlorine gas system was operating properly
and that its employees were properly trained in handling any
accidental chemical releases.
The CAA requires all facilities using hazardous substances
above specified threshold quantities are required to develop
chemical risk management plans. The plan must include an
assessment of potential effects of an accidental release, his-
tory of accidents over the past five years and employee train-
ing. The plan must also include an emergency response pro-
gram that outlines procedures for informing the public and
response agencies, such as the police and fire departments, in
the event of an accident.
The DOI has paid the penalty and corrected the violations.
As part of a new enforcement policy, the EPA offered the DOI
a reduced penalty because the agency acted quickly to correct
the problems and pay the fine, and the facility presents a rel-
atively low risk to the public.
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