U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2015 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
June 30, 2015
Karl Brooks
Chief Sustainability Officer, Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of Administration and Resources Management
202-564-4600
aaoarm@epa.gov
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Table of Contents
Agency Policy Statement 3
Executive Summary 4
Size & Scope of Agency Operation 14
Agency Progress Toward (Prior) Sustainability Goals in EO 13514 and EO 13423 15
Figure 1-1: EPA Progress Toward Scope 1&2 Greenhouse Gas Goals 15
Figure 1-2: EPA Progress Toward Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Goals 15
Figure 2-1: EPA Progress Toward Facility Energy Intensity Reduction Goals 16
Figure 2-2: EPA Progress Toward Total Buildings Meeting the Guiding Principles 16
Figure 3-1: EPA Progress Toward Fleet Alternative Fuel Consumption Goals 17
Figure 3-2: EPA Progress Toward Fleet Petroleum Reduction Goals 17
Figure 4: EPA Progress Toward Potable Water Intensity Reduction Goals 18
Figure 6: EPA Progress Toward Sustainable Acquisition Goal 18
Figure 7: EPA Progress Toward EPEAT, Power Management, and End of Life Goals 19
Figure 8: EPA Use of Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Electricity Use 20
Figure 10: EPA Progress in Meeting the President's Performance Contracting Challenge Goal 20
Agency Strategies to Meet the Goals of EO 13693 21
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas Reduction 21
Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings 29
Goal 3: Clean & Renewable Energy 37
Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency & Management 41
Goal 5: Fleet Management 45
Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition 49
Goal 7: Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction 57
Goal 8: Energy Performance Contracts 61
Goal 9: Electronic Stewardship 64
Goal 10: Climate Change Resilience 66
Preliminary Plan to Address the Climate Preparedness and Resiliency Requirements of EO
13693 Appendix A
2015 Fleet Management Plan and Vehicle Allocation Methodology Results Appendix B
FY 2014 Waste Diversion Calculation Methodology Appendix C
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Agency Policy Statement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to support its commitment to reduce its
carbon footprint, conserve resources, protect the environment, and address climate change adaptation.
EPA is also committed to the priorities and sustainability goals established in its Strategic
Sustainability Performance Plan for the following areas:
• Greenhouse gas reductions
• Sustainable buildings and energy management
• Fleet management
• Water use efficiency and management
• Pollution prevention and waste reduction
• Sustainable acquisition
• Electronic stewardship and data centers
• Renewable energy
• Climate change resilience
• Energy performance contracts
EPA applies the overarching principles of leadership by example, accountability, mission enabling,
community awareness, continuous improvement, lifecycle cost effectiveness, transparency, and
conservation first to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The agency recognizes the need to continue to
serve as a model for other federal agencies in reducing its impact on the environment. Taking budget
considerations into account, EPA plans to continue to invest the human and financial resources needed
to support ongoing, cost-effective improvements in its energy and environmental performance.
As EPA's Senior Sustainability Officer and its Chief Acquisition Officer, I am committing the
agency's leadership and every EPA employee to actively participating in the implementation of the
agency's SSPP and compliance with all applicable environmental and energy statutes, regulations, and
executive orders. In conjunction with EPA's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Information Officer, Senior
Real Property Officer, General Counsel, and all program offices and regions, EPA commits to meeting
its SSPP goals in a comprehensive and cost-effective manner.
Karl Brooks
EPA Chief Sustainability Officer
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EPA's 2015 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan: Executive Summary
In supporting the Agency's mission to protect human health and the environment and to
demonstrate leadership in environmental stewardship, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) is committed to managing its facilities and activities in a compliant and sustainable
manner according to the goals of this Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP). EPA's
mission is carried out in more than 130 leased office facilities and more than 30 laboratories, 20
of which are owned by the Agency. Laboratories use significantly more energy and present
greater environmental challenges than offices.
VISION
EPA's vision is to accomplish the Agency's mission while minimizing the impact of facility
operations on the environment and surrounding communities by designing high-performance
buildings and integrating sustainable practices into daily operations. EPA's Climate Change
Adaptation Plan vision also includes ensuring the Agency continues to fulfill its mission of
protecting human health and the environment even as the climate changes.
LEADERSHIP
EPA works to realize its vision of sustainability throughout its senior leadership team. The
Agency's Assistant Administrators, General Counsel, Chief Information Officer, Chief
Acquisition Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Real Property Officer, and Senior
Adaptation Official are committed to integrating EPA's SSPP goals into all of the Agency's
programs, facilities, and operations.
The Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for the Agency is the Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Administration and Resources Management, who reports directly to the Administrator.
The CSO chairs an Executive Steering Committee, composed of Assistant Administrators and
senior Regional management, which is charged with overseeing the implementation of the SSPP.
To ensure coordination and communication among the key individuals and offices responsible
for implementing this SSPP, EPA has established a process for ongoing input and feedback and a
Technical Advisory Group (TAG), which includes representatives from all of EPA's Program
Offices, Regions, and key administrative bodies. EPA ensures that annual review and updates to
the SSPP include feedback from the appropriate Program Offices to integrate overall Agency
goals and objectives.
EPA's annual budget planning process integrates SSPP goals during its facility needs review and
master planning process, which incorporates resource efficiency, low-impact development, and
other sustainability strategies. EPA is also realigning its real estate portfolio management
process, capital budgeting process, and other facility processes to support the Agency's five
strategic goals (which align with the goals of Executive Order [EO] 13693), including:
• Addressing climate change and improving air quality
• Protecting America's waters
• Cleaning up our communities and advancing sustainable development
• Assuring the safety of chemicals and preventing pollution
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• Protecting human health and the environment by enforcing laws and assuring compliance
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
In fiscal year (FY) 2014, EPA continued to meet or exceed nearly all federal sustainability goals
established by EO 13514, EO 13423, and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007
(EISA), and is looking ahead to achieving the goals associated with EO 13693.
EPA's SSPP integrates a number of individual Agency strategies for integrating greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions reduction, energy efficiency, sustainable buildings, water conservation, and
other efforts. The Agency uses a variety of reporting systems to assess progress toward
achieving—and exceeding—its SSPP goals:
• Facility-specific targets for energy and water consumption.
• Quarterly and annual collection and analysis of GHG, energy, and water data.
• Annual collection of solid waste generation and recycling data for owned and leased
facilities.
• Facility-level environmental management systems (EMSs), which EPA leverages to help
achieve continual improvement and facilitate data collection and collaboration.
• Continuous tracking of transportation data using the Automotive Statistical Tool
database; evaluation of transportation initiatives and fuel use using the Agency's
Alternative Fuel Compliance Emphasis Program.
• Balanced Scorecard (BSC) initiatives to improve data quality and planning for
sustainable acquisitions.
Performance information for other targets and goals is acquired through annual data calls.
Performance reports are provided periodically to the CSO and Executive Steering Committee,
along with recommendations for action and adjustments to the SSPP as appropriate.
Goal 1: GHG Reduction
• Scope 1 and 2 GHG Emissions: In FY 2014, EPA's combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG
emissions were 59.5 percent lower than its FY 2008 baseline, surpassing the Agency's
Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions reduction goal of 25 percent by FY 2020 from an FY 2008
baseline. Even when the Agency does not account for green power and renewable energy
certificate (REC) purchases, EPA's FY 2014 Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions still
decreased 16.5 percent relative to the Agency's revised FY 2008 baseline.
• Scope 3 GHG Emissions: EPA reduced its Scope 3 GHG emissions 45.8 percent in FY
2014 compared to its FY 2008 GHG emissions baseline. The Agency's GHG emissions
associated with business air travel decreased 53 percent in FY 2014 compared to FY
2008 through increased video-conferencing and reduced business travel. Since FY 2010,
EPA increased video-conferencing bridge call use significantly, contributing to the
Agency's Scope 3 GHG emission reductions. EPA's telework program allows eligible
staff to work from an alternate location on a regular or intermittent basis, which decreases
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the GHG emissions associated with employee commuting by reducing the number of
days employees commute to work each week.
Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings
• Energy Intensity. EPA exceeded the 27 percent energy intensity reduction from its FY
2003 baseline required under EISA and EO 13423, reducing its FY 2014 energy intensity
by 29 percent from FY 2003. In FY 2014, EPA completed energy assessments at eight of
its EISA-covered facilities and identified 34 viable energy conservation measures
(ECMs) from these assessments. With the completion of these assessments, EPA met the
requirements for the third year of the current four-year assessment and reporting cycle
established by EISA Section 432.
• Guiding Principles: Using EPA's projected FY 2015 Federal Real Property Profile
(FRPP) inventory, eight buildings—or 14.8 percent—of the Agency's FRPP buildings
measuring greater than 5,000 square feet met the Guiding Principles for Federal
Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings (iGuiding Principles) in FY
2014. This progress exceeds the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) goal of 13
percent by FY 2014 and nearly meets the goal of 15 percent by FY 2015. In FY 2014,
EPA completed Guiding Principles self-certification for two laboratory buildings.
Goal 3: Renewable Energy
• Onsite Renewable Energy. In FY 2014, onsite renewable energy resources such as wind,
solar, and geothermal power supplied EPA with 5.3 billion British thermal units (Btu),
equivalent to 0.43 percent of the Agency's annual energy use.
• Green Power and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs): EPA continued to be a leader
among federal agencies by purchasing green power and RECs equivalent to 100 percent
of the Agency's estimated FY 2014 electricity use.
Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency and Management
• Potable Water: In FY 2014, EPA exceeded the EO 13514 requirement to reduce its water
intensity by 14 percent compared to the FY 2007 baseline, with a decrease of 40.4
percent compared with FY 2007. Several EPA facilities completed water conservation
projects, including elimination of single-pass cooling, installation of new water-efficient
restroom fixtures, thermostatic control of tempering water on boiler blowdown, and
cooling tower operational improvement. EPA also conducted water assessments for seven
EISA-covered facilities in FY 2014.
• Industrial, Landscaping, and Agricultural (ILA) Water: EPA also exceeded the EO 13514
goal to decrease ILA water use 2 percent annually compared to an FY 2010 baseline by
reducing ILA water 96.6 percent in FY 2014 from the FY 2010 baseline.
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• Stormwater Management. EPA continued to follow the EISA Section 438 Guidance on
storm water management in FY 2014.
Goal 5: Fleet Management
• Petroleum Use and Fleet Reduction: In FY 2014, EPA reduced fleet petroleum use by
44.2 percent compared to the FY 2005 baseline, exceeding the goal of 18 percent. In
addition, the Agency exceeded its FY 2015 vehicle allocation methodology (VAM)
reduction goal of 4.2 percent of total fleet compared to an FY 2011 baseline by achieving
a 12.1 percent reduction in fleet size.
• Alternative Fuel Use: EPA fell short of meeting the FY 2014 EO 13423 requirement for
increasing alternative fuel consumption by 10 percent annually compared to an FY 2005
baseline, but continues to work to meet this goal.
Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition
All of the accomplishments, initiatives, strategies, plans, and corrective actions cited below
demonstrate EPA's commitment to effectively executing the federal procurement requirements
for biobased products, including those requirements identified in EO 13693 and prescribed in
the 2002 Farm Bill, as amended by the 2014 Farm Bill.
• Balanced Scorecard Initiatives: During FY 2014 and FY 2015 to date, EPA continued to
meet the sustainable acquisition goals established by EO 13514 and the new EO 13693
by implementing Balanced Scorecard (BSC) initiatives to improve data quality and
planning for sustainable acquisitions. EPA has continued along this path during FY 2014
and has successfully met the goals established by EO 13514 during FY 2014.
• Sustainable Acquisition Goals: In FY 2014 and thus far in FY 2015, EPA achieved the
goals mandated by EO 13514 (and now EO 13693) of ensuring that 95 percent of
applicable contract actions contain green products and services. During FY 2014, the
Agency updated the Green Purchasing Plan (GPP) and memorialized it in EPA's
Acquisition Guide pursuant to the Policy Reformation and Restoration Project.
Goal 7: Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction
EPA surpassed its internal recycling goal of 60 percent in FY 2014 (and the EO 13514
requirement of 50 percent waste diversion by FY 2015) by achieving a 64.6 percent non-
hazardous recycling rate in FY 2013. EPA reduced the reported weight of solid waste disposed
per person through ongoing source reduction, recycling, reuse, donation, composting, and other
waste reduction efforts. EPA also recycled or salvaged 80.3 percent of its construction and
demolition (C&D) debris in FY 2014, exceeding its internal goal of 75 percent and the EO 13514
requirement of 50 percent.
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More than 70 percent of EPA's reporting locations supported compostable waste collection
programs, diverting more than 370 tons of organic material from landfills in FY 2014. EPA will
continue to promote and share best practices for composting collection and leverage facility-level
EMSs to facilitate data collection and collaboration.
EPA actively pursued integrated pest management (IPM), environmentally beneficial
landscaping, and hardscape management, with 97 percent of sites implementing IPM best
management practices that reduce chemical use and/or increase use of less toxic pesticides. In
response to President Obama's memorandum, "Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the
Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators." EPA launched a Pollinator Protection Initiative
and is conducting 17 pollinator site assessments this spring and summer to promote pollinator
communities and habitats at EPA-owned facilities.
Goal 8: Energy Performance Contracts
EPA recognizes the importance of energy performance contracts, such as energy savings
performance contracts (ESPCs) and utility energy services contracts (UESCs), when
implementing projects at its facilities. In recent years, EPA has built on the successes of
completed ESPC projects at its laboratories at Ada, Oklahoma, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, when
exploring new energy performance contracts at its facilities.
EPA has recently completed a nationwide laboratory study to consolidate existing space and
improve laboratory utilization. The Agency will use this information to reassess the potential for
energy performance contracting at its future inventory of facilities. At this time, the Agency is
hesitant to commit to long-term energy performance contracts while it is considering
consolidating or co-locating some of its research facilities.
Goal 9: Electronic Stewardship and Data Centers
EPA continued to achieve its goals and progress in electronics stewardship. Highlights include:
• EPA achieved 98.6 percent EPEAT purchasing for monitors, laptops, and computers. To
track purchases in additional EPEAT categories, the Agency leveraged its existing EMS
data collection mechanisms to include new product categories.
• The Agency achieved a 100 percent power management enabling rate for all eligible
computers and monitors through enterprise-wide management software capable of
establishing power management settings for computers and monitors over the Agency's
network for compliance.
• EPA continued using virtualization and consolidation to minimize energy consumption
across core and non-core data centers. Through EPA's approved Data Center
Consolidation Initiative, approved by OMB, the Agency reduced total data centers, racks,
servers, and energy usage by: increasing virtualization of data center activity; increasing
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activity hosted in a cloud computing environment; consolidating space and servers; and
embracing energy-efficient technologies.
• The Agency ensured environmentally sound disposition of electronic assets, with 100
percent of electronics recycled through approved programs. In November 2014, EPA
started offering the USPS Blue Earth electronics recycling program to employees.
Goal 10: Climate Change Resilience
EPA has developed and is now implementing an Agencywide Climate Change Adaptation Plan
to prepare for and adapt to the effects of climate change. EPA has also released 17 Climate
Change Adaptation Implementation Plans prepared by its National Environmental Program
Offices, 10 Regional Offices, and several National Support Offices. The SSPP outlines numerous
goals and achievements in reducing the Agency's GHG emissions, energy dependence, water use
requirements, solid waste, pollution, and other environmental impacts. EPA also has in place an
extensive continuity of operations plan (COOP) designed to address natural disasters and other
events that could interrupt Agency operations. EPA has issued guidance encouraging all offices
to include climate adaptation evaluation criteria into announcements of competitive funding
opportunities. EPA is also developing tools to support climate adaptation planning.
To make the Agency's facilities more climate-resilient, EPA has reviewed resiliency-related
municipal regulations, zoning ordinances, building codes, subdivision specifications, and other
federal, state, local, and academic literature. EPA conducted pilot climate resiliency
assessments at its laboratories in Ada, Oklahoma, and Gulf Breeze, Florida, in FY 2015 to
evaluate facility-specific risks posed by severe weather events (e.g., flooding, storm surge) and
to identify opportunities to enhance the resilience of its facilities. Drawing on the regulatory
review, as well as findings from its pilot facility assessments, EPA has developed an initial list
of climate resiliency planning considerations, which it will use to update the Agency's
Architecture/Engineering (A&E) Guidelines, space planning, and leasing guidelines in FY 2015
and FY 2016.
Lessons Learned
Having an established pipeline of ready-to-implement, facility-specific energy and water
conservation projects has helped EPA exceed its facility GHG reduction, energy efficiency, and
water conservation goals. Reduced resource levels, however, continue to hinder EPA's ability to
design and fund many of the major projects necessary to continue to meet or exceed increasingly
tougher federal building performance requirements. To address this funding issue, EPA has
focused on implementing lower-cost projects with the highest return on investment and now
needs to focus on more resource-intensive projects, master planning and infrastructure
replacement.
Challenges
As the Agency charged with protecting human health and the environment, EPA must maintain
its premier scientific research capabilities while continuing to reduce energy and water
consumption. The Agency's laboratory mechanical system upgrades are complex and frequently
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take several years to design, complete, and commission. Lack of funding for ECMs, sustainable
building improvement projects, and space consolidation projects often hinders progress. EPA has
already implemented energy and water conservation measures with the lowest capital costs and
shortest payback periods. To achieve additional savings and continue to meet its energy and
water intensity reduction goals, however, EPA must find innovative ways to fund other major
projects. Doing so in a time of reduced resources is a challenge.
In FY 2014, EPA did not meet the EO 13423 requirement for increasing alternative vehicle fuel
consumption by 10 percent compounded annually. While most of the Agency's fleet consists of
vehicles that are fueled with E85, fueling stations that offer E85 are not readily available in many
areas of the country. To improve the Agency's performance in this area, EPA plans to hold an
annual workshop and quarterly data calls with field operators. EPA will also continue to meet
with stakeholders, discuss obstacles to compliance, share best practices, and develop site-specific
strategies for meeting fuel targets.
As reported in the 2014 SSPP, EPA assessed the results of the quarterly compliance reviews
to: identify applicable service contracts that did not contain biobased products and/or clauses;
address any specific contracts that do not include biobased products and/or clauses; and
develop corrective actions, including training, to improve performance and reporting in future
sustainability plans. As such, in the January 2015 Energy/Sustainability Scorecard, EPA
reported a corrective action that is being implemented to improve the inclusion and quality of
appropriate sustainable acquisition requirements in statements of works for applicable
biobased contracts.
PLANNED ACTIONS
GHG Emissions: EPA anticipates making further progress in reducing its Scope 1 and 2 GHG
emissions in FY 2015 and beyond as a result of implementing energy conservation projects,
consolidating or right-sizing laboratory infrastructure when opportunities arise, and continuing to
purchase green power and RECs. The Agency also expects to see reductions in its Scope 3 GHG
emissions for the optional rental space category because of its office consolidation efforts.
Fleet Management: EPA has diligently worked to reduce its fleet's environmental footprint by
successfully reducing petroleum consumption by 44.2 percent from FY 2005 to FY 2014.
Looking to the future, the Agency will continue to implement cost-effective, sustainable
strategies to meet the requirements of EO 13693. New requirements include a phased reduction
of GHG emissions per mile traveled, implementation of vehicle telematics, acquisition of next-
generation vehicle technologies, and integration of vehicle-level data management. EPA is
already taking steps to ensure compliance with EO 13693, such as acquiring zero-emission
vehicles (ZEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). The Agency has already met the
data management requirements to fully integrate fleet data into an Agency fleet management
information system (FMIS), the Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST), FleetDASH, and
the Federal Motor Vehicle Registration System (FMVRS). EPA will continue to develop
strategies to meet and exceed the fleet goals of EO 13693.
Biobased Purchasing Strategies: During FY 2014, EPA established the reassessed biobased
purchasing baseline compliance rate of 100 percent. During FY 2015, a Standard Operating
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Procedure (SOP) was developed and implemented to ensure data accuracy for the quarterly
reviews of relevant contract acquisitions. The SOP is an internal procedure used to ensure
consistency in contract action reviews. It is anticipated this SOP will have a positive impact on
reporting of contract actions which contain biobased product and services requirements and
clauses in applicable contracts. As a result of the January 2015 Scorecard, EPA developed a
corrective action plan to improve the inclusion and quality of the statements of work for
applicable biobased contracts based upon the assessment of quarterly compliance reviews to
identify applicable service contracts that did not contain biobased products and/or clauses.
During the second quarter of FY 2015, EPA provided EPEAT training to acquisition staff.
EPA is also assessing the feasibility of expanding EPEAT training to all Agency personnel,
and will continue to provide Biobased Purchasing and Federal Green Challenge training.
EPA has provided and continues to provide training, education, and outreach in accordance with
Sections (1) and (7), respectively of the Presidential Memorandum, Driving Innovation and
Creating Jobs in Rural America through Biobased and Sustainable Product Procurement.
Further, EPA strives to maintain the required compliance level and continues to work to
emphasize the purchase of biobased products and services in contract actions.
In the 2014 SSPP, EPA advised that it has partnered with staff in developing Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) Case 2013-016, which identifies imaging equipment and televisions as new
items to be included under the EPEAT standard in FAR 23 and 52. At that time the FAR Case
2013-016 was in the FAR Secretariat's office preparing to be published in the Federal Register
as an interim rule. Subsequent to the 2014 SSPP, FAR Case 2013-016 was published as an
interim rule on June 26, 2014, but it was never finalized.
In April 2015, the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC) chairman advised that since the
EPEAT requirement was not listed in EO 13693, that the mandatory requirement to meet EPEAT
standards currently listed in the FAR will be revised to state that the Government encourages
companies to meet these standards on a voluntary basis. The word "EPEAT" will be taken out of
the FAR. The CAAC chairman also advised in April 2015 that the CAAC will probably finalize
the rule then follow up with a new FAR Case that will remove the word "EPEAT" and revise the
language to make the program voluntary instead of mandatory.
EPA is taking great strides in implementing the requirements of the Presidential Memorandum,
and conducts quarterly reviews of relevant contract acquisitions for the inclusion of biobased
product and services requirements and clauses in applicable contracts, and provides specific
training to acquisition staff to ensure contract language is used for applicable requirements.
PROGRESS ON ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: EPA released its final Climate Change Adaptation Plan
("Plan") in October 2014. The Plan can be found at
http://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/documents/adaptationplans2014 508.pdf. The Plan identifies
10 Agencywide priorities on climate adaptation. It describes how EPA will anticipate and plan
for future changes in climate and incorporate considerations of climate change into its programs,
policies, rules, and operations to ensure they are effective under future climatic conditions. As
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stated in the June 2014 revised EPA Policy Statement on Climate Change Adaptation, we are
now seeing a wide range of impacts associated with human-induced climate change that pose
significant challenges to EPA's ability to fulfill its mission. The Agency must therefore adapt if
it is to continue fulfilling its statutory, regulatory, and programmatic requirements.
As called for in the Agencywide Plan, EPA National Environmental Program Offices, all 10
Regional Offices, and several National Support Offices developed their own Implementation
Plans that provide details on how they will carry out the work called for in the Agencywide Plan
and meet the 10 EPA priorities on climate adaptation. EPA released the 17 final Implementation
Plans in October 2014. The 17 Implementation Plans can also be found at
http://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/documents/adaptationplans2014 508.pdf.
A central element of EPA's work on climate adaptation is to build and strengthen the adaptive
capacity of its partners across the country in ways that are critical to attaining the Agency's
mission. States, tribes, and local communities share responsibility for protecting human health
and the environment. These partnerships will be critical for efficient, effective, and equitable
implementation of climate adaptation strategies. EPA is therefore supporting the efforts of its
partners to integrate climate adaptation into the work they do by providing: (1) training to
increase awareness of ways climate change may affect their ability to implement effective
programs; (2) financial incentives that support climate-resilient investments in communities
across the country; and (3) necessary data, information, tools, and technical assistance.
EPA has already made significant progress integrating climate adaptation planning into its
programs, policies, rules, and operations; fulfilling commitments in the President's Climate
Action Plan; and following directives in EO 13653 ("Preparing the United States for the Impacts
of Climate Change") and EO 13693 ("Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade").
It has promoted climate-resilient investments by integrating climate adaptation criteria into
financial mechanisms and assistance agreements. EPA has successfully fulfilled its commitments
in the President's Climate Action Plan to integrate considerations of climate change impacts and
adaptive measures into major programs, including its Clean Water and Drinking Water State
Revolving Loan funds and grants for brownfields cleanup. It has supported climate-resilient
investments through discretionary, competitive financial mechanisms such as the Great Lakes
Restoration Initiative. EPA is also supporting climate-resilient investments as part of the
Hurricane Sandy recovery effort. The Agency is working closely with New York and New
Jersey to plan resilient water infrastructure projects that incorporate green infrastructure and
adapt to a changing climate. Furthermore, to better understand and enhance the resiliency of its
own facilities, EPA completed pilot climate resiliency assessments at two laboratories in FY
2015 and is using the findings of these assessments to update its space acquisition and A&E
Guidelines.
EPA has also produced tools to support adaptive management decisions. For example, as called
for in the President's Climate Action Plan, the Agency released a National Stormwater
Calculator and Climate Assessment Tool Package in January 2014 that can be used to estimate
runoff during storm events under current and future climate. In November 2014, EPA announced
that it will provide up to $600,000 in training and technical assistance to help drinking water,
wastewater, and stormwater utilities in more than 20 communities bolster their climate change
resilience and readiness using EPA's Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool. In
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May 2015, EPA released a new Web-based climate adaptation training module to help local
government officials prepare for the impacts climate change may have on the services they
provide to their communities.
EPA is incorporating climate change impacts into water quality actions. For example, EPA is
developing guidance for watershed managers on how to develop total maximum daily load
provisions that protect beneficial uses (e.g., cold water fish habitat) as the climate changes. EPA
is also conducting work to evaluate approaches and limitations of incorporating climate change
into its existing ozone modeling framework.
Looking ahead, EPA will continue to implement key actions to address the Agencywide
priorities in its Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Key next steps include: (1) fulfilling the
Strategic Measures in the Fiscal Year 2014-2018 EPA Strategic Plan; (2) continuing to
modernize EPA programs to encourage climate-resilient investments; (3) providing information,
tools, training, and technical support on climate change preparedness and resilience to states,
tribes, and local communities; (4) implementing the priority actions identified in the 17
Implementation Plans produced by EPA's Program and Regional Offices; (5) focusing on the
most vulnerable people and places; (6) partnering with tribes to increase adaptive capacity; (7)
measuring and evaluating performance on an ongoing basis; and (8) continuing to build and
maintain strong partnerships with other federal agencies.
Sustainable Locations for Federal Facilities: EPA is implementing the Council on
Environmental Quality's Implementing Instructions—Sustainable Locations for Federal
Facilities as part of the GreenCheck process it uses to review every lease, construction,
renovation, and repair project to ensure it meets federal sustainability requirements. Historically,
EPA has located major regional offices in central business districts well served by public transit.
Sustainable Practices for Designed Landscapes: EPA is implementing the Guidance for
Federal Agencies on Sustainable Practices for Designed Landscapes for lease, construction,
renovation, and repair projects through its GreenCheck process, which is used to review every
project to ensure it meets federal sustainability requirements. A recent design completed for a
landscaping renovation at EPA's Corvallis, Oregon, laboratory includes species that attract
native bees, butterflies, or hummingbirds. In April 2015, EPA began developing a baseline
assessment of local pollinator communities at all EPA-owned facilities. This baseline assessment
will identify opportunities to promote the protection and expansion of pollinator communities at
EPA-owned facilities nationwide. In addition, EPA's facilities that have completed the Agency's
internal Guiding Principles certification process have developed a landscape management plan.
The plan is tailored with facility-specific standard operating procedures to implement sustainable
landscaping practices, including sustainable plant selection, invasive species removal, minimized
irrigation, maintenance, composting, integrated pest management, and erosion control.
Water Efficiency Management Provisions: EPA is using the Implementing Instructions: Federal
Agency Implementation of Water Efficiency and Management Provisions a basis for its efforts to
exceed federal water reduction requirements. EPA has a systematic approach to evaluate its
reporting facilities' potable and ILA water use; identify and prioritize cost-effective water
conservation measures; and implement projects to reduce potable water use intensity and ILA
water use. Using this approach, EPA has achieved water use reductions well ahead of the FY
2015 federal water conservation goals.
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Size & Scope of Agency Operation—Table 1: Agency Size & Scope
Agency Size and Scope
FY 2013
FY 2014
Total Number of Employees as Reported in the President's
Budget
16,177
15,180
Total Acres of Land Managed
628
623
Total Number of Buildings Owned
20
20
Total Number of Buildings Leased (GSA and Non-GSA
Lease)
116
116
Total Building Gross Square Feet (GSF)
11,134,814
11,148,785
Operates in Number of Locations Throughout U.S.
136
136
Operates in Number of Locations Outside of U.S.
0
0
Total Number of Fleet Vehicles Owned
131
125
Total Number of Fleet Vehicles Leased
906
882
Total Number of Exempted-Fleet Vehicles
(Tactical, Law Enforcement, Emergency, Etc.)
331
314
Total Amount Contracts Awarded as Reported in FPDS
$1,424
$1,284
($Millions)
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Agency Progress Toward (Prior) Sustainability Goals in EO 13514 and EO 13423
Figure 1-1
EPA Progress toward Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas Goals
140.000
130,000
120,000
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Agency Strategies to Meet the Goals of EO 13693
To facilitate agency planning and reporting, the majority of the goals for EO 13693 take effect in the
beginning of fiscal year 2016 (October 1, 2015) and are therefore appropriate for inclusion in this
document. As noted previously, many of the goals that agencies pursued under the previous executive
orders have been carried over into EO 13693.
This section provides certain goal areas where "Required Strategies" are identified. Where an agency
does not adopt those required strategies as an FY 2016 priority, the agency should explain the rationale
for that decision in the strategy narrative. Also included are recommended strategies that represent
strategies that have been successfully implemented by the Federal community and can also be adopted as
priority strategies.
Goal 1: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction
Table 1-1: Goal 1 Strategies—Scope 1 & 2 GHG Reductions
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Use the FEMP GHG
emission report to
identify/target high emission
categories and implement
specific actions to resolve
high emission areas
identified.
No
EPA maintains an internal
GHG emissions inventory
modeled after the FEMP GHG
emissions report; this
inventory reinforces EPA's
understanding that GHG
emissions from facility energy
consumption represent the vast
majority of the Agency's
Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions
each year. As described below
and in Tables 2-1 and 2-2,
EPA is already taking steps to
reduce facility energy
consumption, so this is not one
of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Identify alternative sources
of data or alternative
methods of analysis not set
forth in EO 13693, but with
the potential to support its
goals.
No
In order to meet the Scope 1
and 2 GHG emissions
reduction target established
under EO 13693, EPA is
focused on reducing energy
intensity at its reporting
laboratories. The Agency is
not pursuing additional data
sources or analysis methods at
this time, so this is not one of
the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Identify and support
management practices or
training programs that
encourage employee
sustainability and
greenhouse gas
consideration.
Yes
EPA prepares annual, facility-
specific energy reduction
(""ConservE") targets for each
reporting facility through its
Energy Forecasting Program,
taking into account prior
years" performance, planned
energy projects, and any
projected variations in energy
use. On a quarterly basis, EPA
prepares a series of internal
facility energy and water
performance reports and
distributes these reports to
facility managers, Agency
management, and other
stakeholders. Facility
managers are encouraged to
investigate deviations from
normal usage patterns. EPA
also prepares and distributes
an annual GHG emissions
report detailing Scope 1 and 2
GHG emissions for each
reporting facility.
1) EPA will communicate
FY 2015 ConservE
targets to facility
managers by July 31,
2015.
2) EPA will prepare year-
end FY 2015 GHG
emissions report by
February 1, 2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Conceptualize the goals of
EO 13693 within a projected
cost-benefit framework to
identify low-hanging fruit.
Yes
Through its Energy Strategy,
EPA has identified and
completed many readily
achievable energy
conservation measures
(ECMs) at its reporting
facilities. EPA continues to
identify other energy savings
opportunities through ongoing
facility energy assessments. In
addition, at its laboratory in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
EPA has hired a resource
efficiency manager (REM) as
a cost-effective method of
identifying and completing
energy conservation projects at
the Agency's most energy-
intensive laboratory.
1) EPA will obtain the final
ECM report from the
REM at the Chapel Hill,
North Carolina,
laboratory by August 31,
2015.
2) EPA will incorporate
ECMs identified by the
REM at the Chapel Hill,
North Carolina,
laboratory within the
design for the facility's
infrastructure
replacement project by
December 31,2015.
Isolate successful measures
applied toward the goals of
EO 13514 that could be
expanded to meet the goals
of EO 13693.
Yes
EPA continues to conduct
ventilation assessments at its
laboratories to evaluate
opportunities to reduce air
flows (a major source of
energy consumption at these
facilities) and identify
emerging best practices. The
Agency also continues to
consolidate laboratory and
office space where feasible to
reduce leasing and utility
costs.
1) EPA will utilize a recent
ventilation assessment in
combination with a
facility master plan to
evaluate a path forward
for its Fort Meade,
Maryland, laboratory by
June 30, 2016.
2) EPA will complete the
design phase for its
Golden/Denver NEIC
laboratory consolidation
project by December 31,
2015.
Determine unsuccessful
programs or measures to be
discontinued to better
allocate agency resources,
human and otherwise.
No
EPA has a thorough vetting
process to test and implement
energy conservation and GHG
emissions reduction strategies
prior to full-scale
implementation. The Agency
does not plan to discontinue
any existing programs, so this
is not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Determine which goals set
forth in EO 13693 represent
unambitious targets given
past agency performance,
identify by how much they
could be exceeded, and
establish new within-agency
target.
No
EPA surpassed its previous EO
13514 GHG emissions
reduction goal. While EPA is
setting a new GHG emissions
reduction target by fiscal year
(FY) 2025 relative to its FY
2008 baseline in response to
EO 13693, this is not one of
the Agency's top five GHG
emission reduction strategies.
Employ operations and
management best practices
for energy consuming and
emission generating
equipment.
Yes
EPA implements best practices
for energy-efficient operations
through several strategies.
Through EISA Section 432
energy assessments and
recommissioning, EPA
identifies and addresses
operating and energy
efficiency opportunities and
educates its facility managers
and operations and
maintenance (O&M) staff.
EPA is focusing on air
distribution systems and
individual laboratory
ventilation controls to ensure
these systems operate in a
cohesive and efficient manner.
EPA will implement
laboratory air flow
corrections identified at one
laboratory by January 31,
2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Safely reduce ventilation
rates to save energy.
Yes
Laboratories are energy-
intensive, one-pass air
facilities, where 100 percent of
outside air is conditioned,
passed through a laboratory,
and exhausted outside. EPA is
safely reducing laboratory
ventilation by: using high-
performance, low-flow fume
hoods; "hibernating" fume
hoods where safe and
appropriate and updating
specifications to consider
hibernation of fume hoods;
reducing air flow rates while
maintaining containment using
the latest ASHRAE/ANSI
standards; including
occupancy sensors to allow
lower air change rates in
unoccupied laboratories; and
improving the operational
efficiency of its biosafety
cabinets.
EPA will initiate an air flow
reduction project at one
laboratory by June 30, 2016.
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Table 1-2: Goal 1 Strategies—Scope 3 GHG Reductions
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Reduce employee business
ground travel.
Yes
Beginning in FY 2010, EPA
installed 115 video-
conferencing units (VCUs) as
an alternative to face-to-face
meetings involving air and
ground business travel. Video
teleconferencing (VTC) bridge
calls have increased
significantly since FY 2010.
Partly as a result of this
initiative, EPA reduced its
GHG emissions from business
ground travel by nearly 80
percent in FY 2014 compared
to the FY 2008 baseline. EPA
expects to maintain at least a
50 percent reduction in
business ground travel GHG
emissions in future years.
EPA will maintain policies on
reduced travel and encourage
VTC use on an ongoing basis
through June 30, 2016.
Reduce employee business
air travel.
Yes
Thanks in part to increased use
of VTC, EPA reduced Scope 3
GHG emissions associated
with employee business air
travel by nearly 53 percent in
FY 2014 compared to the FY
2008 baseline. EPA expects to
maintain at least a 35 percent
reduction in business air travel
GHG emissions in future
years.
EPA will maintain policies on
reduced travel and encourage
VTC use on an ongoing basis
through June 30, 2016.
Develop and deploy
employee commuter
reduction plan.
No
EPA is already leveraging its
transit subsidy program to
reduce the number of
employees driving to work,
but this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area. In conjunction with
the Agency's telework
practices, EPA anticipates
maintaining the reductions it
has achieved in GHG
emissions associated with
employee commuting.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Use employee commuting
survey to identify
opportunities and strategies
for reducing commuter
emissions.
No
EPA has conducted
Agencywide employee
commuting surveys using
GSA's Carbon Footprint Tool
but has not yet identified its
best opportunities for reducing
commuting emissions by
analyzing survey results, so
this is not one of the Agency's
top five strategies in this area.
Increase number of
employees eligible for
telework and/or the total
number of days teleworked.
No
Although this is not one of
EPA's top five strategies in
this area, the Agency is
working with its unions to
establish an Agency telework
policy that increases the
number of hours employees
can telework during each pay
period.
Develop and implement
bicycle commuter program.
No
EPA supports bicycle
commuting in many of its
locations with provisions such
as secure racks and shower
facilities, but at this time a
formal, Agencywide bicycle
commuter program is not one
of EPA's top five strategies in
this area.
Provide bicycle commuting
infrastructure.
Yes
In addition to a transit subsidy
program with high levels of
participation, EPA provides
secure bicycle storage
facilities at most major
regional offices and
Headquarters facilities and
will continue to support these
facilities.
In association with the
consolidation of EPA's
Headquarters offices in
Arlington, Virginia, from two
office buildings to one, EPA
will evaluate the adequacy of
current bicycle facilities and
identify alternatives to meet
increasing bicycle commuter
needs of EPA employees by
December 31,2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Plan to begin FY 2016:
Report scope 3 greenhouse
gas emissions for leases over
10,000 rentable square feet
[EO section 3(h)(v)].
Yes
Since FY 2010, EPA has
estimated and voluntarily
reported to DOE's Federal
Energy Management Program
(FEMP) its Scope 3 GHG
emissions associated with
energy consumption at leased
facilities where EPA is not
responsible for paying the
utility bills. As a result, EPA is
well positioned to meet the
new EO 13693 requirement
for reporting Scope 3 GHG
emissions from energy
consumption in leased
facilities greater than 10,000
square feet. Over time, EPA
will strive to improve the
quality of these data by
requesting or requiring actual
energy consumption data from
this subset of its facilities.
EPA will continue to request
and review energy
consumption data from all
leased facilities greater than
10,000 square feet and
estimate and report resulting
GHG emissions to
DOE/FEMP by February 1,
2016.
Reconfigure and streamline
office space to reduce Scope
3 GHG emissions from
leased space.
Yes
As EPA employees telework
to a greater degree, both via
the increase in number of days
of telework per week and via
deployment of collaborative
software services available
from non-traditional
workspaces, the needs and
design of workspaces will
change. EPA can serve its
employees using smaller
workstations or touchdown
stations, resulting in a smaller
space footprint, reduced rent
costs, and a reduction in Scope
3 GHG emissions from leased
space.
EPA will complete the move
of personnel and equipment
from Potomac Yard North
into Potomac Yard South and
William J. Clinton West
Federal Building by July
2016.
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Goal 2: Sustainable Buildings
Building Energy Conservation, Efficiency, and Management
Section 3(a) of EO 13693 states that agencies will promote building energy conservation,
efficiency, and management. Section 3(a)(i) requires agencies to reduce building energy intensity
by 2.5 percent annually through the end of FY 2025 (measured in British thermal units per
square foot), relative to a FY 2015 baseline and taking into account agency progress to date,
except where revised pursuant to section 9(f) of EO 13693.
Building Efficiency Performance, and Management
Section 3(h) of EO 13693 states that agencies will improve building efficiency, performance, and
management.
Section 3(h)(iii) requires that agencies identify, as a part of the planning requirements of section
14 of this order, a percentage of the agency's existing buildings above 5,000 gross square feet
intended to be energy, waste, or water net-zero buildings by FY 2025 and implementing actions
that will allow those buildings to meet that target.
CEQ recognizes that any FY 2016 agency projections for this goal are rudimentary estimates.
Agencies will be only expected to share lessons learned in implementing this goal and will not be
scored or graded on outcomes towards the target established for FY 2016.
Please input the percentage here: 3 percent.
Table 2-1: Goal 2 Strategies—Sustainable Buildings
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Use remote building energy
performance assessment
auditing technology
[3(a)(A)].
No
Due to the varied and unique
operations of EPA"s
specialized research
laboratories, remote building
energy performance
assessment auditing is not a
practical technology for the
Agency. EPA will continue to
conduct onsite or desk
building energy audits as
required by the Energy
Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (EISA).
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Participate in demand
management programs
[3(a)(B)].
No
EPA currently participates in
energy demand management
programs at its facilities in
Cincinnati, Ohio; Fort Meade,
Maryland; and Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina,
but this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area. The Agency will
continue to explore
implementation of these
programs at its facilities where
appropriate in the future.
Ensure that monthly
performance data is entered
into the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
ENERGY STAR Portfolio
Manager [3(a)(C)].
Yes
EPA annually benchmarks
energy use in the ENERGY
STAR Portfolio Manager to
meet the EISA Section 432
benchmarking requirement.
Prior to FY 2014, the Agency
benchmarked energy use in the
Laboratories for the 21st
Century (Labs21®) Energy
Benchmarking Tool. EPA has
met the FY 2014
benchmarking requirement by
entering monthly building data
for its EISA-covered facilities
and will continue to enter
these data annually and use
Portfolio Manager to monitor
trends in facility energy
performance in the future.
1) By March 31, 2016, EPA
will benchmark its EISA-
covered facility energy
use in ENERGY STAR
Portfolio Manager.
2) By June 30, 2016, EPA
will initiate work to
determine the level of
effort involved with
benchmarking its non-
covered facilities in
Portfolio Manager.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Where feasible: Incorporate
Green Button data access
system into reporting, data
analytics, and automation
processes [3(a)(D)].
No
Development is underway for
EPA's Agency wide national
advanced metering system,
which will capture real-time
energy and water consumption
data at its facilities, provide
data analytics, and assist with
required annual energy and
water reporting requirements.
Because EPA is building a
comprehensive data platform
for its national advanced
metering system, incorporating
Green Button data is not one
of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Implement space utilization
and optimization practices
and policies [3(a)(E)].
Yes
EPA has historically
implemented many efforts to
consolidate space within its
owned and leased facilities.
EPA's Synthesis Report of the
US EPA Laboratory
Enterprise Evaluation was
recently completed, which
identified additional
opportunities for space
consolidation, several of which
are currently underway.
EPA will review its
laboratory consolidation
study and begin to identify
which priority space
utilization and optimization
activities to pursue by June
30,2016.
Identify opportunities to
transition test-bed
technologies to achieve the
goals of this section
[3(a)(F)].
No
EPA has piloted the use of
occupancy sensors to set air
change-per-hour rates in
laboratory modules based on
occupancy. After installing
occupancy sensors in
laboratory modules at its
facility in Cincinnati, Ohio,
EPA is considering installing
similar sensors in its
laboratories in Chelmsford,
Massachusetts, and
Manchester, Washington;
however, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Where feasible: Conform to
city energy performance
benchmarking and reporting
requirements [3(a)(G)].
No
While this is not one of EPA's
top five strategies in this area,
the Agency will continue to
monitor local benchmarking
and reporting requirements in
areas where its existing
facilities are sited and comply
as appropriate.
Begin planning for FY 2020
requirement: Ensure all new
construction of Federal
buildings greater than 5,000
gross square feet that enters
the planning process be
designed to achieve energy
net-zero and, where feasible,
water or waste net-zero by
FY 2030 [3(h)(i)].
Yes
EPA is currently in the
planning process for the Las
Vegas Consolidated
Laboratory. Although planning
has already begun, EPA
intends to evaluate
opportunities to achieve net-
zero energy, water, and/or
waste in this project. EPA will
use the lessons learned from
this project to inform the net-
zero design process for
projects initiated after 2020.
EPA will initiate updates to
its design and construction
manual, EPA Facilities
Manual, Volume 2:
Architecture and Engineering
Guidelines, by December 31,
2015, to ensure all future
projects greater than 5,000
gross square feet entering the
planning phase in 2020 and
thereafter will meet the net-
zero requirement.
In all new agency lease
solicitations over 10,000
rentable square feet, include
criteria for energy efficiency
as a performance
specification or source
selection evaluation factor
[3(h)(iv)].
No
EPA has been using its Best
Practice Lease Provisions for
all major lease procurements
since 2008, which include
source selection evaluation
factors for sustainability,
including energy efficiency;
therefore, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
In all new agency lease
solicitations over 10,000
rentable square feet, include
requirements for building
lessor disclosure of carbon
emission or energy
consumption data for leased
portion of building
[3(h)(iv)].
Yes
Since 2008, EPA has been
using its Best Practice Lease
Provisions for all major lease
procurements, which require
the lessor to report energy and
water consumption data for the
Agency's portion of the
building. EPA has been a
leader in the federal
government with its early
adoption of this practice. EPA
will continue to follow the
Best Practice Lease Provisions
as new leases are executed.
For new lease projects greater
than 10,000 rentable square
feet initiated in the next 12
months (through June 30,
2016), EPA will insert the
requirement for the building
lessor to disclose energy
consumption data for EPA's
portion of the leased building.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
In planning new facilities or
leases, include cost-effective
strategies to optimize
sustainable space utilization
and consideration of existing
community transportation
planning and infrastructure,
including access to public
transit [3(h)(vi)].
No
EPA is implementing the
Council on Environmental
Quality's Implementing
Instructions—Sustainable
Locations for Federal
Facilities as part of its
GreenCheck process, which is
used to review every lease,
construction, renovation, and
repair project to ensure the
project meets federal
sustainability requirements.
This strategy, however, is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Ensure that all new
construction, major
renovation, repair, and
alteration of agency
buildings includes
appropriate design and
deployment of fleet charging
infrastructure [3(h)(vii)].
No
EPA plans to review and
update its GreenCheck process
and Architecture and
Engineering Guidelines to
include this requirement, but
this is not one of the Agency's
top five strategies in this area.
Include climate resilient
design and management into
the operation, repair, and
renovation of existing
agency buildings and the
design of new buildings
3(h)(viii).
No
EPA plans to review and
update its GreenCheck process
and Architecture and
Engineering Guidelines to
include climate resiliency
aspects, but this is not one of
the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
(A) Recommended Strategy
Install and monitor energy
meters and sub-meters as
soon as practicable.
No
This is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area, because EPA has
already installed energy and
water meters to capture 100
percent of its consumption.
Additionally, EPA's advanced
metering hardware captures 72
percent of the Agency's
reportable energy
consumption, and sub-meters
are installed where practicable.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Collect and utilize building
and facility energy use data
to improve building energy
management and
performance.
No
While collecting energy data
and improving building
performance are important
strategies for EPA, this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in 2015 in this area.
Incorporate green building
specifications into all new
construction and major
renovation projects.
Yes
EPA uses its GreenCheck
process to review every lease,
construction, renovation, and
repair project to ensure the
project meets federal green
building requirements. The
Agency maintains Architecture
and Engineering Guidelines
that include green building
design criteria for EPA's new
construction and renovation
projects. EPA also maintains
Best Practice Lease Provisions
with green building lease
clauses to ensure newly
constructed and renovated
leased space meets EPA and
federal green building
requirements.
By June 30, 2016, EPA will:
1) Update its GreenCheck
process to include new
requirements from EO
13693.
2) Complete the
GreenCheck process for
all new construction,
renovation, and repair
projects undertaken in the
next 12 months.
3) Initiate update of its
Architecture and
Engineering Guidelines.
4) Update its Best Practice
Lease Provisions to
reflect GSA's latest lease
format.
Redesign or lease interior
space to reduce energy use
by implementing
daylighting, space
optimization, sensors/control
system installation, etc.
No
While EPA assesses lighting
control opportunities in its
high performance sustainable
existing building certification
process, and optimizes space
use through more efficient and
flexible workstations in new
office spaces and laboratory
consolidation efforts, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Develop and deploy energy
and sustainability training
for all facility and energy
managers.
No
Although this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area, in June 2015, EPA is
conducting a training
workshop for Agency
employees that addresses
facilities management;
sustainability; safety, health,
environmental management;
and security. Sustainability
related workshop session
topics include energy and solar
projects, advanced metering,
net zero, fleet management,
and climate resiliency.
Include in every construction
contract all applicable
sustainable acquisition
requirements for recycled,
biobased, energy-efficient,
and environmentally
preferable products.
No
Although this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area, EPA's GreenCheck
process ensures the design and
specification of construction
projects meet the requirements
for recycled content, biobased,
energy efficiency, and
environmentally preferable
products. EPA construction
contract language also
addresses these requirements.
Table 2-2: Goal 2 Strategies—Data Center Efficiency
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Ensure the agency chief
information officer promotes
data center energy
optimization, efficiency, and
performance [3(a)(ii)(A)].
Yes
EPA plans to consolidate data
centers under the Federal Data
Center Consolidation Initiative
(FDCCI), closing 40 percent
of the Agency's non-core data
centers.
EPA will initiate closure of
40 percent of non-core data
centers by December 31,
2015.
Install and monitor advanced
energy meters in all data
centers by fiscal year 2018
[3(a)(ii)(B)].
Yes
EPA will initiate planning to
prioritize installation of
advanced energy meters across
agency data centers.
EPA will install advanced
energy meters at all EPA data
centers by the end of FY
2018.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Recommended Strategy
Optimize agency Data
Centers across total cost of
ownership metrics.
Yes
EPA plans to implement intra-
agency cross-geographical
continuity of operations
(COOP) through replication
and backup between Agency
data centers, instead of hiring
external COOP sites.
EPA will initiate plans to
achieve $250,000 per year
savings from discontinuing
use of its Boulder, Colorado,
disaster recovery and COOP
site through June 30, 2016.
Improve data center
temperature and air-flow
management.
Yes
EPA will raise temperatures in
its National Computer Center-
operated data centers to reduce
air conditioning energy and
cost requirements. The Agency
plans to procure and install
new airflow tiles strategically
located to maximize efficient
cooling and prototype cold
aisle containment barriers to
ensure that cool air is directed
to computer systems.
On a quarterly basis through
June 30, 2016, EPA will
continue to track energy
consumption measures in an
effort to achieve 25 percent
less energy consumption in
NCC-operated data centers by
2020.
Identify and consolidate
obsolete and underutilized
agency computer servers into
energy-efficient data centers.
Yes
EPA will replace obsolete
equipment through routine
equipment refresh cycles and
leverage visualization
technologies to ensure the
maximum practical utilization
of IT resources.
EPA will surplus 100 percent
of obsolete equipment by
June 30, 2016. Virtualization
utilization must vary
according to the specific
workload associated with
each virtualization
cluster. EPA will identify
measures appropriate for each
environment and the excess
capacity required to provide
for scalability.
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Goal 3: Clean & Renewable Energy
Agency Clean Energy Share of Total Electric and Thermal Energy Goal
EO 13693 3(b) requires that, at a minimum, the percentage of an agency's total electric and
thermal energy accounted for by renewable and alternative energy shall be not less than: 10
percent in FY 2016-17; 13 percent in FY 2018-19; 16 percent in FY 2020-21; 20 percent in
FY 2022-23; and 25 percent by FY 2025.
Agency Renewable Energy Share of Total Electricity Consumption Goal
EO 13693 3(c) sets a second schedule that addresses specifically renewable energy. It requires
that renewable energy account for not less than 10 percent of total electric energy consumed by
an agency in FY 2016-17; 15 percent in FY 2018-19; 20 percent in FY 2020-21; 25 percent in
FY 2022-23; and 30 percent by 2025.
Table 3: Goal 3 Strategies—Clean and Renewable Energy
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
DoD only: Include in DoD
accounting, fulfillment of the
requirements of DoD goals
under section 2852 of the
National Defense
Authorization Act of 2007
[3(e)(vi)].
N/A
(A) Recommended Strategy
Install agency-funded
renewable on-site and retain
corresponding renewable
energy certificates (RECs) or
obtaining replacement RECs
[3(d)(1)],
Yes
EPA has numerous successful
onsite renewable energy
demonstration projects
installed on its facilities across
the country, including solar
arrays and outdoor lights,
ground source heat pumps, and
wind turbines. EPA is
reevaluating the findings and
recommendations from a 2011
feasibility study of onsite
renewable energy options to
identify additional
opportunities to further
evaluate generating energy at
its laboratory facilities.
Bylune 30, 2016, EPA will
review the findings of its
2011 renewable energy
feasibility study to identify
one to two EPA laboratory
locations with suitable
conditions for onsite
renewable energy projects for
further study.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Contract for the purchase of
energy that includes
installation of renewable
energy on or off site and
retain RECs or replacement
RECs for the term of the
contract [3(d)(ii)].
Yes
EPA continues to pursue
onsite renewable energy
projects where cost-effective
and implements demonstration
projects where it makes
financial sense to do so and
when funding is available.
EPA is also making
considerable progress on a
renewable energy savings
performance contract (ESPC)
combined with a power
purchase agreement to support
a 1.5-megawatt photovoltaic
(PV) installation at the
Agency's Edison, New Jersey,
laboratory. EPA has
committed to purchasing
replacement RECs for the
energy generated by this PV
system through its extensive
green power/REC purchase
program.
By June 30 2016, EPA will
make significant progress on
the installation of the solar
PV array at the Edison, New
Jersey, laboratory.
Purchase electricity and
corresponding RECs or
obtaining equal value
replacement RECs
[3(d)(iii)].
Yes
At its facilities in Corvallis,
Oregon, and Duluth,
Minnesota, EPA currently
participates in utility-offered
programs where EPA
purchases both electricity and
corresponding RECs (i.e.,
delivered green power).
Participating in these delivered
green power programs has
been an EPA strategy since
2002, and the Agency will
continue to pursue similar
opportunities where feasible.
By June 30, 2016, EPA will
identify an additional utility
company offering for
obtaining delivered green
power at an EPA facility.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Purchase RECs [3(d)(iv)].
Yes
In September 2006, EPA
became the first federal agency
to purchase green power
equivalent to 100 percent of its
estimated annual electricity
use. EPA will continue to
procure RECs and other forms
of green power to reduce its
reported Scope 1 and 2 GHG
emissions, and support the
green power market.
EPA plans to complete the
Agency's FY 2016 REC
purchase with DLA Energy
by December 31,2015.
Install thermal renewable
energy on-site at Federal
facilities and retain
corresponding renewable
attributes or obtain equal
value replacement RECs
3(e)(1).
Yes
EPA has a number of onsite
thermal renewable energy
systems at its facilities,
including: aground source
heat pump system installed at
its laboratory in Ada,
Oklahoma; three solar hot
water heating systems in
Edison, New Jersey, Athens,
Georgia, and Narragansett,
Rhode Island; and a passive
solar thermal wall in Golden,
Colorado.
1) By June 30, 2016, EPA
will study the feasibility
of a ground source heat
pump system at one
laboratory.
2) By June 30, 2016, EPA
will also review the
findings of its 2011
renewable energy
feasibility study to
identify additional
thermal renewable energy
opportunities for further
study.
Install combined heat and
power processes onsite at
Federal facilities [3(e)(ii)].
No
While EPA will always
consider combined heat and
power technology where
feasible, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Identify opportunities to
install fuel cell energy
systems on-site at federal
facilities [3(e)(iii)].
No
EPA may consider fuel cell
energy systems where feasible,
however this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Identify opportunities to
utilize energy from small
modular nuclear reactor
technologies [3€(iv)].
N/A
Modular nuclear reactor
technologies are not applicable
in EPA's current inventory of
facilities.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Identify opportunities to
utilize energy from a new
project that includes the
active capture and storage of
carbon dioxide emissions
associated with energy
generation [3€(v)].
N/A
Carbon capture and storage
energy projects are not
applicable at sites within
EPA's current inventory of
facilities.
Implement other alternative
energy approaches that
advance the policy set forth
in section 1 and achieve the
goals of section 2 of EO
13693 [3€(vii)].
No
EPA will consider alternative
energy technologies at any
new and existing facilities
where feasible; however this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
Consider opportunities to
install or contract for energy
installed on current or
formerly contaminated lands,
landfills, and mine sites.
N/A
EPA does not own any current
or formerly contaminated
lands, landfills, or mine sites
that can be used for energy
technology installations.
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Goal 4: Water Use Efficiency & Management
Potable Water Consumption Intensity Reduction Goal
EO 13693 section 3(f) states that agencies must improve water use efficiency and management,
including stormwater management. EO 13693 section 3(f)(i) requires agencies to reduce potable
water consumption intensity by 2 percent annually through FY 2025 relative to an FY 2007
baseline (measured in gallons). A 36 percent reduction is required by FY 2025.
ILA Water Consumption Reduction Goal
EO 13693 section 3(f)(iii) also requires that agencies reduce their industrial, landscaping and
agricultural (ILA) water consumption measured in gallons by 2 percent annually through
FY 2025 relative to a FY 2010 baseline.
Table 4: Goal 4 Strategies—Water Use Efficiency & Managemen
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Install appropriate green
infrastructure features to
help with stormwater and
wastewater management
(such as rain gardens, rain
barrels, green roofs, or
impervious pavement)
[3(f)(iv)].
Yes
EPA uses its GreenCheck
process to review every lease,
construction, and renovation
project to ensure that any
project that adds or redevelops
more than 5,000 square feet of
impervious area installs green
infrastructure features to meet
Section 438 of EISA 2007.
EPA also assesses green
infrastructure opportunities in
its high performance
sustainable existing building
certification process.
EPA will initiate the
contracting process to
construct several green
infrastructure features such as
a green roof, permeable
pavers, and rain gardens, as
part of the Corvallis, Oregon,
laboratory renovation by lune
30, 2016."
Install and monitor water
meters; collect and utilize
building and facility water
data for conservation and
management [3(f)(ii)].
Yes
EPA has installed and
regularly monitors water
meters at the building level on
all of its reporting facilities
and will use this information
to maintain potable and ILA
water use below EO 13693
required targets.
EPA will collect and
disseminate facility-specific
water use data for all
reporting facilities to EPA
management quarterly
through June 30, 2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Recommended Strategy
Install high efficiency
technologies (e.g.,
WaterSense).
Yes
EPA will continue to retrofit
existing bathroom fixtures
with high-efficiency
technologies and is specifying
water-efficient technology in
all new construction and lease
renewals. EPA is
implementing lavatory faucet
replacement with 0.5 gallon-
per-minute models;
showerhead and pre-rinse
spray valve replacement with
WaterSense labeled models;
and toilet and urinal
replacements with WaterSense
labeled models where life-
cycle cost effective.
EPA will initiate high-
efficiency technology
replacement projects at three
additional facilities by June
30,2016.
Prepare and implement a
water asset management plan
to maintain desired level of
service at lowest life cycle
cost (for best practices from
the EPA, go to
httD: //so .usa. sov/KvbF).
N/A
EPA does not operate its own
water supply systems.
Minimize outdoor water use
and use alternative water
sources as much as possible.
No
EPA has already made
significant progress reducing
outdoor water use in prior
years; therefore, this is not one
of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Design and deploy water
closed-loop, capture,
recharge, and/or reclamation
systems.
No
EPA has already made
significant progress
implementing air conditioning
condensate capture and reuse
projects in prior years;
therefore, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Install advanced meters to
measure and monitor (1)
potable and (2) industrial,
landscaping and agricultural
water use.
No
EPA is successfully using its
current suite of meters to
monitor water use at all
reporting facilities; therefore,
this is not one of the Agency's
top five strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Develop and implement
programs to educate
employees about methods to
minimize water use.
No
This has been an ongoing
effort within the Agency's
EMSs for many years. Staff
are knowledgeable on water-
efficient practices and no new
initiatives are planned beyond
the current EMS approach;
therefore, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Assess the interconnections
and dependencies of energy
and water on agency
operations, particularly
climate change's effects on
water which may impact
energy use.
No
EPA is primarily addressing
the interconnections and
dependencies of energy and
water use by effectively
implementing strategies to
reduce use of both resources
concurrently; therefore, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
Consistent with State law,
maximize use of graywater
and water reuse systems that
reduce potable and ILA
water consumption.
Yes
EPA is implementing an
initiative to across its portfolio
of laboratory facilities to
capture and reuse air handler
condensate for cooling tower
make-up water where climate -
appropriate, thereby reducing
potable water consumption.
EPA will initiate control
system improvements to
maximize collection and
reuse of condensate and other
graywater at the Kansas City
laboratory by June 30, 2016.
Consistent with state law,
identify opportunities for
aquifer storage and recovery
to ensure consistent water
supply availability.
N/A
This strategy is not applicable
to the building level activity
that EPA operates.
Ensure that planned energy
efficiency improvements
consider associated
opportunities for water
conservation.
No
Laboratory facilities have
significant space heating and
cooling needs and associated
water use for boiler and
cooling tower operations.
Planned heating and cooling
energy efficiency projects
have commensurate water use
reductions. These projects are
ongoing, but this is not one of
EPA's top five strategies in
this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Where appropriate, identify
and implement regional and
local drought management
and preparedness strategies
that reduce agency water
consumption including
recommendations developed
by Regional Federal
Executive Boards.
Yes
EPA has a consistent process
in place to update facility-
specific water management
plans approximately every
four years. A drought
management and preparedness
chapter is being added during
each plan update. Each update
includes a discussion of
drought risk, opportunities for
short-term response to local
drought potential, and
considerations for making new
construction projects more
resilient to drought.
EPA will include drought
planning chapters in two
water management plan
updates by December 31,
2015.
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Goal 5: Fleet Management
Agency Progress Toward Fleet Per-Mile Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal
EO 13693 section 3(g) states that agencies with a fleet of at least 20 motor vehicles will improve
fleet and vehicle efficiency and management. EO 13693 section 3(g)(ii) requires agencies to take
actions that reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas emissions from agency fleet vehicles
relative to a new, FY 2014 baseline and sets new goals for percentage reductions: not less than
4percent by the end of FY 2017; not less than 15 percent by the end of FY 2020; and not less
than 30 percent by then end of FY 2025.
E.O. 13693 section 3(g)(i) requires that, as a part of the Sustainability Planning process agencies
should determine the optimum fleet inventory, emphasizing eliminating unnecessary or non-
essential vehicles. This information is generally available from the agency Vehicle Allocation
Methodology (VAM) process that is completed each year. To satisfy this requirement for 2015,
please include the VAM results and the appropriate agency fleet management plan to the
appendix of this document. Future versions of this plan will require similar submissions by
agencies.
Table 5: Goal 5 Strategies—Fleet Management
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Collect and utilize agency
fleet operational data
through deployment of
vehicle telematics—as soon
as is practicable, but not later
than two years after date of
order [3(g)(iii)].
No
Although this is will be a
priority strategy for EPA in
FY" 2017 and beyond, EPA
will wait to review official
U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA)
guidance on telematics
vendors in order to make an
informed strategic decision for
future years; therefore, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Ensure that agency annual
asset-level fleet data is
properly and accurately
accounted for in a formal
Fleet Management System,
as well as submitted to the
Federal Automotive
Statistical Tool reporting
database, the Federal Motor
Vehicle Registration System,
and the Fleet Sustainability
Dashboard (FLEETDASH)
system [3(g)(iv)l.
Yes
EPA already has a formal
Fleet Management Information
System and submits data into
FAST, FMVRS, and
FleetDASH. EPA will work to
further integrate into
FleetDASH and allow for
Regional and Program Office
fleet managers to access the
system.
1) EPA will continue to
submit all relevant
vehicle data in its Agency
Automotive Statistical
Tool (AST) database,
FAST, FMVRS, and
FleetDASH on an
ongoing basis through
June 30, 2016.
2) EPA will set up fleet
manager accounts in
FleetDASH by June 30,
2016.
Plan for agency fleet
composition such that 20%
of passenger vehicle
acquisitions are zero
emission or plug-in hybrid
vehicles by 2020, and 50%
by 2025. Vehicles acquired
in other vehicle classes count
double toward this target
[3(g)(v)l.
No
This goal takes effect in FY
2020 for new vehicle
acquisitions. Therefore, this is
not one of EPA"s top five
strategies in this area in 2015.
Plan for appropriate charging
or refueling infrastructure for
zero emission or plug-in
hybrid vehicles and
opportunities for ancillary
services to support vehicle-
to-grid technology [3(g)(vi)].
No
EPA is still assessing the
impacts of charging
infrastructure and awaiting
guidance from CEQ on
implementing this requirement
before making substantial
investments in charging units.
Therefore, this is not one of
the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
(A) Recommended Strategy
Optimize/Right-size the
composition of the fleet
(e.g., reduce vehicle size,
eliminate underutilized
vehicles, acquire and locate
vehicles to match local fuel
infrastructure).
Yes
EPA will continue to review
its fleet inventory and right-
size the Agency's fleet
accordingly.
EPA will develop and submit
the VAM Fleet Management
Plan by March 30, 2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Increase utilization of
alternative fuel in dual-fuel
vehicles.
No
Although EPA will continue to
target 100 percent alternative
fuel use in all non-waivered
flex-fuel vehicles, this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Use a Fleet Management
Information System to track
fuel consumption throughout
the year for agency-owned,
GSA-leased, and
commercially leased
vehicles.
Yes
EPA will track all relevant
fleet data elements in the
Agency's fleet database, AST.
EPA will certify fleet data
quarterly and submit data into
FAST at the end of FY 2015.
Increase GSA leased
vehicles and decrease
agency-owned fleet vehicles,
when cost effective.
Yes
As part of the VAM review,
EPA will determine if Agency-
owned vehicles are able to be
replaced with GSA leased
vehicles.
EPA will develop and submit
the VAM Fleet Management
Plan by March 30, 2016.
Implement vehicle idle
mitigation technologies.
No
EPA will review the feasibility
of this strategy in conjunction
with its review of telematics,
but it is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Minimize the use of "law
enforcement" vehicle
exemption and implementing
the GSA Bulletin FMR B-
33, Motor Vehicle
Management, Alternative
Fuel Vehicle Guidance for
Law Enforcement and
Emergency Vehicle Fleets of
November 15, 2011.
No
EPA only designates vehicles
as "law enforcement" (LE) if
our LE fleet managers certify
them as such. EPA will review
the feasibility of creating LE
tiers per B-33, but this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Where State vehicle or fleet
technology or fueling
infrastructure policies are in
place, conform with the
minimum requirements of
those policies.
No
While it is not entirely clear
which state policies this
recommendation is referring
to, if it refers to emissions
inspections, EPA is actively
working to comply with state
vehicle emissions
requirements; however, this is
not of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Reduce miles traveled (e.g.,
share vehicles, improve
routing with telematics,
eliminate trips, improve
scheduling, use shuttles,
etc.).
No
EPA has significantly reduced
miles traveled over the past
eight fiscal years. The Agency
will continue to urge trip
consolidation and elimination
while reviewing how
telematics can support
advanced routing technology
to further reduce fuel
consumption; however, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
Begin reducing per-mile
GHG emissions in applicable
fleet vehicles.
Yes
EPA will develop the
Agency's strategy for reducing
per-mile GHG emissions.
EPA will develop and begin
implementing a fleet GHG
reduction strategy by July 1,
2016.
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Goal 6: Sustainable Acquisition
Sustainable Acquisition Goal—Biobased
EO 13693 section 3(i) requires agencies to promote sustainable acquisition by ensuring that
environmental performance and sustainability factors are considered to the maximum extent
practicable for all applicable procurements in the planning, award and execution phases of
acquisition.
Sections 3(iv) and 3(iv)(A) also require that agencies act, as a part of the implementation and
planning requirements of section 14 of EO 13693, until agencies have achieved at least 95
percent compliance with the BioPreferred and biobased purchasing requirement, to establish an
annual target for the number of contracts to be awarded with BioPreferred and biobased criteria
and dollar value of BioPreferred and biobased products to be delivered and reported under those
contracts in the following fiscal year.
To establish this target, agencies shall consider the dollar value of designated BioPreferred and
biobased products reported in previous years, the specifications reviewed and revised for
inclusion of BioPreferred and biobased products, and the number of applicable product and
service contracts to be awarded, including construction, operations and maintenance, food
services, vehicle maintenance, and janitorial services.
Please input the number of contracts targeted for FY 2016 here 00 and dollar value here $00.1
Table 6: Goal 6 Strategies—Sustainab
e Acquisition
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Meet statutory mandates that
require purchase preference
for recycled content products
designated by EPA
[3(i)(i)(A). "
No
Although EPA continues to
make purchasing recycled
content products a priority,
this is not one of the Agency's
top five strategies in this area.
Meet statutory mandates that
require purchase preference
for energy and water
efficient products and
services, such as ENERGY
STAR qualified and FEMP-
designated products,
identified by EPA and DOE
[3(i)(D(B)]:
No
Although EPA continues to
making purchasing energy-
and water-efficient products a
priority, as described in Goal
2, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
1 EPA lias chosen not to provide these optional targets in its 2015 SSPP.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Meet statutory mandates that
require purchase preference
for Biopreferred and
biobased designated
products designated by the
USDA [3(i)(i)(C)].
Yes
EPA will provide sample
contract language to help
increase purchase and use of
BioPreferred products and
services in applicable
contracts; and meet the
purchase preference
requirements for BioPreferred
and biobased designated
products per USDA 3(i)(i)(C).
Second, EPA will advise
acquisition personnel of the
laws, the FAR, and EOs
directing all federal agencies
to purchase biobased products
in the 97 categories (e.a..
cleaners, paints), identified by
the USDA, of biobased
products for which EPA and
its contractors have purchasing
requirements. Third, EPA will
provide its acquisition
personnel with information
about the USDA's
BioPreferred and biobased
products program.
EPA will continue to monitor
and measure its progress
quarterly through June 30,
2016.
Purchase sustainable or
products and services
identified by EPA programs
such as the ones outlined in
[3(i)(n)].
No
Although purchasing
sustainable products and
services continues to be a
priority for EPA, this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Purchase Significant New
Alternative Policy (SNAP)
chemicals or other
alternatives to ozone-
depleting substances and
high global warming
potential
hydrofluorocarbons, where
feasible [3(i)(ii)(A)].
No
Although reducing ODSs is a
priority as discussed in Goal 7,
this strategy is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Purchase Water Sense
certified products and
services (water-efficient
products) [3(i)(ii)(B)].
No
Although purchasing
WaterSense labeled products
is part of EPA's water
conservation strategy as
described in Goal 4, this
strategy is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Purchase Safer Choice
labeled products (chemically
intensive products that
contain safer ingredients)
[3(i)(ii)(C)].
No
Although purchasing products
that contain safer ingredients is
part of EPA's pollution
prevention efforts described in
Goal 7, this strategy is not one
of the top five strategies in this
area.
Purchase SmartWay
Transport partners and
SmartWay products (fuel-
efficient products and
services) [3(i)(ii)(D)].
No
Although EPA promotes
SmartWay through the
program itself and strives to
increase fuel efficiency as
described in Goal 5, this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Purchase environmentally
preferable products and
services that meet or exceed
specifications, standards, or
labels recommended by EPA
that have been determined to
assist agencies in meeting
their needs and further
advance sustainable
procurement goals of this
order [3(i)(iii)(A)].
No
Although purchasing
environmentally preferable
products continues to be a
priority for EPA, this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Meet environmental
performance criteria
developed or adopted by
voluntary consensus
standards bodies consistent
with section 12(d) of the
National Technology
Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 [3](i)(iii)(B)].
No
Although EPA supports
meeting environmental criteria
developed or adopted by
voluntary consensus standards
bodies, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Ensure contractors submit
timely annual reports of their
BioPreferred and biobased
purchases [3(i)(iv)(B)].
Yes
During FY 2015, EPA will
continue to notify acquisition
personnel of this requirement
pursuant to FAR 52.223-2.
Second, EPA will consult with
the USDA to ascertain the
Agency's past and current
level of compliance of
contractor reporting. Based
upon the results obtained from
the USDA, EPA will develop
and implement any needed
corrective action. Third, EPA
will implement outreach
efforts to contracting officers
to ascertain contractor
compliance, inclusive of
continued training.
EPA will monitor and
measure progress on this
strategy quarterly through
June 30, 2016.
Reduce copier and printing
paper use and acquiring
uncoated printing and
writing paper containing at
least 30% postconsumer
recycled content or higher as
designated by future
instruction under section 4(e)
of EO 13693 [3(i)(v)].
No
Although reducing paper
waste and purchasing recycled
content paper continue to be
priorities for EPA, this is not
one of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Recommended Strategy
Update and deploy agency
procurement policies and
programs to ensure that
federally-mandated
designated sustainable
products are included in all
relevant procurements and
services.
No
OAM began updating its
Green Purchasing Plan (GPP)
and several policies pursuant
to the Policy Reformation and
Restoration Project in FY
2013. The updated GPP was
memorialized in EPA's
Acquisition Guidance in FY
2014. EPA launched a federal-
wide survey in FY 2013
regarding the Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing
Program. The evaluation
report is posted at
http: //www .epa. aov/evaluate/p
df/pesticides/eval-epp-
proeram.pdf. It was
determined that this report had
no impact on updating EPA's
sustainable acquisition
policies. This strategy was
completed in FY 2014.
Deploy corrective actions to
address identified barriers to
increasing sustainable
procurements with special
emphasis on biobased
purchasing.
No
During FY 2014, training for
the Electronic Product
Environmental Assessment
Tool (EPEAT), Federal Green
Challenge, and BioPreferred
purchasing was conducted.
Also during FY 2014 outreach,
sessions with the facilities and
contracting staff were
provided to give guidance on
accurate coding of contract
actions, selection of product
service codes, product
descriptions, and applicable
contract clauses. This strategy
was completed in FY 2014.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Include biobased and other
FAR sustainability clauses in
all applicable construction
and other relevant service
contracts.
No
During FY 2014, training for
EPEAT, Federal Green
Challenge, and BioPreferred
purchasing was conducted.
Also during FY 2014, outreach
sessions with the facilities and
contracting staff were
provided to give guidance on
accurate coding of contract
actions, selection of product
service codes, product
descriptions, and applicable
contract clauses. This strategy
was completed in FY 2014.
Review and update agency
specifications to include and
encourage biobased and
other designated green
products to enable meeting
sustainable acquisition goals.
N/A
This strategy is not applicable
and not selected because: 1) in
January 2013 the USDA
advised OAM that the
definition of "specification"
does not apply to statement of
work/statement of objectives
language; 2) OMB did not
require EPA to discuss
"performance review of 25
percent of the applicable
formal specifications" in the
2012 midyear Sustainability
Scorecard; 3) OMB did not
require EPA to discuss
"agency specification reviews"
in the Addendum to the FY
2012 SSPP; and 4) EPA did
not select this strategy for the
2013 SSPP.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Use Federal Strategic
Sourcing Initiatives, such as
Blanket Purchase
Agreements (BPAs) for
office products and imaging
equipment, which include
sustainable acquisition
requirements.
Yes
EPA currently supports the
Federal Strategic Sourcing
Initiative, DDS3, and is
analyzing the offerings of the
FSSI OS3 contracts to
determine which contracts best
meet EPA's Agency wide
requirements. In addition,
OAM is partnering with the
EPA Office of Environmental
Information and a variety of
EPA program offices and
laboratories respectively on
strategic approaches to reduce
copy paper usage and cost and
to develop strategic sourcing
vehicles to support EPA's
Agencywide needs for
maintenance services across
the country. EPA strives to
ensure maximum inclusion of
positive environmental
attributes for all applicable
strategic sourcing vehicles.
This strategy will continue
during FY 2015. This strategy
will be monitored and
progress measured quarterly
through June 30, 2016.
Report on sustainability
compliance in contractor
performance reviews.
Yes
This strategy is being
implemented in four
components. First, the policy
is now included in the former
Contract Management Manual
42.15/EPA Acquisition Guide
42.15.1. Second, OAM is
currently evaluating training
options. Third, input regarding
sustainability requirements
was provided for the federal-
wide guide entitled "Guidance
for Contractor Performance
Reporting System." Fourth,
the feasibility of including
sustainable acquisitions is a
component of EPA's annual
review of the quality of
completed contractor past
performance assessments.
The first three components of
this strategy were completed
in FY 2014. The fourth
component of this strategy
will continue in FY 2015,
wherein a percentage of
completed CPARS
evaluations on applicable
contracts will be reviewed
and evaluated. Analysts are
discussing how to best
determine what the
meaningful percentage will be
based upon the contributing
factors such as: 1) quantity of
applicable contracts; and 2)
CPARS for applicable
contracts.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Ensure that agency purchase-
card holder policies advises
the purchase card holders to
use the GSA Green
Procurement Compilation
where desired products are
listed in the Compilation.
Yes
EPA will update and revise its
purchase card policy to advise
purchase cardholders to use
the GSA Green Procurement
Compilation located at
http: //www. asa. aov/portal/cont
ent/198257. Also. EPA will
provide Agency purchase
cardholders with resources and
tools, inclusive of training,
needed to learn about and use
the GSA Green Procurement
Compilation.
EPA will monitor and
measure progress on this
strategy quarterly through
June 30, 2016.
Employ environmentally
sound disposal practices with
respect to agency disposition
of excess or surplus
electronics.
No
Although environmentally
sound disposal of electronics is
part of EPA's electronic
stewardship efforts described
in Goal 9, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
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Goal 7: Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
Agency Progress Toward Pollution Prevention & Waste Reduction
EO 13693 section 3(j) requires that federal agencies advance waste prevention and pollution
prevention. EO 13693 section 3(j)(iii) requires agencies to annually divert at least 50 percent of
non-hazardous construction and demolition debris and section 3(j)(ii) requires agencies to divert
at least 50 percent of non-hazardous solid waste, including food and compostable material, and
to pursue opportunities for net-zero waste or additional diversion.
Table 7: Goal 7 Strategies—Pollution
'revention & Waste Reduction
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Report in accordance with
the requirements of sections
301 through 313 of the
Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know
Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C
11001-11023) [3(j)(i)].
No
EPA reports in accordance
with sections 301-313 of the
Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know
Act (EPCRA) of 1986, but this
is not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
EPA leverages internal
reporting mechanisms to
confirm which facilities are
reporting via the Toxic
Release Inventory.
Reduce or minimize the
quantity of toxic and
hazardous chemicals
acquired, used, or disposed
of, particularly where such
reduction will assist the
agency in pursuing agency
greenhouse gas reduction
targets established in section
2 of EO 13693 [3(j)(iv)].
No
All of EPA's laboratories have
chemical management
committees that meet
periodically to discuss
opportunities for reducing
chemical purchasing and
chemical waste generation,
strengthening chemical
management systems, and
adopting innovative analytical
techniques that use fewer
chemicals; therefore, this is
not one of EPA"s top five
strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Recommended Strategy
Eliminate, reduce, or recover
refrigerants and other
fugitive emissions.
No
EPA requires ozone depleting
substance (ODS) management
plans and inventories for all
sites that use ODS-containing
equipment. Plans must include
phase-out strategies and
inventories for Class I and
Class II ODSs, but this is not
one of EPA" s top five
strategies in this area.
Reduce waste generation
through elimination, source
reduction, and recycling.
Yes
EPA requires reporting
locations to report facility
waste generation and diversion
data and encourages waste
reduction, recycling, and
composting to support its
internal Agencywide waste
diversion goal of 60 percent.
EPA will continue to collect
facility-specific waste,
recycling, and organics data
and encourage its facilities to
pursue additional recycling,
waste reduction, and
composting programs and best
management practices.
1) EPA will continue to
pursue its internal goal to
divert at least 60 percent
of nonhazardous solid
waste on an ongoing basis
through June 30, 2016.
2) If updated federal waste
management guidance is
released before June 30,
2016, EPA will initiate
efforts to align its internal
strategies to the updated
guidance, as necessary.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Implement integrated pest
management and improved
landscape management
practices to reduce and
eliminate the use of toxic
and hazardous
chemicals/materials.
Yes
EPA implements integrated
pest management (IPM),
hardscape management, and/or
landscape management best
practices where applicable to
reduce or eliminate the use of
toxic and hazardous chemicals.
Facilities participating in the
Agency's internal Guiding
Principles certification
conduct a thorough review of
their IPM plans to ensure all
applicable IPM best practices
are incorporated. EPA is also
conducting pollinator site
assessments and plans to
integrate landscape
management best practices
with pollinator protection
strategies, where feasible, at
EPA-owned locations.
1) By December 30,2015,
EPA will initiate a pilot at
one of its largest
laboratory facilities to
implement additional IPM
best practices and reduce
the amount of pesticides
needed to control pests at
the facility.
2) EPA will conduct pilot
pollinator assessments at
17 facilities by December
30,2015.
3) EPA will initiate updates
to landscape management
plans where appropriate
to address pollinator
protection by June 30,
2016.
Establish a tracking and
reporting system for
construction and demolition
debris elimination.
No
EPA collects C&D waste and
recycling data to identify
opportunities for
improvement. The Agency
will continue to seek to
achieve a C&D waste
diversion rate of at least 75
percent for all new
construction and renovation
projects; however, this is not
one of EPA" s top five
strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Develop/revise Agency
Chemicals Inventory Plans
and identify and deploy
chemical elimination,
substitution, and/or
management opportunities.
No
EPA promotes responsible
chemical management and
requires chemical management
plans at all laboratories;
however, this is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area. EPA will update its
Agencywide EMS Objectives,
Targets and Metrics (OTMs),
including those focused on
chemical management, to set
and track targets for
identifying and deploying
opportunities for chemical
elimination or substitution.
Inventory of current HFC
use and purchases.
Yes
EPA requires EMS reporting
locations to inventory Class I
and Class II ODSs and will
initiate planning to incorporate
other refrigerants in data
collection, including HFC
chemicals. Currently, 100
percent of applicable reporting
locations have ODS
inventories and 97 percent
have written ODS
management plans.
EPA will begin incorporating
HFCs in annual inventory
reporting and will evaluate
possible targets for
Agencywide HFC use and
purchasing by June 30, 2016.
Require high-level waiver or
contract approval for any
agency use of HFCs.
Yes
EPA requires EMS reporting
locations to have written ODS
management plans, to develop
ODS inventories, and to phase
out applicable Class I and
Class II ODSs. EPA will
leverage this inventory and
reporting process to include
HFC chemicals, to identify
where the Agency is using
HFCs, and to begin evaluating
options for a waiver process.
By June 30, 2016, EPA will
initiate planning for a process
to establish a high-level
waiver and approval process
for HFC use.
Ensure HFC management
training and recycling
equipment are available.
Yes
EPA plans to provide training
on HFC management and
recycling to facility safety and
health managers.
EPA will initiate planning for
a training on HFC
management and recycling by
June 30, 2016.
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Goal 8: Energy Performance Contracts
Agency Progress on Energy Performance Contracting
EO 13693 section 3(k) requires that agencies implement performance contracts for Federal
buildings. EO 13693 section 3(k)(iii) also requires that agencies provide annual agency targets
for performance contracting to be implemented in FY 2017 and annually thereafter as part of the
planning of section 14 of this order.
Table 8: Goal 8 Strategies—Energy Performance Contracting
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Utilize performance
contracting to meet
identified energy efficiency
and management goals while
deploying life-cycle cost
effective energy and clean
energy technology and water
conservation measures
[3(k)(i)].
No
EPA does not plan to initiate
new performance contracting
agreements until the Agency
reviews its recently completed
Synthesis Report of the US
EPA Laboratory Enterprise
Evaluation, so this is not one
of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area for the
next year.
Fulfill existing agency
performance contracting
commitments towards the $4
billion by the end of
calendar year 2016 goal
established as part of the
GPRA Modernization Act of
2010, Climate Change Cross
Agency Priority process
[3(k)(ii)].
Yes
EPA is making significant
progress toward completing a
1.5 megawatt photovoltaic
(PV) array at its Edison, New
Jersey, laboratory that
combines an energy savings
performance contract with a
power purchase agreement.
By June 30, 2016, EPA will
make significant progress on
the installation of the solar
PV array at the Edison, New
Jersey, laboratory.
(A) Recommended Strategy
Evaluate 25% of agency's
most energy intensive
buildings for use with energy
performance contracts.
No
EPA does not plan to evaluate
new performance contracting
opportunities until the Agency
reviews its recently completed
Synthesis Report of the US
EPA Laboratory Enterprise
Evaluation, so this is not one
of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area for the
next year.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Prioritize top 10 projects
which will provide greatest
energy savings potential.
Yes
EPA uses its Energy Strategy
framework to prioritize top
energy-saving projects at its
reporting facilities and
continues to identify other
energy savings opportunities
through ongoing facility
energy assessments. Once
EPA reviews its recently
completed Synthesis Report of
the US EPA Laboratory
Enterprise Evaluation, the
Agency will revise its Energy
Strategy to reflect cost-
effective energy savings
projects at its remaining
facilities.
EPA will continue to
maintain and update its
Energy Strategy program to
identify and prioritize the top
10 most cost-effective energy
savings projects at its
facilities by June 30, 2016.
Cut cycle time of
performance contracting
process by at least 25%.
No
Reducing the cycle time of
EPA's performance
contracting process is not one
of the Agency's top five
strategies in this area.
Assign agency lead to
participate in strategic
sourcing initiatives.
Yes
EPA's Chief Sustainability
Officer (CSO) is the agency
lead for strategic sourcing
initiatives.
EPA's CSO will continue to
serve as the Agency lead for
strategic sourcing initiatives
through June 30, 2016.
Devote 2% of new
commitments to small
buildings (less than 20,000
square feet).
No
EPA prioritizes performance
contracting opportunities at
facilities where it is cost-
effective and feasible to do so;
however, devoting 2 percent of
new commitments to small
buildings is not one of EPA's
top five strategies in this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Identify and commit to
include three to five onsite
renewable energy projects in
energy performance
contracts.
No
EPA continues to pursue
onsite renewable energy
projects where cost-effective
and implements demonstration
projects where it makes
financial sense to do so and
when funding is available.
However, pursuing additional
onsite renewable energy
projects using performance
contracting is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area until the Agency has
a chance to assess the
performance of the PV array
(mentioned earlier) being
installed at its Edison, New
Jersey, laboratory.
Ensure relevant legal and
procurement staff are trained
by FEMP ESPC/ UESC
course curriculum.
No
Participating in FEMP
trainings is not one of the
Agency's top five strategies in
this area.
Provide measurement and
verification data for all
awarded projects.
No
EPA performs measurement
and verification (M&V) for all
major energy conservation
projects and will continue to
do so for any performance
contract or Agency-funded
initiatives. EPA reports M&V
data for its initiated projects in
FEMP's Compliance Tracking
System (CTS) as required by
EISA Section 432, but this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area for
the next year, due to the
anticipated timing of PV
installation completion at its
Edison, New Jersey,
laboratory (mentioned earlier).
Enter all reported energy
savings data for operational
projects into MAX
COLLECT (max.gov).
Yes
EPA will continue to update
the MAX COLLECT system
as required annually.
EPA will ensure that the
MAX COLLECT system
contains required updates by
the end of FY 2015.
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Goal 9: Electronic Stewardship
Agency Progress on Electronic Stewardship
EO 13693 section 3(1) requires that agencies promote electronics stewardship and requires
ensuring procurement preference for environmentally sustainable electronic products as
established in section 3(i); (ii) establishing and implementing policies to enable power
management, duplex printing, and other energy-efficient or environmentally sustainable features
on all eligible agency electronic products; and (iii) employing environmentally sound practices
with respect to the agency's disposition of all agency excess or surplus electronic products.
Table 9: Goal 9 Strategies—Electronic Stewardship
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Establish, measure, and
report procurement
preference for
environmentally sustainable
electronic products [3(l)(i)].
Yes
EPA will continue to promote
the Agency's established
procurement preferences for
environmentally sustainable
electronic products through
EPA's Green Purchasing Plan,
PC Configuration Standard,
and other sustainable
acquisition policies.
In accordance with OMB
annual scorecard reporting,
EPA will review a
representative sample of
applicable IT contract actions
for compliance with green
purchasing requirements by
lune 30, 2016.
Establish, measure, and
report policies to enable
power management, duplex
printing, and other energy-
efficient or environmentally
sustainable features on all
eligible agency electronic
products [3(l)(ii)].
Yes
EPA will continue to
implement its existing policies
for duplexing and power
management and deploy
power management and
duplex-enabling on new
eligible computers and
network printers, such as those
products that are a part of the
Agency's hardware refresh.
EPA will continue to achieve
a 100 percent power
management-enabling rate on
an ongoing basis through
lune 30, 2016, for all eligible
computers and monitors
through enterprise-wide
management software.
Establish, measure, and
report sound practices with
respect to the agency's
disposition of excess or
surplus electronic products
[3(l)(ih)].
Yes
To ensure continued
stewardship of the Agency's
electronic assets, EPA will
continue to implement
environmentally sound
disposition of electronic assets
through approved programs
such as GSA Xcess,
Computers for Learning
(CFL), and UNICOR, and
submit data annually to GSA.
EPA will strive to achieve a
rate of 75 percent or higher
for IT product donations
through GSA's CFL program
on an ongoing basis through
lune 30, 2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Recommended Strategy
Update and deploy policies
to use environmentally
sound practices for
disposition of all agency
excess or surplus electronic
products and monitor
compliance.
Yes
EPA will continue to follow
Agency and GSA personal
property disposition
procedures of transfer,
donation, sale, and recycling
of electronic equipment. EPA
will continue to monitor
compliance and use only
Responsible Recycling
certified recyclers.
EPA will initiate an update of
Agency policies to include
industry best practices in the
recently updated asset
management standard (ISO
55000:2014) by June 30,
2016.
Promote electronics
stewardship through the
purchase of environmentally
preferable electronic
products, including
electronics with EPEAT
registration.
Yes
EPA will continue to ensure
sustainable acquisition
compliance of environmentally
preferable electronic products,
including EPEAT-registered
IT equipment, by
implementing its green
purchasing policy and training.
EPA will achieve 95 percent
sustainable acquisition
compliance in applicable
product categories for
environmentally preferable
electronic products, including
electronics with EPEAT
registration, on an ongoing
basis through June 30, 2016.
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Goal 10: Climate Change Resilience
Table 10: Goal 10 Strategies—Climate Change Resilience
(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Required Strategy Under EO 13693
Update agency external
programs and policies
(including grants, loans,
technical assistance, etc.) to
incentivize planning for, and
addressing the impacts of,
climate change.
Yes
One of the Strategic Measures
on climate adaptation in the
FY 2014-2018 EPA Strategic
Plan is to have 240 state,
tribal, and community partners
incorporate climate change
adaptation into the
implementation of their
environmental programs
supported by major EPA
financial mechanisms (grants,
loans, contracts, and technical
assistance agreements). This
goal fulfills directives in the
President's Climate Action
Plan, EO 13653, and EO
13693 to modernize federal
programs to support climate-
resilient investments in states,
tribes, and local communities.
A specific area of focus is on
promoting the use of the
Clean Water and Safe
Drinking Water Revolving
Loan Funds (SRFs) to fund
water conservation, reuse,
and recycling projects. Since
current drought conditions are
having disproportionate
impacts on tribes, the Agency
will continue working to
support tribal drought
resilience through EPA's
General Assistance Program
(GAP) and specific set-aside
funds for tribes through the
SRFs on an ongoing basis
through June 30, 2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
(A) Recommended Strategy
Update agency emergency
response procedures and
protocols to account for
projected climate change,
including extreme weather
events.
No
EPA updated its emergency
response plans in FY 2013 to
account for extreme weather
events. Also, EPA's Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER) has
produced a Climate Change
Adaptation Implementation
Plan that identifies the
vulnerabilities of Emergency
Response programs to climate
change and actions to address
them. The Implementation
Plan identifies actions to
ensure that Emergency
Operations Center staff are
provided with the most
accurate and comprehensive
information that takes into
consideration changes in
climate. No new updates are
anticipated in FY 2015, so this
is not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
Ensure workforce protocols
and policies reflect projected
human health and safety
impacts of climate change.
No
The 17 Climate Change
Adaptation Implementation
Plans produced by EPA's
Program and Regional Offices
already account for projected
human health and safety
impacts of climate change and
contain priority commitments
to protect the Agency's
workforce; therefore, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five goal strategies in this area.
Update agency external
programs and policies
(including grants, loans,
technical assistance, etc.) to
incentivize planning for, and
addressing the impacts of,
climate change.
N/A
This item is a repeat of the
earlier mentioned required
strategy, which is one of
EPA's top five strategies in
this area.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Ensure agency principals
demonstrate commitment to
adaptation efforts through
internal communications and
policies.
No
EPA Administrator Gina
McCarthy signed EPA's
revised "Policy Statement on
Climate Change Adaptation"
in June 2014; therefore, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area. This
policy statement reaffirmed
the commitments of EPA's
principals to adaptation efforts.
Identify vulnerable
communities that are served
by agency mission and are
potentially impacted by
climate change and identify
measures to address those
vulnerabilities where
possible.
Yes
One of the 10 Agencywide
priorities identified in EPA's
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan calls for the Agency to
place special emphasis on, and
work in partnership with,
overburdened populations.
Certain parts of the population,
such as children, the elderly,
the poor, tribes and indigenous
people, environmental justice
communities, and small rural
communities can be especially
vulnerable to the impacts of
climate change. The Agency
will continue to engage the
most vulnerable communities
to improve their capacity to
prepare for and avoid damages
from climate change impacts.
Each of the 17 Climate
Change Adaptation
Implementation Plans
produced by EPA's Program
and Regional Offices describe
how they will continue to
identify vulnerable
populations and places to
climate change, and then
work with them to strengthen
their adaptive capacity; EPA
will continue this work on an
ongoing basis through June
30, 2016.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Ensure that agency climate
adaptation and resilience
policies and programs reflect
best available current climate
change science, updated as
necessary.
Yes
All of EPA's climate
adaptation and resilience
policies and programs are
guided by the best available
scientific information. EPA's
Climate Change Adaptation
Plan, and the 17 Climate
Change Adaptation
Implementation Plans
produced by the Program and
Regional Offices, are all based
strictly on peer-reviewed
scientific literature (e.g., the
National Climate Assessment,
the Assessments of the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change). Also, all the
plans went through a public
review and comment period.
On an ongoing basis through
June 30, 2016, EPA will
continue to follow its strict
Peer Review Policy to
enhance the quality and
credibility of the Agency's
decisions by ensuring that the
scientific and technical work
products underlying these
decisions receive appropriate
levels of peer review by
independent scientific and
technical experts.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Design and construct new or
modify/manage existing
agency facilities and/or
infrastructure to account for
the potential impacts of
projected climate change.
Yes
EPA's Office of
Administration and Resources
Management produced a
Climate Change Adaptation
Implementation Plan (June
2014). The Plan addresses the
need to make EPA's facilities
more climate-resilient. EPA
will ensure that new
construction and major
renovations account for
climate change resiliency
through updates planned to its
Architecture and Engineering
(A&E) Guidelines and
GreenCheck form required for
all new construction and
renovation projects. EPA has
conducted resiliency
assessments at two existing
facilities (Ada, Oklahoma;
Gulf Breeze, Florida) to
identify best practices and
opportunities to enhance
resiliency. EPA plans to share
its findings with similar
facilities.
EPA will initiate an update to
its A&E Guidelines to
address climate change
stressors and identified
vulnerabilities and address
climate resiliency
considerations by December
31,2015.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Incorporate climate
preparedness and resilience
into planning and
implementation guidelines
for agency-implemented
projects.
No
Although EPA is updating
relevant components of its
Facilities Manual and
GreenCheck form required for
new construction and
renovation projects to
incorporate climate change
resiliency into design and
operation specifications, this is
not one of the Agency's top
five strategies in this area.
EPA's Climate Change
Adaptation Plan called for
developing Implementation
Plans by the Program and
Regional Offices to provide
details on how each will carry
out the work called for in the
Agencywide Plan. The Plan
provided guidelines for the
development of the
Implementation Plans.
Seventeen Implementation
Plans have already been
produced by the Program and
Regional Offices.
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(A)
Strategy
(B)
Top Five?
Yes/No/NA
(C)
Strategy Narrative
(D)
Specific Targets/Metrics to
Measure Success Including
Milestones in the Next 12
Months
Ensure climate change
adaptation is integrated into
both agency-wide and
regional planning efforts, in
coordination with other
Federal agencies as well as
state and local partners,
Tribal governments, and
private stakeholders.
Yes
EPA's Climate Change
Adaptation Plan identifies 10
Agencywide priorities for
addressing the vulnerabilities
of its mission to climate
change and for integrating
climate adaptation into its
programs, policies, rules and
operations. The 17 Climate
Change Adaptation
Implementation Plans
produced by EPA's Program
and Regional Offices provide
more detail on how each office
will carry out the work called
for in the Agencywide Plan
and provide a roadmap for
how EPA will continue to
implement the Agency's
programs, serving
communities all across the
country that are facing
climate-related challenges, to
protect human health and the
environment even as the
climate changes.
The 17 Implementation Plans
contain over 550 priority
commitments by the Agency
with specific targets/metrics
to measure success; EPA will
continue to implement them
on an ongoing basis through
lune 30, 2016.
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Appendix A.
Preliminary Plan to Address the Climate Preparedness and
Resiliency Requirements of EO 13693
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Preliminary Plan to Address the Climate
Preparedness and Resilience Requirements of Section 13(a) and (b) of EO 13693
June 30,2015
EPA released its final Climate Change Adaptation Plan in October 2014. The Plan identifies 10
Agencywide priorities on climate adaptation. It describes how EPA will anticipate and plan for
future changes in climate and incorporate considerations of climate change into its programs,
policies, rules, and operations to ensure they are effective under future climatic conditions. As
called for in the Agencywide Plan, EPA National Environmental Program Offices, all 10
Regional Offices, and several National Support Offices developed their own Implementation
Plans that provide details on how they will carry out the work called for in the Agencywide Plan
and meet the 10 EPA priorities on climate adaptation. EPA released the 17 final Implementation
Plans in October 2014. Both the Plan itself and the 17 Implementation Plans can be found at
http://www.epa.gov/greeningepa/documents/adaptationplans2014 508.pdf.
As its preliminary plan to address the climate preparedness and resilience requirements of
section 13(a) and (b) of E.O. 13693, EPA presents the following top five goal strategies for
climate adaptation, which have been incorporated into the Agency's 2015 Strategic
Sustainability Performance Plan.
Top Five Goal Strategies for Climate Adaptation
1. Update Agency external programs and policies to incentivize planning for, and
addressing the impacts of, climate change.
One of the Strategic Measures on climate adaptation in the FY 2014-2018 EPA Strategic
Plan is to have 240 state, tribal, and community partners incorporate climate change
adaptation into the implementation of their environmental programs supported by major
EPA financial mechanisms (grants, loans, contracts, and technical assistance
agreements). This goal fulfills directives in the President's Climate Action Plan, EO
13653, and EO 13693 to modernize federal programs to support climate-resilient
investments in states, tribes, and local communities.
A specific area of focus is on promoting the use of the Clean Water and Safe Drinking
Water Revolving Loan Funds (SRFs) to fund water conservation, reuse, and recycling
projects. Since current drought conditions are having disproportionate impacts on tribes,
the Agency will continue working to support tribal drought resilience through EPA's
General Assistance Program (GAP) and specific set-aside funds for tribes through the
SRFs on an ongoing basis through June 30, 2016.
2. Identify vulnerable communities that are served by EPA's mission and are
potentially impacted by climate change and measures to address those
vulnerabilities where possible.
One of the 10 Agencywide priorities identified in EPA's Climate Change Adaptation
Plan calls for the Agency to place special emphasis on, and work in partnership with,
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overburdened populations. Certain parts of the population, such as children, the elderly,
the poor, tribes and indigenous people, environmental justice communities, and small
rural communities can be especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The
Agency will continue to engage the most vulnerable communities to improve their
capacity to prepare for and avoid damages from climate change impacts.
Each of the 17 Climate Change Adaptation Implementation Plans produced by EPA's
Program and Regional Offices describe how they will continue to identify vulnerable
populations and places to climate change, and then work with them to strengthen their
adaptive capacity; EPA will continue this work on an ongoing basis through June 30,
2016.
3. Ensure that EPA's climate adaptation and resilience policies and programs reflect
best available current climate change science, updated as necessary.
All of EPA's climate adaptation and resilience policies and programs are guided by the
best available scientific information. EPA's Climate Change Adaptation Plan, and the 17
Implementation Plans produced by the Program and Regional Offices, are all based
strictly on peer-reviewed scientific literature (e.g., the National Climate Assessment, the
Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Also, all the plans went
through a public review and comment period.
On an ongoing basis through June 30, 2016, EPA will continue to follow its strict Peer
Review Policy to enhance the quality and credibility of the Agency's decisions by
ensuring that the scientific and technical work products underlying these decisions
receive appropriate levels of peer review by independent scientific and technical experts.
4. Design and construct new or modify/manage existing facilities and/or infrastructure
to account for the potential impacts of projected climate change.
EPA's Office of Administration and Resources Management produced a Climate Change
Adaptation Implementation Plan (June 2014). The Implementation Plan addresses the
need to make EPA's facilities more climate-resilient. EPA will ensure that new
construction and major renovations account for climate change resiliency through updates
planned to its Architecture and Engineering (A&E) Guidelines and GreenCheck form
required for all new construction and renovation projects. EPA has conducted resiliency
assessments at two existing facilities (Ada, Oklahoma; Gulf Breeze, Florida) to identify
best practices and opportunities to enhance resiliency. EPA plans to share its findings
with similar facilities.
EPA will initiate an update to its A&E Guidelines to address climate change stressors and
identified vulnerabilities and address climate resiliency considerations by December 31,
2015.
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5. Ensure climate change adaptation is integrated into both Agencywide and regional
planning efforts, in coordination with other federal agencies as well as state and
local partners, Tribal governments, and private stakeholders.
EPA's Climate Change Adaptation Plan identifies 10 Agencywide priorities for
addressing the vulnerabilities of its mission to climate change and for integrating climate
adaptation into its programs, policies, rules and operations. The 17 Implementation Plans
produced by EPA's Program and Regional Offices provide more detail on how each
office will carry out the work called for in the Agencywide Plan and provide a roadmap
for how EPA will continue to implement the Agency's programs, serving communities
all across the country that are facing climate-related challenges, to protect human health
and the environment even as the climate changes.
The 17 Implementation Plans contain over 550 priority commitments by the Agency with
specific targets/metrics to measure success; EPA will continue to implement them on an
ongoing basis through June 30, 2016.
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Appendix B.
2015 Fleet Management Plan and
Vehicle Allocation Methodology Results
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FY 2015 Vehicle
Allocation Methodology
Fleet Management Plan
UNITED STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
March 2015
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA VAM Fleet Management Pu\n - FY 2015
Contents
(A) Introduction of the agency mission, organization, and fleet role in agency missions 1
(B) Criteria for justifying and assigning vehicles (including home-to-work vehicle assignments) 1
(C) Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM) development and explanation for fleet size changes 1
Table 1. Actual Vehicle Fleet Inventory Reductions 2
(D) Description of efforts to control fleet size and cost 2
Table 2. Estimated Annual Vehicle Lease Cost Savings 3
(E) Explanation of how law enforcement vehicles are categorized 3
(F) Justification for restricted vehicles 3
(G) Description of vehicle replacement strategy and results 4
(H) Description of the agency-wide vehicle management information system 4
(I) Plans to increase the use of vehicle sharing 4
(J) Impediments to optimal fleet management 4
(K) Anomalies and possible errors 5
(L) Summary and contact information 5
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Environmental Protection Agency
EPA VAM Fleet Management Pu\n - FY 2015
(A) Introduction of the agency mission, organization, and fleet role in agency missions
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) primary mission is to protect human health and the environment. The
Agency is organized across ten regions that cover the entire United States, including Guam, American Samoa, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S Virgin Islands. EPA manages a decentralized motor vehicle fleet with both Regional and Program
Office fleet components that support the Agency's mission. This includes, but is not limited to: administrative
functions, official travel, environmental testing, emergency response (ER), law enforcement (LE), and other mission
support operations. In some cases, vehicles are assigned to specific senior management officials, LE officers, or on-
scene coordinators (for brownfield or Superfund sites). However, most vehicles operate within motor pools with the
ability to share vehicles across entire offices. ER, LE, and special purpose vehicles are excluded from motor pools.
Each Regional/Program Office fleet determines how many and what types of vehicles are needed based on mission
requirements, vehicle availability, and budgetary considerations. EPA has consistently reduced its fleet inventory
over the past several years and only acquires additional vehicles if mission requirements dictate such action.
(B) Criteria for justifying and assigning vehicles (including home-to-work vehicle assignments)
EPA assigns motor vehicles to qualifying vehicle operators based on several factors. These include mission need,
mission criticality, passenger/cargo requirements, and availability of reasonable alternatives (e.g., public transit,
teleconferencing, or shuttle bus service). In some cases, vehicles are assigned to specific senior management
officials, LE officers, or on-scene coordinators (for brownfield or Superfund sites), but most vehicles operate within
motor pools. EPA's fleet has not seen a net increase in its inventory for several years and additional vehicles are
only approved when a specific and urgent mission requirement presents itself. EPA considers several alternatives
prior to adding vehicles including:
1) Absorbing additional use into existing, similar vehicles in the fleet;
2) Determining if public transportation, teleconferencing, or shuttle bus service would suffice; and
3) Offsettingthe additional vehicle acquisition via a vehicle disposal from within the Agency fleet.
Every two years, the EPA Administrator signs a home-to-work (HTW) memorandum that authorizes employees with
specific job classifications to utilize vehicles for HTW transportation. Additionally, these employees must request a
HTW authorization for each use of an EPA vehicle for HTW, provide justification for such use, complete an official
HTW determination form, and have it signed and approved by their management. The Administrator's HTW
memorandum does not provide a blanket HTW authorization for these employees; rather, it tightly restricts
authorization to relevant job classifications and provides further controls via HTW justifications and documentation.
Generally, EPA's vehicles are not specifically assigned solely for HTW purposes. These Agency controls help limit
HTW transportation to only those instances where allowingsuch travel is in the best interests of the government.
(C) Vehicle Allocation Methodology (VAM) development and explanation for fleet size changes
For the FY 2012 and 2013 VAM reviews, EPA heavily scrutinized under-utilized and inefficient vehicles in an effort to
eliminate these vehicles (where feasible) as soon as possible for the greatest long-term cost savings. The Agency
was successful in doing this by exceeding its original reduction goal of 48 vehicles (4.2% of total fleet inventory) by
eliminating more than double that amount in FY 2012 and 2013. However, EPA did not want to diminish its fleet too
quickly given the rapid reduction pace of FY 2012 and 2013. Therefore, the Agency reduced its main elimination
threshold, vehicle miles traveled (VMT), from 10,000 VMT to 4,000 VMT for the FY 2014 VAM review and reduced it
further to 2,500 VMT for the FY 2015 VAM review. By doing this, EPA was able to target the most under-utilized
vehicles for elimination as well as focus on right-sizing the fleet. For the purposes of this report, the term right-sizing
refers to determining the correct size and capabilities of each vehicle in the fleet. EPA's right-sizing goal is to ensure
that sedans (i.e., fuel-efficient vehicles) comprise the highest percentage of the total fleet as possible (given mission
requirements). EPA Headquarters (HQ) used the following specific criteria for recommending vehicle eliminations in
FY 2015:
1) VMT— Vehicles that had less than 2,500 VMT in FY 2014 were recommended for elimination (vehicles
acquired after April 1, 2014 were excluded due to having a shorter time period to meet this threshold).
2) Mission Criticality—Vehicles were reviewed for mission need and purpose. Vehicles dedicated solely for
passenger transportation that fell below the VMT threshold were recommended for elimination. Highly
specialized or critical assignment vehicles (including most LE and ER vehicles) were justified for retention.
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3) Cost Savings— Under-utilized vehicles were reviewed concurrently with similar vehicles in each local fleet
and recommended for elimination based on the highest potential cost savings. However, many EPA-owned
vehicles were also recommended for elimination due to potential maintenance cost savings.
In order to streamline the VAM survey process for Regional/Program Office Fleet Managers, EPA HQ filtered the
current fleet inventory through the criteria listed above using responses from the FY 2014 VAM surveys and data
from EPA's fleet database. This process produced a list of recommended eliminations. EPA HQ then conducted a
data call to gather field office input on fleet inventory and composition. Each survey consisted of two sections:
1) Recommended Eliminations— Fleet managers were asked to provide input on mission criticality (if not
available from the FY 2014 VAM survey) as a justification for retention. If the Regional/Program Office Fleet
Managers agreed with the HQ elimination recommendation, they were asked to provide an expected
disposal date. The survey also requested a list of any additional vehicles each Region/Program Office
planned on eliminating without replacement.
2) Right-sizing Considerations— Fleet managers were asked to provide an explanation for why larger (less fuel-
efficient) passenger transport vehicles were needed. Sport utility vehicles (SUVs)and minivans were listed
and required responses in this section. Pickup trucks, medium-duty (MD) vehicles, and heavy-duty (HD)
vehicles were exempt from the right-sizing section since these vehicles are almost never used for passenger
transport and, therefore, downsizingthem to sedans would not be feasible for mission requirements. Valid
responses from the FY 2014 VAM surveys were pre-populated in the FY 2015 surveys in order to streamline
the process.
EPA's original VAM goal was to reduce its fleet by 48 vehicles (4.2% of total fleet inventory) by FY 2015. Since FY
2011, EPA has eliminated 138 vehicles, or 12.1% of its total fleet, which far exceeded Agency goals for vehicle
reductions. Table 1 provides a summary of EPA's VAM eliminations from FY 2012 to 2014.
Table 1. Actual Vehicle Fleet Inventory Reductions
End of Year Vehicle
Inventory Eliminations
% Decrease from
Baseline
FY 2011 (Baseline)
1,145 vehicles1
N/A
N/A
FY 2012
1,085 vehicles
60 vehicles2
5.3%
FY 2013
1,039 vehicles
46 vehicles
4.0%
FY 2014
1,007 vehicles
32 vehicles
2.8%
Total
N/A
138 vehicles
12.1%
EPA has met and exceeded its FY 2015 goal of reducing its fleet by 4.2% of total fleet inventory. The Agency
continues to identify unnecessary and under-utilized vehicles and anticipates another 13 vehicles will be eliminated
in FY 2015. Additional fleet reduction and cost savings details can be found in Section D of this report.
(D) Description of efforts to control fleet size and cost
As discussed in Section 0, EPA has reduced its fleet inventory by 138 vehicles (12.1% of total fleet) since FY 2011.
These reductions have resulted—and will continue to result—in significant cost savings for EPA. The 138 vehicle
reductions and continued right-sizing efforts from the FY 2012 and 2013 VAM reviews are anticipated to save EPA
and the federal government over $4.4 million in lease cost savings from FY 2015 to FY 2019. Cost savings are
based on the reduction of monthly lease costs and do not include associated maintenance, fuel, or administrative
costs. Table 2 provides an estimated lease cost savings summary.
1 After submission of the FY 2012 VAM, EPA received updated guidance from GSA and DOE regarding the definition of "special
purpose vehicles". The updated definition was much narrower than the definition EPA had been using, prompting the Agency to
conduct an internal review of all special purpose designations and correct any improper designations. As a result, EPA's FY
2011 VAM baseline of 1,145 differs from the FY 2011 Federal Automotive Statistical Tool (FAST) inventory of 1,102 because
43 vehicles were incorrectly designated as special purpose and, therefore, not reported into FAST.
2 Includes four vehicles that were incorrectly marked as regular vehicles when, in fact, they were special purpose vehicles.
Therefore, they were not reportable and were removed from our VAM inventory.
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Table 2. Estimated Annual Vehicle Lease Cost Savings3
Estimated Annual Lease Cost Savings from FY 2011 FY 2012 Reductions
$375,924
Estimated Annual Lease Cost Savings from FY 2012 FY 2013 Reductions
$403,068
Estimated Annual Lease Cost Savings from FY 2013 FY 2014 Reductions
$118,056
Total Estimated Annual Lease Cost Savings, FY 2011 FY 2014 Reductions
$897,048
EPA met its optimal fleet goal in FY 2012 and has exceeded its optimal fleet by 7.9% as of the end of FY 2014.
Although, FY 2015 is the last year a formal VAM is required, EPA will continue to reassess and monitor its present
and optimal fleet goals periodically and is committed to operating an effective and efficient fleet, in accordance with
the Presidential Memorandum on Federal Fleet Performance. Due to successful efforts from EPA HQ and
Regional/Program Office Fleet Managers, lease costs have been reduced due to replacement vehicles beingsmaller
and cheaper. Based on survey responses for the FY 2015 VAM review, EPA anticipates eliminating up to an
additional 13 vehicles by the end of the FY. These potential eliminations would result in a 13.2% total reduction in
fleet size compared to the FY 2011 baseline.
EPA acquires vehicles from the most cost-effective source, which is typically the General Services Administration
(GSA). EPA only deviates from this policy if GSA is unable to provide a vehicle that meets Agency mission
requirements. In these cases, the Agency obtains a written waiver from GSA to acquire a commercially-leased
vehicle.
As a result of VAM efforts, EPA is trending towards smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles, wherever feasible. EPA HQ
emphasized right-sizing in the FY 2014 and 2015 VAM surveys and found that many vehicles are able to be
replaced with smaller vehicles as they become eligible for replacement. EPA will use these findings to ensure that
future replacements are like-sized or smaller for both fuel and cost savings.
EPA based future fleet cost projections on several factors including historical trends, estimated percentage
increases/decreases, and future mission needs. For example, EPA used historical trends in vehicle ownership to
project what the fleet will look like over the next few years (i.e., less commercially-leased vehicles and GSA-leased
vehicles due to shifts towards GSA leases and vehicle reductions, respectively). In terms of fuel cost projections, EPA
used estimated percentage increases as it is likely that fuel prices will continue its current upward trend. EPA also
reviews current fleet size and projected fleet size when developing cost estimates. As a result, cost estimates are
not projected to deviate significantly from current levels.
(E) Explanation of how law enforcement vehicles are categorized
EPA is currently conducting a review of its LE vehicles to appropriately categorize them according to the three tiers
outlined in GSA Bulletin B-33. When the review is completed, the appropriate categorizations will be reflected in
EPA's fleet database, the Automotive Statistical Tool (AST). EPA does not exempt any LE vehicles from VAM or
Energy Policy Act (EPAct) reporting. AST tracks whether a vehicle is LE, but does not currently differentiate between
LE 1, LE 2, or LE 3 tiers. However, AST is slated to be updated with this fix in the near future, concurrently with the
Agency-wide LE review. EPA does not exempt any vehicles from the VAM review, as long as they are reportable in
FAST. LE vehicles are excluded from the requirements of EPAct 1992 and 2005, and EPA exempts them, as per GSA
and Department of Energy (DOE) guidance.
(F) Justification for restricted vehicles
EPA does not operate any sedans that are larger than class III. Furthermore, EPA's policy guidance states that the
Agency will not acquire any class IV or higher sedans unless it is essential to mission requirements, in accordance
with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). EPA has historically posted on its website executive fleet vehicles that
do not meet the requirements of the Presidential Memorandum on Federal Fleet Performance. However, all of EPA's
executive fleet vehicles were compliant as of October 2014, so none are currently posted on EPA's website. EPA
does not have any limousines or armored vehicles in the Agency's inventory.
3 Annual lease costs are estimated based on monthly lease costs for active fleet vehicles at the end of each FY. For the purposes
of this analysis, each vehicle was assumed to be in the fleet for the entire FY. Maintenance and fuel costs are not included.
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(G) Description of vehicle replacement strategy and results
EPA will comply with the Presidential Memorandum mandate to acquire only AFVs starting January 1, 2016, through
managerial controls as well as the education of Regional/Program Office Fleet Managers. Currently, all acquisitions
must have approval from EPA HQ prior to finalization. EPA HQ will not approve the orders if they are not AFVs
(including hybrid electric vehicles [HEVs], plug-in hybrid electric vehicles [PHEVs], and low greenhouse gas-emitting
vehicles [LGVs]). Additionally, EPA HQ will continue to educate fleet managers on this new mandate via trainings and
newsletters to ensure that the Agency will comply.
EPA does not have statutory authority to purchase passenger motor vehicles unless specifically granted by
Congress. Therefore, EPA will continue to lease the majority of its fleet from GSA and commercial sources. EPA is
required to lease from GSA unless GSA (a) cannot provide a vehicle that meets EPA's mission requirements and (b)
issues a waiver stating as such. GSA is routinely the most inexpensive source for leasing motor vehicles. For these
reasons, EPA will continue to source its vehicle acquisitions from GSA for the foreseeable future with rare
exceptions. EPA purchases vehicles only for specific, Congressionally-approved purposes such as mobile
laboratories and emissions testing activities. In these instances, EPA requires significant up-fitting and specialization
of the vehicles that are not feasible to obtain from GSA.
As part of the AFV acquisition approval process, EPA will confirm that E85 fueling infrastructure is available prior to
placing flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) there. Any fleet location requesting an FFV acquisition will be checked using the
Department of Energy Alternative Fuel Station Locator to ensure that E85 infrastructure is located within five miles
to maximize the amount of E85 used. This will help the Agency to meet alternative fuel consumption requirements
of Executive Order 13423, the EPAct of 2005, and the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. For
fleet locations without E85 infrastructure, EPA only approves PHEV, HEV, and LGV acquisitions unless a reasonable
justification is provided in accordance with Agency internal controls.
(H) Description of the agency-wide vehicle management information system
EPA's vehicle management information system (AST) accurately collects and reports on all necessary fleet data
elements including:
• Inventory categorized by component fleets and sub-component fleets;
• Maintenance, fuel, leasing, acquisition, and disposal costs;
• Utilization data such as VMT and fuel consumption;
• Identifying data on an individual vehicle basis such as license number, exemption type, fuel type, vehicle
type, make, model, vehicle description, and many other data points.
AST provides the requisite capabilities to accurately report to both internal and external entities regarding all FAST-
reportable data. This includes the ability to calculate cost per mile and fuel costs for each motor vehicle.
(I) Plans to increase the use of vehicle sharing
EPA HQ continually stresses the importance of trip consolidation and the use of mass transit, video-conferencing,
and teleconferencing to its Regional/Program Office fleet components. All component fleets utilize some or all of
these strategies to reduce the burden on the vehicle fleet and help conserve fuel and fleet costs. EPA HQ has
effectively educated vehicle operators and fleet managers on ride-sharing practices in order to lower overall VMT
and consolidate to a smaller fleet. Now that many under-utilized vehicles have been eliminated from the fleet, their
utilization will be absorbed by other vehicles in the fleet via trip consolidation and ride-sharing. Additionally, EPA HQ
operates a shuttle bus service between its Washington, DC offices in conjunction with other federal agencies, as
well. Due to the unique nature of EPA's mission, it is sometimes necessary for vehicles to be assigned to specific
employees such as on-scene coordinators who perform site visits to remote locations for environmental testing and
mitigation efforts. EPA does not approve single-user vehicles unless there are specific mission requirements that
could not reasonably be met with alternative transportation options. This has been addressed and documented via
our VAM surveys in recent years.
(J) Impediments to optimal fleet management
EPA HQ has been fortunate in that the Agency's fleet managers are very cooperative, responsive, and willing to
routinely and openly discuss fleet issues and provide important feedback. This is critical when operating a
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decentralized fleet, as EPA does. The largest obstacle to optimal fleet management hasn't been a specific law or
executive order; it is the sheer number and scope of all the fleet-related laws and executive orders combined.
Current fleet fuel consumption and vehicle acquisition requirements consist of a patchwork of various laws and
executive orders making it extremely burdensome to ensure compliance. The myriad acquisition requirements, for
example, are problematic due to segmentation and are compounded by the need for concurrent proximity reviews
for alternative fuel infrastructure. It would be helpful if there were unified goals and requirements, such as:
1) Fuel Consumption—Agencies should be given the flexibility to determine how to achieve overarching fuel
and greenhouse gas reduction goals. This may or may not include strategies such as fuel efficiency,
alternative fuel use, VMT reductions, and other tactics. The alternative fuel use mandates from Executive
Order 13423 and EPAct of 2005 hamper agencies' abilities to meet overarching goals because the policies
dictate the strategies that agencies are required to take.
2) Vehicle Acquisitions—Again, having flexibility to determine strategies unique to each Agency would be
extremely useful in making vehicle acquisitions more efficient and effective. Perhaps vehicle acquisition
targets would not be needed at all if a unified fuel consumption requirement coalesced. Agencies would be
able to acquire vehicles that would fit their strategy best. For example, agencies looking to offset petroleum
consumption via alternative fuel could acquire AFVs. The current intersection of EPAct 1992 and EISA 2007
acquisition requirements is so small that compliance tracking becomes prohibitively burdensome.
(K) Anomalies and possible errors
EPA's FY 2011 baseline inventory (1,145 vehicles) differs from the FAST FY 2011 inventory (1,102 vehicles). This is
due to 43 vehicles that were incorrectly categorized as special purpose in AST and, therefore, not reportable in
FAST. GSA and DOE provided EPA with updated guidance on the definition of special purpose vehicles after the FY
2012 VAM submission and EPA has corrected this in AST, but is not able to correct it in FAST. However, to remain
consistent and accurate, EPA will be basingallVAM reviews off a corrected baseline of 1,145 vehicles and an
optimal fleet inventory of 1,097 vehicles. If possible, EPA requests that GSA and DOE allow EPA to correct this data
in FAST, as well.
Data anomalies identified in FAST are listed and explained below:
• The monthly operating cost per vehicle in at least one row falls outside the pre-defined reasonable cost
limits (between $100 AND $1,000). This is referring to the high operating cost of some of EPA's
commercially-leased vehicles. These vehicles are, in several cases, large vehicles (such as shuttle buses)
that have a higher monthly lease rate.
• There are planned acquisitions listed without corresponding acquisition costs on at least one row/ The
acquisition cost per vehicle in at least one row falls outside the pre-defined reasonable cost limits (between
$10,000 AND $100,000). EPA plans on acquiring less Agency-owned vehicles in FY 2015 than originally
anticipated. EPA indicated lower Agency-owned acquisition funding for FY 2015 which, in turn, reduced the
average vehicle acquisition cost to below accepted values.
(L) Summary and contact information
EPA's budget officer participated in the review of this VAM Fleet Management Plan. For questions about this report,
please contact:
John Dady, Chief, Facilities Operations Branch
(202) 564-3572
dadv.iohn@epa.gov
Bryford Metoyer, Program Analyst, Facilities Operations Branch
(202) 564-0310
metove r. b rvf o rd @e pa. go v
Norman Boyle, EPA Budget Officer
(202) 564-2037
bovle.norman@epa.gov
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Appendix C.
FY 2014 Waste Diversion Calculation Methodology
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EPA Agencywide FY 2014 Waste Diversion Data Collection and Results
Executive Order (EO) 13693 requires federal agencies to achieve a non-hazardous recycling rate
of 50 percent. Due to the strength of its waste diversion program, EPA established a more
aggressive goal of 60 percent. EPA's estimated fiscal year (FY) 2014 Agencywide recycling rate
for non-hazardous waste is 64.6 percent, based on reported data. This figure represents a slight
increase from the Agency's FY 2013 estimated recycling rate of 63.8 percent. EPA continues to
exceed the 50 percent goal required by EO 13693. EPA also set a goal to divert at least 75
percent of construction and demolition (C&D) materials and debris by FY 2015 for construction
and renovation projects greater than 20,000 square feet. In FY 2014, EPA diverted 80.3 percent
of C&D waste for all reported construction and renovation projects.
To calculate these metrics, EPA compiled data from the FY 2014 Environmental Stewardship
Questionnaire administered by its Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Division
(SHEMD). EPA recorded the following data from EPA regional facilities—including offices,
regional laboratories, and program laboratories—that submitted the Environmental Stewardship
Questionnaire: municipal solid waste (MSW), recycling, composted organics, C&D waste, and
C&D recycling. Electronic equipment waste is not included in these calculations.
EPA facilities are presented in order by region in the supporting tables described below.
Facilities report weight data in units of pounds or tons, and EPA converts all data into tons for
consistency. EPA calculates the non-hazardous and C&D recycling rates using the following
formula, where "total diverted" refers to the total weight of materials recycled and composted
(i.e., diverted from landfills and incinerators), and "total discarded" refers to the total weight of
trash (i.e., sent to landfills and incinerators):
tj r . Total diverted (by weight)
Recycling rate = — —-
Total discarded (by weight) + Total diverted (by weight)
It should be noted that EPA's recycling rates are based on available data; waste and recycling
data are not available for all EPA facilities. Some EPA facilities that are in multi-tenant leased
buildings are unable to obtain EPA-specific waste and recycling data.
Table 1 includes a list of the EPA facilities contacted for waste and recycling data and indicates
which facilities provided data. EPA collected complete sets1 of non-hazardous waste diversion
data from 34 facilities and C&D waste diversion data from 10 facilities in FY 2014.
1 For non-hazardous waste, a complete data set includes weight of MSW and weight of recycling and composted
organics, if applicable, for the full fiscal year (October 1 to September 30). For C&D waste, a complete data set
includes weight of C&D waste discarded and weight of C&D waste recycled for the full fiscal year.
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Table 2 presents the non-hazardous waste and recycling data for EPA facilities that submitted
complete sets of data, along with each facility's non-hazardous recycling rate and the
Agencywide non-hazardous recycling rate.
Table 3 presents the C&D waste and recycling data for EPA facilities that submitted complete
sets of data, along with each facility's C&D recycling rate and the Agencywide C&D recycling
rate.
Based on the reported data for FY 2014, EPA continues to exceed the EO 13693 waste diversion
requirement and the Agency's internal goal.
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Table 1: Non-Hazardous Waste Diversion Data Provided by EPA Facilities, FY 2006-FY 2014
Date: 6/30/2015
Facility
Region
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012
FY 2013
FY 2014
William Jefferson Clinton North/South,
Washington, DC
HQ
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
William Jefferson Clinton East/West,
Washington, DC
HQ
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Potomac Yard One and Two,
Arlington, VA
HQ
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 1 Office, Boston, MA
1
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
New England Regional Laboratory,
Chelmsford, MA
1
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Organics
Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory,
Narragansett, Rl
1
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 2 Office, New York, NY
2
Organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 2 Laboratory, Edison, NJ
2
Waste
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Region 3 Office, Philadelphia, PA
3
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste
Organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Environmental Science Center, Fort
Meade, MD
3
Waste,
recycling
Partial data
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling
Wheeling Field Office, Wheeling, WV
3
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Region 4 Office, Atlanta, GA
4
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
National Exposure Research Laboratory,
Ecology and Research Division,
Athens, GA
4
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Science and Ecosystem Support Division
Laboratory, Athens, GA
4
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
3
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Facility
Region
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012
FY 2013
FY 2014
Research Triangle Park Facilities, Research
Triangle Park, NC
4
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory, Gulf
Breeze, FL
4
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
National Air and Radiation Environmental
Laboratory, Montgomery, AL
4
Partial data
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Bay St.
Louis, MS
4
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Region 5 Office, Chicago, IL
5
Partial data
Waste,
recycling
Partial data
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 5 Laboratory, Chicago, IL
5
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Cincinnati Facilities, Cincinnati, OH
5
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions
Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Ml
5
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Large Lakes and Rivers Forecasting
Research Station, Grosse lie, Ml
5
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory,
Duluth, MN
5
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 6 Office, Dallas, TX
6
Partial data
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Environmental Services Branch Laboratory,
Houston, TX
6
Waste,
recycling
Partial data
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research
Center, Ada, OK
6
Recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 7 Office, Lenexa, KS
7
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Kansas City Science and Technology Center,
Kansas City, KS
7
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
4
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Facility
Region
FY 2006
FY 2007
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012
FY 2013
FY 2014
Region 8 Office, Denver, CO
8
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Partial data
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Partial data
Region 8 Central Regional Laboratory,
Golden, CO
8
Partial data
Waste,
recycling,
organics
National Enforcement Investigations Center,
Lakewood, CO
8
Waste,
recycling
Partial data
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Recycling
Waste,
recycling
Region 9 Office, San Francisco, CA
9
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 9 Laboratory, Richmond, CA
9
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las
Vegas, NV
9
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 10 Office, Seattle, WA
10
Recycling
Partial data
Recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Region 10 Laboratory, Manchester, WA
10
Recycling
Recycling
Recycling
Recycling,
organics
Recycling,
organics
Recycling,
organics
Recycling,
organics
Western Ecology Division Laboratory,
Corvallis, OR
10
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Waste,
recycling,
organics
Willamette Research Station,
Corvallis, OR
10
Waste,
recycling
Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch Laboratory,
Newport, OR
10
Waste,
recycling
Notes:
"Partial data" indicates that a facility provided an incomplete set of waste, recycling, and/or organics data that did not cover the complete fiscal year.
Facilities that submitted partial data, only waste data, only recycling data, or only organics data are excluded from the annual Agencywide recycling rate calculation.
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Final Summary Table
Date: 6/30/2015
Facility Name
Facility Information
Annual
Recycling
(Tons)
Annual
Organics
(Tons)
Annual Waste
Disposed
(Tons)
Recycling Rate
Number of
Employees
Facility Type
Region
Owner
William Jefferson Clinton North/South, Washington, DC
1,425
Office
HQ
GSA-Owned
104.0
0.4
108.8
49.0%
William Jefferson Clinton East/West, Washington, DC
2,075
Office
HQ
GSA-Owned
124.3
0.4
102.6
54.9%
Potomac Yard One and Two, Arlington, VA
1,410
Office
HQ
GSA-Leased
101.2
24.4
74.5
62.8%
Region 1 Office, Boston, MA
726
Office
1
GSA-Leased
25.5
2.6
21.6
56.5%
Atlantic Ecology Division Laboratory, Narragansett, Rl
117
Lab
1
EPA-Owned
42.8
36.7
6.5
92.4%
Region 2 Office, New York, NY
736
Office
2
GSA-Owned
111.7
0.8
27.9
80.1%
Region 2 Laboratory, Edison, NJ
399
Lab & Office
2
EPA-Owned
23.2
0.0
170.5
12.0%
Region 3 Office, Philadelphia, PA
979
Office
3
GSA-Leased
86.4
0.4
155.7
35.8%
Environmental Science Center, Fort Meade, MD
145
Lab & Office
3
EPA-Owned
13.2
0.0
6.4
67.5%
Wheeling Field Office, Wheeling, WV
22
Lab & Office
3
GSA-Leased
0.7
0.0
0.5
61.0%
Region 4 Office, Atlanta, GA
1,004
Office
4
GSA-Owned
76.0
0.0
50.0
60.3%
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecology Research
Division, Athens, GA
116
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned
41.3
13.9
25.0
68.9%
Science and Ecosystems Support Division Laboratory,
Athens, GA
104
Lab
4
GSA-Leased
22.0
0.3
20.0
52.8%
Research Triangle Park Facilities, Research Triangle
Park, NC
1,962
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned/
EPA-Leased
224.0
8.5
116.0
66.7%
Gulf Ecology Division Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, FL
106
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned
16.1
9.6
11.2
69.6%
National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory,
Montgomery, AL
48
Lab
4
EPA-Owned
21.5
0.1
13.3
61.9%
Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Bay St. Louis, MS
11
Lab & Office
4
NASA-Owned
0.7
0.0
0.3
72.2%
Region 5 Office, Chicago, IL
1,287
Office
5
GSA-Owned
47.6
0.0
66.7
41.6%
Region 5 Laboratory, Chicago, IL
35
Lab & Office
5
GSA-Owned
6.6
0.0
8.0
45.3%
Cincinnati Facilities, Cincinnati, OH
827
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
386.8
13.8
66.0
85.9%
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Ann
Arbor, Ml
354
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
61.6
0.8
19.4
76.2%
Large Lakes and Rivers Forecasting Research Station,
Grosse lie, Ml
39
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned
4.0
0.2
0.7
86.3%
Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory, Duluth, MN
125
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned
87.3
26.4
25.2
81.9%
Region 6 Office, Dallas, TX
926
Office
6
GSA-Leased
69.4
0.0
53.9
56.3%
Environmental Services Branch Laboratory, Houston, TX
62
Lab & Office
6
EPA-Leased
1.7
9.1
5.5
66.5%
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, Ada, OK
138
Lab
6
EPA-Owned
8.1
58.8
7.9
89.4%
Region 7 Office, Lenexa, KS
577
Office
7
GSA-Leased
19.5
12.1
13.1
70.7%
Kansas City Science and Technology Center, Kansas
City, KS
95
Lab
7
GSA-Leased
2.2
0.0
3.5
38.1%
National Enforcement Investigations Center,
Lakewood, CO
118
Lab & Office
8
GSA-Owned
8.4
0.0
5.4
60.9%
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Facility Name
Facility Information
Annual
Recycling
(Tons)
Annual
Organics
(Tons)
Annual Waste
Disposed
(Tons)
Recycling Rate
Number of
Employees
Facility Type
Region
Owner
Region 9 Office, San Francisco, CA
940
Office
9
GSA-Leased
83.0
117.0
52.7
79.2%
Region 9 Laboratory, Richmond, CA
39
Lab & Office
9
EPA-Leased
4.8
0.5
1.8
74.4%
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV
143
Lab & Office
9
GSA-Leased
51.6
0.1
10.2
83.5%
Region 10 Office, Seattle, WA
562
Office
10
GSA-Leased
31.9
34.8
4.1
94.2%
Western Ecology Division Laboratory, Willamette Research
Station, and Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch Laboratory,
Corvallis and Newport, OR
138
Lab & Office
10
EPA-Owned
29.1
0.3
11.6
71.8%
AGENCYWIDE TOTAL
17,792
1,938.2
372.1
1,266.2
64.6%
Notes:
EPA facilities that submitted complete sets of waste and recycling data are presented in the table above and included in the annual Agencywide recycling rate calculation. Facilities that submitted
partial or incomplete data sets are excluded from this table and the Agencywide recycling rate calculation.
The number of employees at each facility is calculated by scaling the population figures in the 2009 Nationwide Facilities Guide using the current total population of full-time federal employees and
contractors.
Waste and recycling data are from the FY 2014 Environmental Stewardship Questionnaire, administered by the Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Division (SHEMD).
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Table 3: FY 2014 Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Diversion Data Provided by EPA Facilities
Final Summary Table
Date: 6/30/2015
Facility Name
Facility Information
Annual C&D
Recycled (Tons)
Annual C&D Waste
Disposed (Tons)
C&D Recycling
Rate
Number of
Employees
Facility Type
Region
Owner
Region 2 Laboratory, Edison, NJ
399
Lab & Office
2
EPA-Owned
6,204.0
3,618.0
63.2%
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Ecology Research Division,
Athens, GA
116
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned
11.7
15.4
43.2%
Research Triangle Park Facilities, Research Triangle Park, NC
1,962
Lab & Office
4
EPA-Owned/
EPA-Leased
171.0
31.1
84.6%
Cincinnati Facilities, Cincinnati, OH
827
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
6.0
34.1
15.0%
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Ml
354
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned/
GSA-Leased
9,552.0
198.0
98.0%
Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory, Duluth, MN
125
Lab & Office
5
EPA-Owned
4.6
0.0
100.0%
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center, Ada, OK
138
Lab
6
EPA-Owned
4.8
1.1
81.2%
Region 9 Office, San Francisco, CA
940
Office
9
GSA-Leased
156.9
28.9
84.4%
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Las Vegas, NV
143
Lab & Office
9
GSA-Leased
1.0
0.0
100.0%
Region 10 Office, Seattle, WA
562
Office
10
GSA-Leased
607.7
171.6
78.0%
AGENCYWIDE TOTAL
5,569
16,719.8
4,098.2
80.3%
Notes:
The number of employees at each facility is calculated by scaling the population figures in the 2009 Nationwide Facilities Guide using the current total population of full-time federal employees and
contractors.
Waste and recycling data are from the FY 2014 Environmental Stewardship Questionnaire, administered by the Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Division (SHEMD).
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