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EMS Action Plan: Goals
EPA’s Position on EMS
- EMS Position Statement
- Agency EMS Policies
- Executive Order 13148
- Federal Sector EMS Resources
Goal 1: Promote wider adoption of EMSs across a range of organizations and settings.
Supporting Actions:
- Develop EMS implementation tools and an EMS information clearinghouse (e.g., website);
- Partner with and leverage other EMS assistance providers (e.g., manufacturing extension partnership and universities, PEER (Public Entity EMS Resource) Center) to gain maximum results;
- Develop the National Environmental Performance Track to provide incentives to organizations to recognize and reward adoption of effective EMSs; and
- Tailor EMS tools and services to meet the needs of select sectors and promote EMSs in select geographic areas.
Supporting Actions:
- Conduct internal EMS training program and support network;
- Implement EMSs at Agency facilities in accordance with Executive Order 13148 and support EMS implementation within other federal agencies;
- Continued research on performance attributes of EMSs; and
- Participate in national and international EMS forums, including Multi-State Working Group on EMSs and U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO/TC 207 (TAG207) on Environmental Management, and ISO Technical Committee 207 on Environmental Management.
Goal 3: Fuller integration of EMSs into Agency programs and activities.
Supporting Actions:
- Consideration of EMSs in Agency planning and budgeting processes;
- Incorporation of EMSs into core Agency programs and activities;
- Incorporation of EMSs into compliance assurance and enforcement activities; and
- Incorporation of EMSs into pollution prevention programs