Partnership Activities

Region 9's Federal Facilities Program provides compliance assistance through partnership activities, such as:

Environmental Management Review (EMR)
Pollution Prevention Assessment
Free Training Opportunities (Workshops & Conferences)
Greening the Government

Environmental Management Review (EMR)

Executive Order 13148, entitled "Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management" is designed to ensure that the federal government integrates environmental accountability into agencies' day-to-day decision-making and long-term planning process. The Executive Order identifies goals to guide federal agencies into integrating environmental planning and accountability. EPA is responsible for providing assistance to other federal agencies and facilities in meeting the goals of this order. In 401(b) by December 31, 2005, each agency shall implement an environmental management system at all appropriate agency facilities based on size, complexity and the environmental aspects of facility operations.

EPA Region 9 can provide compliance assistance by conducting an EMR at your facility. An EMR is used to survey a facility's environmental program and its management system. It is a cooperative effort between the EPA and the federal facility to determine how well the facility has developed, implemented and maintained specific environmental management policies, which ensure compliance.

As of late 2002, Region 9 has conducted 13 EMRs in the last 4 years at federal facilities. In evaluation of the management systems, EPA has made 190 recommendations on how the facilities may be able to improve their EMS. To date the After their EMRs, these facilities have implemented or committed to implement 147 of the recommendation (77%).

Pie Chart of EMR Results -- 190 Observations at 13 facilities. Contact Larry Woods for assistance : woods.larry@epa.gov

Agencies in EPA Region 9 That Have Undergone EMRs
Department	Agency	Location
Department of Treasury (DOT)	U.S. Mint	San Francisco, CA
DOT	NASA	Moffett Field, CA
Department of Defense (DOD)	Army	Herlong, CA
DOD	Marine Corps	Okinawa, Japan
DOD	Navy	San Diego, CA
Department of Interior (DOI)	Point Reyes National Seashore	Point Reyes, CA
DOI	San Francisco Maratime Museum	San Francisco, CA
DOI	Western Regional Office	San Francisco, CA
DOI	Grand Canyon	Grand Canyon, AZ
DOI	Bureau of Indian Affairs	Sells, AZ
US Postal Service (USPS)	Sacramento District Office	Sacramento, CA
USPS	Stockton Processing and Distribution Center	Stockton, CA
Department of Transportation	Federal Aviation Administration	San Diego, CA
General Services Administration (GSA)	Regional Office	San Francisco, CA
GSA	District Office	Tucson, AZ

If your federal facility is interested in having a Pollution Prevention Assessment, contact Larry Woods (woods.larry@epa.gov) or Tom Kelly (kelly.thomasp@epa.gov).

For more information, see:

Environmental Management Systems
EPA's National Web site on EMS
Environmental Management Reviews at Federal Facilities (PDF) (2 pp, 20K About PDF)

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Pollution Prevention Assessment

Pollution Prevention aims at preventing the release of contaminant, hazardous or otherwise polluting agents at their source in order to reduce the risk to public health and the environment. To achieve this, EPA conducts assessments of facilities can be conducted,which to evaluate the facility's current pollution rate, and suggests strategies that lead to reduce pollution reduction.

If your federal facility is interested in having a Pollution Prevention Assessment, contact Larry Woods (woods.larry@epa.gov) or Tom Kelly (kelly.thomasp@epa.gov).

Region 9's Pollution Prevention home page

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Greening the Government

RCRA 6002 requires federal facilities to develop and implement a system where they purchase and use recycled materials in their daily activities. There are currently 54 designated products ranging from office materials to landscaping products.

To help assist facilities in this transition, the Environmentally Preferable Products project was created under Executive Order 13101. The EPP project is a federal-wide program that encourages and assists Executive agencies in the purchasing of environmentally preferable products and services.

Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines
Shows the 54 recycled products in use
EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Home Page

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Training Opportunities (Workshops & Conferences)

FFCP realizes one of the most important avenues for the exchange of environmentally important information is through discussion of concepts and ideas. To encourage this exchange the FFCP and U.S. EPA hold a number of workshops and conferences throughout the year.

If your federal facility is interested in having a Pollution Prevention Assessment, contact Larry Woods (woods.larry@epa.gov) or Tom Kelly (kelly.thomasp@epa.gov).