Executive Order 13148

Greening the GovernmentThrough Leadership in

Environmental Management

E.O. Issued: April 21, 2000

Reasons: Demonstrate Federal Government

environmental leadership Ensure that Federal agencies

adopt lowest life-cycle cost environmental practices

Ensure Federal facilities are responsible members of their communities

E.O 13148 Supersedes: E.O. 12843: Procurement Requirements &

Policies for Federal Agencies for Ozone-Depleting Substances

E.O. 12856: Federal Compliance With Right-to-Know Laws and Pollution Prevention Requirements

E.O. 12969: Federal Acquisition and Community Right-To-Know

E.O. 12088: Federal Compliance With Pollution Control Standards, section 1–4

Executive Memorandum on Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping

What does the E.O. cover? General

Requirements Compliance Auditing Environmental

Management Systems

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know

Pollution Prevention

Toxic Chemical Release Reductions

Toxic Chemical and Hazardous Substance Use Reductions

Reductions in Ozone-Depleting Substances

Beneficial Landscaping & Environmentally Benign Adhesives

General Requirements Incorporate the provisions into

existing policies Provide training on the provisions

to personnel Incorporate into position

descriptions and performance standards

Develop an awards program Each location will develop a plan Annual reporting to the EPA

Compliance Auditing Develop/implement an environmental

compliance audit program Agency’s with an established audit

program may elect to do program reviews instead

Encouraged to conduct audits/reviews not less than every 3 years

Place high priority on obtaining funding and resources needed to address recommendations of audits/reviews

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) The International Organization for

Standardization (ISO) defines EMS as “that part of the overall management system which includes organizational structure, planning, implementing, achieving, reviewing, and maintaining the environmental policy.”

Pete says an EMS is “looking at your operations, procedures, and/or systems, with an eye towards continual improvement”

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Identify deficiencies and

improvements and make them. Repeat the cycle for “continuous

improvement” Deficiencies/improvements - two

types to “identify”: Operational – compliance driven Procedural/systematic – program

driven

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Requirements

Conduct an agency-level EMS self assessment

Implement EMS at all facilities by December 31, 2005

Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

Report under the EPCRA sections 302, 304, 311/312, and 313

Reduced reporting thresholds under section 313 (e.g., mercury reporting threshold reduced from 25,000 lbs to 10 lbs)

EPA may conduct inspections to monitor compliance

Non-compliance may result in a Federal Facilities Compliance Agreement

Pollution Prevention (P2) Use pollution prevention projects and

activities to correct and prevent noncompliance with environmental regulatory requirements

Develop a P2 program at locations that compares life cycle costs of treatment/ disposal of waste streams with alternatives that eliminate or reduce toxic chemicals at the source

Release Reduction: Toxic Chemicals Reduce total releases of toxic

chemicals to the environment and off-site transfers of chemicals for treatment and disposal by at least 10 percent annually, or 40 percent overall by December 31, 2006

List of toxic chemicals in EPCRA section 313 as of December 1, 2000

Release Reduction: Toxic Chemicals Previous requirement under

E.O. 12856 Baseline for reporting is

calendar year 2001 (i.e., July 2002)

There are provisions where a location is unable to pursue – won’t be an easy sale

Use Reduction: Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Substances, and Other Pollutants

Train procurement and acquisition personnel.

Reduce the use of priority chemicals by 50 percent by December 31, 2006

EPA workgroup is establishing the list (not finalized yet)

Will include at least 15 chemicals

Use Reduction: Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Substances, and Other Pollutants

Agencies can identify an alternate list if: Locations don’t have at least 5

chemicals on the list; or They so choose (i.e., with

approval of the EPA workgroup) Baseline for measuring

reductions is the first CY following development of the list

Reductions in Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS)

Regarding acquisition, follow the FAR section 23.8 and other applicable provisions

Develop a plan to phase out the procurement of Class I ODS by December 31, 2010

Reductions in Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODS)

Plan will require an inventory of:Equipment/systems that contain ODS (e.g., refrigeration, air conditioning, halon fire suppression systems)Types/quantities of ODS used and storedTypes/quantities of ODS procured annually

Beneficial Landscaping & Environmentally Benign Adhesives

Incorporate the “Guidance for Presidential Memorandum on Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Landscape Practices on Federal Landscaped Grounds,” (60 Fed. Reg. 40837) into landscaping programs, policies, and practices

Once environmentally benign adhesives for paper products become available, revise specs and direct the purchase of said products

Questions?