ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

SYSTEMSEMS AWARENES TRAINING

ATNOAA

MARINE OPERATIONS CENTER - PACIFC

JIM SCHELL,

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE OFFICER

WHY AN EMS?EXECUTIVE ORDER 13148 – DO IT!

ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS – COMPLIANCE! NEPA, CAA, RCRA, FFCA, P2, CWA, CERCLA, TSCA, EPCRA, FIFRA, ESA, ETC & OSHA,

EO 13101, 12969, 12902, 12898, 12856, 12845, 12844, 12843, 12177 ETC

NOAA’S STRATEGIC PLAN – HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE OUR GOALS

LINE OFFICES – GOOD MANAGEMENT

STAFF – MAKES OUR LIFE EASIER

EO 13148 Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management

• Establishes EMS as environmental policy for the entire Federal government

• Requires agencies to incorporate EO goals - including EMS into agency environmental directives and policies

• Requires facilities to incorporate EO requirements and implement EMS

What is an Environmental Management System?

• “The part of the overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing achieving and reviewing the environmental policy.” ISO14001

An EMS is Environmental

• Addresses environmental impacts - regulated and not

• Broadens environmental responsibilities to all whose work can have an impact on the environment

• Depends on environmental office for technical expertise

An EMS is Management

• EMS includes commitment and support of top and mid-level managers

• Facility manager is advocate of EMS - responsibility shared by facility

• EMS is consistent with other management systems - safety, quality, budget

An EMS is a System

• Requires awareness of formal structure

• Actively links policies, impacts, goals, procedures, programs and performance

• Doesn’t directly address compliance components (drums, labels, etc.)

Benefits of an EMS

• Improve efficiency / reduce operating costs

• Maintain regulatory compliance

• Integrate environmental programs and priorities into mission

• Increase overall efficiency as well as employee involvement and morale

• Reduce environmental impacts

MARINE OPERATIONS CENTER- PACIFIC

NOAA’S EMS PILOTFIGURING OUT HOWSYSTEM DESIGNCHANGES – CHANGES – CHANGESFINAL DRAFT FORMAT IMPLEMENTATION

CHECKING FOR IMPROVEMENTS

OUR EMS TOOLS EMS MANUAL

• Environmental mission & values • Guiding Principles – CEMP• EMS Structure• EMS Standard

EMS LAUNCH GUIDANCE• Management Meetings• EMS Teams• Implementation Schedule

EMS IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE• Tools & templates• Forms

MOC HAS DEVELOPED AN EMS

FOLLOWING THESE TOOLS

PROCESS CONTROL

EMS IMPLEMENTATION

This is just good management…

ID THE NEED

VISION/POLICY

LEADERSHIP

PLANS -EMS

MANUAL PROCESS ANALYSIS

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL

MANGEMENT

A 3 step model

MOC HAS IMPLEMENTED

THIS PROCESSAPPROACH

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

PROCESS APPROACH

ENVIRONMENTALIMPACTS

Legal and otherRequirements?

High risk/Financial Liability?Important to NOAA Goals?

P2 Opportunity?

If the answer is YES The process environmental impacts

are managed within the EMS

Identify a process

Identify impacts Determine significance

Step 1

MOC HAS IDENTIFIED

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

PROCESS APPROACH

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

+REQUIREMENTS

Assignment of roles & Responsibilities Provide training Develop & follow SOPs Maintain documents & records

Corrective/Preventive Actions Management of change Management oversightAudits

Step 2

MOC HAS COMPLETED

& WE ARE READY TO GO ON THESE

MANAGED VIA

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

PROCESS APROACHIMPROVED VIA:EMS is going electronic: Organizing all environmental information and documents for easy and quick access… using the 3 click method

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MED ElectronicsFacilities VesselsProcurement…

Still working on this

Summary

• An EMS is the combination of people, policies, procedures, review, and plans to help address environmental issues

• Critical EMS elements include continual improvement, management commitment and support, formal awareness of system approach

NOAAMarine Operations Center Pacific

Thanks, Jim Schell

EMS