Executive Order 13148

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Executive Order 13148

• Environmental Management System (EMS)

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Introduction to EMS

• At USDA, being a good environmental steward is
  everyone's business. Performing your job in an
  environmentally safe and sound manner benefits us
  all by protecting the health of the surrounding
  ecosystem, preserving resources for future
  generations, minimizing mission impact due to
  non-compliance issues, and saving money by
  decreasing wasted resources.
• You are responsible for performing your job in
  an environmentally safe and sound manner by
• Knowing how your job impacts the environment
• Adhering to Standard Operation Procedures (SOPS),
  and
• Knowing the potential environmental impacts of
  departing from these Standard Operating
  Procedures.

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• EMS is a set of procedures based on a
  Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle and has five Major
  Components Policy, Planning, Implementation and
  Operation, Checking and Corrective Action, and
  Management Review

Plan
Act
ContinualImprovement
Do
Check
For this initial training, we are going to review
the Environmental Policy, Environmental Aspects
and Environmental Impacts, and Targets.
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Environmental Aspects and Environmental Impacts

• Environmental aspects and environmental impacts
  exist in a Cause and Effect relationship with
  each other.
• Aspect (Cause) Impact (Effect)

use of hazardous chemicals
Waste generation
Fish production
Resource depletion
Soil, water quality degradation
Pesticide applications
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Aspects Identified at PSNL

• Aspect 1 Temperature control inside building
• Impacts
• Depletion of natural resources (fossil fuel)
• Air emissions
• Storage tank management (at Geneva)
• Annual Consumption of
• Electricity 188,128
• 1,677,000 kwH
• Water 150,757

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Aspects Identified at PSNL

• Aspect 2 Use of hazardous chemicals
• Impact
• Hazardous chemicals disposal through pickup by
  Clean Harbors on as-needed basis
• Hazardous waste cost to facility - pick-up by
  Clean Harbors
• FY 04 3 pickups at 3,498.19
• FY 05 3 pickups at 5,403.88
• FY 06 3 pickups at
• 5110.33

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Aspects Identified at PSNL

Aspect 3 Purchase, operation, and disposal of
electronic equipment Impact Landfill and
environmental degradation

• The following items were recycled since 2002
• 98 pounds of batteries
• 753 fluorescent bulbs
• 12 computers, 20 monitors, 12 printers
• 4 microwaves
• 55 gallons of waste oil and 20 gallons from
  Freeville Farm
• 245,000 sheets of paper in FY04
• 315,000 sheets of paper in FY05

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Aspects Identified at PSNL

• Aspect 4 Use of Farm Equipment
• Impact Resource Consumption
• Fossil fuels at Ithaca farm from 2005 - 2006
• gasoline 40 gallons/ 20 gals per year
• motor oil about 10 gal/ 5 gals per year
• Fossil fuels at Geneva farm from 2005 - 2006
• Diesel fuel 1200 gallons
• Motor oil 10 gallons per year
• Irrigation Water 100,000 gallons per year

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Objectives and Targets

• USPSNL Targets for 2007
• Full Compliance with regulations
• Reduce consumption of energy (electricity)
• Reduce consumption of paper

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Energy Consumption

• Object No. 1 Reduce Electricity Consumption
• Target No. 1 Continue the policy to ensure that
  fume hood override switches are not left on
  unnecessarily.
• Target No. 2 - Implement night time temperature
  set back in greenhouses.
• Target Date April 2007
• Target No. 3 Ensure the thermostats are
  functioning and operating properly
• Target Date April 2007
• Location Target Reduce energy consumption by 2
  during 2007

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Waste Generation

• Objective No. 2 Reduce the volume of solid
  radioactive and hazardous waste
• Target No. 1. Increase storage capacity to
  allow decay of most radioisotopes.
• Target Date January 2007
• Target No. 2. Increase storage capacity of
  hazardous liquid to accommodate increased number
  of employees producing hazardous waste.
• Target Date March 2007
• Location Target Maintain current level as new
  group of employees add to the waste generation.

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Reduce Paper Consumption/ Increase Recycle

• Objective No. 3 Reduce Paper Consumption/
  Increase Paper Recycle
• Target No. 1 Reduce paper use from 1680 to 1650
  reams in a year by encouraging employees to use
  double sided copying when possible.
• - Target Date April 2007
• Target No. 2 Reduce toner cartridge use by
  setting the default option on all computers for
  printing on EconoMode (save Toner) when possible.
  
• - Target Date April 2007
• Location Target Reduce paper consumption by 2
  by 2008

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Ranking of the Aspects

• Plant Genetic Resource Unit
• Farm Machine Operation
• Pesticide Application
• Purchase disposal of Electronic goods
• Facility Electric Utilities
• (energy conservation)

• Plant, Soil, Nutrition Laboratory
• Facility Electric Utilities (energy conservation)
• Chemical Disposal
• Paper Consumption
• Copier/printer Paper (30 recycled content)
• FY 04 490 reams FY 05 630 reams

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• U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory
• Plant Genetic Resource Unit
• USDA - ARS
• Environmental Management System Policy
• The U.S. Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Laboratory
  (USPSNL) consist of two Research Units the
  Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Unit (PSNL) and the
  Plant Protection Research Unit (PPRU). The
  research mission of the PPRU is to develop new
  innovative methods to protect crops from pest
  damages by developing environmentally compatible
  strategies that minimize or eliminate chemical
  pesticide usage and limit pest damage to
  sub-economic levels for long term management of
  diverse pests. The research mission of the PSNL
  is to improve our understanding of the movement
  of nutrients and/or toxic substances through the
  soil-plant- animal/human food chain and to
  utilize this knowledge to improve the nutritional
  quality of plant foods.
• The Plant Genetic Resource Unit has two mission
  preservation of germplasm of selected crop plant,
  and breeding and improvement of grapes and
  apples. Specific activities include acquisition,
  documentation, maintenance, characterization,
  breeding, enhancement and distribution of the
  assigned crops. PGRU maintains approximately
  20,000 different accessions representing over 300
  species.
• In conjunction with the missions, PSNL-PPRU-PGRU
  is committed to protecting human health, the
  environment, and maintaining sustainable
  pollution prevention program while meeting or
  exceeding Federal, State, and local laws. The
  Environmental Management System (EMS) builds upon
  the existing ARS Safety, Health and Environmental
  Management Program and is designed to be an
  integral part of scientific research activities,
  project review processes, facility operations and
  ARS Policy and Procedures. Annual objectives,
  targets, and actions to advance the EMS program
  are developed in terms of both regulated and
  unregulated impacts. Personnel will be provided
  with the appropriate training, and recognized for
  their environmental performance. Progress and
  achievement related to the EMS policy are to be
  documented and reported.

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Questions?
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• CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU !!!
• You have completed EMS Annual Awareness
  Training. Record of your participation is
  recorded at Area Safety office.
• Your feedback allows us to continually improve
  the EMS. For more information or to actively
  participate in EMS implementation, please
  contact
• Kathie Moh, 607-255-8849
• Glen Davis, 304- 725-3451,ext 309
• Bonnie Disalvo, 215-233-6592