FAA Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health EOSH Program

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FAA Environmental and Occupational Safety and
Health (EOSH) Program
Annual FAA National Small Business Procurement
Opportunities Training Conference and Trade
Show June 18, 2008 Jamie Greene, Manager, EOSH
Services Group
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EOSH Discussion

• EOSH Services Organization/Responsibilities
• Programs/Mandates
• EOSH Services Strategic Direction
• EOSH Compliance
• Fire Life Safety
• Environmental Cleanup
• Special Emphasis Items
• EOSH Training
• Indoor Air Quality
• Electrical Safety - Lockout/Tagout
• Program Funding/Accomplishment/Contract Vehicles
• Service Area Tasks
• Points of Contact

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EOSH Services Group Organizational Structure
EOSH Services Jamie Greene
Contracts and Budgeting Business Process and
Performance Planning Special Projects Policy
Coordination Management Reporting
Administrative Support
Management Support
Integration Services Team Rene Filipowski
Compliance Services Team Steve May
Inspections Requirements Integration Safety
and Hazard Analysis In-Service Equipment
Training Integration Safety Integration EOSH IT
Mgmt EOSH Liaison and Labor Relations Incident
Preparedness and Response
Environmental Cleanup Fire Life Safety Asbestos
Fall Protection Electrical Safety Hearing
Conservation Indoor Air Quality Lockout /
Tagout Radiation Environmental Compliance OSH
Compliance Decommissioning AFSS Decommissioning
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EOSH Services Group Responsibilities

• Support NAS Operations through effective
  management of EOSH risks, sustained regulatory
  compliance, and resource conservation. Support
  the agencys mission by providing EOSH technical
  expertise, resources, and guidance to ensure
  uniform and consistent program execution.
• Minimize and/or eliminate occupational safety and
  health (OSH) impacts from construction/maintenance
  projects on NAS operations
• Ensure systems and equipment can be safely
  maintained
• Maintain a safe and healthful work environment

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CIP F13-NAS Facilities Occupational Safety and
Health (OSH) and Environmental Compliance

• Programs
• NAS Facilities OSHA and Environmental Standards
  Compliance
• Fire Life Safety
• Environmental Cleanup

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Program Mandates

• Executive Order 12088 (EPA)
• EPA Regulations (40 CFR)
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Executive Order 12196, Occupational Safety and
  Health Program for Federal Employees
• OSHA Regulations (29 CFR)
• Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992
• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Union Agreements (NATCA, PASS, NAATS, NAGE)
• State and Local Regulations
• FAA Directives and Implementation Guidance (e.g
  Human Factors Design Standard, Indoor Air
  Quality, Mold)

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EOSH Services Strategic Direction

• The transition to ATO presented an opportunity to
  reassess the EOSH Program regarding
• Nature of program nationwide
• Services provided
• Opportunities represented by ongoing transition
• EOSH Services developed a philosophy which
  provides long term vision, near term goals, and
  directed requirements for EOSH Program for the
  next several years
• Baseline EOSH Program implementation at each
  Service Area
• Standardize National EOSH Programs, including
  objectives, scope, schedules and costs
• Mainstream EOSH risk management into the
  day-to-day actions of ATO personnel

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EOSH Services Strategic Direction (cont.)

• Update EOSH policy and guidance, and ensure
  integration of EOSH requirements into NAS systems
• Provide leadership during ATO transition to
  clarify EOSH roles and responsibilities at
  Service Units, Service Areas and Service Center
• Improve budget planning and execution process for
  more consistent and efficient financial
  accountability
• Improve EOSH Services responsiveness to customer
  needs
• Augment EOSH Services skills to effectively
  manage national programs in accordance with new
  ATO program management standards

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EOSH Compliance

• EOSH Services (AJW-23) manages the national EOSH
  Program and is responsible for implementation of
  the following program areas

• Confined space entry
• Equipment and tool safety
• Working conditions
• Radiation
• Hazardous energy
• Lead
• Pesticide Management
• Radon
• EDDA
• CERCLA
• Natural Resources
• Climbing, walking working surfaces

• Air Pollution
• Water Pollution
• Drinking Water
• Hazardous Materials
• Hazardous Waste
• Nonhazardous Solid Waste
• Fuel Storage Tank (Compliance)
• PCB Management
• Pollution Prevention
• NEPA
• Cultural Resources

• Asbestos
• Indoor air quality
• Employee health exposures
• Vehicle safety
• Respiratory protection
• Personal protective equipment
• Hearing conservation
• Fire protection
• OSH program management
• Construction safety
• Hazard communication

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Fire Life Safety

• Program Mission Correct fire/life safety
  deficiencies in airport traffic control towers
• Program Driver 29 CFR 1960.20, Alternate
  Standard for Fire Safety in Airport Traffic
  Control Towers (ATCTs) - effective 7/1/98
• Negotiated between FAA, Bargaining Units, and
  OSHA
• National Fire Protection Associations Life
  Safety Code (NFPA 101) effective 1972
• Program Focus
• Mitigate the hazards associated with single stair
  exit configurations in the 384 ATCTs in the Fire
  Life Safety Program inventory
• Work with Design Team to ensure appropriate fire
  protection systems are included in new ATCTs

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Fire Life Safety (cont.)

• Program ATCTs 384
• Certified Complete 190
• Remaining 194
• Certified in FY06 19
• Certified in FY07 22
• To be certified in FY08 20

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Environmental Cleanup

• Program Mission Identify, investigate, and
  remediate contamination from past FAA hazardous
  waste disposal operations and hazardous material
  spills
• Program Drivers EO 12088, EPA (40 CFR), NEPA,
  State and Local Regulations
• Program Focus Perform restoration activities
  which include
• Sites within FAA owned and operated facilities
• Sites contaminated by the migration of hazardous
  waste from FAA facilities
• Non-government sites which have been contaminated
  by FAA generated hazardous waste

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Environmental Cleanup (cont.)

• 193 contaminated sites require cleanup as of FY08
• Projected cleanup costs to closure 389M
  (includes inflation)
• Major cleanup sites
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National
  Priorities List Superfund site located in
  Atlantic City, New Jersey estimated 30-year
  project costing 288M (includes inflation)
• Cape Yakataga, Alaska project scheduled for
  completion by 6/30/08 at cost of 17M

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EOSH Training

• Assessing EOSH Training for standardization
  across the National Airspace System
• Transitioning EOSH Training to mainline FAA
  Technical training

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Indoor Air Quality

• Assist with response to Mold / IAQ Incidents
• Incorporate changes into Facility Standard
  Designs to prevent Mold / IAQ problems
• Work to expedite required infrastructure repairs
• ARTCC duct inspections and cleaning
• Workplace inspections include mold and moisture
  intrusion
• Work to standardize Service Area response to mold
  Incidents, (e.g. minimize sampling and focus on
  eliminating moisture sources)

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Electrical Safety - LOTO

• LOTO
• Developed LOTO procedures for DC BUS System,
  converting to FAA Notice due to wide application
• ARC Flash
• Initiating ARC Flash national effort required by
  new edition of NFPA 70E

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Program Funding/Accomplishment

• Funded at national level
• Planned and accomplished primarily on a
  decentralized basis by
• Service Areas/District Offices
• Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
• William J. Hughes FAA Technical Center

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National Contract Vehicles

• NAS Implementation Support Contract (NISC)
• Services Technical/program management support
• Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
• Services
• Information
• Financial management systems development
• Environmental compliance
• Occupational safety and health compliance
• Fire/life/safety
• Environmental cleanup

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Service Area Tasks

• Occupational Safety and Health Compliance
• Identification and control of asbestos and lead
  hazards
• Job hazard analyses
• Indoor air quality surveys and control measures
• Inspection of facilities for OSHA violations and
  abatement of identified hazards
• Radiation surveys and employee protection
• Noise surveys
• Hazard communication
• Chemical inventories
• Purchase and installation of safety equipment
  (e.g. lockout/tagout devices, respirators, fall
  arrest systems, air monitoring equipment,
  protective gloves and safety glasses)
• Training

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Service Area Tasks (cont.)

• Environmental Compliance
• Facility decommissioning
• Inventory and testing of equipment for PCBs and
  retrofitting
• Environmental Due Diligence Audits (EDDAs)
• Inventories of hazardous materials in facilities
• Storage systems for hazardous materials
  (cabinets, hazmat storage sheds, etc.)
• Pollution prevention plans and substitution
  programs for hazardous materials
• Program implementation and analytical services

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Service Area Tasks (cont.)

• Fire Life Safety
• Design of ATCT upgrades including fire alarms and
  fire separation
• Construction and construction oversight
• Training for maintenance, design and construction
  oversight

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Service Area Tasks (cont.)

• Environmental Cleanup
• Hazardous substance spill plans
• Hazardous materials management
• Remedial investigations
• Feasibility studies
• Remedial designs
• Remedial actions
• Environmental asbestos releases
• Environmental lead releases
• PCB spills/release remediation

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ATO Service Areas
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Service Area Points of Contact

• Eastern Service Area
• 1701 Columbia Avenue
• College Park, Georgia 30337
• Patti Tilson, AJO2-E3
• [phone]
• Central Service Area
• 601 East 12th Street
• Federal Building
• Kansas City, Missouri 64106
• Michelle Lott, AJO2-C3
• [phone]

• Western Service Area
• 1601 Lind Avenue, SW
• Renton, Washington 98055
• David J. Powers, AJO2-W3
• [phone]

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Center Points of Contact

• Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
• 6500 South MacArthur Boulevard
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73169
• Edward Connell, AMP-100
• [phone]

• William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Atlantic City International Airport
• Atlantic City, New Jersey 08405
• Carleen Houston, AJP-7932
• [phone]