ADEQ Environmental Management System (EMS) General Awareness Training

What Is an Environmental Management System?

• Minimizes the environmental impacts of business activities

• Method to assess and improve how we manage our impacts and conduct our business

ISO 14001

• EMS by International Organization for Standardization

• Validated by third party certification

• Accepted worldwide

• ADEQ’s EMS based on ISO 14001

Basis of theISO 14001 Standard

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Continual Improvement!

Implementation

Planning Checking /

Corrective Action

Management Review

Environmental Policy

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Commonly called the “Plan, Do, Check, Act” Model for EMS…

No start and stop; it is a continual improvementprogram.

ISO 14001: LOTS of Details

• Environmental Policy• Environmental Aspects• Legal and Other

Requirements• Objectives & Targets• Environmental

Management Programs• Structure &

Responsibility• Training, Awareness,

and Competence• Records• Management Review• Communication

•Environmental Management System Documentation•Document Control•Operational Control•Emergency Preparedness and Response•Monitoring and Measurement•Non-conformance and Corrective and Preventative Action•Environmental Management System Audits

Why Should ADEQ Have an EMS?

• “Walk the Walk”• Reduce

environmental footprint

• Efficient managing of limited resources

• Improve credibility • Set a positive

example

ADEQ’S EMS Team

Team has divisional representation and a lead and alternate lead coordinator

2008 EMS Team

Air DivisionKathy King

Computer ServicesPatrick Stair

Director’s OfficeVacant

Env. Presv. & Tech. Srvc.Jane Hurley

Fiscal DivisionJames Nunnley

Hazardous WasteTom Ezell

LegalDeborah Pitts

Management ServicesJoe Farmer

Mining DivisionWayne Van Buren

Public Outreach & AssistanceAudree Miller, LeadVacant, Alt. LeadChris Hemann

Regulated Storage TanksMichael Warren

Solid WasteTommy EdgmanPat Henry

Water DivisionAllen Gilliam

EMS Team Functions

• Direct oversight of EMS

• Reviews activities and impacts

• Ranks impacts

• Decides areas to be reduced

• Tracks performance indicators

• Maintains EMS documentation

• Displays commitment to environmental responsibility

• Includes commitments for:– Continual improvement/impact reduction;– Risk control; – Compliance with environmental regulations & other

relevant requirements

ADEQ’s Environmental Policy

LEED® Certification

• Recycle: paper, glass, plastic, metals

• Green Cleaning Policy

• Integrated Pest Management Policy

EMS and You

• Activities reflect – priorities – commitments– goals of our environmental policy

• Each employee expected to take ownership for own environmental impact

• You will be held accountable to it

How Our EMS Was Developed

• Analyzed the day-to-day business activities at ADEQ

• Ranked according to environmental impact

• Selected significant impacts to be reduced

Activities Impacting Environment

• Driving: commute and fleet

• Use of Paper

• Generation of Solid waste

• Energy usage

EMS Goals

•Reduce fleet fuel consumption

•Decrease use of paper products

•Use recycled paper products

•Decrease solid waste/increase recycling

•Reduce electricity and natural gas usage.

•Reduce trips employees make to and from work

Do Your Part: REDUCE

• Paper products– Set printer default to DUPLEX– Copy on both sides of paper– Use recycled paper– Practice paperless business

Do Your Part: REDUCE

• Waste– Don’t use more than you need– Don’t buy products with lots of packaging

• Electricity Work in green building

Turn off computer

• Water use

Do Your Part: REDUCE

• Fuel consumption– Vehicle to fit job– Combine trips– Carpool / Ride share– Reduce idling

Do Your Part: REUSE

• Buy recycled office products• Conferences and potlucks

– Use “real” flatware, plates and cups or– Biodegradable utensils and plates

Do Your Part: RECYCLE

• White paper• Mixed paper• Cardboard (flattened)• Aluminum & steel• Plastic #1 & #2• Glass bottles• Batteries

EMS Manual

• ADEQ’s EMS Manual is on the G:Drive

G:\EMS\EMS Manual

Thank You For Participating In ADEQ’s EMS!

? QUESTIONS ?

Questions? Contact: Audree Miller at 682-0015 or miller@adeq.state.ar.us

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