• Improving Environmental Compliance and Performance Through Environmental Management Systems
• 515 DM 4 Environmental Management Systems
• FUDS Statement of Principles
• FUDS Access Letters FINAL
  (the standard access letter applies to all bureaus except NPS)
• Department of Homeland Security Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) training slides
• Implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 - Proposed Rule
• DOI General Environmental Management Systems Awareness Training
• Bureau of Land Management - National Environmental Policy Act Revised Implementing Procedures
• Management Planning and NEPA Modernization Blueprint (Intranet Accessible Only)
• ESM05-3 Guidance for Preparing a Decision Memorandum When Performing Emergency Activities That Are Not Expected to Have a Significant Impact - Actions Associated with Hurricane Katrina
• DOI Environmental Achievement Award Recipients
• Training on the "Principles of Effective Public Participation"
• Procedures for Acquiring Property Under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Act
• Standard Operating Procedures for National Response Plan Activities

About OEPC

The Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance:

• Provides national and regional leadership and direction in the coordination and development of environmental policy and program evaluation.
• Provides for a coordinated and unified approach and response to environmental issues that affect multiple bureaus in order to ensure that the Department of the Interior speaks as one entity with respect to those issues.
• Provides guidance for the Department's compliance with the full range of existing environmental statutes, executive orders, regulations and other requirements.
• Provides independent environmental and technical advice to the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget and other senior Departmental officials.
• Acts as an advocate, both inside and outside of the Department, for programs which enable bureaus to accomplish their missions in an efficient and effective manner.

These missions are met nationwide through the OEPC headquarters and Regional Offices. The Office provides the only technologically-based staff in the Office of the Secretary that advises the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget, and other top Departmental officials about policies, programs and individual actions affecting natural resources and environmental quality.

The headquarters office is organized into four teams -- Natural Resources Management Team, Environmental Management and Integration Team, Natural Resources Trust and Response Team and Environmental Cleanup and Liability Management Team.

OEPC has eight regional offices located in Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, Albuquerque, Oakland, Portland, and Anchorage. Each Regional Office is headed by a Regional Environmental Officer who reports to the Director, and is responsible for all environmental functions within its region. They serve as a Departmental coordinator and an independent source of information and analysis to the Office of the Secretary.