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Drivers and Resources
Regulatory Drivers
National Laws
Executive Orders
DOE Orders and Directives
Information Resources
DOE P2 Websites
Other P2 Websites
Environmental
Technologies
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DRIVERS |
| National
Laws |
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The Pollution
Prevention Act of 1990 is
the national legislation that establishes
pollution prevention policy. |
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The Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (Section 6002)
directs Federal agencies to establish
Affirmative Procurement Programs for acquiring
recycled content products designated by
EPA. |
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| Executive
Orders |
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Executive Order
13423. On January 24th, 2007, the President
signed Executive Order 13423, “Strengthening
Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation
Management.” The order sets goals
in the areas of energy efficiency, acquisition,
renewable energy, toxics reductions, recycling,
renewable energy, sustainable buildings,
electronics stewardship, fleets, and water
conservation. In addition the order requires
more widespread use of Environmental Management
Systems as the framework in which to manage
and continually improve these sustainable
practices. |
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Executive
Order 13101, Greening the Government
through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and
Federal Acquisition, challenges Federal
agencies to use environmentally preferable
products and services, including recycled
content and biobased products. |
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Executive
Order 13123, Greening the Government
through Efficient Energy Management, promotes
energy efficiency, water conservation, and
the use of renewable energy products within
the Federal Government. |
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Executive
Order 13148, Greening the Government
through Leadership in Environmental Management,
promotes the use of environmental management
systems and pollution prevention as a means
to achieve and maintain environmental compliance. |
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Executive
Order 13149, Greening the Government
through Federal Fleet and Transportation
Efficiency, challenges Federal agencies
to use environmentally preferable or biobased
motor vehicle products, and to reduce petroleum
consumption through improvements in fuel
efficiency and the use of alternative fuel
vehicles. |
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| DOE
Orders and Directives |
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DOE
Order 450.1, Administrative Change 1, Environmental Protection
Program, establishes requirements, authorities,
and responsibilities for assuring DOE compliance
with applicable Federal, State, and local
environmental laws and regulations, Executive
Orders, and internal Departmental policies.
Attachment 3 establishes pollution prevention
goals and strategies. |
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DOE
Order 430.2, In-House Energy Management,
establishes requirements for DOE to cost-effectively
meet energy efficiency, water conservation,
and renewable energy use laws, regulations,
and Executive Orders. |
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DOE
Notice 430.3, Extension of DOE Order
430.2, In-House Energy Management, extends
DOE Order 430.2. |
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DOE
Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management,
ensures that DOE radioactive waste is managed
to protect worker and public health and
safety, and the environment. Contractor
Requirements Document (Attachment 1) addresses
compliance with Executive Orders 12856 and
13101. |
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DOE
Order 435.1 , Radioactive Waste Management
Manual, establishes requirements for
the implementation of DOE Order 435.1. See
Chapter I.1.E (20) for waste minimization
and pollution prevention requirements associated
with Executive Orders 12856 and 13101. See
Chapter I.2.F. (3) for Field Manager responsibility
for implementing waste minimization and
pollution prevention programs. |
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DOE
Order 435.1 , Chapter I of Implementation
Guide for Use with DOE Manual 435.1-1
- provides guidance for implementing DOE
Order 435.1. See Chapter I.1.E (20) for
waste minimization and pollution prevention
requirements associated with Executive Orders
12856 and 13101. See Chapter I.2.F. (3)
for Field Manager responsibility for implementing
waste minimization and pollution prevention
programs. |
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| DOE
P2 Websites |
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DOE
Environment, Safety & Health |
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DOE
Environmental Policy and Guidance |
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DOE
Materials Exchange |
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Energy
P2 Information Clearing House (EPIC) |
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P2
Coordinators |
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Sandia
National Laboratory/New Mexico
Sandia's Pollution Prevention page contains information
about SNL's environmental performance as well as valuable
information resources. |
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| Other
P2 Websites |
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ChemAlliance
ChemAliance provides up-to-date information concerning
the environmental regulations affecting the chemical industry.
The site contains a variety of useful resources, including
a virtual plant tour. Each stop of the virtual tour contains
regulations, P2 options, and case studies for that operations'
area. |
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Chemical
Strategies Partnership
The Chemical Strategies Partnership (CSP) is a non-profit
organization working to reduce chemical use, waste, risks,
and cost through the transformation of the chemical supply
chain. CSP promotes the use of Chemical Management Services
model to change the traditional relationship between chemical
suppliers and their customers from providing product,
to providing service. |
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Defense
Environmental Network and Information Exchange (DENIX)
DENIX is the central platform and information clearinghouse
for environment, safety and occupational health news,
information, policy, and guidance for the Department of
Defense (DoD). DENIX offers a vast document library and
a gateway to web-based environmental compliance tools. |
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Department
of Agriculture-Biobased Products
USDA Biobased Prodcuts and Bioenergy Coordination Council
(BBCC) was established by the Secreatry of Agriculture
to provide a forum through which USDA agencies will
coordinate, facilitate and promote research, development,
transfer of technology, commercialization, and marketing
of biobased products and Bioenergy using renewable domestic
agricultural and forestry materials.
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EPA
Enviro$en$e - part of the U.S.
EPA's web site, provides a single repository for pollution
prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information
and databases. Its search engine searches multiple web
sites (inside and outside the EPA), and offers assistance
in preparing a search. |
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EPA
National Partnership for Environmental Priorities.
The National Partnership for Environmental Priorities
Program (NPEP) encourages public and private organizations
to form voluntary partnerships with EPA that reduce
the use or release of any of 31 Priority
Chemicals (PCs). Federal facilities are especially
encouraged to achieve reductions in the following five
priority chemicals: cadmium, lead, mercury, naphthalene,
and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). NPEP recognizes
programs that participate and that achieve their reduction
goals.
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FedCenter.gov
is the Federal Government's home for comprehensive environmental
stewardship and compliance assistance information. Its
Pollution
Prevention Program Area contains guidance, tools,
examples, and analyses of products and processes which
can be substituted for existing products/processes or
added to existing processes to reduce/eliminate pollution. |
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Green
Chemicals: Encouraging Toxic Use Reduction in Academic
Laboratories
MIT students and faculty collaborated on this award-winning
project, which provides substitution alternatives for
a variety of toxic and hazardous chemicals. |
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ISO
14000 HSS User Support |
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National Pollution
Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) P2 Experts Database |
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National
Recycling Coalition is dedicated to the advancement
and improvement of recycling, and also source reduction,
composting and reuse by providing technical information,
education, training, outreach and advocacy services to
its members in order to conserve resources and benefit
the environment. |
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National
Waste Minimization Program |
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Pollution
Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx)
The Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx™) is
a consortium of eight regional pollution prevention information
centers, funded in part through grants from EPA. These
centers all provide pollution prevention information,
networking opportunities and other services to States,
local governments and technical assistance providers in
their region. The centers represent a broad constituency,
including state and local pollution prevention programs,
manufacturing extension partnerships, cooperative extension
and nonprofit organizations. The diversity of audience
contributes to an overall breadth of P2 information and
opportunities. |
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| Environmental
Technologies |
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Federal Remediation
Technologies Roundtable |
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National
Technology Transfer Center |
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