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Environmental Management Division (EMD) NASA HQ |
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| Executive Order (EO) 13423 |
| On January 24, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 13423
which consolidates and strengthens five executive orders and establishes
updated goals, practices, and reporting requirements for environmental,
energy, and transportation performance and accountability for the
federal government. It revokes EO 13149, 13148 , 13134, 13123 and 13101.
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EMD provides executive and functional leadership, policy, oversight and
coordination for NASA institutional and programmatic environmental
issues directed toward enabling the NASA mission, assisting Centers,
advancing environmental stewardship, and ensuring environmental
statutory and regulatory compliance. Proactive, sound environmental
management contributes to risk reduction, mission success, and lower
environmental liability. Environmental management encompasses a wide
range of activities: identifying and mitigating the environmental
consequences of program and project activities; informing systems
engineering decisions to enhance safety and minimize life-cycle costs;
and correcting environmental damage from past operations.
EMD manages these responsibilities through four strategic focus areas:
MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT
Supporting internal Division operations and Agency-wide planning, budgeting, communication and risk management activities for environmental management.
+ Mission, Goals, Objectives
+ Risk Management
+ Risk Communications
+ Panels
+ Budget Management and Advocacy
+ Events and Awards
DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT
Providing direct mission support by integrating environmental considerations into programs and projects.
+ Environmental Planning (National Environmental Policy Act) NEPA
+ Cultural Resource Management (National Historic Preservation Act) CRM
PROTECTION OF MISSION RESOURCES
Pursuing environmental initiatives designed to restore, protect and enhance mission resources.
+ Environmental Functional Reviews (EFRs)
+ Environmental Clean-up and Restoration (ECR)
+ Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
+ Recycling, Affirmative Procurement, and Pollution Prevention
PROACTIVE RISK MITIGATION
Proactively reducing NASA’s exposure to institutional, programmatic and operational risks.
+ Environmental Assurance for NASA Systems
+ Center Operational Assurance
+ Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation
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