The Environmental Management System (EMS) is a tool that will help BLM New Mexico work smarter, more efficiently and leave a smaller environmental footprint. The EMS is simply a set of procedures that quantifies cost benefits and reduces our environmental footprint in our day-to-day activities. It is a cyclical process that is focused on continuous environmental improvement, innovation, and more efficient operations and that’s what we should be about - innovative and improving our processes. By establishing this EMS we are now in compliance with Executive Order 13423 and Departmental Manual 515 DM 4 dated August 13, 2008.
The BLM is committed to implementing an EMS to:
- Comply with all Federal, State, and local environmental laws and regulations;
- Achieve continuous environmental improvement throughout all of our program areas, including those not subject to environmental regulation;
- Prevent pollution through the use of alternatives, wherever possible;
- Incorporate the consideration of environmental factors in all business decisions;
- Ensure a timely correction of issues identified in Compliance Assessment - Safety, Health, and the Environment (CASHE) audit findings;
- Provide appropriate environmental training to employees;
- Monitor and track EMS performance;
- Ensure that all EMS decisions and work are transparent to NM employees and the public; and
- Communicate and reinforce this EMS policy, programs, and services throughout NM.
EMS International Organization for Standards (ISO) Requirements include:
- Results of internal audits and evaluations of compliance with legal requirements
- Communications from external interested parties, including complaints
- The environmental performance of the organization
- The extent to which objectives and targets have been met
- Status of corrective and preventive actions
- Follow-up actions from previous management reviews
- Changing circumstances, including developments in legal and other requirements related to its environmental aspects
- Recommendations for improvement
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