Environmental Results. Outputs/Outcomes Outputs: Task 1: • Compliance with the FFATA • Procure an environmental consulting contractor through a competitive bid process • Conduct a Kick-Off meeting with the City’s project team, EPA and State partners. • Timely reporting to the ACRES system • Submittal of required reports (quarterly, annual, final, cleanup) Task 2: • Creation of a Brownfields task force, including one member from SCDHEC and EPA • Create a Public Involvement Plan • Hold no less than 6 Brownfields Task Force meetings to solicit community input and disseminate project activities and environmental cleanup results • Publish no less than one public notice/comment period for the project • Attend no less than two brownfields conferences Task 3: • Finalization of ABCA document, including incorporation of comments from public notice and regulatory review • Prepare Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) • Complete Health and Safety Plan • Advertise for and select cleanup contractor. • Complete cleanup activities and receive Certificate of Completion from SC DHEC.
Environmental Results. The Laboratory XL Project will achieve superior environmental performance, beyond that which is achieved by the current RCRA regulatory system, in three key areas, which are described more fully in the following pages:
Environmental Results. Innovation/Pollution Prevention It is the intent of the Parties to reinvest the Title V savings into environmentally significant pollution prevention projects. One of the pollution prevention projects that will take place is the installation of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on the base, the conversion of certain base fleet vehicles to be capable of using CNG as well as the procurement of dual fuel and dedicated CNG fuel vehicles. The exact number of vehicles that will become CNG capable has not yet been determined. The base has an active CNG working group composed of members from the Civil Engineering Squadron and Logistics Group that are in the process of developing the details of the fleet. The most likely scenario is to convert a combination of light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles and acquiring dual fuel and dedicated CNG vehicles. Converted vehicles will be tested to ensure they result in reduced emissions, manufactured dual fuel and dedicated fuel vehicles will also be analyzed to ensure positive environmental performance. The cleaner-burning CNG vehicles will contribute to reduced carbon monoxide (CO) emissions for Elmendorf and will demonstrate to the general public that this level of technology is achievable and beneficial. Carbon monoxide is a product of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and is emitted directly from the tailpipe of vehicles. Carbon monoxide enters the bloodstream through the lungs and forms carboxyhemoglobin, a compound that inhibits the blood’s capacity to carry oxygen. People with heart disease are particularly sensitive to CO poisoning. Infants, the elderly, and individuals with respiratory diseases are also sensitive receptors. Carbon monoxide can also affect healthy people by impairing the capacity to exercise, visual perception, manual dexterity, learning functions, and the ability to perform complex tasks. Elmendorf has assembled a list of other feasible pollution prevention opportunities available at the base, along with the estimated costs and environmental benefits of each opportunity. The Parties have discussed the opportunities for HAC reduction projects. The Parties agree to meet in a public forum to discuss selection of the opportunities called for under this Agreement. Upon agreement of the opportunity or opportunities by the Parties, they will sign a supplemental Agreement no later than September 30, 2001, setting forth the opportunities selected and any necessary measures to assure their per...
Environmental Results. In the original FR notice describing the criteria for evaluating XL projects, EPA set forth a standard that projects chosen as XL pilots should be able to achieve environmental performance that is superior relative to what would have been achieved through compliance with otherwise applicable requirements. In April 1997, EPA refined its definition of superior environmental performance, adding a two-tiered test that project sponsors and the Agency need to consider when developing and evaluating potential XL pilot projects. Although the Imation XL project was proposed, evaluated, and accepted based on the original criteria for demonstration of superior environmental performance, the Agency believes that this project also meets the more refined definition put forth in the April 1997 FR notice (62 Fed. Reg. 19873, April 23, 1997). This XL Project creates some significant environmental benefits that exceed the baseline of performance that would have reasonably occurred in the absence of the project. First, Imation has agreed to capture and control efficiencies for VOCs and HAPs that go beyond the requirements of the regulations to which they are subject. For HAPs, Imation is agreeing to meet the requirements of the magnetic tape manufacturing maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard (See 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart EE), even though some facility operations may not be subject to this standard. In addition, Imation has agreed to conduct BACT/TBACT analyses for any emission-related changes at the facility. These analyses could result in installation of even more stringent control technology for VOCs and HAPs. Imation has further agreed to use an advanced FTIR-CEMS which allows the facility to speciate and quantify organic emissions from the stack on a continuous basis. The capabilities of the FTIR-CEMS are well beyond those required by all applicable requirements, and the speciation provided by this equipment will allow Imation to optimize their operation of the SRU, thus maximizing control of organic emissions. A final, potential environmental benefit associated with this project involves some of the VOC emission reduction credits (ERCs) donated by Imation to the District. The District will either retire the ERCs or sell them to companies who have been screened according to their environmental track record. The environmental benefit would result from the reduction of VOC emissions represented by retiring the ERCs from the air, or from emission reductio...
Environmental Results. The desired long term result of this effort is reversal of the gradual degradation of Puget Sound and the Georgia Basin from urban sprawl and development. This reversal will be measured in terms of cessation in the invasion of exotic species, restoration of the near shore habitat, recovery in numbers of marine invertebrates, fish and wildlife, and elimination of tumors and reduction of toxic chemicals in bottom fish. Roles: Both Ecology and EPA will provide technical assistance, policy support, and community involvement support.
Environmental Results. The desired results from these activities are improved wetland decision-making, based on an understanding of the ecological functions being provided by individual wetlands; increased success of wetland mitigation sites and fostering the development of ecologically sound wetland mitigation banks.
Environmental Results. The implementation of this proposal will allow hazardous waste, generated by utilities at "remote" locations where there is no staffed, utility- owned facility, to be transported more immediately to a staffed or secured location. At the present time, particularly when the collection of hazardous waste is unplanned, it may take several days to make arrangements for removal of the material directly to a TSD facility. In the meantime, if the material remains at the "remote" location, it may endanger public health and the environment because the utility has no means to provide secure storage for the material, safe from releases through accidents or vandalism. Moreover, if the material is left at a street location where it continues to disrupt normal traffic patterns (vehicular and/or pedestrian), public safety is threatened, even if there are no releases. Particularly in urban settings (e.g., New York City), the disruption of traffic patterns can lead to a substantial risk of vehicular collisions or vehicle/pedestrian accidents. Forced merging of high-volume traffic lanes, if necessary, is an extreme safety hazard. Prevention of endangerment to human health and the environment and enhanced public safety are direct environmental benefits of this project. There are also direct environmental results to be realized from the consolidation of compatible wastes at UCCFs. By minimizing the number of vehicle trips that must be made to the ultimate TSD facility, emissions from mobile sources are reduced, as well as vehicular fuel consumption and the possibility of an accident involving a vehicle transporting these wastes. There are also indirect environmental benefits from reduced need for human resources, time and paperwork. More utility and regulatory agency resources are made available to address high- priority environmental issues. Participating utilities will reinvest one-third of the direct cost savings accrued due to participation in this project into environmentally beneficial projects which are above and beyond what is legally required by law and which were not planned prior to the UCCF’s receipt of approval to participate in this XL project.
Environmental Results. EPA’s first Project XLC criterion states that Projects should achieve environmental performance that is superior compared to the performance that should be obtained through compliance with current and reasonably anticipated future regulations. EPA, OEPA, and Xxxxxxxx believe that the successful completion of this Project (Phase I and the subsequent phases) should achieve SEP. Since Phase I is a planning phase, designed to support and supplement the more specific goals of the subsequent phases, evidence of the Project’s SEP will not be measurable until the implementation of those subsequent phases.
Environmental Results. In order to designate Vandenberg as a nonmajor source, the SBCAPCD Board adopted an amendment to Rule 1301, "Part 70 Operating Permits," excluding nonroad Tactical Support Equipment and selected Infrastructure and Building Maintenance equipment from the applicability determination for Title V permitting. This was contingent upon the facility entering into an ENVVEST Final Project Agreement (FPA) and submittal of a plan for approval by the Control Officer of the SBCAPCD which achieves at least 10 tons per year or more of ozone precursor emission reductions. Rule 1301 also requires that the plan be made federally enforceable by EPA. (See Attachment __) In addition, the Air Pollution Control Officer for the SBCAPCD exercised his discretion to designate certain groups of emission units to be separate and distinct stationary sources for the purposes of Title V only. These include residential units and personnel related amenities. This discretion was consistent with EPA's August 2, 1996 policy entitled, "Major Source Determinations for Military Installations under the Air Toxics, New Source Review, and Title V Operating Permit Programs of the Clean Air Act," which allows personnel related amenities and residential housing to be separated from the primary activities at the Base because of differing source industrial classification (SIC) codes. (See Attachment __)
Environmental Results. Outputs, Outcomes, and Performance Measures (Logic Model) The LEADucate program performance measures logic model may be found in Appendix B. The program seeks to improve knowledge of sources of household lead exposure and prevention methods at the community and individual level. The curriculum is based upon the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Program-Solving Model framework (EJCPS) which seeks to build partnerships with stakeholders and community members to develop solutions to address environmental issues in the community (EPA, 2006). The framework is based upon principles of environmental justice, in which community members are encouraged to build community capacity and leadership development for addressing environmental injustice, such as household lead exposure in areas of low income, poor housing, or areas of increased environmental risks. In turn, community organizations and other stakeholders are encouraged to form collaborative partnerships with community members to bring together the resources necessary to reach these environmental goals (EPA, 2006). Liveya, Inc. has established an ongoing partnership between key partner organizations that serve the West End, Atlanta community, such as the Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc. (FHCGA) a federally qualified health center in the West End community, the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Environmental Health Division, the Xxxxxx County Board of Health, and The YMCA of Metro Atlanta, for lead prevention education and community advocacy programs. The overarching goal of the LEADucate program is to 1. Improve community knowledge and self-efficacy of preventing household lead exposure in their household, and 2. To encourage coalition-building and community-led forums with environmental health organizations that seek to improve environmental justice in the West End, Atlanta community. Performance measures for the program include knowledge attribution rates (assessed in pre-and post- testing during curriculum), qualitative data from focus groups and community-led forums with environmental health organizations. Secondary outcomes of the program include improved self-efficacy and confidence of community members in building coalitions to address environmental injustice in the West End community, and an increased knowledge of existing resources and community partners for household lead exposure testing, abatement, and medical treatment interventions for young children ...
