EMS Policy
Federal Aviation Administration
William J. Hughes Technical Center
Environmental Policy
Date: February 01, 2007
The FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (Technical Center) is committed
to excellence and leadership in protecting the environment, and the health
and safety of its employees, customers and neighbors. In keeping with this
commitment, the Technical Center will provide products and services and otherwise
conduct operations so as to avoid harmful human exposures, conserve energy
and resources, and minimize the use of ecologically detrimental materials.
This commitment extends to all Technical Center operations and will be implemented
and given effect through an Environmental Management System (EMS). An EMS is
a systematic approach to insure that environmental considerations are well
managed by an organization. The emphasis is on continual improvement rather
than crisis
management.
The Technical Center's EMS framework is designed to achieve the following
results:
·
Pollution Prevention
The Technical Center will first seek to cost effectively avoid the creation
of pollution and waste from processes and operations, and second to manage
remaining waste through safe and responsible methods and vendors.
·
Regulatory Compliance
The Technical Center will identify, evaluate and comply with all environmental
laws, regulations.
·
Self Assessment
The Technical Center will conduct thorough audits and self-assessments of compliance
with regulations and with this policy, measure progress against the requirements
of the environmental management system, its objectives, targets and other performance
indicators. As part of the Technical Center's EMS, objectives and targets will
be reviewed annually and performance against objectives and targets will be
reported on semi-annually at management reviews.
·
Responsible Neighbor
The Technical Center will be an environmentally responsible neighbor in its
community and will act quickly and responsibly to correct incidents or conditions
that endanger health, safety, or the environment.
·
Ecology, Habitats, Endangered Species
The Technical Center will be attentive in its operations and activities to avoid
unnecessary harm to threatened species; endangered species, rare species, natural
habitats and ecologically sensitive areas.
·
Responsible Partnerships
The Technical Center will work with its partners to address mutual environmental
concerns and will encourage suppliers and contractors to comply with similar
environmental protection policies.
·
Communication
The Technical Center will communicate this policy to all employees, make it
available to the public and unions, and establish procedures to receive and
respond to inquiries from external interested parties. It is incumbent on all
Technical Center personnel to give effect to this policy by adhering to the
letter and
spirit of the above commitments and by demonstrating good faith and competence
in the execution of preventive and corrective environmental programs that seek
potentially exposed persons as well as the natural resources.
Wilson N. Felder
Director
To view this Policy in PDF format, please go to: http://environmental.act.faa.gov/ems/EMS_Docs/EMS_POLICY_REVOO.pdf
