DOE/EFCOG Environmental Management Systems Training Workshop

Implementation, Lessons Learned, and Best Practices

• Abstracts

 Presentations

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Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - Morning

Plenary:  Promoting Sustainable Environmental Stewardship throughout the Federal Government - Ed Piñero, Federal Environmental Executive 

Breakout Session A - Moderator:  Eric Damberg

• Identification of Aspects and Impacts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Kami Lowry, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Integrated Work Management at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Patricia Gallagher, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Integration of EMS & ISMS through the UT-Battelle Work Control Process - David Skipper, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Implementing an EMS that Integrates Pollution Prevention/Sustainability Concepts - Sara Cornwell, Janice Jackson, Wayne McMahon, BWXT Y-12

Breakout Session B - Setting Objective & Targets, Establishing Programs and Monitoring Progress - Moderator: Alice Ikenberry

• Using the UT-Battelle Performance Based Management Model to Establish EMS Objectives and Targets - Kathy Carney, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Sustainable EMS:  Performance Monitoring - David J. Folse, Strategic Petroleum Reserve

• Performance Reporting to the Management Review Team - Daniel McCollum, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• National Environmental Performance Track Program - Dan Fiorino, EPA Headquarters

Tuesday, March 8, 2005 - Afternoon

Breakout Session A - Managing your Legal & Other Requirements, and Assuring Compliance - Moderator: Eric Damberg

• Using the Directives Process to Track EMS Requirements - Daniel McCollum, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• Integration of Management Systems to Support Deployment of an EMS - Glenn Hoenes, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Flow Down of EMS Requirements to Contractors at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center - Chris Spire, Kennedy Space Center

• Next Generation ISO 14001:  The 2004 Revision - Susan L.K. Briggs, Battelle

Breakout Session B - Designing and Implementing an Integrated EMS - Moderator:  Steven Woodbury

• Crosswalk between EMS and the National Environmental Policy Act - Lucy Swartz, Battelle

• Deployment of the UT-Battelle EMS through the Standards Based Management System - Fay Frederick, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Defining and Implementing an EMS that Aligns with Environmental Aspects of a Large Complex Facility Fully Joined with Integrated Safety Management (ISM) - Bruce Angle and John Irving, Idaho National Laboratory

  • Handouts

• Using your EMS:  Attaining Integrated Membership in State and Federal Incentive Programs - William Bozzo, Strategic Petroleum Reserve

 Plenary:  State and Federal EMS Programs - Moderator:  Susan L.K. Briggs

• EPA Strategy on EMS & Regulatory Programs - M. Martin, EPA Region 5

• Interagency EMS Work Group Initiatives - W. Garvey, EPA Headquarters

• DOE Response to President’s Management Council’s Environmental Compliance Management Improvement Initiative  - S. Woodbury, DOE Headquarters EH-43

Wednesday, March 9, 2005 - Morning

Plenary:  Keynote Speaker - The DOE Perspective on EMS - Andy Lawrence, DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment

Breakout Session A - Lessons Learned on Maintaining and Sustaining your EMS - Moderator:  Susan L.K. Briggs

• Summary of Lessons Learned - Elizabeth Zimmerman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Lessons Learned from a Maturing EMS - George Goode and John Selva, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Breakout Session B - Case Studies of EMS Training and Awareness Programs - Moderator: Gretchen Farnung

• EMS Training:  Getting the Message to Employees - Daniel McCollum, National Energy Technology Laboratory

• EMS All-Employee Awareness Training at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Dennis L. Hjeresen, Los Alamos National Laboratory

 Plenary:  Panel Discussion - Internal and External EMS Communication - Moderator:  Susan L.K. Briggs  

• Communication – An Effective Tool for Implementing ISO 14001/EMS - Rachel Damewood, Idaho National Laboratory

• Internal Communications – Eric Damberg & Alice Ikenberry, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Community Involvement & Decision-Making –Jeanne D’Ascoli, Brookhaven National Laboratory

•  Improving Public Communications - Kathy Carney, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

DEMONSTRATION – Web-Based Environmental Information Management System - Robert S. Sheneman, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Wednesday, March 9, 2005 - Afternoon

Breakout Session A -  Assessing your EMS Effectiveness and Environmental Performance, and Taking Action - Moderator:  Steven Woodbury

• Internal Auditing of your EMS and Regulatory Compliance Status - Elizabeth Zimmerman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• Sustainable EMS:  Corrective Action Tracking System - David J. Folse, Strategic Petroleum Reserve

• How to Get Management’s Attention When You’re Not the Problem - Bruce Angle, Idaho National Laboratory

Breakout Session B -  Pollution Prevention (P2) Programs – the Cornerstone of an EMS - Moderator:  Eric Damberg

• P2 Program Integration with the Los Alamos National Laboratory EMS - Dennis L. Hjeresen, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Recycling and Affirmative Procurement Best Practices within DOE - Al Villareal, Sandia National Laboratory

• National Renewal Energy Laboratory’s EMS and “Sustainable NREL” Program - Denise Rayborn, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (via webcast)

Plenary:  DOE Panel Discussion - Self Declaration & Reporting Conformance to DOE O 450.1 - Steven Woodbury (DOE EH-43) and DOE Regional Representatives

For additional information contact:

Alice Ikenberry - Environmental SG Chair

Phone: (509) 373-5638

E-mail:  alice.ikenberry@pnl.gov