Environmental Management System (EMS) Awareness Training

1. Environmental Management System (EMS) Awareness Training Our mission is to provide Soldiers, Civilians and their Families with a quality of life commensurate with the quality of their service. We Are The Army’s Home

2. Objectives of this training: • Develop an awareness of our EMS • Provide general understanding of EMS principles • Create a sense of individual responsibility for the success of EMS • Give advice for recycling

3. What is an EMS • A framework for managing the impacts/risks of an organization’s activities, products, and services on the environment. • A tool designed to integrate management of environmental issues into daily mission operations • A tool to help the Community stay in conformance with legal/policy environmental requirements, and to continuously improve its overall environmental performance. • The Garrison Commander’s program, but everyone’s involvement.

4. Benefits of an EMS • Sustains mission readiness. • Ensures employees know and follow procedures, which will reduce or avoid environmental impacts. • Improves environmental performance, reduces costs, and enhances compliance with Final Governing Standards, Army Regulations, and Host Nation Regulations. • Proactive vs. reactive  decrease in environmental risk • Stronger working relationship with community and regulators – improved public image.

5. EMS shall be implemented fence line to fence line to include our : Soldiers Tenants Families Activities Products and Services Contractors

6. Sustaining The Army’s Ability to Train Now and in the Future EMS Drivers • Executive Order 13423, signed by President George W. Bush, requires all US government organizations to implement an EMS, (Jan 2007) • DOD Policy, describing EMS requirements (Apr 2002) • DASA (ESOH) Memo, describing EMS requirements (Aug 2001) • Sustainable range program plan, describing EMS requirements (Aug 2003)

7. Environmental Policy Management Review Planning Continuous Improvement Checking Implementation & Operation ISO 14001 • Army leadership has decided to use the ISO 14001 standard as a model for developing and implementing an EMS at each installation. • The ISO 14001 provides general guidance for implementing an EMS. • Major components:

8. Our Environmental Policy • Commander’s environmental statement • Garrison’s commitment to - Pollution Prevention - Compliance with Environmental laws - Continuous improvement Everyone within the USAG Baumholder needs to know and follow the EMS Policy !

9. Our Environmental Policy http://www.baumholder.army.mil/sites/local/PoliciesIndexB.asp. Policy # 3.1

10. Environmental Aspect Environmental Impact = an element of an organization’s activities, products or operations that can interact with the environment = any change to the environment, adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from an organization’s activities, products or operations Heating Energy Consumption Depletion of natural resources Example: Planning: Environmental Aspects / Impacts Activity/Product/ Operation

11. EMS Elements • Activities: Include mission support activities by units or installation offices including shops, ranges, hospitals and offices. • An example of an activity is equipment maintenance. An activity includes multiple tasks referred to as processes. • Processes: are tasks performed during normal activities that may impact the environment either directly or as a result of an accident. Example of a process is changing oil in a vehicle. • Aspects: Characteristics of a process that can cause an impact to an environmental resource. Most processes have more than one aspect. • Examples: solid waste generation such as oily rags, recyclable waste such as used oil, and the potential of spill or release of hazardous material such as oil, fuel or solvents

12. EMS Elements • Process control: procedures that are followed or physical barriers put in place to eliminate negative impact to environment. • Example of a process control is the shop procedure for managing used oil or spill containment berm • Impacts: are the effects of a processes’ aspect on environmental resources. Each aspect may have more than one impact. • Example: spilled fuel may contaminate fresh water, groundwater, or soil and permit violation or regulatory fines • Process owner: are command unit or office responsible for day-to-day use of a process. The maintenance supervisor who runs daily operation of a maintenance bay ensures the process owners responsibilities are met. met.

13. Aspects, Impact Relationship 1. Process: Washing vehicle Aspect: Oil and grease in rinse water Impact: Soil contamination, contaminated waste Process control: Management control - restricted to designated wash rack Physical control – wash rack pads and berms and oil water separator 2. Process: Changing oil Aspect: Generation of waste oil, generation of contaminated solids (oil cans, oil filters) Impact: Soil contamination, water contamination, solid waste, increased cost Process control: Management control - SOP, restricted to designated areas, training Physical control – absorbents, secondary containment Aspect is the cause and impact is the effect

14. Our significant aspects Solid waste generation - Recycling Hazardous waste generation (All HW generators have appointed and trained Environmental Officers) Spills/Emergency Situations (control spills and provide training)

15. Our objectives • Increase recycling rate to over 40% to meet EO requirement • All HW generators have appointed and trained Environmental Officers. • Increase number of spill training. Avoid, respond and cleanup spills

16. Objectives & Targets An EMS requires an organization to establish and maintain measurable objectives and targets for the identified significant aspects in order to reduce environmental impacts. 10 7 15 19 2 3 17

17. Environmental Operational Controls = documented procedures that describe the appropriate actions for managing those activities, processes and operations that have or can have significant environmental impacts: • Standard Operating Procedures • Calibration Instructions • Work Instructions • Manufacturer’s Operating Instructions • Training • Labeling of storage areas/containers • Inspections Operational Controls must be followed!

18. Your roles & responsibilities • Know our EMS policy. • Know, understand & support the Garrison objectives. • Know and follow standard operating procedures. • Attend competency-based training: Personnel whose jobs have been determined to have significant impacts on the environment will receive additional, job specific training to help minimize those impacts. 5. Maintain and complete all required environmental records/documentation that are applicable to your area of responsibility.

19. Hazardous Substances (HS) • Spill prevention and response • Notify US Fire Department (DSN 117) • Eliminate source and contain release (follow red plan) Instruction and training • All personnel using, handling or storing HS must receive awareness training. • Each unit/activity- has to appoint a primary and alternate EO; training required.

20. What else can you do? • Help to improve our recycling rate! because: • Recycling saves the Community funds! •  Each ton of properly segregated paper saves the Community $93 !!! What YOU can do??? Make sure you properly segregate your waste materials!

21. Recycling Brown Food Waste Bins Blue Paper Bins Banana skins Citrus fruit peelings Coffee grounds with filter Eggshells Fruit leftovers Nutshells Salad leftovers Solid food leftovers Vegetable leftovers Advertising Leaflets Books & Brochures Cardboard Cardboard files/folders Catalogs Clean paper bags Corrugated cardboard Magazines Photocopy paper Telephone books Writing paper Newspapers Office paper Paper packaging

22. Recycling Glass Containers Aluminum & Metal Cans Clear glass bottles and jars Green glass bottles and jars Brown/amber glass bottles Broken glassware Preserving glass etc. Aluminum soda and metal cans go into bins with yellow lids No porcelain, mirror glass and window pane!

23. Rest Trash / Rubbish Adhesive tape Ashes & cigarette butts Ball-point pens Bones Q-tips & used Kleenex Diapers and sanitary pads Dirty recyclable trash Dust Felt-tip pens Light Bulbs Magnetic tapes Meat, fat & fish leftovers Porcelain Rubber bands No Hazardous Waste in the residual waste containers!

24. Recycling Household Hazardous Waste Battery Boxes Only for dry cell (Household) batteries! Hazardous Waste (see the list presented below) must be disposed of at the HWSF Bldg.8469 or in coordination with the Environmental Division (DSN: 485-6858) Pesticides Photo chemicals Solvents Spot remover Used motor oil Wood-preservatives Alkaline solutions Car Batteries Cleaning agents Brake fluid Disinfectants Energy-saving light-bulbs Fluorescent Tubes Glues Insecticides Mercury thermometers Oil filters Old medicine Paint, varnish (Take car batteries to the Hazardous waste storage facility at Bldg. 8469) Operating Hours @ Bldg.8469: Mon-Thurs 0800-1200 & 1300- 1600 POC: Ms. Sheetz 485-6858

25. Recycling Centers Recycling islands equipped with color coded containers have been provided throughout the AFH areas Recycling containers have also been provided in Admin and at the barracks areas The Garrison has a manned recycling center at B8461 Recycling containers for batteries are at commissary, PX and sight and sound shops

26. Environmental Communication • Report environmental incidents. • Tell us any ideas for improvement. • Do you know where to obtain environmental information? •  USAG Baumholder’s Environmental Website: • http://www.baumholder.army.mil/sites/directorates/pw.asp •  DSN: 485-6146

27. Roles & Responsibilities • Be aware of USAG Baumholder’s EMS: - Know our EMS policy and where to find it. - Know what the aspects and objectives are. - Understand basic EMS principles. • Participate in the EMS: - Support the Garrison objectives. - Know and follow standard operating procedures/operational controls. - Attend competency-based training:

28. POC Mr. Dominic Mutinda EMS Coordinator DSN 485-6146 Mail: Dominic.Mutinda.ln@mail.mil

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