{"title":"DOD international environmental activities","authors":"Gary D. Vest","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330080103","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ffej.3330080103","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this exclusive interview to the Journal, Mr. Gary D. Vest outlines the development of Department of Defense (DOD) international environmental activities over the past two decades and assesses their implications in terms of U.S. national security and environmental policy making. He discusses how these activities fit within former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry's concept of preventive defense to foster global stability and peace by enhancing environmental quality and quality of life. Working with the militaries of other nations, Mr. Vest explains how DOD's environmental expertise is being used to promote democratic institutions and respect for civilian control, as well as laying the groundwork for effective military environmental programs. He also explains how DOD's international environmental activities have improved coordination among relevant federal agencies and various international bodies in addressing regional environmental problems and paving the way for more coherent and effective working relationships in the future. Also addressed is the participation of the U.S. environmental industry in recent DOD international environmental activities and how this may translate into a greater share of a growing global market. He stresses that one of the most important aspects for a larger U.S. role in international environmental developments is that they may well end up being the driving force in the development of future U.S. environmental policy standards, not what the U.S. government or Congress is doing.</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"7-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330080103","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76944382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"If this is the information age, why can't I get the information I need to finish my project?","authors":"M. Lynn Phillips","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330090305","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ffej.3330090305","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Have you ever been sitting at your desk, trying to finish a really important project and you just can't seem to put your fingers on the information (or the person with the information) that you need? Does it seem that what you need is inaccessible because it's an island of information you can't get to, yet all around you are items indicative of the technology and information age we live in? There is a solution to turning the tide of information or data management in your favor, to focus on the value of the information and create an environment that will allow the widest base of communication for it. What is important to recognize is that once you are successful in turning the tide, you must also have the ability to ride the ensuing wave instead of being overcome by it. Too many great visions have become implemented ideas that fail at the first sign of trouble because the foundation wasn't substantive. Information technology implemented without a long-range plan inclusive of maintenance and technical support is like having frosting without the cake. It looks good at first, but when you bite into it, it has no solid substance to sink your teeth into.</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"9 3","pages":"27-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330090305","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75468460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Industry perspective. Environmental business action coalition, representing industry on multimedia environmental business initiatives","authors":"Jonathan G. Curtis, Jeremiah D. Jackson","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330110213","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ffej.3330110213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"11 2","pages":"129-133"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330110213","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85448361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Diaz, Charles S. Parmele, Kenneth J. Walsh, James A. Garrison
{"title":"Applying pollution prevention to air quality programs","authors":"Luis Diaz, Charles S. Parmele, Kenneth J. Walsh, James A. Garrison","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330110108","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ffej.3330110108","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As a large installation, Eglin Air Force Base conducts numerous operations and activities in support of national defense. Many of these operations/activities are a direct source of air emissions. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) evaluated these operations/activities for the purpose of identifying those that could be changed to reduce air emissions, regulatory exposure, and permitting and/or labor costs. This study applied root cause analysis techniques to minimize or eliminate these emissions. The study identified numerous potential options, many of which have been traditionally associated with pollution prevention efforts; however, by applying root cause analysis techniques, numerous other innovative and/or low-cost approaches to reducing air emissions were identified. Implementation of these options would result in a significant reduction in the annual quantity of air emissions at the base.</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"11 1","pages":"85-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330110108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81389746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conserving biodiversity on military lands","authors":"J. Douglas Ripley, Michele Leslie","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330080210","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ffej.3330080210","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article provides a brief overview of biodiversity on military lands, highlights a number of biodiversity conservation success stories that serve as models for aspects of an ecosystem-based natural resource management approach, and offers perspectives on conditions for the broader implementation of ecosystem management approaches by the Department of Defense (DOD).</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"8 2","pages":"93-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330080210","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89506803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EPCRA: Toxic release reporting requirements and reductions for the department of defense","authors":"June C. Bolstridge","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330110311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ffej.3330110311","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Department of Defense (DOD) installations are required by Executive Order 13148 to comply with the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), achieve reductions in usage and releases of toxic chemicals, and implement other programs, such as environmental management systems and audits. EPCRA section 313 compliance requires each DOD installation to evaluate more than 600 chemicals for possible annual reporting to EPA and state regulators. Achieving these goals at the installation level is further complicated by EPA's ongoing modifications to the EPCRA requirements, and the differences between DOD and EPA guidance for the specific compliance actions that must be taken. In addition to describing the EPCRA requirements, available DOD guidance, and key compliance issues of importance to military installations, this article recommends approaches to resolving DOD/EPA guidance differences, and provides insight into the importance of the EPCRA data.</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"11 3","pages":"115-124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330110311","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91856239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cumulative air quality effects assessment","authors":"Jeff N. Rumrill, Larry W. Canter","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330110304","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ffej.3330110304","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Federal agencies in the United States are required to consider the cumulative effects (CEs) of their activities combined with those of others. This requirement has placed a burden on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process due to the technical complexities involved with cumulative effects assessment (CEA). This article presents a CEA methodology that reduces some of the inherent complexities by focusing on the cumulative influence to a single environmental resource, ambient air quality. An eight-step method is presented herein as a tool for the assessment of cumulative air quality effects. Procedures for accomplishment of the more difficult steps, such as the determination of what activities to include in the evaluation and how to determine the significance of a cumulative effect, are also included.</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"11 3","pages":"19-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330110304","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91822559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An interagency approach to managing cost and performance data for site remediation","authors":"Richard J. Weisman, John Kingscott","doi":"10.1002/ffej.3330100308","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ffej.3330100308","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable, an interagency working group, was created to build a more collaborative atmosphere among federal agencies involved in the remediation of hazardous waste sites. A major initiative of the Roundtable is to improve the type and availability of cost and performance data about remediation technologies. To date, the Roundtable has published 140 case studies, available on-line at http://www.frtr.gov/cost, that document full-scale and demonstration-scale projects, covering in-situ and ex-situ technology applications for soil, groundwater, and solid media. This article provides an overview of the Roundtable's current inventory of case studies, overall approach to data management, standard reporting procedures, and observations and lessons learned.</p>","PeriodicalId":100523,"journal":{"name":"Federal Facilities Environmental Journal","volume":"10 3","pages":"97-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/ffej.3330100308","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"105759880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}