Moody Air Force Base (AFB)

Moody Air Force Base has been actively incorporating Pollution Prevention into their everyday operations in accordance with United States Air Force, Air Combat Command headquarters, Executive Order, and federal, state and base policies, goals and directives. Pollution prevention initiatives have resulted in a significant reduction in the generation of hazardous waste at Moody.

Moody Air Force Base covers 11,500 acres in Valdosta, Georgia. It employs over 15,000 civilians and active duty military personnel in an city that has a population of about 47,000 people. The DoD host for Moody is the 347^th Support Group, and the base has 3 fighter squadrons and 2 rescue squadrons assigned to it, including HC-130, F-16, A-10 and HH-60 aircraft. Moody is an Air and Ground combat-ready base. Moody's mission is to provide combat readiness anywhere in the world within 24 hours.

Specific P2 Initiatives

Hazardous Waste Goal

Reduce generation by 50% of CY92 baseline by CY99 (Moody exceeded this goal in CY97). Moody has implemented several P2 initiatives, including: aqueous jet washers (6); a downdraft paint removal system; Label maker machines; HVLP paint guns; variable ratio paint mixing stations; the BOSS (bicarbonate of soda) stripping and cleaning system implementation; and centrifuges. Additionally, Moody has implemented the Air Force HAZMART program to reduce usage of, track storage of, and report hazardous materials.

Non-Hazardous Solid Waste Goal

Reduce generation by 50% of CY92 baseline by CY99. Moody has a recycling program and a composting program to help achieve this goal. Moody is planning to expand its Composting Program (currently 480 tons/yr without food composition) to incorporate food waste from many on-base dining facilities that generate food waste including: Burger King, Anthony's Pizza, the Dining Hall, the Co-located Club, the Bowling Alley Snack Bar, and Grounds Maintenance yard waste. Moody purchased a Weed Harvester to facilitate composting.

Pollution Prevention Program

Company and corporate policies promote protection of the environment/community within LMAS. The Corporate Environment, Safety and Health (EHS) office promotes P2 in staff functions and written procedures, and sponsors a P2 Task Force, the Environmental Technologies Task Force (ETTF), which was formed in 1993 to facilitate environmental technology transfer and P2 expertise across the corporation and to minimize the cost of innovation between companies. ETTF's initial goal was elimination of ODCs and 33/50 chemicals from manufacturing. Now ETTF leverages environmental technology expertise with customers through the DoD Joint Group on Acquisition Pollution Prevention (JGAPP) and their engineering process specification "Hazardous Material Reduction". LMAS achieves cost savings by: substitution of environmentally-preferred materials in areas of waste management, reduced liability in terms of worker exposure, reduced personal protective equipment needs, and reduced training/education needs for employees handlig hazardous materials. LMAS has established a P2 committee that leads P2 efforts within the company. This committee is composed of members representing materials & processing, advanced design, methods engineering, public relations, materials management, legal counsel, maintenance, and program control. The committee tracks progress of P2 projects, provides a discussion forum for new P2 opportunities, and serves to disseminate info about P2 throughout the company. LMAS has also established two other groups: the Materials and Processes Organization, which maintains specifications for material usage in manufacturing and oversees testing of proposed substitute materials; and the Hazardous Material Review Board, which controls the use of hazardous materials at the facility and is responsible for reviewing all hazardous materials currently in use and for approving first-time acquisition of hazardous materials. The HMRB makes recommendations regarding hazardous material elimination, substitution, disposal, and consolidation.