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Goal 1: Promote wider
adoption of EMSs across a range of organizations and
settings.
Supporting Actions:
- Develop EMS implementation tools and an EMS information
clearinghouse (e.g., website);
- Partner with and leverage other EMS assistance providers (e.g.,
manufacturing extension partnership and universities, PEER (Public
Entity EMS Resource) Center) to gain maximum results;
- Develop the National Environmental Performance Track to provide
incentives to organizations to recognize and reward adoption of
effective EMSs; and
- Tailor EMS tools and services to meet the needs of select
sectors and promote EMSs in select geographic areas.
Goal 2: Promote
excellence in the practice of environmental management systems
inside and outside the Agency.
Supporting Actions:
- Conduct internal EMS training program and support network;
- Implement EMSs at Agency facilities in accordance with
Executive Order 13148 and support EMS implementation within other
federal agencies;
- Continued research on performance attributes of EMSs; and
- Participate in national and international EMS forums, including
Multi-State Working Group on EMSs and U.S. Technical Advisory Group
to ISO/TC 207 (TAG207) on Environmental Management, and ISO
Technical Committee 207 on Environmental Management.
Goal 3: Fuller
integration of EMSs into Agency programs and
activities.
Supporting Actions:
- Consideration of EMSs in Agency planning and budgeting
processes;
- Incorporation of EMSs into core Agency programs and
activities;
- Incorporation of EMSs into compliance assurance and enforcement
activities; and
- Incorporation of EMSs into pollution prevention programs.
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