Text: Draft Executive Order on Toxic Chemical Reductions

GREENING THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH

LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11001-11050) (EPCRA), the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13101-13109) (PPA), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q) (CAA), and section 301 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

PART 1 - PREAMBLE

Section 101. Federal Environmental Leadership. The head of each federal agency is responsible for ensuring that all necessary actions are taken to integrate environmental accountability into agency day-to-day decision-making and long-term planning processes, across all agency missions, activities and functions. Consequently, environmental management considerations must be a fundamental and integral component of federal government policies, operations, planning and management. The head of each federal agency is responsible for meeting the goals of this Executive Order.

PART 2 - GOALS

Section 201. Environmental Management. Through development and implementation of Environmental Management Systems, each agency shall ensure that enabling systems are established to support environmental leadership programs, policies and procedures. Agency senior level management shall explicitly and actively endorse these systems. Section 202. Environmental Compliance. Each agency must meet the obligation of compliance with environmental regulations by establishing and implementing environmental compliance audit programs and protocols. Compliance audit programs and policies shall emphasize pollution prevention as a means to both prevent non-compliance and return to compliance.

Section 203. Right-to-Know and Pollution Prevention. Through timely planning and reporting under EPCRA, federal facilities must be responsible members of their community by informing the public and its workers of possible sources of pollution resulting from facility operations. Federal agencies must strive to reduce or eliminate harm to human health and the environment from releases of pollutants to the environment. Each agency shall advance the national policy that, whenever feasible and cost-effective, pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source. Funding for compliance programs shall emphasize pollution prevention as a means to address environmental compliance.

Section 204. Toxic Chemical Release Reduction. Through innovative pollution prevention, effective facility management and acquisition and procurement practices, each agency shall reduce by ten percent annually its releases and transfers of toxic chemicals. Each agency shall ensure its facilities and mobile equipment (except vehicles, aircraft, and other weapon platforms used for national security and law enforcement purposes) are free of all Class I ozone depleting substances by December 31, 2010.

Section 205. Use Reduction: Toxic Chemicals and Hazardous Substances and Other Pollutants. Through identification of proven substitutes and established facility management practices including advanced procurement practices and pollution prevention, each agency shall reduce its use of selected toxic chemicals, hazardous substances and pollutants by 50 percent by December 31, 2006. Each agency shall reduce the release of criteria air pollutants attributed to facility energy use by 30 percent by 2010, consistent with Executive Order 13123.

Section 206. Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Landscaping. Each agency shall strive to promote the sustainable management of federal facility lands through the implementation of cost effective, environmentally sound landscaping practices and programs to reduce adverse impacts to the natural environment.

PART 3 - PLANNING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Section 301. Annual Budget Submission. Each agency’s budget submission to OMB shall specifically request funding necessary to achieve the goals of this order. OMB shall issue guidelines to assist agencies in developing appropriate requests that support sound investments in environmental management and pollution prevention. OMB shall explore the feasibility of establishing a fund on which agencies could draw to finance exemplary environmental management and pollution prevention activities and investments with higher initial costs but lower life-cycle costs. Budget requests to OMB in support of this order must be within each agency’s planning guidance level.

Section 302. Application of Life Cycle Assessment. The head of each agency and agency facilities shall apply life cycle assessment and environmental cost accounting principles to all projects developed to meet the requirements of this order. Such analysis shall be considered in the process established in the OMB Capital Programming Guide and OMB, Circular A-11. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall provide technical assistance to agencies in developing life cycle assessment and environmental cost accounting assessments under this part.

Section 303. Pollution Prevention to Address Compliance. The head of each agency shall ensure that its environmental regulatory compliance funding policies promote the use of pollution prevention to achieve and maintain environmental compliance at the agency’s facilities. Agencies shall adopt a policy preferentially to use pollution prevention projects and activities to correct and prevent non-compliance with environmental regulatory requirements. Agency funding requests for facility compliance with Federal, State and local environmental regulatory requirements shall emphasize pollution prevention through source reduction as the means of first choice to ensure compliance, with reuse and recycling alternatives having second priority as a means of compliance.

Section 304. Policies, Strategies and Plans.

(a) Within 12 months of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall ensure that the goals and requirements of this order are incorporated into existing agency environmental directives, policies and documents affected by the requirements and goals of this order. Where such directives and policies do not already exist, the head of each agency shall, within 12 months of the date of this order, prepare and endorse a written agency environmental management strategy to achieve the requirements and goals of this order. Agencies are encouraged to include elements of relevant agency policies or strategies developed under this part in agency planning documents prepared under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993.

(b) By March 31, 2002, the head of each agency shall ensure each of its facilities develops a written plan which sets forth the facility’s contribution to the goals established in this order. Agencies shall conduct assessments of their facilities as necessary to ensure development of such plans. Where pollution prevention plans have been prepared for agency facilities, agencies may elect to update those plans to meet the requirements and goals of this section.

(c) To facilitate compliance with this order, each agency shall provide, in all future contracts between the agency and its relevant contractors, for the contractor to supply the agency with all information the agency deems necessary for it to comply with this order. In addition, to the extent that compliance with this order is made more difficult due to lack of information from existing contractors, agencies shall take practical steps to obtain the information needed to comply with this order from such contractors.

Section 305. Interagency Environmental Leadership Workgroup. By February 1, 2000, EPA shall convene an Interagency Environmental Leadership Workgroup with senior-level representatives from all executive agencies and other interested independent government agencies affected by this order. The Workgroup members will assist EPA in developing policies and guidance required by this order and facilitate implementation of the requirements of this order in their respective agencies. Workgroup members shall report periodically to their Agency Environmental Executives (AEE) designated under Section 301(d) of Executive Order 13101 on progress being made in implementing this order. Members may also request the assistance of their AEE in resolving issues that may arise among workgroup members in developing policies and guidance related to this order. If the AEE’s are unable to resolve the issues, they may request the assistance of Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.

Section 306. Annual Reports. Agencies shall submit annual progress reports to EPA on implementation of this order. The first report is due on November 1, 2001 to cover calendar year 2000 activities, and subsequent reports are due on November 1 of each year covering activities in the previous calendar year. These reports shall include a description of the progress that the agency has made in complying with all aspects of this order, including the use of pollution prevention to achieve environmental requirements. A copy of the report shall be submitted to the Federal Environmental Executive (FEE) by EPA for use in the biennial Greening the Government Report to the President prepared in accordance with Executive Order 13101. Within six months of the date of this order, EPA shall prepare guidance regarding the information for the annual report.

PART 4 - PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Section 401. Agency and Facility Environmental Management Systems.

(a) Within 18 months of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall ensure that the agency conducts an environmental management system self assessment based on the Code of Environmental Management Principles for Federal Agencies developed by EPA (61 Federal Register 4062) and/or other appropriate existing environmental management system standards. These assessments shall include a review of agency environmental leadership goals, objectives and targets. Where appropriate, the assessments may be conducted at the service or bureau level.

(b) Within 24 months of the date of this order each agency shall implement environmental management systems at agency facilities based on the Code of Environmental Management Principles for Federal Agencies and/or other appropriate existing environmental management system standards. Facility environmental management systems shall establish environmental goals, objects and targets to be reviewed and updated annually. Once established, environmental management system standards shall be incorporated in agency facility audit protocols.

Section 402. Facility Compliance Audits.

(a) Within 12 months of the date of this order, the head of each agency, bureau or service that does not have an established regulatory environmental compliance audit program shall develop and implement a program to conduct facility environmental compliance audits or facility-specific environmental management systems audits. Initial facility audits shall be conducted within 18 months of the development of the agency compliance audit program.

(b) Where an agency has an established audit program, the agency may forego the requirement for initial facility environmental regulatory compliance audits or facility-specific environmental management reviews in subsection (a) if those audits have been conducted during the 24 months prior to the date of this order.

(c) Facility environmental compliance audits or facility-specific environmental management system audits shall be updated periodically but not less than every three years from the date of the initial or previous audit or review.

(d) Findings from the assessments, audits or reviews conducted under this Part shall be considered in program planning under Section 301 and in the preparation and revisions to facility plans prepared under Section 304 of this order. Where feasible, EPA will assist agency facilities in meeting the requirements of this section by conducting environmental management reviews at facilities where requested.

(e) Each agency shall conduct internal reviews and audits, and take such other steps, as may be necessary to monitor compliance with sections 501 and 504 of this order.

Section 403. Federal Government Environmental Leadership Program. Within 12 months of the date of this order, the Administrator shall establish a “Federal Government Environmental Leadership Program” to promote and recognize outstanding environmental management performance in agencies and facilities. In addition, based upon criteria developed by EPA, Federal employees who demonstrate outstanding leadership in implementation of this order may be considered for recognition under the White House awards program set forth in Executive Order 13101.

Section 404. Internal Agency Awards Program and Incentive Awards. Each agency shall develop an internal agency-wide awards program to reward innovative programs and individuals showing outstanding environmental leadership in implementing this order.

Section 405. Management Leadership and Performance Evaluations.

(a) To ensure awareness of and support for environmental requirements of this order, agencies shall include training on the provisions of this and other related Greening the Government Executive Orders in standard senior level management training as well as training for program managers, contracting personnel, procurement and acquisition personnel, facility managers, and other personnel as appropriate.

(b) To recognize and reinforce the responsibilities of facility and senior Headquarters program managers, regional environmental coordinators and officers, their superiors and to the extent practicable and appropriate, others vital to the implementation of this order, each agency shall include successful implementation of pollution prevention, community awareness and environmental management into its position descriptions and performance evaluations for those positions.

Section 406. Compliance Assistance.

(a) Upon request and to the extent practicable, the Administrator shall provide technical advice and assistance to agencies to foster full compliance with environmental regulations and all aspects of this order.

(b) Within 12 months of the date of this order, EPA shall develop a compliance assistance center to provide technical assistance for facility compliance with environmental regulations and all aspects of this order.

(c) To enhance landscaping options and awareness, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall conduct research on the suitability, propagation, and the use of native plants for landscaping. Information generated as a result of this research shall be disseminated and made available to all agencies and the general public by USDA in conjunction with the center under subsection (b) of this section. In implementing Part 6 of this order, agencies are encouraged to develop model demonstration programs in coordination with USDA.

Section 407. Compliance Assurance.

(a) EPA, in consultation with other agencies, may conduct such reviews and inspections as may be necessary to monitor compliance with sections 501 and 504. Agencies are encouraged to cooperate fully with the efforts of EPA to ensure compliance with those sections.

(b) Whenever the Administrator notifies an agency that it is not in compliance with section 501 or 504 of this order, the agency shall provide EPA a detailed plan for achieving compliance as promptly as practicable.

(c) EPA shall report annually to the President and public on agency compliance with the provisions of sections 501 and 504 of this order.

Section 408. Improving Environmental Management. To ensure that Government-wide goals for pollution prevention are advanced, each agency shall incorporate its environmental leadership goals into its Strategic and Annual Performance Plans required by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, starting with performance plans accompanying the FY 2001 budget.

PART 5 - EMERGENCY PLANNING, COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ANDPOLLUTION PREVENTION

Section 501. Toxics Release Inventory/Pollution Prevention Act Reporting.

(a) The head of each agency shall comply with the provisions set forth in section 313 of EPCRA, section 6607 of PPA, all implementing regulations, and future amendments to these authorities, in light of applicable guidance as provided by EPA.

(b) The head of each agency shall comply with these provisions without regard to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) or North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) delineations. Except as amended under subsection (d) of this section, all other existing statutory or regulatory limitations or exemptions on the application of EPCRA section 313 to specific activities at specific agency facilities apply to the reporting requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Agencies required to report under subsection (a) of this section shall do so using electronic reporting as provided in EPCRA section 313 guidance.

(d) Within 12 months of the date of this order, the Administrator shall review the impact on reporting of existing regulatory exemptions on the application of EPCRA section 313 at federal facilities. Where feasible, this review shall include pilot studies at federal facilities. If the review indicates that application of existing exemptions to federal government reporting under this section precludes public reporting the release or offsite transfer of substantial amounts of toxic chemicals, EPA shall prepare guidance, in consultation with interested agencies, amending application of the exemptions at federal facilities. The guidance shall ensure those releases are reported consistent with the goal of public access to information on releases and transfers of toxic chemicals to the environment. The guidance shall be submitted to the Agency Environmental Executives established under section 301(d) of Executive Order 13101 for review and endorsement. Agencies shall apply any guidance to reporting at their facilities as soon as practicable but no later than reporting for the next calendar year following release of the guidance.

(e) The Administrator shall coordinate with other interested federal agencies to carry out pilot projects to collect and disseminate information about the transfer and release of chemicals associated with the remediation of waste at their facilities. The pilot projects will focus on transfers and releases associated with waste remediation at facilities where the activities generating those wastes do not otherwise meet EPCRA section 313 thresholds for manufacture, process or otherwise use. Agencies are encouraged to identify applicable facilities and voluntarily report under subsection (a) of this section the releases and transfers of toxic chemicals managed during remediation, regardless of whether the facility otherwise would report under subsection (a) of this section. The releases and transfers associated with waste remediation voluntarily reported under this subsection will not be included in the accounting established under sections 503(a) and

(c) of this order.

Section 502. Toxic Chemical Release Reduction. Beginning with reporting for calendar year 2001 activities, each agency reporting under section 501 shall adopt a goal of reducing the agency’s total releases of toxic chemicals to the environment and off-site transfers of such toxic chemicals for treatment and disposal by at least 10 percent annually from the previous reporting year. Beginning with activities for calendar year 2001, the baseline for measuring the 10 percent annual reduction will be the aggregate of all releases and off-site transfers of toxic chemicals as reported by all of the agency’s facilities under section 501 for the previous reporting year. The list of toxic chemicals applicable to this goal is the EPCRA section 313 list as of December 1, 1999.

Section 503. Reduction: Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Substances, and Other Pollutants.

(a) Within 18 months of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall develop and support goals to reduce the agency’s total use of the priority chemicals on the list under subsection (b) of this section or alternative chemicals and pollutants the agency identifies under subsection (c) of this section by at least 50 percent by December 31, 2006.

(b) Within nine months of the date of this order, in coordination with other interested agencies, the Administrator shall develop a list of not less than 15 priority chemicals used by the federal government the release of which may result in significant harm to human health or the environment. These chemicals will be selected from listed EPCRA section 313 toxic chemicals and, where appropriate, other regulated hazardous substances or pollutants. In developing the list, the Administrator shall consider: (1) environmental factors including toxicity, persistence and bio-accumulation; (2) availability of known, less environmentally harmful substitute chemicals which can be used in place of the priority chemical; (3) availability of known, less environmentally harmful processes which can be used in place of the priority chemical; and (4) relative costs of alternative chemicals or processes.

(c) If an agency does not use the priority chemicals on the list developed subsection (b) of this section, the agency shall develop, within 12 months of the date of this order, a list of not less than 5 chemicals which may include toxic chemicals, hazardous substances and/or other pollutants the agency uses or generates, the release, transfer or waste management of which may result in significant harm to human health or the environment.

(d) If an agency does not use the priority chemicals on the list in subsection (b) of this section and is unable to develop a list of alternative chemicals and other pollutants under subsection (c) of this section, the agency shall develop, within 12 months of the date of this order, a list of not less that 5 priority hazardous or radioactive waste streams generated by its facilities. Within 18 months of the date of this order, the agency shall develop and support goals to reduce the agency’s generation of these wastes by at least 50 percent by December 31, 2006. To the maximum extent possible, such reductions shall be achieved by implementing source reduction practices.

(e) The baseline for measuring reductions for purposes of achieving the 50 percent reduction goal in subsections (a) and (d) of this section for each agency is the first calendar year following the development of the list of priority chemicals by EPA under subsection (b) of this document.

(f) Within 12 months of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall develop and support goals to reduce the release of criteria air pollutants attributed to facility energy use by 30 percent by December 31, 2010, consistent with Executive Order 13123. The baseline for measurement of these reductions shall be calendar year 2001.

(g) Each Federal Agency shall undertake pilot projects at selected facilities to gather and make publicly available materials accounting data related to the toxic chemicals, hazardous substances and/or other pollutants identified under subsections (b)/(c) or (d) of this section.

(h)Within 12 months of the date of this order, the Administrator shall develop guidance on implementing this section in consultation with other interested agencies. EPA shall develop technical assistance materials to assist agencies in meeting the 50 percent reduction goal of this section.

Section 504. Emergency Planning and Reporting Responsibilities. The head of each agency shall comply with the provisions set forth in sections 301 through 312 of EPCRA, all implementing regulations, and future amendments to these authorities, in light of any applicable guidance as provided by EPA.

Section 505. Reductions in Ozone-Depleting Substances.

(a) Each agency shall ensure that its facilities; (1) maximize the use of safe alternatives to ozone-depleting substances, as approved by EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program; (2) consistent with subsection (b) of this section, evaluate the present and future uses of ozone-depleting substances, including making assessments of existing and future needs for such materials, and evaluate use of and plans for recycling, refrigerants and halons; and (3) exercise leadership, develop exemplary practices and disseminate information on successful efforts in phasing out ozone-depleting substances.

(b) Each Agency shall ensure that its facilities and mobile equipment (except vehicles, aircraft, and other weapon platforms used for national security and law enforcement purposes) are free of all Class 1 ozone-depleting substances by December 31, 2010. Agencies are prohibited by Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended by Public Law 81-152, from disposing of ozone-depleting substances removed or reclaimed from their facilities and equipment, including disposal as part of a contract, trades, and donations, without prior coordination with the DOD ozone-depleting substances reserve. Where the recovered ozone-depleting substance is a critical requirement for DOD missions, the materials shall be transferred to DOD. The costs of such transfers will be borne by DOD.

PART 6 - LANDSCAPING AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Section 601. Implementation

(a) Within 12 months from the date of this order, each agency shall incorporate the Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Practices guidance (60 Federal Register 40837) developed by the Federal Environmental Executive (FEE) into landscaping, policies and practices.

(b) As soon as practicable, each agency shall eliminate the use of Organophosphate and Carbamate pesticides at their facilities, but no later that [sic] December 31, 2000.

(c) Within 12 months of the date of this order, the FEE shall form a workgroup of appropriate Federal agency representatives to review and update that guidance as appropriate.

(d) Agencies providing funding for non-Federal projects shall furnish funding recipients with information on environmentally and economically beneficial landscaping practices and work with the recipients to support and encourage application of such practices on Federally funded projects.

Section 602. Technical Assistance and Outreach. EPA, the General Services Administration (GSA), and USDA shall provide technical assistance on environmentally and economically beneficial landscaping practices to agencies and their facilities.

PART 7 - ACQUISITION AND PROCUREMENT

Section 701. Limiting Procurement of Toxic Chemicals, Hazardous Substances, and Other Pollutants.

(a) Within 12 months of the date of this order, the heads of each agency shall implement training programs to ensure that agency procurement officials and acquisition program managers are aware of the requirements of this order and its applicability to those individuals.

(b) Within 24 months of the date of this order, each federal agency shall determine the feasibility of implementing “pharmacy” distribution programs at that agency’s facilities for tracking and distribution of toxic or hazardous materials and, where appropriate, implement such programs.

(c) Within 12 months after environmentally benign pressure sensitive adhesives for paper products become commercially available, agencies shall revise their specifications for paper products using adhesives and begin purchasing paper products using environmentally benign pressure sensitive adhesives, whenever technically and economically practicable. Agencies should consider products using the environmentally benign pressure sensitive adhesives approved by the U.S. Postal Service and listed on USPS’ Qualified Products List for pressure sensitive recyclable adhesives.

(d) Under established schedules for review of standardized documents, DOD and GSA, and other agencies, as appropriate, shall review their standardized documents and identify opportunities to eliminate or reduce their use of chemicals included on the list of priority chemicals developed by EPA under section 503(b) of this order, and make revisions as appropriate.

(e) Agencies shall follow the policies and procedures for toxic chemical release reporting in accordance with FAR 23.9 and policies and procedures on federal compliance with right to know laws and pollution prevention requirements in accordance with FAR 23.10. Section 702. Ozone-Depleting Substances. Agencies shall follow the policies and procedures for the acquisition of items which contain, use, or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 23.8.

Section 703. Environmentally and Economically Beneficial Landscaping Practices.

(a) Within 18 months of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall have in place acquisition and procurement practices, including provision of landscaping services that conform to the guidance referred to in Section 602 of this order for the use of environmentally and economically beneficial landscaping practices at their facilities. At minimum, such practices shall be consistent with the policies listed in Section 601 of this order.

(b) In implementing landscaping policies, each agency shall purchase environmentally preferable and recycled content products, including EPA-designated items such as compost and mulch, that contribute to environmentally and economically beneficial practices.

PART 8 - EXEMPTIONS.

Section 801. National Security Exemptions. In the interest of national security, the head of any agency may request from the President an exemption from complying with the provisions of any or all provisions of this order for particular agency facilities, provided that the procedures set forth in section 120(j)(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9620(j)(1)), are followed, with the following exceptions: (a) an exemption issued under this section will be for a specified period of time that may exceed one year; (b) notice of any exemption granted under this section, including a succinct statement of the reasons for the exemption, will be published in the Federal Register; (c) notice of any exemption will not be provided to the Congress; and (d) an exemption under this section may be issued due to lack of appropriations, provided that the head of the agency requesting the exemption shows that necessary funds were requested by the agency in its budget submission and agency plan under Executive Order 12088 and were not contained in the President’s budget request or Congress failed to make available the requested appropriation. To the maximum extent practicable, and without compromising national security, agencies shall strive to comply with the purposes, goals, and implementation steps in this order. Nothing in this order affects limitations on the dissemination of classified information pursuant to law, regulations, or other Execution orders.

PART 9 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 901. Revocation. Executive Order 12843 of April 21, 1993, Executive Order 12856 of August 3, 1993, the Executive Memorandum on Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping of April 26, 1994, and Executive Order 12969 of August 8, 1995 are revoked. Section 902. Limitations.

(a) This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to create any right, benefit or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any other person.

(b) This order applies to federal facilities in any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession over which the United States has jurisdiction. Agencies with facilities outside of these areas, however, are encouraged to make best efforts to comply with the goals of this order for those facilities.

(c) Nothing in this order alters the obligations under EPCRA, PPA, and CAA independent of this order for government-owned, contractor-operated facilities and Government corporations owning or operating facilities or subjects such facilities to EPCRA, PPA, or CAA if they are otherwise excluded. However, each agency shall include the releases and transfers from all such facilities to meet the agency’s responsibilities under part 5.

(d) Nothing in this order shall be construed to make the provisions of CAA sections 304 and EPCRA sections 325 and 328 applicable to any agency or facility, except to the extent that an agency or facility would independently be subject to such provisions. Section 903. Community Outreach. Agendas are encouraged to establish a process for local community advice and outreach for their facilities relevant to aspects of this and other related Greening the Government Executive Orders. All strategies and plans developed under this order shall be made available to the public upon request.

PART 10 - DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this order:

Section 1001. General. Terms which are not defined in this part but which are defined in Executive Orders 13101 and 13123 have the meaning given in those Executive Orders.

Section 1002. “Administrator” means the Administrator of EPA.

Section 1003. “Environmental cost accounting” means the modification of cost attribution systems and financial analysis practices specifically, (a) to directly trace environmental costs that are traditionally hidden in overhead accounts to the responsible products, processes, facilities or activities and, (b) to consider environmental costs that are typically overlooked or excluded (e.g., costs of materials lost in waste streams, environmental management costs and costs associated with long-term potential liabilities).

Section 1004. “Facility” means any buildings, installations, structures, land, public works, equipment, and other property owned or operated by, or constructed or manufactured and leased to, the Federal government. This term includes a group of facilities at a single location, managed as an integrated operation as well as Government Owned Contractor Operated facilities. For the purposes of Part 5 of this order all definitions in EPCRA and PPA and implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 370, 371, and 372 apply.

Section 1005. “Environmentally benign pressure sensitive adhesives” means adhesives for stamps, labels, and other paper products that can be easily treated and removed during the paper recycling process.

Section 1006. “Ozone-depleting substance” means any substance designated as a Class I or Class II substance by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 40 CFR Part 82.

Section 1007. “Pollution prevention” means “source reduction,” as defined in the PPA, and other practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants through: (a) increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources; or (b) protection of natural resources by conservation.