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On January 24, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 13423 which consolidates and strengthens five executive orders and establishes updated goals, practices, and reporting requirements for environmental, energy, and transportation performance and accountability for the federal government. NASA at SSC has elected to maintain certification to the ISO 14001 environmental management system standard to demonstrate conformance with some of these requirements. |
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| An Environmental Management System (EMS) is a system that: • incorporates people, procedures, and work practices in a formal structure to ensure that the important environmental impacts of the organization are identified and addressed, • promotes continual improvement by periodically evaluating environmental performance, • involves all members of the organization as appropriate, and • actively involves senior management in support of the environmental management program. To read the entire Environmental Policy, click here. The NASA EMS is built on the "Plan, Do, Check, Act" model which leads to continual improvement through: • identifying environmental aspects and impacts and establishing goals to address those impacts (Plan), • implementing programs and operation controls to meet established goals (Do), • monitoring and performing corrective action to determine success of implementation (Check), and • reviewing progress and taking actions to make needed changes to the EMS (Act).
At Stennis Space Center, NASA has identified certain environmental aspects
that are rated high, medium or low priority. Currently, the only high priority
aspect is Remediation and Restoration. Medium priority aspects are:
Solid Waste Reduction, Natural Resources Management,
Energy Consumption, and Sustainability. All other aspects
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