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NASA Environmental Management Staff is responsible for management and system integration of all environmental activities at SSC. This includes:
  • Maintaining an environmental management system that meets the requirements of SPR 8500.1, Environmental Management System.
  • Providing for the management and/or maintenance of the hazardous waste clean up sites, natural resources such as timber, wildlife, water, and wetlands and cultural resources.
  • Providing a system of envirnonmental review of all activities at SSC in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This is inclusive of the maintenance of the SSC Environmental Resource Document and the management of project specific NEPA documentation preparation including Preliminary Environmental Surveys, Record of Environmental Consideration, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statements.
  • Providing a system of compliance audits to assure environmental compliance of activities at all levels throughout the Center. This includes the audit of resident agencies, contractors, and commerical customers, to safeguard SSC from any adverse impact resulting from their activities.
  • Providing management of the development of environmental permit applications for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, as well as providing the negotiations necessary for the acquisition of these permits.
  • Providing technical leadership to the Environmental Working Group, which is comprised of representatives from NASA's directorates, other federal agencies, universities and contractors.
  • Planning and justifying the necessary resources to assess, monitor, evaluate and control, through the appropriate channels, the Center's environmental quality on a continuing basis.