Attachment 9 - Green Plan Policy (1).pdf
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- Susquehanna County west dirt road shaping
- Solicitation number
- 6100066344
- Issued by
- Tioga County, Morrisdale CDP, Pennsylvania
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This file is a Green Plan Policy Statement (PUB 712A, dated March 2024) issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation establishing environmental management principles for the state's intermodal transportation system. The policy commits PennDOT to planning, designing, building, operating, and maintaining transportation infrastructure while protecting the environment, preventing pollution, and using resources efficiently. The statement outlines six core principles that serve as essential elements for departmental management, including compliance with applicable environmental legislation, establishment of measurable environmental objectives, and ensuring employee understanding and capability to fulfill these principles. These principles are designed to be integrated into all policies, programs, and practices across PennDOT organizations as part of a fully integrated environmental management system.
The Green Plan Policy emphasizes that environmental responsibility will be achieved through sound environmental management practices that address requirements of the public, transportation users, carriers, industry, and labor while contributing to economic vitality and quality of life. The policy framework includes establishing a program for reviewing and continually improving environmental performance to account for technical and economic developments, scientific understanding, and significant environmental impacts. This policy statement directly applies to the Susquehanna County west dirt road shaping contract, which requires service performance in accordance with PennDOT's Maintenance Manual guidelines and indicates that the project is designated as a Small Business Reserve Solicitation, requiring vendors to be Certified Small Businesses on the Department of General Services Supplier search tool at the time of bid closure.
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PUB 712A (3-24)
GREEN PLAN POLICY STATEMENT
As a direct result of our commitment to assuring adequate, safe and efficient intermodal transportation facilities and services at reasonable cost to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Department of Transportation will play a leading role in the administration of environmental responsibility. The Department will demonstrate this leadership by committing to the following principles relative to the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of Pennsylvania's balanced intermodal transportation system:
Principle 1: Plan, design, build, operate and maintain a statewide transportation system that protects the environment, prevents pollution and uses resources efficiently.
Principle 2: Contribute to economic vitality and quality of life by applying sound environmental management practices which address the requirements of the public, users, carriers, industry and labor.
Principle 3: Comply with applicable environmental legislation and regulations.
Principle 4: Establish a program of review and continual improvement of environmental performance which accounts for technical and economic developments, scientific understanding, and significant environmental impacts.
Principle 5: Establish relevant and measurable objectives which endeavor to improve environmental performance and provide the means to gauge progress.
Principle 6: Ensure employees understand these principles as well as their priority, and are furnished with the means to fulfill them.
These principles are essential elements for the management of the Department as we enter the 21st century. As part of a fully integrated environmental management system, these principles should be incorporated into the policies, programs and practices of all Department of Transportation organizations.
Michael Carroll Secretary of Transportation
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