FA4809-10-R-0004 SJAFB NC Atch 1 Appendix C - Section 01560 Summary for Contractors.pdf

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Introduction In accordance with Executive Order 13148, Greening the Government through Leadership in Environmental Management (April 2000), Seymour Johnson AFB has developed an ISO 14001 based Environmental Management System (EMS). The impetus behind implementing a formalized EMS is to systematically improve the core business processes of Seymour Johnson, as they relate to the environment, seeking to improve and enhance performance in support of the overall mission. The EMS supports a transition from a compliance driven program to one that focuses pollution prevention efforts on managing both environmental and mission risks.

Environmental Policy Central to Seymour Johnson’s EMS is the base environmental policy set by Wing Leadership. The SJAFB Environmental Policy (reverse) establishes fence-to-fence applicability to include all 4th Fighter Wing and 916th Air Refueling Wing organizations, all tenants, and contractors conducting business on Seymour Johnson property. It further extends applicability to the areas under Seymour Johnson control at Fort Fisher Recreational Area and the Dare County Bomb Range.

As indicated in the policy, Seymour Johnson’s leadership is committed to continual improvement, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, the conservation of natural resources, and the integration of environmental awareness into day-to-day operations. Through such commitments, Seymour Johnson is able to set environmental objectives and targets with focus on enhancing the mission through environmental management.

What Is EMS?

An EMS is that part of an overall management system that includes organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing, and maintaining the environmental program and achieving environmental goals based on continual-improvement.

The EMS is intended to help Seymour Johnson AFB balance its mission with maintaining regulatory compliance and developing sustainability strategies to secure this base’s ability to support today’s and tomorrow’s mission.

Significant Aspects An aspect is any interaction with the environment caused by activities on Seymour Johnson AFB.

Through the EMS, these aspects have been systematically inventoried and evaluated based on the following ranking criteria.

• Relative financial cost

• Risk to the environment

• Risk of regulatory non-compliance

• Potential mission degradation

• Community Concerns

These criteria are scored and weighted for each aspect as recommended by Wing Leadership to establish those environmental aspects deemed most critical to address. Through this process, the Significant Aspects for Seymour Johnson AFB are:

• Petroleum Releases To The Soil

• Petroleum Storage

• Stormwater Pollution

• Sanitary Sewer Pollutants

What Is My Role?

As a contractor performing work on Seymour Johnson AFB, understand that any activities which directly or indirectly impact the environment and specifically the above listed significant aspects must be communicated with the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron and the greatest of precaution taken to avoid negative impacts in these areas. Think of EMS the same way you think about safety. Just as you are aware of all safety hazards associated with your job, you must also be aware of all environmental impacts associated with your job and mitigate those to the extent possible.

To find out more about Seymour Johnson’s EMS or to discuss potential impacts of contracted activities, please contact the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron at 722- 5168.

For additional EMS Awareness Training, please visit http://esohtn.com using “esohtn” as the password for new registrations.