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Introduction

In accordance with Executive Order (EO) 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and

Transportation Management (January 2007) and EO

13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance (October 2009), Seymour

Johnson AFB (SJAFB) has implemented an ISO 14001 based Environmental Management System (EMS). The goal of the EMS is to improve the core business processes of SJAFB, 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 the SJAFB EMS is the base environmental policy set by Wing Leadership. The 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 SJAFB property. It further extends applicability to the areas under SJAFB control at Fort

Fisher Recreational Area and the Dare County Range.

As indicated in the policy, SJAFB 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, SJAFB 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 SJAFB balance its mission with maintaining regulatory compliance and developing sustainability strategies to secure this base’s ability to support current and future mission requirements.

Significant Aspects

An aspect is any interaction with the environment caused by activities on SJAFB. 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 for each aspect as recommended by Wing Leadership to establish those environmental aspects deemed most critical to address.

Through this process, the current Significant Aspect for SJAFB is:

Fuel/POL/Tank Management

(POL = Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants)

What Is My Role?

As a contractor performing work on SJAFB property, understand that any activities that directly or indirectly impact the environment, especially the significant aspect listed above, must be communicated with the

4th Civil Engineer Squadron, and the greatest precaution should be taken to avoid negative impacts to the environment. 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.

All personnel working for, or on behalf of, SJAFB

(including contractors) are required to complete EMS

Awareness Training. This training has been made available through the ESOH Training Network

(ESOHTN) website. To complete EMS Awareness

Training, please visit http://esohtn.com, using “esohtn” as the password for new registrations and selecting Air

Combat Command (ACC) as the MAJCOM.

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

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