Definitions and Acronyms - doe-hdbk-1139-3-20050092

DOE-HDBK-1139/3-2005

3.0 Definitions and Acronyms

See Glossary.

4.0 Requirements for Pollution Prevention and Waste Minimization

Sources11

Consolidated Requirements12

4.1 Pollution Prevention Policy

4.1.1 Pollution prevention must be integrated into the

DOE O 450.1 sec. 4(a)(1),

planning, execution and evaluation of all site

CRD sec. 1(a)

activities.

4.1.2

Federal agencies shall preferentially use pollution

EO 13148, sec. 303;

prevention projects and activities to correct and

prevent noncompliance with environmental

42 USC 13101

regulatory requirements.

4.2

Pollution Prevention Programs

DOE and its contractors shall develop and implement a

DOE O 450.1 CRD sec. 9;

pollution prevention program at DOE facilities that

compares the life-cycle costs of treatment and /or disposal

EO 13148, sec.304

of waste and pollutant streams to the life-cycle costs of

alternatives that eliminate or reduce toxic chemicals or

pollutants at the source.

4.2.1

A chemical user who generates hazardous waste

HSWA sec. 3005(h)(i);

must have a program in place to reduce the volume

or quantity and toxicity of such waste to the degree

40CFR264.73(b)(9);

determined by the generator to be economically

40CFR262, 264-265;

practicable.33

40CFR270;

42USC sec. 6922(b) and 6925

(h)

4.2.2

All DOE elements (see definition) must ensure that

DOE O 450.1, sec. 4.1.(1)(b),

sites' Integrated Safety Management System

CRD sec.1(a) and 3

(ISMS (see definition) includes an Environmental

Management System (EMS, see definition) that

provides for the systematic planning, integrated

execution and evaluation of programs for pollution

prevention.

This is an implied or indirect requirement to have a waste and toxicity reduction program. The actual requirement is for a

certifying signature on hazardous waste manifests; on permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste; and in

Hazardous Waste Generator Biennial Reports as to the existence of a waste and toxicity reduction program. A violation would

be for false certification of the existence of a waste and toxicity reduction program, rather than for not having the program.