Environmental Protection cont'd - doe-std-1120-2-20050012

DOE-STD-1120-2005/Vol. 2

Category

Directive

Intent

Executive Order 11990

Directs Federal agencies to provide leadership and take action to minimize

Environmental Protection

Protection of Wetlands

the destruction, loss, or degradation of wetlands and to preserve and enhance

the natural and beneficial values of wetlands when carrying out its

responsibilities for: (1) acquiring, managing, and disposing of Federal lands

and facilities; (2) providing Federally undertaken, financed, or assisted

construction and improvements; and (3) conducting Federal activities and

programs affecting land use.

Executive Order 12580, Superfund

Establishes roles and responsibilities of EPA and other Federal agencies,

Implementation

including DOE, for implementing Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) remedial and removal programs.

Included are Federal agency roles and responsibilities relative to DOE

facility decommissioning activities conducted as CERCLA non-time critical

removal actions

Directs Federal agencies and their facilities to comply with the provisions of

Executive Order 12856

EPCRA as well as the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Specifically,

Federal Compliance with Right-to-Know

requires Federal agencies to develop and implement pollution prevention

Laws and Pollution Prevention

strategies and Federal facilities to develop and implement pollution

Requirements

prevention plans. The goal of these efforts is to ensure that Federal agencies

conduct their facility management and acquisition activities so that the

quantities of toxic chemicals that may potentially enter a waste stream are

reduced through source reduction; any waste that is generated is recycled and

that any remaining waste is stored, treated, and disposed of in a manner

protective of public health and the environment.

Directs Federal agencies to minimize the use and procurement of ozone-

Executive Order 12843

depleting substances by conforming their regulations and procurement

Procurement Requirements and Policies for

practices to Title VI of the CAA, maximizing the use of safe alternatives to

Federal Agencies for Ozone Depleting

ozone-depleting substances, and evaluating present and future needs of

Substances

ozone-depleting substances. For DOE, this Executive Order is implemented

by DOE/EH - 0511, Guidance on the DOE Facility Phaseout of Ozone

Depleting Substances.

Directs Federal agencies to create an Interagency Working Group on

Executive Order 12898

Environmental Justice to provide guidance to Federal agencies on criteria for

Federal Actions to Address Environmental

identifying disproportionately high and adverse human health or

Justice in Minority Populations and Low-

environmental effects on minority and low-income populations, as well as

Income Populations

developing interagency model projects on environmental justice.

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