Environmental Results. Outputs/Outcomes Outputs: Task 1: Compliance with the FFATA Procure an environmental consulting contractor through a competitive bid process Conduct a Kick-Off meeting with the City’s project team, EPA and State partners. Timely reporting to the ACRES system Submittal of required reports (quarterly, annual, final, cleanup) Task 2: Creation of a Brownfields task force, including one member from SCDHEC and EPA Create a Public Involvement Plan Hold no less than 6 Brownfields Task Force meetings to solicit community input and disseminate project activities and environmental cleanup results Publish no less than one public notice/comment period for the project Attend no less than two brownfields conferences Task 3: Finalization of ABCA document, including incorporation of comments from public notice and regulatory review Prepare Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) Complete Health and Safety Plan Advertise for and select cleanup contractor. Complete cleanup activities and receive Certificate of Completion from SC DHEC.
Environmental Results. The Laboratory XL Project will achieve superior environmental performance, beyond that which is achieved by the current RCRA regulatory system, in three key areas, which are described more fully in the following pages:
Environmental Results. Innovation/Pollution Prevention It is the intent of the Parties to reinvest the Title V savings into environmentally significant pollution prevention opportunities. One of the pollution prevention projects currently being planned is installation of a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on the Base and conversion of certain Base fleet vehicles to be capable of using CNG as an alternative fuel. The exact number of vehicles to be converted to CNG usage has not yet been determined. The Base has an active CNG working group composed of members from the Civil Engineering Squadron and Logistics Group that are in the process of developing the details of fleet conversion. The most likely scenario is to convert a combination of light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. The cleaner burning CNG vehicles will contribute to reduced carbon monoxide (CO) emissions for Elmendorf and will demonstrate to the general public that this level of technology is achievable and beneficial. Carbon monoxide is a product of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and is emitted directly from the tailpipe of vehicles. Carbon monoxide enters the bloodstream through the lungs and forms carboxyhemoglobin, a compound that inhibits the blood’s capacity to carry oxygen. People with heart disease are particularly sensitive to CO poisoning. Infants, the elderly, and individuals with respiratory diseases are also sensitive receptors. Carbon monoxide can also affect healthy people by impairing the capacity to exercise, visual perception, manual dexterity, learning functions and the ability to perform complex tasks. Elmendorf also agrees to assemble a list of other feasible opportunities available at the Base, along with the costs and environmental benefits of each opportunity. The Parties have discussed the possibility of some sort of HAC reduction project. The Parties agree to meet in a pubic forum to discuss selection of the opportunities called for under this Agreement. Upon selection of the opportunity or opportunities by Agreement of the Parties, they will sign a supplemental Agreement setting forth the opportunities selected and any necessary measures to assure their performance. If the Parties cannot agree upon additional opportunities and a Supplemental Agreement is not signed by September 30, 2002 Elmendorf will use the savings that would have funded those additional opportunities to expand the CNG project.
Environmental Results. In the original FR notice describing the criteria for evaluating XL projects, EPA set forth a standard that projects chosen as XL pilots should be able to achieve environmental performance that is superior relative to what would have been achieved through compliance with otherwise applicable requirements. In April 1997, EPA refined its definition of superior environmental performance, adding a two-tiered test that project sponsors and the Agency need to consider when developing and evaluating potential XL pilot projects. Although the Imation XL project was proposed, evaluated, and accepted based on the original criteria for demonstration of superior environmental performance, the Agency believes that this project also meets the more refined definition put forth in the April 1997 FR notice (62 Fed. Reg. 19873, April 23, 1997). This XL Project creates some significant environmental benefits that exceed the baseline of performance that would have reasonably occurred in the absence of the project. First, Imation has agreed to capture and control efficiencies for VOCs and HAPs that go beyond the requirements of the regulations to which they are subject. For HAPs, Imation is agreeing to meet the requirements of the magnetic tape manufacturing maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard (See 40 C.F.R. Part 63, Subpart EE), even though some facility operations may not be subject to this standard. In addition, Imation has agreed to conduct BACT/TBACT analyses for any emission-related changes at the facility. These analyses could result in installation of even more stringent control technology for VOCs and HAPs. Imation has further agreed to use an advanced FTIR-CEMS which allows the facility to speciate and quantify organic emissions from the stack on a continuous basis. The capabilities of the FTIR-CEMS are well beyond those required by all applicable requirements, and the speciation provided by this equipment will allow Imation to optimize their operation of the SRU, thus maximizing control of organic emissions. A final, potential environmental benefit associated with this project involves some of the VOC emission reduction credits (ERCs) donated by Imation to the District. The District will either retire the ERCs or sell them to companies who have been screened according to their environmental track record. The environmental benefit would result from the reduction of VOC emissions represented by retiring the ERCs from the air, or from emission reductio...
Environmental Results. EPA’s first Project XLC criterion states that Projects should achieve environmental performance that is superior compared to the performance that should be obtained through compliance with current and reasonably anticipated future regulations. EPA, OEPA, and Xxxxxxxx believe that the successful completion of this Project (Phase I and the subsequent phases) should achieve SEP. Since Phase I is a planning phase, designed to support and supplement the more specific goals of the subsequent phases, evidence of the Project’s SEP will not be measurable until the implementation of those subsequent phases.
Environmental Results. Enhanced coordination, communication, and project activities leading to increased public support, increased awareness of and willingness to adopt relevant conservation practices, adoption of those practices, and continued learning regarding conservation practice effectiveness and impact (through stakeholder communities and forums) are expected to reduce nutrient loss and nutrient loading to tributary streams and rivers across watersheds throughout the Mississippi River/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) resulting in their meeting nutrient standards for nitrogen and phosphorus and improved surface water quality and aquatic health in MARB and Gulf of Mexico through higher dissolved oxygen levels and fewer Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).
Environmental Results. Existing limits for industrial discharges from the Sponsor facilities will remain in place, as converted and be enforceable; therefore, there is no risk to the environment under this project. However, the discharge reduction goals of the Owatonna Sponsors for nickel, chromium, copper, and zinc will result in beneficial environmental results at the OWWTF. Additionally, discharge reduction goals by Elf Atochem for BOD, TSS, and TKN will result in better environmental results at the BPWWTF. The Sponsors commit to reducing water usage. Finally, a key problem identified by the OWWTF is the infiltration of storm water into the sewer system during storm events. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx have committed to work with the OWWTF to develop educational materials to help correct this problem. Education would start with the employees of the Owatonna Sponsor facilities. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx would also work with the OWWTF in educating the community at large concerning the storm water infiltration problem.
Environmental Results. In order to designate Vandenberg as a nonmajor source, the SBCAPCD Board adopted an amendment to Rule 1301, "Part 70 Operating Permits," excluding nonroad Tactical Support Equipment and selected Infrastructure and Building Maintenance equipment from the applicability determination for Title V permitting. This was contingent upon the facility entering into an ENVVEST Final Project Agreement (FPA) and submittal of a plan for approval by the Control Officer of the SBCAPCD which achieves at least 10 tons per year or more of ozone precursor emission reductions. Rule 1301 also requires that the plan be made federally enforceable by EPA. (See Attachment __) In addition, the Air Pollution Control Officer for the SBCAPCD exercised his discretion to designate certain groups of emission units to be separate and distinct stationary sources for the purposes of Title V only. These include residential units and personnel related amenities. This discretion was consistent with EPA's August 2, 1996 policy entitled, "Major Source Determinations for Military Installations under the Air Toxics, New Source Review, and Title V Operating Permit Programs of the Clean Air Act," which allows personnel related amenities and residential housing to be separated from the primary activities at the Base because of differing source industrial classification (SIC) codes. (See Attachment __)
Environmental Results. Outputs, Outcomes & Performance Measurement Plan (16 points) • Use Specific Metrics – When developing your Logic Model and Performance Measurement Plan, where possible always include target metrics for outputs and outcomes. • For example, add target estimates for the: • # of residents who’ll attend your trainings, • # of water samplings you aim to take, and the • # of people you’ll engage through outreach. • Your Short-Term outcomes should also include target metrics • Your intermediate and long-term outcome projections don’t need to be specific, as those results won’t be felt for years. Things to Consider for Criteria #3 • 4.0 Programmatic Capability (12 points) • Organizational Experience (4 points) • Staff Experience and Qualifications (4 points) ⮚ It is not sufficient to only submit resumes and get full points here… ⮚ You should expound here in your narrative and use the resumes to support what you describe • Expenditure of Awarded Grant Funds, and plan for compliance with EPA’s Pre- award Compliance Review for Nonprofit Organizations (4 points) Evaluation Criteria (Section V) cont.
Environmental Results. Outputs, Outcomes, and Performance Measures (Logic Model) Please describe the following:
