Other Innovations. Air emissions per mea- sure of production. This project represents an in novative approach to allowing changes in manufacturing processes that may result in reduced air emissions per standardized measure of produc tion.
Other Innovations. Testing Subbasin Moni- toring as a Tool. EPA and the POTW will be able to determine the usefulness of subbasin monitor ing as a less resource-intensive compliance tool and targeting mechanism for pollution prevention outreach. Once baseline data are established within the city’s wastewater collection system subbasins, the POTW will be able to target certain businesses for pollution prevention activities, rather than pre dicting outputs from industrial process inputs.
Other Innovations. Extensive Community In- volvement. The FCLP of local citizens meet with ExxonMobil, WVDEP, and EPA almost every month to provide input into decisions made regard- ing the cleanup and redevelopment of the Superfund site.
Other Innovations. Promoting Energy Efficiency Lessons in Other Agency Innovation Programs. While the Labs21 program is innovative in its fo- cus on laboratories in the United States, its em- phasis is on improving the energy efficiency of the whole building rather than the components of the lab individually. Examining energy and water re- quirements from the comprehensive building per- spective promoted by Labs21 can identify significant opportunities to improve efficiencies across all types of commercial structures. EPA intends to take what it learns from the Labs21 XL project and transfer lessons learned to other inno- vative Agency programs designed to help reduce pollution by promoting energy and water efficiency such as EPA’s ENERGY STAR and Water Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency (WAVE) programs. 115 Project Status and Results the types of projects these partners have commit- xxx to: • Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx Squibb is planning an 80,000 square-foot addition to its existing facility in Wallingford, Connecticut. Of that, 56,000 square feet will be new laboratory space. Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx Squibb has made a commitment to design, install, and operate equipment to reduce both energy and water consumption at this site. • Wyeth-Ayerst (Wyeth) Pharmaceuticals has two projects in the Labs21 program. The first is a renovation of its 1.2 million square-foot Collegeville, Pennsylvania, headquarters and research and development campus. Wyeth in- tends to make the campus a benchmark for re- source efficiency and sustainability among similar facilities worldwide. • The second project is Wyeth’s new Vaccine Discovery Research Facility in Pearl River, New York. This laboratory will be designed, built, and commissioned to achieve a LEED™ gold rating or better. LEED™ is a rating sys- tem created by the U.S. Green Building Coun- cil to evaluate the sustainable design and performance of a given facility. • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service is in the process of renew- ing its 50-year old laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii. NOAA is planning to construct a state-of-the-art fisheries research laboratory that fully embraces sustainable design and en- ergy conservation measures. In addition to taking the whole building philosophy to de- sign, NOAA is maximizing energy-efficient equipment and “green” building products. 116 • The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Science and Technology Facility, located in Golden, Colorado, will take a whole build...
Other Innovations. Effectively Targeting Monitoring and Inspection Schedules to Maintain Environmental Quality. Only SIUs and minor us- ers that have been in compliance will qualify for less frequent inspections and monitoring by city personnel.
Other Innovations. Transferability of an In- tegrated Marine Environmental Compliance Pro- gram. The project will create a process that will, over time, allow a transition from piecemeal regu- latory controls to a system of more effective and integrated pollution prevention and compliance system for the Xxxxxxxx and Dyes Inlets, with docu- mented results. If proven successful, the tools de- veloped for this project are anticipated to turn into a model that would be transferable to shipyards, both Navy and civilian, or to any governmental or civilian shoreside industrial facility or stakeholder community having past or present discharges into a marine environment. (2) Testing Risk Assess- ment Concepts and Methodologies. PSNS is test- ing the use of ecological risk assessment to focus and prioritize pollution prevention strategies on those waste streams that have the highest poten- tial of adversely affecting the Xxxxxxxx and Dyes Inlets aquatic ecosystem.
Other Innovations. Administrative Burden Reduction. A number of XL projects are testing different approaches to reducing the administra- tive permitting requirements imposed by federal, state, and local regulations. The Xxxxxxxxxx AFB project is a test bed for sector-wide burden reduc- tion for federally regulated entities. EPA is under- taking a coordinated permitting reform effort. Lessons learned from the Xxxxxxxxxx AFB XL/ ENVVEST permit approach will be used to influ- ence the Permit Reform Action Plan.
Other Innovations. Establishment of a Trans- ferable Model for Other States and Localities. This project will establish a highly transferable model in two unique and important ways. First, EPA’s policy memorandum is nationally applicable as it encourages states to take steps necessary to offer more flexibility at the state level. States retain the discretion to implement this federal policy in a more stringent manner or to be broader in scope than the federal program as they see fit. Second, LSB’s program will serve as a model project by encouraging the use of best management practices for handling LBP debris from residential housing as set out by HUD.
Other Innovations. Innovation/Multimedia Pollution Prevention. The integration of the pre- treatment program with other environmental moni- toring and management programs will allow more efficient use of resources. Louisville and Jefferson County MSD will test several of the 18 recom- mended results-oriented measures for assessing performance of pretreatment programs developed by a special committee from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies in 1994, under a cooperative agreement grant with EPA. When appropriate, Louisville and Jefferson County MSD will reinvest cost-savings into pollution preven- tion activities, including outreach, education, and technical assistance, first within the pretreatment program, then in other watershed-based programs. Louisville and Jefferson County MSD is working with the Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center for input in this area.
Other Innovations. (1) Limited Preapprovals for Air Permits. Pharmaceutical industries change their product lines frequently. Usually, such changes require a time-consuming preconstruction permit exercise potentially resulting in delays in getting new products to market. By focusing on the total emissions of a facility, XL is testing and confirming flexible emission reduction strategies that may be both duplicated at similar facilities across the country and integrated into EPA’s exist- ing regulatory regime.
