This installation's EMS attempts to incorporate all mission-support
activities that may impact the environment, covering the areas
of air and water quality, energy use, waste management, noise
and much more.
It is the leadership's goal, as outlined in the Environmental
Policy, that protection of the environment be enhanced by
keeping environmental impacts associated with mission activities
to the minimum in a sustainable, cost-effective and technically
feasible manner.
The Pennsylvania Environmental Compliance Branch of Commander,
Navy Region Mid-Atlantic manages the EMS. An overview description
of our EMS and its key components can be found here.
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An
Environmental Management System(EMS) is simply a systematic approach
to managing an organization's environmental concerns. The expected
outcome is continual improvement in environmental performance.
By
setting an environmental policy, then identifying organizational
environmental concerns (Aspects Identification) and defining
what will be done to control them (Objectives and Targets),
planning is accomplished after improvement programs are setup.
By
establishing organizational structure, personnel responsibilities,
competency and training, implementation begins. Communication
practices, documentation control, operational control and emergency
preparedness define the operation portion of an EMS.
An
organization's methods for measuring and monitoring its environmental
impacts is also conducted, along with practices for identifying
non-conformances and for implementing corrective and preventive
actions. These activities along with routine auditing constitute
the EMS checking and corrective action phase of the program.
Finally,
all EMSs should have routine management reviews built in to
evaluate the performance of an EMS and make recommendations
for improvement.
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An
Environmental Management System(EMS) is simply a systematic approach
to managing an organization's environmental concerns. The expected
outcome is continual improvement in environmental performance.
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