DOD/FEDERAL FACILITY/OHIO POLLUTION PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP

Making Pollution Prevention the Preferred Environmental Approach for DOD/Federal Facilities in Ohio

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What is the DOD/Federal Facility/Ohio Pollution Prevention Partnership?

The Department of Defense/Federal Facility/Ohio Pollution Prevention Partnership was initiated in 1997 between selected military/Federal facilities located in Ohio and the State of Ohio. The overall purpose of the Partnership is to:

• establish a forum to create a working relationship to promote and implement pollution prevention as the preferred strategy for protecting the environment,
• conserving resources,
• fostering community well-being and
• enhancing mission readiness at military/Federal facilities in Ohio.

A formal Charter delineating the Vision, Mission Statement and Goals was finalized in 1998 to gain upper level management endorsement of the Partnership.

The partnership hopes to foster a pollution prevention ethic and awareness among installation personnel and create incentives for such personnel to identify and undertake pollution prevention practices.

The partnership is concentrating on available education, awareness and training resources to better inform personnel performing these functions on pollution prevention alternatives. The partnership is also collaborating on opportunity assessments at installations to identify opportunities for low cost improvements.

As the Partnership matures, a compendium of "success stories" will be compiled to serve as examples of what has worked well for different waste streams. This will assist other entities in adopting processes with documented track records of success.

Vision and Mission

The Partnership's vision is to enhance mission readiness and promote environmental stewardship by becoming a nationally recognized DOD/Federal Facility/State of Ohio pollution prevention partnership. The Mission of the Partnership is to create a working relationship with government agencies and local communities as appropriate to promote and implement pollution prevention as the preferred strategy for protecting the environment, conserving resources, fostering community well-being and enhancing mission readiness at DOD/Federal facilities in Ohio.

A Better Way...

Pollution prevention is reducing waste at its source of generation, and as a secondary preference, environment-ally sound recycling. A prevention based approach to environmental protection saves money and resources by avoiding costly cleanups and the high cost of managing waste after it's been generated. More waste often means less efficiency. Improving operations and enhancing process efficiency usually saves time, reduces costs and improves service delivery. Pollution prevention presents a number of opportunities to improve the environment that are not apparent using traditional environmental management techniques.

For More Information

If you would like more information concerning the Department of Defense/Federal Facility/Ohio Pollution Prevention Partnership, Contact either:

Howard Dong, Ohio EPA Office of Pollution Prevention at (614) 644-3469, or

Roger Jones, 121st Air Refueling Wing at (614) 492-4110.