Performance Track: Addressing EPAs Significant Environmental Issues

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Performance Track Addressing EPAs Significant
Environmental Issues

• 2008 Performance Track State Conference
• Lisa Grogan-McCulloch
• Performance Track Division, US EPA

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Measurable Environmental Results
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Targeting Reductions to Significant EPA Issues

• Developed 2 mechanisms
• Challenge goals
• Alternate goals

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Challenge Goals

• Area identified as a priority area for
  improvement at a regional or national level
• EPA sets minimum percentage reduction for goal
• Facility gets double credit for the goal

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Regional Challenge Goals

• 7 out of 10 Regions have developed challenge
  goals
• Region 6 Members located in ozone
  non-attainment areas Reduce VOC or NOx emissions
  by 15
• Region 3 Improving the Chesapeake Bay

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National Challenge Goals

• Asked EPA Program offices to identify 1 priority
  area for reduction
• Office of Air Reduce energy use by 10
• Office of Water Reduce water use by 15
• OSWER Reduce use of priority chemicals by 10
• Worked with Wildlife Habitat Council
• Conserve or restore land at least 10 acres of
  land

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Challenge Goals To Date

• 199 Challenge goals set to date
• 16 completed 13 met or exceeded goal

Number of Members
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1st State Challenge Goal

• Ohio/Performance Track
• Reduce the use of at least 1 chemical reported to
  TRI by 50

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Alternate Goals

• New, less quantitative category for members to
  set goals
• Important improvements that are not easily
  measured
• Improvements that cover several environmental
  indicators
• 48 alternate goals set to date
• Examples
• PT Members conducting ambient monitoring for
  water bodies
• School Chemicals Cleanout
• Green Building

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Monetary Benefits of Environmental Results

• Benefits of Air Reductions (cumulative,
  2001-2006)
• NOx 5 - 58 million
• SOx 86 - 915 million
• VOCs 2 - 10 million

• Avoided Cost of Waste Reductions (cumulative,
  2001-2006)
• Hazardous waste 5 - 8 million
• Non-hazardous waste 18 - 128 million