title: Complying with Executive Order 13148 using the Enterprise Environmental Safety And Occupational Health Management Information System.
abstract: All U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) facilities are required under Executive Order (EO) 13148, "Greening the Government through Leadership in Environmental Management," to establish quality-based environmental management systems (EMSs) that support environmental decision-making and verification of continuous environmental improvement by December 31, 2005. Compliance with EO 13148 as well as other federal, state, and local environmental regulations places a significant information management burden on DoD facilities. Cost-effective management of environmental data compels DoD facilities to establish robust database systems that not only address the complex and multifaceted environmental monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting requirements demanded by these rules but enable environmental management decision-makers to gauge improvements in environmental performance. The Enterprise Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Management Information System (EESOH-MIS) is a new electronic database developed by the U.S. Air Force to manage both the data needs associated with regulatory compliance programs across its facilities as well as the non-regulatory environmental information that supports installation business practices. The U.S. Air Force, which has adopted the Plan-Do-Check-Act methodology as the EMS standard that it will employ to address EO 13148 requirements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Utah State University, Logan, UT 84321, USA. farlandm@msn.com
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Tim M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Steve L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: Glenn R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Arthur C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Olivas
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D007256:Information Systems; D016272:Occupational Health; D011640:Public Policy; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States