[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27822]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Environmental Management


Pollution Prevention Strategy; Notice of Availability

SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the Department of 
Energy's Pollution Prevention Strategy required by Executive Order 
12856, ``Federal Compliance with Right-To-Know Laws and Pollution 
Prevention Requirements.'' The Pollution Prevention Strategy provides 
information to the public about the Department's commitment to meet and 
exceed the requirements of this Executive Order by setting goals and 
objectives and identifying responsible offices within the Department 
for implementing several recent environmental Executive Orders.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the strategy are available from the 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Pollution Prevention, Trevion II, 
19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290. Copies may also be 
obtained in person at the U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters, 
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC, 
Freedom of Information Act Public Reading Room in Room 1E-190, 9:00 
a.m.-4:00 p.m. or the Center for Environmental Management Information 
Reference Room located at 470 L'Enfant Plaza East, S.W., Suite 7112, 
Washington, DC, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Weber at (301) 903-1388.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 3, 1993, President Clinton signed 
Executive Order 12856, ``Federal Compliance with Right-To-Know Laws and 
Pollution Prevention Requirements,'' mandating that Federal facilities 
comply with source reduction goals set forth in the Order, in the 
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, and in the planning and reporting 
sections of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act. The 
Executive Order directed that each Federal agency develop a written 
pollution prevention strategy. On December 27, 1994, the Secretary of 
Energy issued the ``United States Department of Energy Pollution 
Prevention Strategy'' for compliance with Executive Order 12856.
Thomas P. Grumbly,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
[FR Doc. 95-27822 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]
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