[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10285-10286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3731]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6944-3]


Notification of Application Acceptance Period for the National 
Environmental Achievement Track

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Acceptance of National Environmental Achievement Track 
Applications.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovations announces 
that applications for the National Environmental Achievement Track 
(Achievement Track) will be accepted February 1, 2001 through April 30, 
2001. Achievement Track, the first level of the National Environmental 
Performance Track, recognizes top public and private facilities that go 
beyond compliance with regulatory requirements and encourages high 
levels of environmental performance and management that benefit people, 
communities, and the environment.
    The application form and instructions for completing an application 
for the Achievement Track can be found on the web at http://www.epa.gov/performancetrack/apps/app.htm or hard copies can be 
requested by calling the Performance Track Information Center at 1-888-
339-7875. Applications are used to establish that the facility meets 
the four requirements necessary to be named as a participant in the 
Achievement Track. The entry criteria require that the applying 
facility:
     Has adopted and implemented an environmental management 
system (EMS) that includes policy, planning, implementation and 
operation, checking and corrective action, and management review;
     Is able to demonstrate specific environmental achievements 
and commit to continued improvement;

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     Commits to public outreach and performance reporting; and
     Has a record of sustained compliance with environmental 
requirements.
    EPA uses the information in the application, the results of a 
compliance screen, and information from consultations with EPA regional 
offices, State agencies, and community references in evaluating a 
facility's qualifications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Performance Track Information 
Center at 1-888-339-7875 or e-mail [email protected]. You may also 
contact Julie Spyres at 202-260-6787 or e-mail her at 
[email protected]. Detailed information is available in the Federal 
Register Notice posted July 6, 2000, FRL-6730-5, Program Description of 
the National Environmental Achievement Track or visit the web site at 
www.epa.gov/performancetrack.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Environmental Achievement Track 
was launched in June 26, 2000. Applications were first accepted from 
July 5, 2000 through September 30, 2000. More than 250 facilities 
applied, and 228 were approved as Charter Members of the National 
Environmental Achievement Track. Current members are listed at 
www.epa.gov/performancetrack/particip/particip.htm. Benefits for 
participation in the Achievement Track include:
     National Recognition
     Administrative Streamlining
     Information Exchange
     Reduced Reporting and Monitoring
    E-mailed complete the application package (an application and 
environmental checklist) to [email protected] no later than April 30, 
2001. When the application package is submitted by e-mail, the Self-
Certification page with an authorizing signature must be faxed (1-617-
354-0463) or mailed to: Performance Track Information Center c/o 
Industrial Economics Incorporated 4th Floor, 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02140.
    Mail application packages completed in hard copy to the Performance 
Track Information Center address above, postmarked no later than April 
30, 2001.

    Dated: February 5, 2001.
Alex Cristofaro,
Office Director, Office of Business and Community Innovation.
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