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Despite their complexity and size, federal and military facilities in Washington State have made great strides in reducing dangerous and hazardous wastes. However, further opportunities to reduce waste and make process improvements that protect citizens and the environment are still plentiful. The following resources are designed to help federal and state environmental managers and planners.
Environmental Management at Washington State National Security Facilities is an Ecology guide for military facilities in the state. It may be downloaded or ordered from Ecology.
Pollution Prevention Top Tips for Metal Fabrication from Ecology's technical assistance staff.
Pollution Prevention Top Tips for Stormwater Management from Ecology's technical assistance staff.
Property Managers Problem Waste Fact Sheet is a publication that describes some building-management issues in environmental management.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing web site is primarily for state agencies, but it contains important and useful information and resources about buying safe products and following Federal EPP rules, as well.
The following are applicable Topic Hubs™ at the Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) website. The site includes background information, pollution prevention opportunities, reasons for change, where to go for help, and links to more information for and about this sector.
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Profile of Federal Facilities links are to EPA's Compliance Assistance Sector Notebooks website. The Notebooks provide a holistic approach by integrating processes, applicable regulations and other relevant environment information.
Defense Environmental Network & Information Exchange (DENIX) is the Department of Defense's environmental compliance help center.
PRO-ACT provides environmental research services to the U.S. Air Force.
Joint Service Pollution Prevention and Sustainability Library contains many resources for pollution prevention and source reduction, as well as Environmental Management Systems and more, especially for the U.S. military.
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