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The purpose of this report is to summarize issues identified in audit reports on DoD energy management of buildings and facilities. Energy efficiency and conservation is an area requiring effective management and emphasis because of rising energy prices and potential supply problems in the United States. DoD leads the Federal Government with approximately 2.2 billion square feet of facilities. In FY 2000, the energy bill for military installations exceeded $2.4 billion. Executive Order 13123, Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management, June 3, 1999, and the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2002 require DoD to significantly improve its energy management and to report annually progress made toward achieving goals for reductions in energy consumption.
The purpose of this report is to summarize issues identified in audit reports on DoD energy management of buildings and facilities. Energy efficiency and conservation is an area requiring effective management and emphasis because of rising energy prices and potential supply problems in the United States.
Reports on the potential for federal agencies to improve their environmental performance and reduce costs by conducting environmental audits. Describes the experience of organizations that are leaders in environmental auditing; discusses the extent to which federal agencies use environmental auditing and the benefits that could accrue from its wider use, and identifies obstacles and disincentives to the more effective use of environmental auditing by these agencies. Includes EPA, Energy and the Defense Dept.
The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment), formerly, the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security), requested that the Inspector General, DoD; Army Audit Agency; Naval Audit Service; and Air Force Audit Agency perform a joint audit to determine whether the Services and the Defense Logistics Agency were reporting correct Clean Water Act information and how well the Services and the Defense Logistics Agency were managing their resources for wastewater treatment systems. The Clean Water Act requires all facilities that discharge wastewater to the waters of the U.S., including Federal facilities, to have permits that establish pollution limits and specify monitoring and reporting requirements. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits, which are issued either by the Environmental Protection Agency or by a state having permitting authority from the Environmental Protection Agency, regulate pollutants discharged into surface waters by industrial, municipal, and other facilities. DoD Instruction 4715.6, "Environmental Compliance," established a measure of merit for gauging DoD compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits in accordance with the Clean Water Act. The joint audit resulted in separate Service audit agency reports on each respective Service and an Inspector General, DoD, report on the Defense Logistics Agency. This report summarizes the following systemic issues from those reports: Clean Water Act information reporting at the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Defense Logistics Agency and Clean Water Act measure of merit definitions.
This report documents the results of the Routine Environmental Audit of the K-25 Site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, conducted February 14 through February 25, 1994, by the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Audit (EH-24) located within the Office of Environment, Safety and Health (EH). The Routine Environmental Audit for the K-25 site was conducted as an environmental management assessment, supported through reviews of the Waste Management Program and the Decontamination and Decommissioning Program. The assessment was conducted jointly with, and built upon, the results provided by the ''DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office Environment, Safety, health and Quality Assurance Appraisal at the K-25 Site.'' DOE 5482.1B, ''Environment, Safety and Health Appraisal Program, '' established the mission of EH-24 to provide comprehensive, independent oversight of Department-wide environmental programs on behalf of the Secretary of Energy. The purpose of this assessment is to provide the Secretary of Energy and senior DOE managers with concise independent information as part of DOE's continuing effort to improve environmental program performance. The ultimate goal of EH-24 is enhancement of environmental protection and the minimization of risk to public health and the environment. The routine environmental audit is one method by which EH-24 accomplishes its mission, utilizing systematic and periodic evaluations of the Department's environmental programs within line organizations.
The original objectives of this audit were to determine the effectiveness of the cost-control measures of DoD environmental remediation projects and to follow up on recommendations made in IG, DoD, Report No. 91-069, "Defense Environmental Restoration Program," April 2, 1991. After the audit began, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment) asked us to audit the CLEAN contracting method. In April 1992, we agreed to audit the CLEAN contract as it related to our original audit objectives. For the original objectives of this audit, we determined that the Military Departments adequately established cleanup requirements to comply with Federal law. We did not address cost-estimating procedures for environmental remediation projects for the Navy and Air Force because they used interagency agreements with the Department of Energy; a prior audit report recently covered the problems of using these interagency agreements. In addition, the Army effectively used modeling techniques for re-scoring environmental remediation projects to comply with Federal law as a cost-saving feature. Further, recent Federal and State agreements have greatly facilitated dealings with DoD agencies and Federal and State environmental regulatory agencies. Appendix A summarizes the implementation of prior audit report recommendations.
In 1994, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) implemented a new audit tool developed by the US Department of Defense (DOD) called "The Environmental Assessment and Management Guide" (TEAM Guide). The TEAM Guide uses an extensive menu of checklists to determine compliance. In November 1994, the USACE Portland District conducted a TEAM audit of the North Pacific Division Laboratory in Troutdale, Oregon. The results showed serious deficiencies in environmental management and compliance that ultimately contributed to closure of the facility. Opportunities to improve the TEAM Audit process were identified and included the following: 1. Ensure that each facility develops an Environmental Management Plan using either ISO 14001 or the Global Reporting Initiative Environmental Standards 2. Utilize professionally-trained and independent auditors to examine Environmental Management Plans prior to conducting additional TEAM Audits 3. Change TEAM Audit intervals from 5-years to 3-years to increase facility oversight and be in agreement with audit intervals used by other DOD agencies 4. Continue to document "Findings" by using severity levels, photographs, and suggested corrective actions in TEAM Audit reports 5. Report environmental management and compliance audit results directly to senior management and hold managers accountable for corrective actions 6. Involve labor representatives on audits; use them to develop appropriate corrective actions; communicate to all employees the program's value.
To assess the effectiveness of DOE's environmental programs, the Office of Environmental Audit conducts Environmental Management Assessments of DOE programs and facilities. These assessments take a broad programmatic view of environmental systems which may cover multiple sites. The focus of the assessment is on the infrastructure, systems, programs, and tools to manage environmental issues, not on the compliance issues themselves. Protocols have been developed to assist in the conduct of Environmental Management Assessments. The protocols are, based on and serve as implementing guidelines for the Environmental Management Section of ''Performance Objectives and Criteria for Conducting DOE Environmental Audits'' (DOE/EH-022). They are intended to provide guidance to the Assessment Team in conducting these reviews.