[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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