Tobyhanna Army Depot Environmental Program
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Tobyhanna Army Depot
ISO 14001
Implementation
16 June 2004
C4ISR Logistics Support Center for
Warfighter Readiness and Transformation
From handheld radios to satellite
communications
Full service repair
Overhaul
Fabrication
Utilizes advanced technologies to ensure
the readiness of our Armed Forces
Support all DoD, other Federal Facilities,
and military sales
History
Depot is 51 years old
Army has maintained a nearly continuous
presence in Tobyhanna since 1912
Field artillery training camp
Civilian Conservation Corps camp
Artillery training of West Point Cadets
WW II prisoner-of-war camp
Storage site for gliders used in D-Day
In 50 years, gradual change from supply to
maintenance depot
Statistics
Largest employer in region
3800 employees
1296 acres
153 buildings
> 4,500,000 square feet
56% veterans
Average age 49
Average years of service 20
Average Salary of $40,200
$877 million impact on community
Award winning
Environmental Program
Every environmental media
Title V Facility
RCRA Part B Permit – Storage
NPDES Permit – STP, Storm water, and
IWTP
DW Permit
Registered UST
ISO 14001
Participated in DoD Working Group
Working at implementing for several years
Depot developed other depot-wide management
programs that competed for employees’ time
Team Power
VPP
Lean Initiatives
ISO 9000:2000
Became ISO 9000:2000 certified in Feb 03
Became ISO 14001 certified in Nov 03
Using same third party registrar for both
certifications
ISO 14001 (cont.)
Have management buy-in
Gap analysis – 80% with DoD established programs
Commander’s Policy meet standard’s requirements
Environmental Management System (EMS) Manual –
depot regulation
Environmental Coordinator is EMS Manager
Each directorate and all command staff offices has
an officially appointed representative – meet
monthly
All supervisors have ISO 14001 requirements in
their rating standards
Created communication log
Awareness campaign
ISO 14001 (cont.)
Each organization identified their products,
services or activities that affected the environment
and determined if significant or not
EMD ranked each of the significant impacts
- 79 identified
- Highest six are being mitigated
Created Target and Objectives to mitigate 6
significant environmental impacts
Six separate teams created to manage
Meet periodically
ISO 14001 (cont.)
Trained internal auditors from EMD, Quality, and
ISO 14001 directorate representatives
Have to audit each organization annually
Created Corrective/Preventive/NOD program
Maintain Log (CARTS)
Follow-up and report out to CO and Directors
(Scorecard)
Management review required – accomplish during
EQCC (Risk Management Committee)
Key is strive for continuous improvement,
document control, periodic review of program,
record maintenance, and management review
Groups to Management EMS
EMD meets weekly
EQCC meets quarterly
ISO 14001 representatives
meet quarterly
T & O Teams meet periodically,
report quarterly
Major Efforts
Gap analysis
EMS manual
Aspects and impacts
Internal audit program
Communication log
Document control
Awareness
Certification
Awareness
Cascade briefings
Articles
Bulletins
Pamphlets/cards
Banners
Organizational activity reports
Audits
Contractor Support
Gap analysis
General awareness training
Readiness assessment audit
Certification
Environmental
Policy
Management
Review
Planning
Continual
Improvement
Checking /
Corrective Action
Implementation