DOE/ORO/2327 Oak Ridge Reservation Annual Site Environmental ...

Annual Site Environmental Report
ORNL contractors to conduct business within a short distance of ORNL researchers and DOE user
facilities such as the SNS, the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, and the High Flux Isotope
Reactor (HFIR). Construction of the first ORSTP facility, Pro2Serve’s 115,000-ft 2 National Security
Engineering Center, was completed in 2009, and the company has moved into the building. In addition,
the former Building 2033, which was leased to Halcyon, LLC, and is now known as the Halcyon
Commercialization Center, continues to attract tenants. Expansion of the ORSTP will continue as more
environmental cleanup in ORNL’s central campus is completed. The EPA has designated ORSTP lessees
as collocated workers since these tenants are located on DOE property and are issued security badges to
access the facilities. These badges provide access to the S&T Park facilities and, during regular business
hours, the ORNL Conference Center (Building 5200) only. Access to any other ORNL facility requires
additional DOE approval.
5.2 Environmental Management Systems
An important priority for DOE contractors performing management and operations activities at
ORNL is the demonstration of environmental excellence through high-level policies that clearly state
expectations for continual improvement, pollution prevention, and compliance with regulations and other
requirements. UT-Battelle’s environmental policy statement for ORNL is shown in Fig. 5.2.
Fig. 5.2. ORNL environmental policy statements.
UT-Battelle, WAI, Bechtel Jacobs Company (BJC),, and Isotek have implemented Environmental
Management Systems (EMSs), modeled after the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
standard 14001:2004 (ISO 2004), an international environmental management standard, as a tool to
measure, manage, and control environmental impacts. An EMS is a continuing cycle of planning,
implementing, evaluating, and improving processes and actions undertaken to achieve environmental
goals. UT-Battelle’s EMS was initially registered to the ISO 14001 Standard by a third-party registrar in
2004 and was reregistered in June 2007 by NSF International Strategic Registrations, Ltd. Surveillance
audits were conducted in 2008 and 2009. No nonconformities were identified during the most recent
surveillance audit. Detailed information on the UT-Battelle EMS is provided in Sects. 5.2.1 through
5.2.1.7. WAI’s EMS for activities at the TWPC was registered to the ISO 14001:2004 Standard by NSF
International Strategic Registrations, Ltd., in May 2008. NSF International Strategic Registrations, Ltd.,
conducted a Surveillance Audit for the WAI EMS program in May 2009, and again no nonconformities or
issues were identified and several significant practices were noted. Section 5.2.2 describes the TWPC
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