Cal/EPA Environmental Management System Project
Final Selection Criteria and Descriptions of Pilot Projects
Adopted June 20, 2000

Governor Davis signed AB 1102 into law in July 1999, formally establishing the Cal/EPA Environmental Management System (EMS) Project. Several organizations have volunteered to participate as pilot projects. To create a consistent and transparent selection process, Cal/EPA developed pilot project selection criteria with input from the Northern and Southern California EMS Working Groups, a formal public comment period, and public hearings. Pilot projects were proposed and selected, based on meeting the criteria listed below.  A brief description of each of the pilot participants follows.

Selection Criteria

1. Pilot projects will have an ongoing or planned EMS that can reasonably be expected to produce greater environmental protection than would otherwise be achieved by the existing regulatory process.
2. Pilot projects will engage in a multi-media environmental approach (e.g., air, water, solid and hazardous waste).
3. Pilot projects will pursue appropriate pollution and waste prevention opportunities.
4. Pilot projects will share information learned from EMS implementation with Cal/EPA, regional and/or local working groups, and the public. Pilot projects agree to provide specific data on the goals, implementation, and performance of their EMS as reported in the national and California supplemental data protocols.
5. Pilot projects will participate on the Northern or Southern California EMS Working Group.
6. Pilot projects will declare to Cal/EPA any current and past (three years) violations cited by environmental regulatory agencies.
7. Pilot projects will address known regulatory deficiencies, as required by the appropriate regulatory agency, through their EMS.
8. Pilot projects' top management will make a full commitment to participate in the project through a letter of intent.
9. Pilot projects will represent diversity in terms of location/geography, size, industry type or sector, environmental impacts, and in the range of EMS maturity.

Descriptions of Pilot Projects

Project descriptions include a general overview, a description of the EMS scope and maturity, the unique characteristics of the EMS, stakeholder involvement, research value for California, contact information, and an evaluation of the pilot project based on the selection criteria. Pilot project work plans are being developed with each pilot participant to describe the pilots in more detail. See the Model Pilot Project Work Plan for information on the elements of each work plan.

Cal/EPA has selected the following pilot projects:

1. Anheuser-Busch in Fairfield,
2. Wastewater facilities (Central Marin Sanitation Agency in San Rafael and San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department, Operation and Maintenance Division),
3. IBM Corporation in San Jose,
4. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company (formerly the Skunk Works) in Palmdale,
5. Metal finishing companies (Artistic Plating in Anaheim and Gene’s Plating in Los Angeles),
6. Pentel of America, Ltd. in Torrance, and
7. Vineyards and wineries (Benziger Family Winery and Davis Bynum Winery in Sonoma County).

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