• Developing and Implementing an Environmental Management System in a State DOT, AASHTO EMS Practitioner’s Handbook #8.
• Environmental Management Systems Implementation Update, AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways report.
• Center for Environmental Excellence By AASHTO, EMS Products
  • EMS Implementation Guide 
  • EMS Workshop Presentations 2003 
  • EMS Implementation Handy Guide Number One - Making the Case for an Environmental Management System [PDF 645 kb]
  • EMS Implementation Handy Guide Number Two - EMS, A Bridge for Organizational Coordination and Communications [PDF 460 kb]

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Council on Environmental Quality

• Aligning Environmental Policy Act Processes with Environmental Management Systems: A Guide for NEPA and EMS Practitioners

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Executive Orders
Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management. The order sets goals in the areas of energy efficiency, acquisition, renewable energy, toxics reductions, recycling, renewable energy, sustainable buildings, electronics stewardship, fleets, and water conservation.  In addition the order requires more widespread use of Environmental Management Systems as the framework in which to manage and continually improve these sustainable practices. Also see Final Instructions.

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Environmental Protection Agency

• Compliance Focused Environmental Management System (CFEMS) guidance (Revised June 2005)
• EPA Position Statement on EMS (December 2005)
• EPA Guidance On Use of EMS in Settlements (June 2003)
• An Environmental Management System (EMS) Primer for Ports: Advancing Port Sustainability 
• Final Report: The US EPA Environmental Management System Pilot Program for Local Government Entities [PDF 2.03mb]
• Standardizing Excellence: Working with Smaller Businesses to Implement Environmental Management Systems (EPA and NSF International, 2000)
  
  

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Office of the Federal Environmental Executive

• Office of the Federal Environmental Executive EMS web page – includes templates, directives, tools, modules, and fact sheets.
• A Brief Overview of EMS and ISO 14001 

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Federal Highway Administration

• FHWA’s Successes in Stewardship, Monthly Newsletter (May 2006) 
• FHWA Memorandum, Environmental Management Systems (EMS) As A Tool To Demonstrate Environmental Stewardship (July 23, 2002)

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District of Columbia

• District Department of Transportation Environmental Management System: Structure & Implementation Guide (October 2008) - This guide provides a general structure of the EMS that will be implemented at DDOT and instructions for implementation. The guidance can be used to develop annual EMS goals for the department along with monitoring and evaluation methods.

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• ISO 14001 EMS Standard website
• EMS Software Assessment [PDF 200kb], Global Environment & Technology Foundation (March 15, 2004)
• Research Results Digest 317: Prototype Software for an Environmental Information Management and Decision Support System - final report for National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 25-23(2) and a user’s guide for the prototype software.
• Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) Guide for Constructing an Environmental Management System 
• Environmental Management Systems: An Implementation Guide for Small and Medium-Sized Organizations (2001) – NSF International Inc.
• Transportation Research Record Journal, Issue No. 2011, Environmental Issues 2007 includes 22 peer-reviewed papers covering diverse subjects including efforts by departments of transportation to develop environmental management systems, vehicle emissions modeling, air quality benefits of freeway high-occupancy vehicle lanes in southern California, use of highway underpasses for large mammals and other wildlife, and others. (1-18-08)

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