Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 14 - PROCEDURES FOR ISSUANCE, DENIAL, MODIFICATION, AND REVOCATION OF GREEN PERMITS
Section 340-014-0125 - Criteria for Approval of a GEMS Leader Permit
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
An agency or agencies may approve a GEMS Leader Permit (also known as Tier III) upon demonstration to the agency's satisfaction that the applicant has or is able to meet the criteria for the GEMS Achiever Permit and has implemented the following activities:
(1) Implemented, and will maintain and improve a robust environmental management system that is certified as meeting the ISO 14001 standard, or meets the purpose or intent of each of the ISO 14001 clauses, and supports verification; committed to maintaining and exceeding regulatory compliance; committed to applying the pollution prevention definition and pollution prevention hierarchy in setting objectives and targets and developing the environmental program; and committed to continual improvement;
(2) Evaluated environmental impacts and set objectives and targets that meet the expectations for a GEMS Achiever Permit and demonstrates industry leadership in applying sustainable development principles to the environmental life cycle aspects of its activities, products and services;
(3) Developed an environmental program that achieves environmental results that are significantly better than otherwise required by law;
(4) Established performance measures that will be used to explain environmental information in context with past performance;
(5) Submitted a baseline performance report that summarizes:
(6) Developed a plan for an annual update of the performance report that updates the information required in (5) above, and includes:
(7) Developed a program for stakeholder involvement appropriate to the scope of the environmental management system and impacts relating to the environmental life cycle analysis of activities, products and services, and has implemented and continues to implement activities that provide for dialogue regarding environmental performance and a mechanism for receiving, considering and responding to comments received. The facility shall:
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468.501, 468.503, 468.506, 468.508, 468.511, 468.513, 468.516, 468.518 & 468.521