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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCE FOR NASA SYSTEMS
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Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis into the deep blue sky is reflected in the nearby water framed by the green underbrush. Clouds of smoke and steam spread side to side across Launch Pad 39B. Atlantis is heading for a rendezvous with the International Space Station on mission STS-115.
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Purpose of NASA Environmental Assurance
The goal of NEA is to identify, analyze, measure, and communicate NASA
environmentally-driven programmatic and institutional risks and
proactively influence the risk value.
How NASA Environmental Assurance Supports NASA's Mission
Environmental Assurance contributes directly to the NASA mission by
improving mission performance. This is accomplished through risk
analysis of the changing environmental regulatory environment and
providing alternative materials and processes that reduce those risks.
NASA Environmental Assurance Regulatory Drivers
The regulatory drivers can emerge from state and federal regulations,
international agreements, or foreign regulations. Since NASA operates
in a global environment, required materials and their formulations can
be affected by changes anywhere on the planet.
Recent Accomplishments & Ongoing Activities
- Working with EPA on Defense Land Systems and Miscellaneous Equipment NESHAP
- Working with EPA to develop process for critical ODS use
- Continuing to assess risks of lead-free solder
- Developing project concerning oxygen system cleaning and cleanliness verification to address loss of class II ODS materials in 2015
Additional Program Information
Links to Principal Center
+ Technology Evaluation for Environmental Risk Mitigation Principal Center (TEERM)
+ Joint Group on Pollution Prevention Homepage
+ Centro Para Prevenção da Poluição (C3P) (Center for Pollution Prevention in Portugal)
EMD EANS Points of Contact(s)
+ Program Manager Name, linked to email
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