ENVIRONMENTAL FUNCTIONAL REVIEWS

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Purpose of Environmental Functional Reviews
The Environmental Functional Review (EFR) process is designed to aid NASA Headquarters in understanding and assessing the environmental programs at our facilities, and how they interface with and reduce risks to the NASA mission. To that end, the EFR process serves as a "second-party" audit with three primary objectives:

1. To provide insight into the level of environmental compliance at the Centers
2. To provide insight regarding conformance with the NASA Environmental Management System with internal and external requirements
3. To comply with the requirements of Executive Order 13423

• The EFR program provides visibility of Center Environmental Programs within the Center and with HQ, increasing the understanding of how this program supports the NASA mission.
• Furthermore, the EFR program improves communication and understanding between NASA HQ and the Centers regarding environmental compliance issues, lessons learned, success stories. This communications serves as a catalyst for improved mission support and decreased risk throughout the Agency.

1. Executive Order 13423, Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management.
2. NPR 8553.1, "NASA Environmental Management System", section 5.4.3
3. Federal and state environmental regulations can be found at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codej/codeje/je_site/cyberreg/cyberreg_nasa.htm (NASA users only)

• Protocols used for evaluation of federal and state regulatory compliance can be found at http://www.fedcenter.gov/programs/compliance/assessment/. Users must be registered with fedcenter.gov with a NASA account to access this information.
• In addition to federal and state protocols, the site includes the "ListBuilder" database of regulatory requirements which can be queried to create customized protocols (i.e. all requirements with the word "tank").
• Protocols used for the evaluation of NASA environmental management systems can be found in NPR 8553.1, Appendix Z2, at http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_PR_8553_001A_& page_name=AppendixZ2