PURPOSE

This NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) describes the responsibilities and requirements by which NASA will formulate and execute the Environmental Compliance and Restoration (ECR) Program and projects and NASA-managed remediation projects conducted at NASA-administered property.

By policy, NASA is committed to planning, developing, and implementing programs and projects to minimize the release of hazardous substances into the environment, to restore impacted natural resources, and to maintain environmental compliance in concert with the Agency's mission by:

a. Working with stakeholders, such as environmental groups, tribes, State and local government agencies, and industry to identify common goals concerning cleanup of hazardous substances and restoration of natural resources.

b. Reducing the Agency's unfunded environmental liability.

c. Advancing efforts to reduce environmentally driven risks to NASA's mission.

d. Ensuring a proactive approach to environmental management and compliance through the tracking and early identification of regulatory changes, emerging technologies, and initiatives.

e. Maintaining effective communication with policy and regulatory authorities.

f. Advancing partnerships and environmental stewardship.

g. Ensuring environmental statutory and regulatory compliance.

In this NPR, "shall" denotes a mandatory action, "may" or "can" denotes discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.

ECR guidance, including analyses, processes, methods, templates, and practices will describe how the ?shall? and ?will? statements may be met.

APPLICABILITY

This NPR applies to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities. This NPR applies to contractors (including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), grant recipients, and parties to other agreements to the extent specified in their contract, grant, or agreement.