SESSION: What Makes an Effective EMS?
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) Environmental Management System
Cris B. Liban, D. Env., P.E.., Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has used its Environmental Management System (EMS)
as the tool to promote i) environmental compliance, ii) enhanced sustainable work spaces, and iii) a spirit of empowerment through
the process of continual improvement. Operational cost savings and value creating ideas has been the cornerstone of LA Metro's
EMS. The agency has embarked on a major re-thinking of EMS implementation not only in how it continues to roll out the PlanDo-Check-Act process agency-wide, but more importantly, to use these principles in the implementation of the rest of its
sustainability programs in the backdrop of an extraordinary transit expansion program.
This talk will outline LACMTA's EMS vision that is unique to the agency but nationally implementable; and the lessons learned that
others can build upon to commence or jumpstart their organization's EMS.
Cris B. Liban, D.Env., P.E. currently oversees the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LA Metro's) environmental compliance,
environmental remediation, energy and renewable energy management, climate change management, environmental management system, policy
development and implementation, environmental liability reduction, real estate due diligence, and electric vehicle charger programs; while supporting LA
Metro’s $40B transportation expansion program. He is also the project manager of several LA Metro research projects funded by the Federal Transit
Administration, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, the California Energy Commission, and the California State Water Resources
Control Board. Dr. Liban was recently appointed by the Los Angeles City Mayor as one of the Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles' Board of
Transportation Commissioners, and he also serves on several American Public Transportation (APTA) Working Groups. A licensed professional engineer in
California, Cris has degrees in geology (magna cum laude), civil and environmental engineering, and environmental science and engineering.
On An Agency’s Transformative EMS
2014 TRB Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Workshop
New York, NY
Cris B. Liban, D.Env., P.E.
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
June 17, 2014
Outline
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LA Metro EMS Overview
EMS Best Practices
Emerging EMS Issues
Questions/Discussion
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LA Metro is Los Angeles County’s…
Regional Transit Planner/Funder
Regional Transit System Builder
Regional Transit Operator
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An Integrated Approach
Carbon Credits Administration
(Green Fund) (06/2014)
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EMS Implementation Timeline
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EMS Implementation Tips
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Environmental Case  Business Case
ISO 14001 certified pilot site as agency-wide template
Roll-out through a multi-site process
Streamlined documentation and implementation
EMS Multi-Site Structure
EMS Admin
Team
• Environment
• Energy
• Climate Change
EMS Core
Team,
Division 10
EMS Core
Team, Red
Line Yard
EMS Core
Team, etc.
Red Line Yard (Division 20)(R)
Division
Red Line 10(B)
Yard (Division 20)(R)
Total Metro Facilities
- Four Rail(R) Facilities
- 10 Bus(B) Facilities
- Central Maintenance Facility
- One Headquarters
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Division 7(B)
Central Maintenance Facility(B)
Division 10(B)
Red Line Yard (Division 20)(R)
Division 21(R)
Union Station Headquarters
Division 9(B)
Division 22(R)
Division 11(R)
Total Metro EMS Facilities
- Four Rail(R) Facilities
- Three Bus(B) Facilities
- Central Maintenance Facility
- One Headquarters
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EMS Best Practices
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Develop Ancillary Policies and Plans
Management/Frontline Support and Collaboration
Environmental Training Institute
Key EMS Collateral
• Print
• Electronic
• Video
• Partnerships
• Funding for pilot efforts
Aspects Poster
Awareness Poster
An EMS for All: Benefits
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A program of empowerment
Comprehensive and promotes cultural change
The tool for implementing Environmental Policy
Plan-Do-Check-Act process is foundational
Improved, enhanced and transparent operations
Cost savings and cost avoidance
A different perspective of transit
How Much Do These All Cost
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2007 Budget: $0
2009: $250,000/yr (interdepartmental contribution)
2010: Sustainability Capital: $2M/yr revolving loan based on
future cost-savings
2014: Green Fund: $4M/yr to address additional capital/O&M
> 2014 Projected Cost Savings:
About $4.5M
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Emerging Issue: Managing
Commitments
Policy
Commitment to
Compliance, Pollution
Prevention and
Continual Improvement
Planning
Management
Review
Checking
• Monitor, Measurement
• Evaluate Compliance
• Nonconformance/CAPA
• Internal Audit
• Objectives Targets
• Aspects, Impacts,
Risk
• Legal & Other Req.
Implementation
• Resource, Roles, Resp.
• Competence, Training
• Communication
• Doc Control, Records
• Operational Controls
• Emergency Preparedness
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Emerging Issue: ISO 14001:2015
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Scope
Normative references
Terms and definitions
Context of the organization
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Resources
Competence
Awareness
Communication
• General
• Internal communication
• External communication and reporting
– Documented information
• General
• Creating and updating
• Control of documented information
– Understanding the organization and its context
– Understanding needs and expectations of
interested parties
– Scope of the management system
– Management System
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Leadership
– Leadership and commitment
– Policy
– Organizational roles, responsibilities and authorities
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Operation
– Operational planning and control
– Value chain control
– Emergency preparedness and response
Planning
– Actions to address risks and opportunities
• General
• Environmental aspects
• Compliance obligations
• Significant environmental aspects and
organizational risks and opportunities
• Planning to take action
– Objectives and planning to achieve them
• Environmental objectives
• Planning to achieve objectives
Support
KEY:
Black – Core Management
System Requirement,
Comparable to 14001:2004.
Red – New Management System
Requirements
Blue – ISO 14001, DisciplineSpecific Requirements
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Performance evaluation
– Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation
• General
• Evaluation of compliance
– Internal audit
– Management review
10. Improvement
– Non conformity and corrective action
– Continual improvement
Questions/Discussion
Cris B. Liban, D.Env., P.E.
p: 213/922-2471
c: 213/792-5777
e/m: LibanE@metro.net
www.metro.net/ecsd
213/922-1100
sustainability@metro.net