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The purpose of this web page is to provide a clearinghouse for information related to performance-oriented laboratory environmental regulation reform.

The primary focus is the work of the Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence (C2E2) to improve the environmental performance of institutions of higher education.

We are doing this by exploring the development of environmental management systems as they might be applied to hazardous materials use in laboratories, sharing ideas and information about training resources, and participating in the development of a Project XL program in colloboration with the EPA.

Background on The EPA and Higher Education

August, 2000:

Peter Reinhardt of the University of Wisconsin gave a presentation at the University Hazardous Waste Management Conference in Louisville, KY entitled "Fixing RCRA: Striving for Appropriate Environmental Regulation of Colleges and Universities". You can see his powerpoint slides here.

Tom Shelley of Cornell University gave a presentation at the August meeting of the Division of Chemical Health and Safety of the American Chemical Society on
The Future of the Chemical Hygiene Officer. This included the results of a survey he did of 70+ CHO's about their jobs.

Also available are presentations by Robert Emery on
Essential Elements of Occupational Reproductive Health Programs
and by Ralph Stuart on
Children in Laboratories: Institutional Approaches
from the same meeting.

EPA Region 3 asks "Twenty Questions for College and University Presidents".

Federal EPA sez: "Universities, Colleges Not Receiving Top Marks for Environmental Compliance"

June, 2000:

The EPA's Labs 21 program published a Federal Register notice announcing its interest in using the EPA's Project XL program to promote consideration of energy and water conservation measures in laboartory buildings. Discussion of possible scenarios for regulatory flexibility with respect this program are taking place on the Lab XL e-mail list.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is sponsoring a project to determine the best management practices for managing hazardous waste. They are working with 10 universities and a like number of regulatory agencies at the state and federal levels and have released a report on their early progress.

April, 2000:

The magazine University Business published an article entitled
The EPA Versus the Toxic Campus which does a good job of describing the challenges of environmental regulatory compliance in higher education.