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Appendix C--The Sustainability Assessment and Management Approach
Pages 121-124

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From page 121...
... The Green Book committee relied upon the definition of sustainability provided in Executive Order 13514: "to create and maintain conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations." It presented the Sustainability Framework and the Sustainability Assessment and Management approach to guide and support EPA in its use and incorporation of sustainability (Figure 1-1 in Chapter 1)
From page 122...
... When the problem has been scoped, stakeholders and collaborators identified, and metrics for success developed, then EPA needs to select and implement assessment tools to quantify the impacts of decisions on sustainability criteria. The Green Book highlighted many sustainability assessment tools that have been developed but emphasized that the list is not exhaustive and that EPA will need to keep abreast of the latest developments in sustainability assessment tools and possibly develop new tools itself as assessment capabilities progress.
From page 123...
... The report noted that EPA will have to continue to adapt and improve tools to inform sustainability analysis. Following the application of appropriate sustainability tools, the SAM approach includes trade-off and synergy analysis, which seeks to maximize all three pillars of sustainability in a decision while minimizing the adverse effects that occur when sustainability goals amongst the three pillars are in conflict with one another.
From page 124...
... Although EPA has been involved in state-of-the-environment and environmental assessments, it currently does not have a formalized approach to conducting or participating in the analyses required in the Sustainability Assessment and Management approach. Thus, such assessments could readily miss sustainability concerns not typically considered in past environmental assessments, including social and economic issues and environmental justice (pp.58-59)


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