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Summary Application Process Members Time Line DENR's Environmental Stewardship Initiative is designed to promote and encourage superior environmental performance by North Carolinas regulated community. This voluntary program provides benefits to stimulate the development and implementation of programs that use pollution prevention and innovative approaches to meet and go beyond regulatory requirements. This program seeks to reduce the impact on the environment beyond measures required by any permit or rule, producing a better environment, conserving natural resources and resulting in long-term economic benefits. The
ESI program has three levels of membership: Environmental
Partner, Rising
Environmental Steward and Environmental
Steward. Each level has specific criteria and benefits
which are described under What Level is
Right for You?.
Membership applications for the program are accepted
year round for Partners and from March 1 to April 30
for Rising Stewards and Stewards.
Members are accepted into ESI for a five-year period at
which time they reapply for membership.
Once accepted into the program, Partners are reviewed annually and Rising Stewards and Stewards are
reviewed after three years to assess if facilities continue to
meet overall program goals. Applications are reviewed and recommended for acceptance in ESI to DENR's Secretary. Figure 1 shows how applications are reviewed depending on the participation level.
Figure 1 ESI Application Process The DENR Internal Workgroup coordinates compliance reviews of all applications. The Internal Workgroup recommends Partner applicants for membership directly to DENR's Secretary. Rising Steward and Steward applications are reviewed annually in the fall by the Advisory Board . All Steward applicants receive an onsite verification visit by an ESI team to verify application information. Following review, the Advisory Workgroup then makes recommendations for membership to DENR's Secretary.
2006 ESI Participants Map ASMO North Carolina Inc., Statesville City
of Gastonia Long Creek Resource Recovery Facility
Rising Environmental Stewards Progress Energy - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant
Alliance One International Inc. - City
of Hendersonville Water Plant
Premium Standard Farms - Clinton Plant
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| January March | Steward ceremonies on site. Partner applications accepted year round. |
| March | Annual participants meeting |
| March April | Steward and Rising Steward application period |
| April May | Annual report cycle |
| May |
Compliance reviews |
| June August | Site visits for Steward applications and functionally equivalency checks |
| July | EMS development training module |
| September | Steward forum; Steward report(s) due to Advisory Board; EMS development training module |
| October | Annual Advisory Board meeting; EMS development training module |
| November | Acceptance letters sent to new Rising Steward/Steward members; EMS development training module |
| December | DENR Internal Workgroup meeting; EMS development training module |
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