2006 was a very successful year for the NETL environmental program. The Albany, Morgantown, and Pittsburgh operations all maintained ISO 14001 certification throughout the year, and substantial progress was made assuring that the Albany site becomes fully integrated into the NETL environmental family. There were no environmental violations cited during the year, and the comprehensive and thorough approach to environmental compliance implemented at NETL uncovered no issues of non-compliance. In 2006, NETL resolved a concern made by an independent auditor in 2005 that NETL was unable to document compliance with the shortened, but never-the-less extensive, list of environmental requirements that apply to NETL activities. This has been an on-going problem that traces back to the DOE Necessary and Sufficient Instructions issued in September 1994, allowing DOE operations to determine which environmental requirements were required to be implemented at each site. In April 1996 this process of standards identification was officially changed to the Work Smart Standards. In 1997, upon the merger of the Pittsburgh and Morgantown sites into a single operation, a shortened list of requirements specifically applicable to NETL operations was developed. This list was named the Focused Standards List to distinguish it from other less specific standard lists. In 2006 this list identified over 430 distinct standards applicable to the NETL ES&H program, all of which are being implemented through the NETL Directives Process.
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