Environmental Management System

The Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) is participating in the National Biosolids Partnership (NBP’s) Biosolids Environmental Management System (EMS) program, which was created to advance environmentally sound and accepted biosolids management practices. MSD is developing an environmental management system (EMS) to continually improve the environmental performance of its biosolids management activities and demonstrate this performance to stakeholders.

The NBP EMS is a management framework for integrating environmental considerations into day-to-day operations and decision-making and for improving organizational performance over time. MSD’s EMS is based on the National Biosolids Partnership (NBP) framework of seventeen (17) EMS Elements.

MSD’s EMS supports continual improvement in key areas that will help MSD demonstrate its commitment to operational excellence and environmental protection. These key areas include but are not limited to the following:

1. Quality management practices
2. Public participation
3. Regulatory compliance
4. Environmental performance

Some of the documents for this program available for review online include the following:

• Biosolids Management Policy (39K, )
• Legal and Other Requirements (14K, )
• Program Goals and Objectives (93K, )
• Internal Audit Results (173K, )
• Biosolids Management Program Performance Reports (74K, )
• Notification to Interested Parties of the 3rd Party EMS Verification Audit (39K, )
• Independent 3rd Party EMS Verification Audit Results – document will be available in 2nd quarter of 2008.

For more information on MSD's Environmental Management System (EMS) program, please contact David Coe (502-540-6730).