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... FileACSG Aircraft Commodities Sustainment GroupAFKS Air Force Knowledge SystemAFMC Air Force Materiel CommandAFMC/FM Air Force Materiel Command Financial Management ALC Air Logistics CenterAMC Acquisition ... the Air Force could adapt to its purchasing activities. To demonstrate the benefits of improved purchasing and supply management in an Air Force setting, the Air Force launched a dem-onstration ... Suppliers by Air Force, DLA, and Other Services 55xiii Summary Purchasing and supply chain management (PSCM) offers the Air Force a means to make better use of its resources in general and to improve...

... REDUCINGORAVOIDINGGHGEMISSIONSTHROUGHLAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICESLand management describeshowwemanage and useland to provideopenspace and habitat,food,naturalresources, and placesforpeople to live,work, and recreate.EPApromotesintegratedland management strategiesthatuselandasproductively and sustainablyaspossiblebypromotingsmartgrowth,preventing and minimizingtheoccurrence of contamination and bycleaningup,reusing, and restoringcontaminatedlandforbeneficialreusebycommunities.67AsdescribedinBox7,land management hasthreekeycomponents:landprotection,sustainablelanduse, and landrevitalization.Similar to thematerials management approachesthatcanbeusedinthematerialflow,land management approachescanbeused to reduceGHGemissionsbyimprovingpracticeswithinoracrosseach of thesecomponents.Landprotectionpracticeslimithowmuchlandiscontaminatedeachyear.Whenlandiscontaminated,itshouldbecleanedup to levelsprotective of humanhealth and theenvironment.Land ... REDUCINGORAVOIDINGGHGEMISSIONSTHROUGHLAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICESLand management describeshowwemanage and useland to provideopenspace and habitat,food,naturalresources, and placesforpeople to live,work, and recreate.EPApromotesintegratedland management strategiesthatuselandasproductively and sustainablyaspossiblebypromotingsmartgrowth,preventing and minimizingtheoccurrence of contamination and bycleaningup,reusing, and restoringcontaminatedlandforbeneficialreusebycommunities.67AsdescribedinBox7,land management hasthreekeycomponents:landprotection,sustainablelanduse, and landrevitalization.Similar to thematerials management approachesthatcanbeusedinthematerialflow,land management approachescanbeused to reduceGHGemissionsbyimprovingpracticeswithinoracrosseach of thesecomponents.Landprotectionpracticeslimithowmuchlandiscontaminatedeachyear.Whenlandiscontaminated,itshouldbecleanedup to levelsprotective of humanhealth and theenvironment.Land ... September2009because of thelaborrequired to collect,sort, and processtherecyclables.30Recycling,reuse,deconstruction, and remanufacturingshiftthevalueaddedintheeconomyfromhighlymechanized,environmentallyharmfulextractionindustries, to labor‐intensive,localindustries.31,32Land management options to reduceemissionsalsohavemanyco‐benefits. A number of studieshaveshownsubstantialbeneficialeffects of brownfieldsredevelopmentforlocalcommunities,includingjobcreation,increasedpropertyvalues,taxrevenuesforlocalgovernments,preservation of greenspace, and socialbenefits.33,34Otherresearchhasshownthatbrownfieldsredevelopment,as a component of urbanredevelopment,reduceslocalvehiclemilestraveled and isassociatedwithlowerbuildingenergyuse,35both of whichlead to improvementsinurban air qualityinaddition to GHGreductions.Theco‐benefits to communities of materials and land management strategiesmakethemattractiveasGHGreductionoptions.UnlikemanyGHGmitigationoptions,theyarealsolargelyunderstate and localinfluence.States and communitiescanusethesetools to reducetheircarbonfootprints and meetstateorlocalGHGreductiontargets.Thepurpose of thisdocument,Opportunities to ReduceGreenhouseGasEmissionsthroughMaterials and Land Management Practices,is to increasetheunderstanding of howmaterials and land management practicesrelate to GHGemissions and show a newway of thinkingaboutmaterials and land management aspart of thesolution to theclimatechange.ThisdocumentpresentsEPA’sresearch to date.Aswedevelopprograms and policieswithourpartners,moredetailedstudiesthataccountforeconomic,technical, and institutionallimitations and opportunitieswillbeneeded.Inaddition,wewillshareinformationonthemitigationimpacts of currentmaterials and land management programsonGHGemissions and ultimatelydevelopmorespecificapproaches to implementmaterials and land management activitiesthatcouldachieveGHGemissionreductions.Theremainder of thisdocumentisorganizedintothefollowingsections.Section2presentsannualGHGemissionsintheUnitedStates using twoapproaches.Thesector‐basedapproachallocatesemissions to economicorend‐usesectorsincludingtheelectricpowerindustry,transportation,industry,agriculture,commercial, and residentialsectors.Thesystems‐basedapproachreliesonthesamedata,butapportionsemissions to materials management, land management, and othersystems to demonstratethepotentialimpactmaterials and land management haveontotalU.S.emissions.Section3presentsresearchintothepotentialGHGreductionsthatcouldbeachievedthrough a number of materials and land management approaches.Section4summarizesthereport and describesthedirectionthatfutureresearchmaytake.Finally,thedocumentappendix(TechnicalSupportforOpportunities to ReduceGreenhouseGasEmissionsthroughMaterials and Land Management Practices)presentsthedatasources and methodologyused to developthisreport....

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