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United States Department of Energy (DOE) O 436.1, Departmental Sustainability, requires each DOE site to develop and commit to implementing an annual Site Sustainability Plan (SSP) that identifies that site's contributions toward meeting DOE sustainability goals. These sustainability goals are reinforced by Executive Order (EO) 13834, Efficient Federal Operations. Sandia personnel conduct mission activities at four primary locations: Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM); SNL/California (SNL/CA), SNL/ Tonopah Test Range (SNL/TTR) in Nevada; and SNL/Kauai Test Facility (SNL/KTF) in Hawaii. Sandia personnel also conduct mission activities at other locations, Carlsbad, New Mexico; and Amarillo, Texas. Each location has unique energy, water, and transportation fuel resource management challenges. SNL/NM and SNL/CA account for most of Sandia's total energy, water, and transportation fuel use and building square footage. Therefore, although the goals and targets of this plan include all locations, sustainability activities focus predominantly on the SNL/NM and SNL/CA locations.

Clean energy and sustainability, long at the core of the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) mission and championed at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), are reinforced in Executive Order (EO) 13834, Efficient Federal Operations. Though no longer in effect as of May 2018, EO 13693, Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade, is referenced throughout this document. DOE's Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) embodies the Department's sustainability commitment and establishes the foundation for DOE to meet the objectives of the EO. The SNL Site Sustainability Plan (SSP) is prepared annually to support DOE's Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan (SSPP) and the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) sustainability goals and broader sustainability program. Accordingly, the content of this SSP covers the SNL contributions toward meeting the DOE sustainability goals, including the DOE requirement to comply with EO 13834. This SSP fulfills the contractual requirement for National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS), the management and operating (M&O) contractor for SNL, to deliver an annual sustainability plan to the NNSA and Sandia Field Office (SFO). The SNL Environmental Management System (EMS) implements sustainable practices for enhancing environmental, energy, and transportation management performance. SNL's EMS is a quality-based system modeled on the Plan-Do-Check-Act structure for continuous improvement. The EMS is a part of SNL's Integrated Safety Management System and functions within the overall Laboratory Operating System. The SNL EMS is International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certified and incorporates all relevant federal, state, local, and DOE requirements. The EMS is coordinated and implemented through 20 environmental programs, five of which are included within the scope of this SSP: Air Quality Compliance (AQC); Materials; Sustainability & Pollution Prevention; Energy and Water; Fleet Services; and, Waste Management.