Department development of environmental performance based

programs Sec. 1. The department: (1) may, to encourage continuous and sustainable environmental progress through the development and use of an environmental management system, develop and implement an environmental performance based program that: (A) is consistent with the policies of this article; and (B) is based on the national environmental performance track program developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and (2) may develop and implement other environmental performance based programs, including programs that promote any of the following: (A) Pollution prevention. (B) Waste minimization. (C) Environmental management systems. (D) Advanced environmental compliance. As added by P.L.100-2006, SEC.12.