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What are the steps to participate in the Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge?

As you begin creating a better quality of life for your local community and seek designation as an Indiana CLEAN Community, please keep the following steps in mind:

Step 1:

Call the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to obtain general program information:

Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Office of Pollution Prevention & Technical Assistance
Mail Code 64-00
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204- 2251

Step 2:

Appoint an environmental team, or stakeholders, with a leader who has authority to take action, such as a mayor or town council member. Define and record the responsibilities of each team member.

Step 3:

Adopt a mission statement or policy that commits to compliance with environmental requirements and voluntary commitments; pollution prevention; continuous environmental improvement; and sharing of environmental decisions and performance information with the community. The mission statement must be adopted through an executive order, resolution, or ordinance.

Step 4:

Begin recording this information in the form of a quality of life plan. A sample quality of life plan and checklist are available at the following links:

Step 5:

Identify the governmental operations to be included in the quality of life plan such as a waste water treatment plant, drinking water treatment plant, department of public works, solid waste and recycling management, and so on. Contact the corresponding operation directors to ensure they are well informed about the Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge program. Work with your operation directors and management teams to identify the aspects and impacts of each operation included in your quality of life plan. Indiana's local Public Entity Environmental Management System Resource Center (PEER) Leaving IDEMcan help.

Public Entity EMS Local Resource Center
Indiana Clean Manufacturing Technology and Safe Materials Institute
Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
2655 Yeager Road, Suite 103
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-1337

Step 6:

Select the impacts that can be improved and set objectives and targets. Work with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to establish a baseline for measurement and measurement parameters.

Step 7:

Implement and complete the remaining requirements of the Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge. Choose projects and activities that once implemented, will help to attain your objectives and targets. Measure and record the progress of each implemented activity or project.

Step 8:

Complete the Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge application and mail all application documents to the Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge project manager, and then schedule an Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge Verification site visit.

Mail to:

Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Office of Pollution Prevention & Technical Assistance
Mail Code 64-00
100 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2251