Revised: May 2009

The best introduction to this complicated and occasionally controversial field may be this 1994 statement made by ex-administrator Dan Goldin:

 

Environmental Excellence for the Twenty-First Century

 

Environmental Excellence is not a program nor can it be achieved through a policy statement. Environmental excellence is a way of life and must be ingrained as part of our culture. This strategic plan is an important first step to building global stewardship into everything NASA does. Whether it is designing and fabricating robotic spacecraft, launching shuttle, or conducting basic reseach, we must seek solutions which are environmently benign. NASA must be a leader in reducing the use of ozone-depleting substances and continue to identify program and process revisions to reduce any adverse environmental impacts. Our Agencywide impact on the global environment must be able to withstand the scrutiny of the.international community. No one person can do this alone, but working together, the entire NASA community --civil service and contractor alike-- can make the vision a reality.

This bibliography covers the environmental impacts of NASA's major programs and the steps NASA is taking to lessen them. The NASA HQ library also has many environmental impact statements. All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

NASA Policies

Unless otherwise noted, the following policies and procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System:

NASA Policy Directive 1820.1B: NASA Environmental Health Program

 

NASA Policy Directive 8500.1A: NASA Environmental Management

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8530.1A: Affirmative Procurement Program and Plan for Environmentally Preferable Products

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8553.1A: NASA Environmental Management System

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8570.1: Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8580.1: Implementing The National Environmental Policy Act And Executive Order 12114

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 8590.1: NASA Environmental Compliance and Restoration (ECR) Program

 

ISO 14000: Environmental Management

This standard can be accessed by NASA employees and contractors through http://standards.nasa.gov/. Members of the public may contact their local libraries for the availability of this item.

 

Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Protection of Environment

The full text of this title is available via GPO Access.

Books

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Atmospheric Effects of Chemical Rocket Propulsion: Report of an AIAA Workshop, Sacramento, California, 28-29 June 1991. Washington, DC: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1991.

TL783 .A84 1991 BOOKSTACKS

 

Bregman, Jacob I., and Kenneth M. Mackenthun. Environmental Impact Statements. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, 1992.

TD194.55 .B74 1992 BOOKSTACKS

 

Brewer, Garry D., and Paul C. Stern. Decision Making for the Environment: Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005.

GE170 .D43 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Gunningham, Neil, and Darren Sinclair. Leaders and Laggards: Next-generation Environmental Regulation. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf, 2002.

HC79 .E5 G86 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Jain, R. K. Environmental Assessment. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2001.

TD194.65 .E58 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

Lambright, W. Henry. NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Affairs, 2005.

QC879.73 .C5 L36 2005 BOOKSTACKS

Also available online at the NASA History Office.

 

National Academy of Sciences. Atmospheric Effects of Aviation: A Review of NASA's Subsonic Assessment Project. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.

TD886.7 .A88 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Science Applications International Corporation. Report on the NASA Environmental Compatibility Workshops. Arlington, VA: SAIC/ATSO, 1997.

TD886.7 .R47 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

Puri, Subhash C. Stepping Up to ISO 14000: Integrating Environmental Quality with ISO 9000 and TQM. Portland, OR: Productivity Press, 1996.

TS155.7 .P87 1996 PPM-STACKS

 

Stephenson, John B. Perchlorate: EPA does not Systematically Track Incidents of Contamination. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2007.

TD1066 .P47 G68 2007 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. House. Comittee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation. Aviation and the Environment: Nextgen and Research and Development are Keys to Reducing Emissions and Their Impact on Health and Climate. Washington, DC: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 2008.

HE9797.4 .N6 D55 2008X BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. GAO. Aviation and the Environment: Aviation's Effects on the Global Atmosphere Are Potentially Significant and Expected to Grow. Washington, DC: The Office, 2000.

TD886.7 .A338 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Aviation and the Environment: FAA's and NASA's Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals are Uncertain. Washington, DC: The Office, 2008.

TD195 .A27 A953 2008 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Environmental Cleanup: Transfer of Contaminated Federal Property and Recovery of Cleanup Costs. Washington, DC: The Office, 2005.

TD1066 .P47 G68 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Environmental Cleanup Costs: NASA is Making Progress in Identifying Contamination, But More Effort is Needed: Report to Congressional Requesters. Washington, DC: The Office, 1997.

TL521.312 .E68 1997 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Sounding Rocket Program. Wallops Island, VA: Wallops Flight Facility, 1998.

TL785.8 .S6 N38 1998 BOOKSTACKS

Note: The original Final Environmental Impact Statement is available through NTRS as document no. 19800074373.

 

__________. Environmental Management Division. Environmental Management Division Annual Operating Plan: Fiscal Year. Washington, DC: The Division, 1998-.

TL521.312 .E57 BOOKSTACKS

Note: The Headquarters library also has the 1999 and 2000 plans.

 

United States. Office of Commercial Space Transportation. Guidelines for Compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and Related Environmental Review Statutes for the Development of Commercial Space Launch Sites. Washington, DC: The Office, 1995.

TD195 .A27 G85 1995 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Hinkle, C. Ross, and WM Knott III. A Summary of Environmental Effects of Space Shuttle Launches at John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida After the First 24 Launches. NASA/CR-204372. 152nd Annual Meeting of the AAAS, Philadelphia, PA, 25-30 May 1985.

(19970032003: (30 May 1985) NTRS)

 

Kawa. S. Randolph, James. G. Anderson, et al. Assessment of the Effects of High-Speed Aircraft in the Stratosphere: 1998. NASA/TP-1999-209237. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, June 1999.

(19990054141: (June 1999) NTRS)

 

Malkin, MS. Environmental Impact Statement for the Space Shuttle Program. NASA/TM-82278. NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, 1 April 1978.

(19810008106: (1 April 1978) NTRS)

 

Oddy, Donna M., et al. Environment Conditions and Threatened and Endangered Species Populations near the Titan, Atlas, and Delta Launch Complexes, Cape Canaveral Air Station. NASA/TM-2000-208553. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, June 1999.

(20000019583: (May 2009) NTRS)

 

Rowland, Martin A. "RFI to CMS: An Approach to Regulatory Acceptance of Site Remediation Technologies", in: 2001 International Containment and Remediation Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, June 10-13, 2001.

(20010069268: (June 2008) NTRS)

 

Schmalzer, Paul A., et al. Monitoring Direct Effects of Delta, Atlas, and Titan Launches from Cape Canaveral Air Station. NASA/TM-1998-207912. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, June 1998.

(19980235583: (June 1998) NTRS)

 

__________. Soil, Groundwater, Surface Water, and Sediments of Kennedy Space Center, Florida: Background Chemical and Physical Characteristics. NASA/TM-2000-208583. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL, June 2000.

(20000116077: (Aug. 2005) NTRS)

 

Whitaker, AF, and M. Clark-Ingram (eds.). Second Aerospace Environmental Technology Conference. NASA/CP-3349. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, Aug. 1996.

(19980010184: (Aug. 1996) NTRS)

 

Internet Resources

Clarke, Ann. Environmental Management Division. Feb. 12, 2008 [May 18, 2009].

http://oim.hq.nasa.gov/oia/emd/

 

Environmental Protection Agency. 2009 [May 18, 2009].

http://www.epa.gov/

 

Peek, Anne. SSC Environmental Assurance Program. March 20, 2007 [May 18, 2009].

http://www.ssc.nasa.gov/environmental/envman/envmiss/envmiss.html