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.