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New CDC to double services

23 Aug 2005 | Cpl. T.D. Smith Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Construction of a new Child Development Center on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar will double the available capacity for children needing daycare at the air station.

The Center for Naval Installation is currently allocating funds to build a pre-manufactured facility on the air station.

The new CDC will have a 250-person capacity and should be up and running by spring 2006.

“This new facility will double the capacity we now have at Miramar for day care. This is wonderful for families. We currently have approximately 190 children on the waiting list for on base day care, and 71 percent are from families who work on this base,” said Ruth Mushallo, director, Marine and Family Services, MCAS Miramar.

In addition to accommodating the children on the waiting list, the new building will also provide more day care options for new military families in the San Diego area.

The new CDC is slated to be located in the space adjacent to the current center. This vacant space was formerly the Marine Corps Community Service re-sale lot.

Programs currently provided by the CDC strive to create an environment of respect for all people, according to literature provided by the center.

The center is dedicated to providing a program where the needs of the child are met socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually.

POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

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