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Intel
Final Project Agreement
-- Terms and Conditions of the FPA (cont.)
- DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ("DFE")
Intel has incorporated its DFE program as
a key element in its environmental management system for the Ocotillo
Site.4 The DFE program is designed to conserve natural
resources and reduce the environmental burden of waste generation
and emissions to air, water and land by developing environmentally
compatible products and processes. The DFE program is implemented
at the corporate level and drives environmental improvements before
the new manufacturing processes reach Intel's factories, such as FAB
12. Specifically, Intel's Strategic Chemical Council ("SCC"), a cross-corporation
executive management council, was formed in 1993 to ensure that the
Company's facilities, products and processes are designed with improvements
in chemical, water and energy use for each new technology generation.
The SCC helps drive Intel's DFE program, which prioritizes environmental
management according to a hierarchy that begins with reducing resource
consumption and is followed by reusing, recycling and disposing in
an environmentally proper manner. The environmental improvements are
developed for each new technology generation and transferred to manufacturing
facilities where they are consistently implemented. In summary, greater
leverage and environmental performance are achieved through Intel's
DFE methodology. As a result, toxic use reduction and pollution prevention
at the Ocotillo Site may be accomplished through Intel's DFE program.
Intel's DFE program is part of the Company's efforts to be a leader
in reducing, reusing, and recycling chemical substances, and ensuring
that any wastes remaining are properly disposed of in a safe and environmentally
sound manner.
4 The DFE Program is only
part of Intel's overall commitment to human health and the environment,
as reflected in the Company's Environmental
Health & Safety Policy (included as Attachment 4).
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