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Lucent Technologies
This Final Project Agreement (FPA or Agreement) defines a five year Project to test whether, over time, a high-quality Environmental Management System (EMS) can generate a single governing environmental document for Microelectronics which delivers superior environmental performance, allows environmental managers and the public a clearer, better understanding of Microelectronics' environmental management program, and achieves a more efficient interaction with environmental policy than the traditional environmental permitting system affords. The FPA allows Lucent to use its EMS as a framework for developing specific proposals to simplify permitting, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements, while driving continual improvement and pollution prevention programs. The FPA provides a "test bed" for the use of a high-quality ISO 14001 EMS as a vehicle for determining and managing regulatory flexibility while achieving superior environmental performance. The Lucent XL project was published in the Federal Register on September 8, 1999.