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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STATEMENT

Pellissippi State Community College acknowledges the interests of our students, faculty, and staff in protecting and preserving our natural resources and other environmental assets.
The College shall conduct all its affairs in accordance with the dictates of sound environmental protection practices, including pollution prevention wherever reasonably possible. The College shall also avoid, minimize and appropriately mitigate adverse environmental impacts. These undertakings extend to the construction, maintenance and operation of its systems and facilities, as well as to the inclusion of students, faculty, and staff in maintaining existing and future recycling and waste reduction programs.
In an effort to provide an atmosphere of responsible environmental stewardship, the college will support the following goals:

To implement and maintain an environmental management system that involves all the College’s program functions;
To establish, maintain and make available to the public appropriate performance indicators of the College’s exercise of its environmental stewardship and to consistently review these indicators as a basis to improve the College’s performance;
To comply with all environmental laws and regulations applicable to our operation and activities;
To assure that students, faculty, and staff of the College receive training appropriate to their functions concerning the College’s environmental responsibilities;
To communicate to contractors, designers, consultants and other participants in the College’s operations the management practices and compliance requirements established to further the aims of this Policy Statement;
To encourage students, faculty, and staff to participate in our goal of responsible environmental stewardship, and to communicate with the College about ways to increase the effectiveness of the College’s practices supporting this mission.

Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Staff, December 4, 2006
Approved: President Allen G. Edwards, December 4, 2006
Editorial Changes: July 1, 2009
Reviewed/Recommended, no changes, President’s Council, November 25, 2013
Approved: President L. Anthony Wise, Jr., November 25, 2013
Reviewed/Recommended: President’s Council, March 28, 2022
Approved: President L. Anthony Wise Jr., March 28, 2022

Pellissippi State Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity or national origin, sex, pregnancy, disability, age (40+), status as a protected veteran, or any other class protected by Federal or State laws and regulations and by Tennessee Board of Regents policies with respect to employment, programs and activities. View the nondiscrimination policy.

Any Pellissippi State employee, applicant, or student who has reason to feel that they have been harassed or affected by discrimination, or who has any other concerns or questions about equal opportunity, should contact the following: Executive Director of Institutional Compliance, Title IX Coordinator/Title VI Officer/ADA Officer/ Pellissippi State Community College Goins Administration Building, Room 258 10915 Hardin Valley Road P.O. Box 22990 Knoxville, TN 37933-0990 Office: (865) 539-7354. Questions about services and facilities for students with disabilities should be directed to the following: Director of Disability Services Pellissippi State Community College Lamar Alexander Building, Room AL 136 10915 Hardin Valley Road P.O. Box 22990 Knoxville, TN 37933-0990 (865) 539-7153