GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL PART 2

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Waste Management, Inc. Environmental Policy Principles continued Risk Reduction 7,The Company will operate in a manner designed to minimize environmental,health or safety hazards. We will minimize risk and protect our employees and others in the vicinity of our operations by employing safe technologies and operating procedures and by being prepared for emergencies. The Company will make available to our employees and to the public information related to any of our operations that we believe cause environmental harm or pose health or safety hazards. The Company will encourage employees to report any condition that creates a danger to the environment or poses health or safety hazards, and will provide confidential means for them to do so. Damage 8. The Company will take responsibility for any harm we cause to the environment and Compensation will make every reasonable effort to remedy the damage caused to people or ecosystems. Research and 9.The Company will research,develop and implement technologies for integrated waste Development management. Public Policy and 10.The Company will provide information to and will assist the public in understanding Public Education the environmental impacts of our activities. We will conduct public tours of facilities,con- sistent with safety requirements,and will work with communities near our facilities to en- courage dialogue and exchange of information on facility activities, 11.The Company will support and participate in development of public policy and in educational initiatives that will protect human health and improve the environment.We will seek cooperation on this work with government,environmental groups,schools, uni- versities,and other public organizations. Participation in 12.The Company will encourage its employees to participate in and to support the work of Environmental environmental organizations,and we will provide support to environmental organizations Organizations for the advancement of environmental protection. Environmental 13.The Board of Directors of the Company will evaluate and will address the environ- Policy mental implications of its decisions. The Executive Environmental Committee of the Assessment Company will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and will monitor and report upon implementation of this policy and other environmental matters. The Company will commit the resources needed to implement these principles. Annual 14.The Company will prepare and make public an annual report on its environmental Environmental activities. The report will include a self-evaluation of the Company's implementation of Report these principles,including an assessment of the Company's performance in complying with all applicable environmental laws and regulations throughout its worldwide operations.