ENCLOSURE (1) TO COMDTINST 16000.1
Sec. 210. "Life Cycle Cost" means the amortized annual cost of a product, including capital costs,
installation costs, operating costs, maintenance costs and disposal costs discounted over the lifetime of the product.
Sec. 211. "Life Cycle Analysis" means the comprehensive examination of a product's environmental and
economic effects throughout its lifetime including new material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, use, and
disposal.
PART 3 - THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVE AND AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL EXECUTIVES
Sec. 301. Federal Environmental Executive. (a) A Federal Environmental Executive shall be designated by
the President and shall be located within the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"). The Federal Environmental
Executive shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the agencies comply with the requirements of this order and
shall generate an annual report to the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB"), at the time of agency budget
submissions, on the actions taken by the agencies to comply with the requirements of this order. In carrying out his
or her functions, the Federal Environmental Executive shall consult with the Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality. *16
(A) Staffing. A minimum of four (4) full time staff persons are to be provided by the agencies listed
below to assist the Federal Environmental Executive, one of whom shall have experience in
specification review and program requirements, one of whom shall have experience in procurement
practices, and one of whom shall have experience in solid waste prevention and recycling. These four
staff persons shall be appointed and replaced as follows:
(1) a representative from the Department of Defense shall be detailed for not less than one year and no more
than two years;
(2) a representative from the General Services Administration ("GSA") shall be detailed for not less than one
year and no more than two years;
(3) a representative from EPA shall be detailed for not less than one year and no more than two years; and
(4) a representative from one other agency determined by the Federal Environmental Executive shall be
detailed on a rotational basis for not more than one year.
(5) Administration. Agendas are requested to make their services, personnel and facilities available to the
Federal Environmental Executive to the maximum extent practicable for the performance of functions under this
order.
(d) Committees and Work Groups. The Federal Environmental Executive shall establish committees and
work groups to identify, assess, and recommend actions to be taken to fulfill the goals, responsibilities, and initiatives
of the Federal Environmental Executive. As these committees and work groups are created, agencies are requested to
designate appropriate personnel in the areas of procurement and acquisition, standards and specifications, electronic
commerce, facilities management, waste prevention, and recycling, and others as needed to staff and work on the
initiatives of the Executive.
*16 "Executive Order 12873 was amended on March 26, 1996; Federal Register Volume 61, Number 61 of March 28, 1996
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