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JULY 1991
(Supplementation is permitted at all levels.)
Federal activities are required to comply with environmental standards in accordance with Executive Order 12088, Federal Compliance with Pollution Control Standards, and specific environmental laws. DLA activities must comply with Federal environmental laws in the same manner and degree as non-Federal entities. An extensive body of regulatory material has been promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency to provide specific standards and requirements for implementation of environmental laws. Heads of DLA field activities are expected to implement environmental protection programs to provide compliance with environmental requirements. This entails an understanding of applicable environmental regulatory requirements; periodic assessment of regulated activities or operations; compliance with various permitting, licensing, reporting, and other procedural requirements; and prompt correction of known deficiencies. Heads of DLA PSEs must also ensure that budget requests include sufficient funds to allow compliance with environmental regulatory requirements.
The objective of this manual is to summarize and highlight those regulatory requirements which are of primary concern to DLA activities and to provide guidance and direction on how to comply. The manual is divided into 10 chapters. The first chapter provides guidance on broad or generic issues, such as establishment of environmental committees, training of environmental officers, and processing of Notices of Noncompliance. Chapter 2 through 9 provide direction on specific areas of environmental regulatory control or legislation. Chapter 10 provides instruction on completion of the Federal Agency Pollution Abatement Project Report, which is completed on all projects planned or undertaken to correct an environmental deficiency. Each chapter of the manual is divided into five sections: Purpose, Background, Policy, Responsibilities, and Procedures. Section 1, Purpose, sets forth the overall objective and regulatory focus of the chapter. Section 2, Background, provides pertinent historical information concerning the evolution of regulatory or policy issues. Section 3, Policy, states DLA environmental compliance policy. Section 4, Responsibilities, provides essential environmental compliance responsibilities with an emphasis on Heads of DLA PLFAs which are managed by DLA. Section 5, Procedures, summarizes critical and pertinent regulatory requirements and provides instructions and procedures for attaining compliance. It is emphasized that the manual is intended as an aid to Heads of DLA PLFAs and environmental officers who must be responsive to an extensive body of regulatory regulatory requirements. DLA environmental officials must also directly comply with statutory and regulator requirements, standards, and permit restrictions which may be applicable and nothing in this manual shall be interpreted as waiving those requirements. For the purposes of this DLAM, installation is defined as a fixed location together with its land, buildings, structures, utilities, and improvements and is controlled by a DoD component.
This DLAM supersedes DLAR 1000.17, 22 Nov 74, DLAR 1000.27, 26 Aug 77, and DLAR 6050.2, 26 Jun 86.
Any suggestions to improve this DLAM should be submitted through channels to HQ DLA, ATTN: CAAE.
BY ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR
Signed
GARY C. TUCKER
Colonel, USA Staff Director, Administration
COORDINATION: DLA-A,DLA-B,DLA-C,DLA-G,
DLA-KS,DLA-L,DLA-LP,DLA-LR,DLA-O, DLA-P,DLA-Q,DLA-S,DLA-WH,DLA-WI