The Environmental Compliance Challenge for the Army and the Army National Guard
Abstract
The Army is committed to achieving environmental compliance. Discussion of the Army environmental program and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) describe the efforts required and being made by the Army and the Army National Guard (ARNG) to attain environmental compliance. The Army environmental program includes the functional areas of compliance, restoration, prevention, and stewardship. The Army Compliance Achievement Program (ECAP) integrates training, planning and programming, resourcing, assessing, and deficiency correction. The key effort under ECAP is the Environmental Compliance Assess System (ECAS), which has shown great promise in the ARNG as ECASARNG. The Installation Restoration Program (IRP) identifies and mitigates hazardous waste contamination, while the Hazardous Waste Minimization Program (HAZMIN) seeks to reduce and eliminate the contamination threat. Environmental stewardship considers land management practices under Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM). NEPA compliance requires that the environmental consequences of proposed actions be considered during the decisionmaking process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 21, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA253017
Entities
People
- Steven R. De Kramer
Organizations
- United States Army War College