Environmental Compliance Assessment Army Reserve (ECAAR)
Abstract
In response to the growing number of environmental laws and regulations worldwide, the U.S. Army Reserve has adopted an environmental compliance program that identifies compliance problems before they are cited as violations by the U.S. Army Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). Because each Major Army Command (MACOM) was developing a separate assessment system, the Army mandated through Army Regulation 200-1 one unified Army-wide assessment mechanism. In 1991, the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL), in cooperation with a steering committee representing the 416th Engineering Command, began work on the Environmental Compliance Assessment Army Reserve (ECAAR) protocol manuals. This compliance assessment system combines Federal, Department of Defense (DOD), and Army environmental regulations with documentation of good management practices and risk-assessment issues into a series of checklists that show legal requirements and list specific items or operations to review. Each assessment protocol lists an installation point of contact to help assessors review the checklists as effectively as possible. The ECAAR manual incorporates existing checklists from USEPA and private industry. This system was tested at San Antonio, TX, and Orland Park, IL, in 1991. The manual is updated continually to address new environmental compliance laws and regulations. Environmental compliance laws and regulations, Environmental Compliance Assessment Army Reserve (ECAAR), Environmental compliance checklists.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA271321
Entities
People
- Donna J. Schell
- Tina M. Beckler
Organizations
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory