A Brief History of United States Coast Guard Hazardous Materials Management

Abstract

Environmental regulations affect every aspect of Coast Guard operations from the way personnel commute to work, to emissions from heating plants and fuel storage tanks. Compliance with these regulations has greatly increased the cost and labor hours devoted to the storage and inventory control of hazardous materials, disposal of hazardous waste, and collection of associated data. Over the last decade, the management of hazardous materials and their associated by-products has become an increasing burden at every Coast Guard facility. Research and analysis of hazardous materials and waste programs at Coast Guard facilities, as well as reports from the Department of Defense and industry, indicate that significant reductions in the generation of hazardous wastes, air pollutant emissions, and environmental reporting costs are possible if the areas of hazardous materials management can be improved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA345536

Entities

People

  • Michele Fitzpatrick

Organizations

  • United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory Control
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security