ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION COMPLIANCE

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b. The Public Laws referred to are summarized as

into an environmental portion of the local Standing

follows:

Operating Procedure (SOP). The following must be

addressed:

(1) National Environmental Policy Act (PL 91-

910).

(1) Insure that appropriate environmental

permits, licenses, or exemptions are available at the

(2) Clean Air Act (PL 91-604, as amended by

operating locations.

PL 92-157, PL 93-15, PL 93319, and PL 95-95).

(2) Temperature, cloud coverage, wind

(3) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

direction and velocity, and authorized operating time of

(PL 89-272, as amended by PL 91-512, PL 93-611, and

day will be obtained and integrated into daily operations.

PL 94-580).

(3) Logs of materials open burned or

(4) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

detonated will be maintained as required by

Rodenticide Act (PL 92-516, as amended by PL 94-140

Environmental Regulatory Authority permits, licenses, or

and PL 95-396).

exceptions.

(5) Safe Drinking Water Act (PL 93-523, as

(4) Storage and disposition of "wastes" will be

amended by PL 95-190 and PL 96-63).

in compliance with Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act and associated Federal and State

(6) Noise Control Act of 1972 (PL 92-574, as

regulations.

amended by PL 94-301 and PL 95-609).

(5) Toxic materials, hazardous wastes, and

(7) Toxic Substances Control Act (PL 94-

heavy metals are defined by EPA in Federal Register,

469).

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pages 33066-33253.

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ENVIRONMENTAL

REGULATION

Materials involved in the Demilitarization and Disposal

COMPLIANCE

Activity should be listed and disposal precautions and

controls given.

a. Operations should be conducted in compliance

with current environmental regulations implemented by

Material AMT Per-Round Disposition

federal, state, and local governments. The impact of

(6) Demilitarization/Disposal procedures by

these regulations will not be the same at each

open burning/detonation should identify and quantify all

installation due to differences in the material being

known combustion products and their toxicity data.

processed, geographic make up, meteorological

conditions,

and

differences

among

state/local

c. Operations should be planned to eliminate or

regulations, Vigilance must be constantly exercised to

restrict to an acceptable minimum any procedures which

be aware of changes being imposed in current federal,

would produce residues or emissions hazardous to

state, and local regulations in order to be in compliance

health or environment. -Residues created must be

at all times. Exemptions to Environmental Regulations

disposed of by a safe and environmentally acceptable

are not allowed for CONUS operations. OCONUS

means. Fugitive emissions must be dispersed in such a

operations will comply with the environmental laws of

manner that personnel health and the surrounding

the country in which the installation is located.

ecology will not be adversely affected.

b. Consideration must be given to controls when

d. Technical assistance with respect to these

performing operations which affect air, soil, surface

health and environmental restrictions can be obtained

water, and ground water. Government installations

from the US Army Environmental Hygiene Agency,

require permits to perform demilitarization/disposal

ATTN: HSE-E, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010.

operations by either open burning or detonation, The

responsible environmental office must verify that

specific requirements and limitations are met.

Limitations and restrictions contained in those

documents will be put

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