scope:

Purpose:

This issuance establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for environmental management at contingency locations in accordance with the guidance in DoD Directives (DoDDs) 4715.1E and 3000.10 and the authority in DoDD 5134.01.

APPLICABILITY. This issuance:

a. Applies to:

(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this issuance as the "DoD Components").

(2) Contingency locations as defined in DoDD 3000.10.

(3) All phases in the lifecycle of contingency locations including planning and design, establishment, operation and management, and transition or closure.

(4) Training areas associated with contingency locations for the purposes of transition or closure requirements.

(5) A land-based support function provided by a DoD Component at a contingency location for a U.S. military vessel, ship, or aircraft, including management or disposal of offloaded wastes or material.

b. Does not apply to:

(1) The operation of a U.S. military vessel, ship, aircraft, or space vehicle.

(2) A facility or activity associated with the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program in accordance with Executive Order 12344 and conducted pursuant to Section 7158 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.).

(3) An installation outside the United States to which DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4715.05 applies.

(4) A contingency location where the DoD has a U.S. military, DoD civilian, or U.S. Government contractor cumulative average presence of fewer than 100 personnel; that is occupied by the DoD for fewer than 90 days; or that the DoD does not control or operate. Consult CCMD directives and the applicable operation plans, operation orders, fragmentary orders, or similar operational directives (e.g., Annex L, Environmental Considerations to the CCMD's Operation Plan) for guidance on environmental requirements at these types of locations.

(5) A contingency location where the Combatant Commander (CCDR) determined and documented no existence of significant:

(a) Potential to affect the natural or cultural environment.

(b) Force health protection threats.

(c) Environmental impacts.

c. Creates no right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, by any person or entity against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.