§ 650.7 - Responsibilities.

(a) Army Environmental Council will—

(1) Review and redirect, as necessary, Army environmental policy and programs to insure the Army fulfills its responsibility under the National Environmental Policy Act and other Federal laws and regulations pertaining to pollution control and environmental protection.

(2) Provide policy guidance on those matters which fall within the cognizance of the Council and on such matters as referred for consideration by the Secretariat or the Army Staff.

(b) Army Environmental Committee will assist the Army Environmental Council by—

(1) Proposing new environmental policies and programs as directed by the Council.

(2) Serving as a forum for the exchange of information and ideas related to the formulation of the Army Environmental Program.

(3) Assisting in the resolution of interagency problems on environmental matters.

(4) Assisting in the formulation of Army-wide implementing instructions for the Army Environmental Program.

(5) Maintaining surveillance over the ongoing Army Environmental Program and activities.

(6) Reviewing Army Environmental Impact Statements and requests for exemption from Federal and State pollution control standards prior to formal approval by the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).

(7) Providing reports and information as directed by the Army Environmental Council.

(c) Chief of Engineers will—

(1) Exercise primary Army Staff responsibility for directing and coordinating environmental activities within the Army.

(2) Recommend such actions as will enable DA to comply with the intent, purposes, and procedures of the National Environmental Policy Act and other Federal legislation relative to environmental quality.

(3) Apply Army environmental policy and direct programs so that applicable environmental and pollution control laws and regulations are observed in the acquisition, construction, operations, and disposal of real property.

(4) Maintain positive surveillance over and report progress of the design and construction of pollution control facilities for Army installations.

(5) Insure that environmental research and development (R&D) projects fully support the environmental program goals.

(6) Promote participation by engineer troop units in the Army's environmental program.

(7) Provide technical and engineering assistance on the pollution control aspects of construction and the Real Property Maintenance Activities.

(8) Prepare an annual Department of the Army Environmental Quality Status Report (§§ 650.9 and 650.11).

(9) Conduct, with the assistance of the Army Staff agencies concerned, a continuing review of DA statutory authority, administrative regulations, policies, procedures, and programs (including those relating to loans, grants, contracts, leases, licenses, or permits) to eliminate deficiencies or inconsistencies which might prohibit or limit full compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Executive Orders 11514 and 11752, DoD Instruction 4120.14 and DoD Directives 4150.7, 5030.41, 5100.50, 6050.1 and 6050.2.

(d) The Surgeon General will—

(1) Monitor, evaluate, and disseminate data on health and welfare aspects of environmental pollution within the Department of the Army to ensure that the required degree of environmental enhancement is maintained.

(2) Provide health and medical policy guidance in respect to instructions and recommendations received from other Federal agencies assigned responsibility for environmental enhancement at Federal installations.

(3) Provide personnel for conducting field investigations and special studies concerning environmental pollution and recommend enhancement measures required for protection of health.

(4) Provide technical assistance and guidance on the health and environmental aspects of management and disposal of hazardous and toxic materials.

(5) Provide technical consultation to the Office, Chief of Engineers (OCE) and appropriate commanders on health aspects in the development of environmental enhancement policy and programs.

(e) The Chief of Information will—

(1) Ensure that the public is informed of the Army's accomplishments in environmental protection and enhancement.

(2) Develop and execute a command information program designed to stimulate understanding and participation by all Army personnel.

(f) Heads of Army Staff agencies will—

(1) Integrate environmental considerations into regularly assigned staff management functions and activities to insure compliance with applicable pollution control and environmental protection laws and to demonstrate the Army's leadership in the national effort to preserve the environment.

(2) Ensure that the environmental consequences of each proposed project, program regulation, or action for which they are the Army Staff proponent are assessed at an early stage of planning and are made an integral part of the decisionmaking process. Further, ensure that environmental damage is mitigated to the maximum extent feasible.

(g) Major Army commanders will—

(1) Establish an organizational structure to plan, execute, and monitor environmental programs.

(2) Formulate and execute an environmental program which fully supports the achievement of the Army's environmental goals and objectives.

(3) Monitor and control the environmental projects and activities of the subordinate commands and the installations and activities under their jurisdiction.

(4) Review, consolidate, and forward to higher authority, reports from subordinate installations and activities concerning their environmental projects and activities.

(h) Army installation and activity commanders will—

(1) Establish an organizational structure to plan, execute, and monitor environmental programs.

(2) Formulate and execute an environmental program based on the policies set forth in § 650.5 to achieve the Army's environmental goals and objectives.

(3) Cooperate with State and local authorities in formulation and execution of projects and activities required to bring an installation into compliance with applicable Federal, State, and regional pollution control standards.

(4) Integrate environmental protection and preservation activities, to the fullest extent feasible, into the planning and execution of the command's basic mission.

(5) Report, as required, to major commanders on the progress and effectiveness of environmental projects and activities to detect, quantify, and correct pollution sources in accordance with published laws, standards, and guidelines.