1. Overview of the Environmental Management Department - The MCAS Miramar Environmental Management Department (EMD) has primary responsibility for facilitating compliance with applicable environmental requirements. The EMD staff is organized into four divisions: Environmental Engineering, Natural Resources, Waste Management and Program Support. A Division Director is assigned to each division and is responsible for managing personnel and activities within their division. Each of the four divisions contains environmental media programs to address specific environmental issues/concerns at Miramar. A Program Manager is assigned to each environmental media program and is responsible for identification, tracking and communication of environmental requirements. While the EMD is responsible for directing and managing compliance with environmental requirements, all personnel and contractors at MCAS Miramar must understand and comply with environmental requirements applicable to their jobs.

2. Access to Environmental Requirements - EMD Division Directors and Program Managers are responsible for maintaining access to current environmental requirements associated with their respective environmental media programs. EMD uses the following information sources to access current and emerging environmental rules, regulations and requirements:

• On-site hard copies of regulations, permits and programs

• Access to federal, state and local and USMC regulatory requirements via the world wide web

• Electronic regulatory subscriptions

• Communication with environmental peers, peer groups and regulators

• Attendance at environmental conferences and seminars

• Regulatory review periodicals (paper and electronic media)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Register notices

• Web-based regulatory review services including:

  • Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations web site

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Services Command (NFESC) Weekly Federal Register Summary (provides summary of environmentally-related Federal Register announcements of interest to the Navy and Marine Corps)

  • Defense Environmental Network and Information Exchange (DENIX) web site

3. Identification and Tracking of Environmental Requirements - EMD Division Directors and Program Managers are responsible for identifying and tracking environmental requirements associated with their respective environmental media programs. External  Resources (e.g. HQMC, consultants, attorneys) may be called upon, as necessary, to assist in evaluating and responding to applicable legal, facility and other requirements.

Legal and other requirements applicable to the practices and programs at MCAS Miramar are summarized in the Environmental Regulatory Programs section and in the Listing of Permits and Regulatory Requirements.

Action-oriented requirements (e.g., monitoring events, reports, inspections, etc.) and their responsibilities are summarized on the Requirements Calendar or in compliance tracking tools that are maintained by Program Managers.

Division Directors and Program Managers review the resources described in Section 2 of this procedure on a regular basis to ensure that new and emerging requirements are identified in a timely manner and incorporated into environmental programs.

4. Communication of Environmental Requirements - To operate practices in an environmentally sound manner, practice owners and their operators must be aware of applicable legislative, regulatory, and policy requirements. Environmental staff and practice owners communicate in order to translate requirements into language and terms that the practice owners’ personnel can use. Practice owners incorporate environmental requirements that are applicable to their practices into their unit’s instructions and SOPs so that the information is readily available when needed.