32 C.F.R. § 650.124 Policies.
Title 32 - National Defense
The Department of the Army will— (a) Exercise positive management over the research, development, procurement, production, use, handling, storage and disposal of hazardous and toxic material. Priority will be given to instituting measures required to protect health or control pollution. (b) Comply with environmental quality policies and procedures specified in this regulation and those standards established by the applicable Federal, State, interstate, or local authority for the control of hazardous and toxic materials and substances. (c) Use nonhazardous or nontoxic materials to the extent practicable. (d) Conserve resources and, to the extent practicable, dispose of hazardous and toxic materials and waste by reprocessing, recycling, and/or re-using. (e) Program and budget sufficient resources for the effective management and environmental control of pesticides, hazardous chemical stocks, pharmaceuticals, radioactive materials, explosives, and chemical agents in accordance with DA regulations and in consonance with any other applicable Federal, State, or local objectives. (f) Conform with Federal regulations and guidelines respecting pesticides, promulgated pursuant to the provisions of FIFRA as amended, (§§650.126 through 650.129). (g) Acquire and use only those pesticides registered with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (§650.126(a)). (h) Monitor for the residual effects of pesticides on military installations in furtherance of the National Pesticide Monitoring Program. (i) Conform with applicable Federal regulations, standards, and guidelines promulgated and adopted in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011), Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, or by EPA on discharges of radioactivity. This restriction does not apply to emergency operations conducted by Explosive Ordnance Disposal or Technical Escort personnel (§§650.139, 650.140 and 650.141). (j) Prohibit the disposal (by open dumping, water dumping, well injection, or open burning) of pesticides, hazardous chemical stocks, pharmaceutical stocks and drugs, radioactive materials, explosive ordnance, or chemical warfare agents directly into the air, water, or land environment in a manner hazardous to man or animals or if it will cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment (§650.127(f)). (k) Conform with Federal regulations and guidelines respecting dumping of material into ocean waters in accordance with the MPRSA and the FWPCA as amended. (l) In the absence of published national standards, guidance on acceptable methods and maximum concentrations pertaining to the use, storage, discharge or disposal of hazardous and toxic substances are to be referred through Major command headquarters to the USA Health Services Command. (m) Comply fully with the DOD Pest Management program.
Title 32: National Defense
PART 650—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT (AR 200–1)
Subpart F—Hazardous and Toxic Materials Management
General
§ 650.124 Policies.
