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standard is considered not in the national 

 interest. 



(5) Provide preventive pollution con- 

 trol by: 



(a) Reducing or eliminating waste at 

 the point of generation. 



(b) Considering potential environ- 

 mental pollution control problems when se- 

 lecting chemical compounds and materials to 

 be used in Air Force operations. 



(c) Including pollution abatement as 

 an element in specifications. 



(d) Urging manufacturers of prod- 

 ucts used by the Air Force to make their 

 products from materials and compounds that 

 have the least pollution potential. 



(6) When resources to accomplish pol- 

 lution control are limited, give priority in 

 this order : 



(a) Situations that constitute a 

 hazard to the health or safety of man. 



(b) Situations that are cost effective. 



(c) Situations that affect the recrea- 

 tional and esthetic value of our natural re- 

 sources. 



(7) Insure, to the extent practicable, 

 that oversea installations conform to the 

 same pollution abatement policies that are 

 prescribed for installations located in the 

 United States, particularly policies pertain- 

 ing to cooperating with community pro- 

 grams. 



(8) Fully coordinate environmental pol- 

 lution matters with all agencies concerned to 

 avoid duplication and insure timely solutions 

 to mutual problems. 



b. HQ USAF Environmental Pollution 

 Control Committee. An environmental pollu- 

 tion Control committee will obtain coordina- 

 tion of environmental pollution matters at 

 HQ USAF. 



(1) The committee will include, as a 

 minimum, representatives of the following 

 Air Staff offices : 



(a) The Director of Civil Engineer- 

 ing (Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Pro- 

 grams and Resources) . 



(b) The Deputy Chief of Staff, Sys- 

 tems and Logistics. 



(c) The Surgeon General. 



(d) The Deputy Chief of Staff, Re- 

 search and Development. 



(2) Other staff agencies that have 

 strong collateral interest and responsibility 

 (such as the Comptroller ; the Inspector Gen- 

 eral ; the Assistant for Weather ; the Deputy 

 Chief of Staff, Personnel ; the Deputy Chief 



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of Staff, Plans and Operations; the National 

 Guard Bureau ; and the Secretary of the Air 

 Force Office of Information) will support the 

 committee. 



(3) The Director of Civil Engineering, 

 or his designee, will chair the committee, 

 which will meet at the chairman's call. 



3. HQ USAF Responsibilities: 



a. All Air Staff offices will develop pro- 

 cedures to insure that their activities are 

 conducted in a manner consistent with the 

 spirit and intent of this regulation and of 

 Executive Orders 11507, 5 February 1970, 

 and, 11514, 7 March 1970. 



b. The Director of Civil Engineering 

 (PRE) : 



(1) Is the Air Staff office of primary 

 responsibility (OPR) for pollution abate- 

 ment, regardless of the source of funds or 

 program authority. 



(a) All Air Staff actions on pollution 

 abatement that may alter existing policy or 

 reflect on the stated policies of the Air Force 

 must be coordinated through PRE. 



(b) When PRE requests it, an or- 

 ganizational coordinator will be designated 

 in an Air Staff activity that has a strong col- 

 lateral interest and responsibility. That or- 

 ganizational coordinator must be fully cog- 

 nizant of all environmental pollution control 

 actions within the designating staff agency. 



(2) Establishes engineering design cri- 

 teria and standards to meet health and wel- 

 fare requirements established by the Surgeon 

 General for facilities provided under the 

 Military Construction Program and consist- 

 ent with those of civil authority. 



(3) Develops plans and programs to 

 meet the intent of the various statutes on air 

 and water pollution control. 



(4) Supervises utility and waste dis- 

 posal practices and operations to insure they 

 meet required standards. 



(5) Includes in the Operation and 

 Maintenance (O&M) and the Military Con- 

 struction (MC) Programs estimates for 

 funding waste disposal and abatement meas- 

 ures. 



(6) Establishes requirements for de- 

 velopment efforts involving environmental 

 pollution control. 



c. The Surgeon General, USAF, is the 



office of primary responsibility for establish- 

 ing standards and criteria to protect the 

 health and welfare of US Air Force person- 

 nel and for coordinating with other Federal 

 agencies and health authorities on contami- 



