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ment, motor vehicles, and other industrial 

 equipment on Air Force bases that is not 

 covered by military construction. 



(2) HQ AFLC and HQ USAFE— 

 USAF Radiological and Environmental 

 Health Laboratories and USAFE Environ- 

 mental Health Laboratory (AFR 161-17). 

 These laboratories: 



(a) Give Air Force installations and 

 organizations advice and guidance on sam- 

 pling equipment, instruments, methods, and 

 frequency of sample collection appropriate 

 to establishing an installation environmental 

 pollution abatement and monitoring pro- 

 gram. 



(b) Recommend methods of sanitary 

 and industrial vs^aste treatment and air pol- 

 lution control. 



(c) Test and evaluate instruments 

 and equipment used, or proposed for use, in 

 USAF pollution programs. 



(d) Maintain a repository of analy- 

 tical results and of information on methods 

 and techniques for measuring, evaluating, 

 and controlling environmental pollutants of 

 concern to the Air Force. 



(e) Send HQ USAF/SGP, Wash DC 

 20330 information copies of reports, studies, 

 and other information relating to environ- 

 mental pollution abatement and control that 

 are developed by the laboratories. 



(f) When requested by a major com- 

 mand, conduct periodic environmental pollu- 

 tion surveys at military installations to de- 

 termine the need for, effectiveness of, and 

 degree and type of treatment or control re- 

 quired to comply with this regulation and 

 related statutory requirements. 



(g) Respond to requests for support 

 from the Departments of the Army or Navy, 

 or from other DOD components or Federal 

 agencies. 



(h) Collaborate with the Air Force 

 Weapons Laboratory (AFWL) and, when 

 directed by HQ USAF or when otherwise 

 appropriate, evaluate jointly with the AFWL 

 any unique or unusual environmental pollu- 

 tion problems. 



(3) HQ MAC— Air Weather Service 

 (AWS): 



(a) Provides guidance and helps Air 

 Forc^ facilities and organizations obtain 

 and interpret meteorological data on the 

 diffusion of gaseous and particulate pollu- 

 tants in the atmosphere. AWS detachment 

 commanders and staff meteorologists will 

 provide staff weather services to command- 

 ers confronted with pollution problems. 



(b) As required, provides specialized 



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fixed and mobile meteorological observa- 

 tions to support hazardous operations and 

 transportation of hazardous materials and to 

 help bioenvironmental and medical person- 

 nel in problem areas. 



(c) As directed by HQ USAF 

 (XOOTR), provides aerial sampling or 

 other aerial reconnaissance data for air pol- 

 lution control agencies. 



(d) Develops and maintains proced- 

 ures to interpret and tailor for USAF install- 

 ations the available air pollution potential 

 forecasts of the National Meteorological 

 Center. Issues forecasts and warnings as re- 

 quired to support Air Force global opera- 

 tions. 



(e) Provides, or arranges for, predic- 

 tions of atmospheric pollutant diffusion 

 under various meterological conditions to 

 help USAF environmental pollution abate- 

 ment and control personnel determine the 

 requirement for, establish, and enforce pol- 

 lution abatement and control programs. 



(f) Through staff meteorologists, 

 helps AFSC insure that air pollution control 

 is considered as an integral part of all 

 RDT&E activities. 



(g) Participates in studies and re- 

 search projects concerned with the diffusion 

 and transport or propagation of pollutants in 

 the atmosphere. 



(h) Develops and maintains a capa- 

 bility to provide the meteorological support 

 necessary to interpret the environmental 

 effects of noise and to help monitor and as- 

 sess hazardous aircraft-operating noise levels 

 for compliance with FAA regulations and 

 local laws. 



(4) HQAFSC: . 



(a) Assures that environmental pol- 

 lution control: 



1. Is an element in RDT&E proj- 

 ects and programs and in specifications for 

 materials that support them (see AFR 161- 

 18). 



2. Is an integral part of all weapon 

 system development. 



(b) Monitors the following proced- 

 ure for industrial facilities that support pro- 

 duction and RDT&E programs: 



1. The contractor or his A&E se- 

 cures the necessary approvals of facilities 

 procurement contracting officer. 



2. The contracting officer obtains 

 civil engineering technical review of plans 

 and specifications and, at the earliest stage of 

 planning, asks the Federal Water Quality 

 Administration's advice on state and local 

 criteria for pollution abatement. 



