Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations and Environment

1. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Installations and Environment Our Installations Supporting the War: Relevant and Ready “Sustain the Mission – Secure the Future” Mr. Raymond J. Fatz Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health) Association of the United States Army (October 25, 2004)

2. What is Sustainability? Sustainability – “a sustainable Army simultaneously meets current as well as future mission requirements worldwide, safeguards human health, improves quality of life, and enhances the natural environment.” (Army Strategy for the Environment, 2004)

3. Sustainability as a solution to… • Strategic Level – Mankind is exceeding the earth’s capacity to provide resources and absorb wastes. • Operational Level – We face decreasing access to natural resources and livable regions which will lead to greater potential for conflict and military deployments. • Tactical Level – We are facing increasing encroachment pressures on our installations that threaten our ability to provide realistic, battle-focused training for our soldiers.

4. HISTORIC PRESERVATION SAFE DRINKING WATER HAZARDOUS WASTE Noise ENDANGERED SPECIES AND CRITICAL HABITAT MUNITIONS REGULATION AIRSPACE NATIVE AMERICAN AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES URBANIZATION AND OTHER LAND USE ENCROACHMENT CLEAN AIR AND WATER Increasing Pressures FREQUENCY ALLOCATION

5. US Army Sustainability Initiatives • Sustainable Design and Development Policy • Sustainable Range Management Plan • Integrated Training Area Management • Range Assessments • Sustainable Range Design R&D Program • Army Installation Sustainability Program -- Forts Bragg, Lewis, Hood, Carson, Campbell, McPherson, and more are coming on-line. • The Army Strategy for the Environment

6. Army Strategy for the Environment “Sustain the Mission – Secure the Future” • OUR GOALS • Foster a sustainable ethic • Strengthen Army operations • Meet test, training and mission requirements • Minimize impacts and total ownership costs • Enhance Well-being • Drive Innovation • Army Environmental Program undergoing significant change • Vision: long-term sustainability • Supports Army in all missions • Applies to all Army units, organizations, personnel, suppliers, support contractors, and partners. “Triple bottom line” -- Mission, Environment, Communities.

7. Sustainability is about Balance

8. Yakima Training Center Lewis Fort Lewis NORTHWEST Fort Drum Umatilla Chem Depot Watervliet Ars USAG Selfridge Fort McCoy (USAR) Ft. Hamilton West Point Detroit Ars Picatinny Arsenal Fort Monmouth Rock Island Arsenal Fort Dix (USAR) Iowa AAP Sierra Army Depot Lima Army Tank Plt Dugway Proving Ground Lake City AAP Carson Tooele AD Fort Carson Fort Riley Parks RFTA (USAR) Hawthorne AD Deseret Chem Depot Fort Leavenworth Moffett Field RFTA (USAR) Riverbank AAP Pueblo Depot Fort Leonard Wood Presidio of Monterey Kansas AAP Fort Hunter Liggett (USAR) SOUTHWEST Fort Irwin Fort Sill McAlester AAP White Sands Missile Testing Center Yuma Proving Ground Pine Bluff Ars Red River AD Fort Hauchuca Lone Star AAP Louisiana AAP Hood Fort Bliss Fort Hood Fort Sam Houston Camp Stanley Storage Actv Corpus Christi AD Installation Sustainability Initiatives NORTHEAST Natick R & D Ctr Devens RFTA (USAR) Tobyhanna Army Depot Scranton AAP Carlisle Barracks Ft. AP Hill Letterkenny AD Aberdeen Proving Ground Ft Detrick Adelphi Lab Ctr Monroe Fort Lee Fort Story Blue Grass AD Eustis Knox Radford AAP Walter Reed Ft. Meade Fort McNair Fort Myer Campbell Fort Belvoir McPherson Bragg Holston AAP Fort Bragg SOUTHEAST MOT Sunny Point Milan AAP Anniston Fort Jackson Redstone Arsenal Fort Gordon Benning Fort McPherson Fort Benning Polk Ft. Gillem Stewart / HAAF Hunter Army Airfield Rucker Fort Stewart Mississippi AAP USAG Miami Ft Buchanan, PR

9. Success Stories • Facilities Goals – • Renewable, Secure Energy • Build to Spirit Standards • Water Goals – • Reduce Use, Improve Quality • Regional Goals – • Joint Planning and Outreach • Procurement Goals – • Recyclable Materials, No Waste • Transportation Goals – • Clean and Convienent • Military Training Goals – • Better Land Use On and Off Post

10. “Create a win-win proposition for land use and environmental stewardship.” LTG Thomas F. Metz, CG, III Corps What we are hearing… “I'm trying to think of an area around the State where the dominant industry is taking the lead in sustainability- I can't think of one.” Secretary William D. Ross, NC Dept of Environment “I offer my congratulations to the men and women of Fort Lewis.Your sustainability program is bold, pioneering, visionary.” Honorable Gary Locke, Governor

11. Installation Sustainability “Sustainability connects our activities today to those of tomorrow with sound business and environmental practices. We have learned over the past decades that simply complying with environmental regulations will not ensure that we will be able to sustain our mission. We must strive to become systems thinkers if we are to benefit from the interrelationships of the triple bottom line of sustainability: mission, environment, and community.” (October 2004) R.L. Brownlee Acting Secretary of the Army Peter J. Schoomaker General, United States Army Chief of Staff