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ESOH Considerations in Military Operations

ESOH Considerations in Military Operations. OSD and Joint Staff Workshop on Environmental Considerations in Military Operations Lieutenant Commander Paul McComb, P.E. Naval Facilities Engineering Command 26 July 2006. Agenda. USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility Pre-Contingency Planning

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ESOH Considerations in Military Operations

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  1. ESOH Considerations in Military Operations OSD and Joint Staff Workshop on Environmental Considerations in Military Operations Lieutenant Commander Paul McComb, P.E. Naval Facilities Engineering Command 26 July 2006

  2. Agenda • USCENTCOM Area of Responsibility • Pre-Contingency Planning • Depleted Uranium • Iraq Disposal Issues • Transboundary Movement • In Progress...

  3. 27 Countries / 3 CJOAs • 663 Million • People • 7 Major • Languages • 12+ Major • Religious Groups • 18+ Major • Ethnic Groups KAZAKHSTAN UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN SYRIA AFGHANISTAN IRAQ LEBANON IRAN KUWAIT JORDAN • Per Capita Income: • Qatar: >$30,000 • Afghanistan & • Somalia: <$200 • 65% of Known Oil • Reserves • 43% of World’s • Petroleum Products • Transit the Strait • of Hormuz PAKISTAN BAHRAIN EGYPT QATAR U.A.E. SAUDI ARABIA OMAN ERITREA YEMEN SUDAN DJIBOUTI ETHIOPIA SOMALIA KENYA SEYCHELLES • 3 x Strategic Chokepoints CENTCOM is the Executive Agent for the Entire AOR CENTCOM AORDIVERSE…RICH HERITAGE…CHALLENGED 3 UNCLASSIFIED

  4. SYR DARYA AMU DARYA JORDAN TIGRIS & EUPHRATES INDUS NILE Water – Basis for Concern? UNCLASSIFIED 4

  5. Pre-Contingency Planning • Be involved in the contingency planning • OPORD, ANNEX L Environmental Considerations • OPORD, ANNEX Q Health Services • Field-ready Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) • Base (base camp) planning • Advance Surveys, CHPPM / NGA • Environmental Baseline Surveys • Coordination with Surgeon/Preventative Med • Environmental Health Site Assessments • Coordination with Defense Logistics Agency/DRMS • HM/HW/Used-POL Storage Areas • Environmental supplies identified in Theater Stocks • Environmental management billets in Combined Joint Task Forces (CJTF) and Multi-National Forces (MNF)

  6. Depleted Uranium • Introduction • Requirements • Collection, reporting and management of data • Foreign government interest • Education • Coordination: Counter-Proliferation (J5), Joint Staff, OSD, and the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (www.gulflink.osd.mil)

  7. Iraq HW and Used-POL Disposal Issues • Rotation of Forces • Phases of Operations • Conflict / Hostility • Security • Stability • Planning / Funding • LOGCAP Task Order #59/89/139 • Waste Streams • Waste Oil, Hazardous Waste • Incineration, Recycle, Volume Reduction • Iraqi Government Support • Basel Convention

  8. Transboundary Movement • United National Environmental Programme (UNEP) Basel Convention • Kuwait • Afghanistan • Air Shipments to Germany • Customs/Agriculture Import

  9. In Progress • Base Camp Closure • Recycling Initiatives • Transition • Rotation of Forces • Military to US Embassy • Strengthening and supporting the Iraqi and Afghan Ministries of Environment

  10. Questions? NAVFACENGCOM HQ ATTN: LCDR Paul McComb 1322 Patterson Ave SE, Suite 1000 Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5065 Telephone (202) 685-9273 Paul.mccomb@navy.mil

  11. BACK-UP SLIDES

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