Site Remediation Technology InfoBase: A Guide to Federal Programs, Information Resources, and Publications on Contaminated Site Cleanup Technologies, Second Edition

DoD Environmental Quality Mission and Challenges

The Department of Defense’s Environmental Quality Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (EQ RDT&E) program is based on four requirements that constitute the pillars of DoD’s environmental security mission. DoD is required to:

(1) Cleanup hazardous wastes resulting from past practices at active, formerly used, and tobe- closed military sites;

(2) Comply with laws by controlling hazardous emissions from its systems and operations;

(3) Prevent pollution through substitutions of materials and processes to significantly reduce or eliminate the generation of pollutants; and

(4) Conserve natural and cultural resources through proper stewardship and management.

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