MCO 5090.2 — Environmental Compliance And Protection Program

MCO 5090.2 governs the Marine Corps environmental compliance and protection program and related environmental planning requirements.

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  • Publication number: MCO 5090.2
  • Title: ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND PROTECTION PROGRAM
  • Date: 11 Jun 2018
  • Proponent: 05000 General Admin & Management
  • Status: New

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It addresses environmental training, emergency response planning, hazardous waste, natural resources, public participation, and overseas environmental review. The publication requires planning, documentation, coordination, training, and compliance with applicable environmental requirements.

Topics covered

  • Environmental training requirements
  • Oil discharge response planning
  • Hazardous waste management
  • Wildland fire management
  • Natural resource restoration
  • Overseas environmental review

Questions and answers

What environmental training details must installation plans include?

Quantified environmental training requirements shall include a list of the number of positions/billets or total populations subject to each of the identified federal, state, local and Marine Corps environmental training requirements referenced in Table 2-1 and applicable volumes of this Order. (paragraph 7)

When must facilities prepare and revise facility response plans?

Facilities that store, transport, or handle oil and meet the threshold requirements of Reference (d) shall develop an FRP and review/revise the FRP within 60 days of each facility change that materially may affect the response to a worst case discharge. (paragraph 3)

How often must certain contingency plans be recertified?

Subsequently, the plan shall be reviewed, updated, and recertified by a registered PE at 3-year intervals. (paragraph 1-1)

How must mixtures containing characteristic hazardous waste be regulated?

Mixtures of a non-hazardous waste and a characteristic hazardous waste are regulated as hazardous waste only if the entire mixture exhibits one of the four hazardous characteristics. (paragraph 8)

What fire management requirement applies to Marine Corps installations?

Accordingly, Marine Corps installations shall include fire management in their INRMP. (paragraph 7)

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