J-0200000-03 OPNAVINST 5090.1E.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

2000 NAVY PENTAGON

WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000

OPNAVINST 5090.1E

N45 3 Sep 2019

OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5090.1E

From: Chief of Naval Operations

Subj: ENVIRONMENTAL READINESS PROGRAM

Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 5090.8B

(b) SECNAVINST 5090.6B

(c) OPNAV M-5090.1 of September 2019

1. Purpose. To discuss requirements, delineate responsibilities, and issue implementing policy guidance for the management of the environmental resources for all Navy ships and shore activities, per references (a) and (b). Reference (c) contains the Navy’s implementing policy guidance for environmental readiness and has been reorganized and revised to reflect changes in Federal environmental legislation and Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DON) policy. This instruction is a complete revision and must be reviewed in its entirety.

2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 5090.1D.

3. Applicability

a. This instruction and reference (c) discuss Federal environmental laws and regulations, executive orders, and DoD and DON environmental policies applicable to Navy installations, organizations, and platforms. Shore command personnel must be aware of and comply with the additional environmental requirements imposed by State and local governments, as appropriate.

b. Overseas commands must consult the applicable DoD final governing standards, or the Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document when host nation-specific final governing standards have not been developed.

c. This instruction and reference (c) also address procedures by which ships will be made aware of the applicable international, State, and local environmental requirements for U.S. ports in which they may be moored.

4. Discussion. The mission of the Navy’s Environmental Readiness Program is to ensure the Navy conducts its mission in an environmentally responsible manner and has continued access to land, air, and sea. Navy joint and combined training and testing must be planned and executed to fully meet both operational readiness requirements and the Navy’s environmental objectives.

National defense and environmental protection are, and will continue to be, compatible goals.

Achievement of these goals requires the leadership and personal commitment of all military and civilian personnel throughout the Navy chain of command.

5. Responsibilities

a. Specific command and individual responsibilities are detailed in reference (c).

b. In addition to commanding officers, Navy installation commanding officers, and masters of naval vessels, commands and activities that have responsibilities in reference (c) are:

(1) Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics

(2) Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and Strategy

(3) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division

(4) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Shore Readiness Division

(5) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Innovation, Technology Requirements, and Test and Evaluation Division

(6) Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

(7) Navy Office of Information

(8) Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command

(9) Commander, United States Pacific Fleet

(10) Commander, Navy Installations Command

(11) Commander, Navy Facilities Engineering Command

(12) Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command

(13) Commander, Naval Air Systems Command

(14) Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

(15) Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command

(16) Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

(17) Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command

(19) Naval Education and Training Command

(20) Commander, Military Sealift Command

(21) U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps

(22) Office of the General Counsel

(23) Commander, Naval Legal Service Command

(24) Office of Legislative Affairs

(25) Naval Education and Training Command

(26) Naval History and Heritage Command

(27) President, Board of Inspection and Survey

(28) Naval Safety and Environmental Training Center

(29) Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

(30) Laboratory Quality and Accreditation Office

(31) Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Activity

(32) Other budget submitting offices

6. Policy

a. All afloat and ashore commands must comply with the implementing policy guidance stated and established in this instruction and reference (c). The policies, procedures, and actions required are published without the necessity for further implementing instructions from the various commands and budget submitting offices, unless specifically directed otherwise.

Organizations that have significant environmental, natural, or cultural resources responsibilities may find it necessary to provide additional guidance and supplemental instructions specific to their local area.

b. All military and civilian personnel, installation tenants, and contractors working for the Navy must comply with the applicable Federal, State, and local environmental laws and regulations, as well as the requirements of executive orders; Navy and DoD policies, regulations, and requirements; and, where applicable, DoD final governing standards.

c. All commands must integrate the requirements of this instruction and reference (c) into their operations.

7. Records Management

a. Records created as a result of this instruction, regardless of format or media, must be maintained and dispositioned per the records disposition schedules located on the Department of the Navy/Assistant for Administration (DON/AA), Directives and Records Management Division (DRMD) portal page at https://portal.secnav.navy.mil/orgs/DUSNM/DONAA/DRM/Records-and-Information- Management/Approved%20Record%20Schedules/Forms/AllItems.aspx.

b. For questions concerning the management of records related to this instruction or the records disposition schedules, please contact the local records manager or the DON/AA DRMD program office.

8. Review and Effective Date. Per OPNAVINST 5215.17A, Director, Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (OPNAV N45) will review this instruction annually around the anniversary of its issuance date to ensure applicability, currency, and consistency with Federal, DoD, Secretary of the Navy, and Navy policy and statutory authority using OPNAV 5215/40 Review of Instruction. This instruction will be in effect for 10 years, unless revised or cancelled in the interim, and will be reissued by the 10-year anniversary date if it is still required, unless it meets one of the exceptions in OPNAVINST 5215.17A, paragraph 9. Otherwise, if the instruction is no longer required, it will be processed for cancellation as soon as the need for cancellation is known following the guidance in OPNAV Manual 5215.1 of May 2016.

9. Forms and Information Management Control. Forms and reports are listed in appendix F of reference (c).

R. L. WILLIAMSON

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Fleet Readiness and Logistics)

Releasability and distribution:

This instruction is cleared for public release and is available electronically only via Department of the Navy Issuances Web site, https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/default.aspx https://portal.secnav.navy.mil/orgs/DUSNM/DONAA/DRM/Records-and-Information-Management/Approved%20Record%20Schedules/Forms/AllItems.aspx https://portal.secnav.navy.mil/orgs/DUSNM/DONAA/DRM/Records-and-Information-Management/Approved%20Record%20Schedules/Forms/AllItems.aspx https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/default.aspx https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/default.aspx