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Environmental Quality
Environmental Health

Mission

The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center manages the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) Environmental Programs. The Environmental Quality group is staffed with engineers and other technical professionals dedicated to providing the Navy's hospitals, clinics, research, and dental facilities worldwide with environmental expertise, quality assurance, and compliance oversight.

The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center also develops and communicates agency-wide policy to Navy medical facilities on environmental quality issues, laws, regulations, standards, and procedures. Our staff is also responsible for ensuring that BUMED activities are in compliance with these policies and regulations.

Introduction to the Environmental Quality Web Site

The purpose of this Environmental Quality (EQ) Web Site is to provide summarized environmental guidance on state and federal regulations, Navy policies, and environmental managment system (EMS) requirements. This web site lists the various regulatory programs that may apply to Navy medical facilities (hospitals, clinics, research, dental) guidance documents, questionaires, and checklists are provided to assist BUMED Environmental Program Managers (EPMs) . Contact information is also provided for further information or assistance. The environmental media and programs for which EQ has oversight include:

  • Industrial wastewater discharge
  • Solid waste management
  • Hazardous waste management
  • Infectious & medical waste management.
  • Best management practices
  • Air pollution control & emissions
  • Storage tank management
  • Spill Prevention Control
  • Natural resource management
  • Cultural resource management







Regulatory Basis and Navy Policy - Federal facilities, including medical, comply with state and federal environmental regulations. The Navy has also initiated policies and procedures related to environmental managment.

Document - By clicking on the documents tab on the left, you can access various environmental and EMS guidance documents and other pertinent information.

Helpful Information - The Federal Facilities Environmental Stewardship & Compliance Assistance Center (External Link) manages a website that gives regulatory guidance and helpful information focused on medical facilities.



This page last updated on February 11th, 2009.
Content last reviewed on January 27th, 2009.