4.0 Authorization
The Commander, I Corps and Fort Lewis has overall responsibility for management of the environmental and natural resources of Fort Lewis. Public Works (PW), Fort Lewis is the staff directorate responsible for managing environmental compliance, conservation, protection, and other environmental programs. The Environmental and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) of PW is the installation environmental office and is responsible for day to day management of the Fort Lewis environmental program.

The PW Environmental Management System (EMS) is intended to be conformant with the criteria defined in the international standard, ISO 14001:96 Environmental management systems - Specification with guidance for use.

This Environmental Management Manual provides an overview of the PW implementation of the EMS.


Scope
This Environment Management Manual (EMM) describes the PW Environmental Management System (EMS).

This EMM applies to the activities, services, operations, facilities and all personnel assigned to PW, Fort Lewis, WA.